Definitions for arsenical

arsenical ar·sen·i·cal

Spelling: [ahr-sen-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ɑrˈsɛn ɪ kəl/

Arsenical is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 671 anagrams from letters in arsenical (aaceilnrs).

Definitions for arsenical

noun

  1. any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.

adjective

  1. containing or relating to arsenic.

Origin of arsenical

First recorded in 1595-1605; arsenic + -al1

Examples for arsenical

This is owing to some particles of inflammable matter, from which arsenical minerals are seldom quite free.

The arsenical vapours being conducted into this passage, adhere both to the sides thereof and to the joists that lye across it.

arsenical compounds have supplanted practically all other substances used to combat external biting insects.

A fresh section of it shows it to be arsenical Iron Pyrites, each piece weighing four or five ounces.

Some taxidermists prefer to use in place of the paste some form of arsenical Soap.

Iron and arsenical Pyrites are also very common attendants, and are both confounded under the name of Mundic.

arsenical Soaps, &c.—Arsenic is used in preserving the skins of animals.

Word Value for arsenical
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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