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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Picric Acid #184228 04/10/2009 2:07 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Pau stranger Pau stranger Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Pickwickian made me quickly think of picric acid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid It's an innocent sounding name. But if you ignore the bottle of picric acid in the back of the store room, salts condense and crystalize in the bottle making it explosive and very sensitive to shock. Not no naive or innocent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Picric Acid Pau 04/10/2009 2:07 PM Re: Picric Acid BranShea 04/10/2009 3:32 PM Re: Picric Acid TheFallibleFiend 04/10/2009 6:10 PM Re: Picric Acid ParkinT 04/14/2009 12:37 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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