Arsenical

Definition: Arsenical

Arsenical

Adjective

1. Relating to or containing arsenic; "arsenic vapor".

Date "arsenical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1693. (references)

Crosswords: Arsenical

English words defined with "arsenical": Fly powder ♦ Mundic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "arsenical": Arsanilic Acid, arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis ♦ Melarsoprol. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Arsenical" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (arsenic, arsenical).

Domain	Title
Books	Arsenic and Old Mustard: Chemical Problems in the Destruction of Old Arsenical and 'Mustard' Munitions (NATO Science Series. Partnership Sub-Series 1 (reference) Arsenical pesticides : a symposium sponsored by the Division of Pesticide Chemistry at the 168th meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 9, 1974 (reference) (more book examples)
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"Arsenical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Arsenical" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	23	72,767

Expressions using "arsenical": arsenical carcinoma ♦ arsenical dermatitis ♦ arsenical keratosis ♦ arsenical pyrites ♦ arsenical silver. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "arsenical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		arsenik (arsenic). (various references)

Arabic		‏زرنيخي (arsenic). (various references)

Bulgarian		съдържащ арсен, арсенов. (various references)

Danish		arsenopyrit (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite, mispickel), arsenmelanose (arsenical melanosis), arsenkis (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite, mispickel), arsenkeratose (arsenical keratosis), arsenikkeratose (arsenical keratosis), arsenholdigt vand (arsenical water), arsenfremkaldt hudcancer (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), arseneksem (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), polyneuritis ved arsenforgiftning (arsenical polyneuritis). (various references)

Dutch		arsenopyriet (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite, mispickel), arseniumkeratose (arsenical keratosis), arsenicum melanosis (arsenical melanosis), arsenicum melanose (arsenical melanosis), arseenpolyneuritis (arsenical polyneuritis), arseenmelanodermie (arsenical melanosis), arseenkeratose (arsenical keratosis), arseenhyperkeratose (arsenical keratosis), arseenhoudend water (arsenical water), arseendermatitis (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), arseencarcinoom (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer). (various references)

Finnish		arseenin aiheuttama sarveistuminen (arsenical keratosis), arseenin aiheuttama sarveistuma (arsenical keratosis), arseenin aiheuttama polyneuriitti (arsenical polyneuritis), arseenin aiheuttama monihermotulehdus (arsenical polyneuritis), arseenin aiheuttama melanodermia (arsenical melanosis), arseenin aiheuttama keratoosi (arsenical keratosis), arseenin aiheuttama karsinooma (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), arseenin aiheuttama ihottuma (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), arseenin aiheuttama ihosyöpä (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), arseenin aiheuttama ekseema (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), arseenikeratoosi (arsenical keratosis), arseeni-ihottuma (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

French		arsenicisme cutané (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), arsénopyrite (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite), kératose arsenicale (arsenical keratosis), bain arsenical (arsenic bath, arsenical bath), cancer arsenical (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), cancer de l'arsenic (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), carcinome arsenical (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), chancre arsenical (arsenical chancre), eau arsénicale (arsenical water), verrue arsenicale (arsenical wart), mélanodermie arsenicale (arsenical melanosis), minerai arsénical (arsenical mineral), mispickel (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite), plaie arsenicale (arsenical sore, sore due to arsenic), polynévrite arsenicale (arsenical polyneuritis), pyrite arsenicale (arsenical iron, arsenopyrite), dermite arsenicale (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

German		arsenhaltig. (various references)

Greek		κεράτωση από χρόνια δηλητηρίαση με αρσενικό (arsenical keratosis), καρκίνος του δέρματος οφειλόμενος στο αρσενικό (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), μελάνωση από αρσενικό (arsenical melanosis), πολυνευρίτιδα από αρσενικό (arsenical polyneuritis), υπερκεράτωση από αρσενικό (arsenical keratosis), αρσενικούχο νερό (arsenical water), δερματίτιδα από αρσενικό (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis), δερματίτιδα οφειλόμενη στο αρσενικό (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

Hungarian		arzén tartalmú. (various references)

Italian		arsenico (arsenic). (various references)

Manx		arsnagh (arsenic). (various references)

Pig Latin		arsenicalay

Portuguese		arsenical (arsenic). (various references)

Romanian		de arsenic (arsenic). (various references)

Russian		мышьяковый (arsenious). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		arsenski. (various references)

Spanish		arsenioso (arsenic, arsenious, arsenous), arsénico (arsenic). (various references)

Swedish		arsenikpolyneurit (arsenical polyneuritis), arsenikmelanos (arsenical melanosis), arsenikkeratos (arsenical keratosis), arsenikinducerad hudcancer (arsenical carcinoma, arsenic-induced skin cancer), arsenikeksem (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

Ukrainian		миш'яковий (arsenic). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	keratosis arsenicalis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "arsenical": arsenicals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Arsenical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parsonical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "arsenical" (pronounced 'Ar*sen"ic*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: acarines, canalise, canaries, carlines, cesarian, lanciers.
	-2 letters: acarine, acrasin, aerials, aliners, anlaces, arcsine, arnicas, arsenal, arsenic, carinae, carinal, carinas, carline, carlins, carnies, claries, cranial, eclairs, inlaces, lancers, nailers, renails, sanicle, scalare, scaleni, scalier.
	-3 letters: acinar, aecial, aerial, aliens, aliner, alines, anears, anlace, arcane, arecas, arenas, ariels, arisen, arnica, arsine, caesar, cairns, calesa, canals.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: arsenicals, carnelians.
	+2 letters: ancillaries, berascaling, carnalities, carnallites, flagrancies, increasable, lacerations, radicalness, recanalizes.
	+3 letters: acriflavines, altercations, caramelising, cardinalates, chamberlains, declarations, intercalates, intercoastal, racewalkings, reclamations, reescalating, reescalation.
	+4 letters: accelerations, alphanumerics, anticlericals, antiparticles, ascertainable, cardinalities, charlatanries, clairvoyances, coplanarities, craftsmanlike, desacralizing, inarticulates, interglacials, microanalyses, microbalances, paternalistic, plantocracies, practicalness, radicalnesses, reallocations, recalcitrants, reescalations, relandscaping, ultradistance, vernacularism.
	+5 letters: antibacterials, articulateness, artificialness, avuncularities, cartelizations, charitableness, clairaudiences, conservational, conservatorial, constabularies, conversational, fractionalizes, inarticulacies, intercalations, lamellibranchs, reapplications, recalcitrances, recalculations, recalibrations, sacramentalism, sacramentalist, secularization, tyrannicalness, ultradistances, ultramasculine, valedictorians, vernacularisms.
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