arsenical

[ ahr-sen-i-kuh l ]

/ ɑrˈsɛn ɪ kəl /

adjective

containing or relating to arsenic.

noun

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

Origin of arsenical

First recorded in 1595–1605; arsenic + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM arsenical

non·ar·sen·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby arsenical

arsenic acid, arsenic disulfide, arsenic trichloride, arsenic trioxide, arsenic trisulfide, arsenical, arsenicalism, arsenide, arsenious, arsenite, arseniuretted

Example sentences from the Web for arsenical

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

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
Arsenical compounds have supplanted practically all other substances used to combat external biting insects.

Apple Growing |M. C. Burritt
Iron and Arsenical Pyrites are also very common attendants, and are both confounded under the name of Mundic.

A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End |John Ayrton Paris
A fresh section of it shows it to be Arsenical Iron Pyrites, each piece weighing four or five ounces.

The Mound Builders |George Bryce

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

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer

British Dictionary definitions for arsenical

arsenical

/ (ɑːˈsɛnɪkəl) /

adjective

of or containing arsenic

noun

a drug or insecticide containing arsenic

Medical definitions for arsenical

arsenical

[ är-sĕn′ĭ-kəl ]

n.

An agent containing arsenic.

adj.

Of, relating to, or containing arsenic.

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