Potassic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 351 anagrams from letters in potassic (aciopsst).
First recorded in 1855-60; potass(ium) + -ic
It is also formed when metallic osmium is heated with potassic nitrate, or roasted in air.
But the case is altered when potassic manure is used, and especially when applied to land bearing beans.
A potassic fertilizer increased the yield of nitrogen one-third.
Mercuric chloride and potassic ferrocyanide failed to produce this effect.
potassic fertilizers give the best results when applied to clovers, but dressings of phosphoric acid may also be helpful.
potassic bromide should be kept in the house, to use in case of necessity.
Any chromium present will now be in solution in the easily recognised form of potassic chromate (see “Chromium”).
Selenic acid may be obtained in solution by deflagrating selenium or a selenite with potassic nitrate.
potassic iodide is also supposed to assist the elimination of mercury.
This may be procured by heating any of the preceding oxides with potassic nitrate.