While Grant went to the refrigerator, she showed Morris the acetic acid baths, which were used to dissolve away the limestone from the delicate bones.
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Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993
acetic = relating to or containing acetic acid (a colorless pungent liquid which is contained in vinegar and used widely in manufacturing)
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Prepared from Acetic Acid.†
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Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, 1997
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Acetic acid, thought George— that's the nearest thing to it.†
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Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End, 1953
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Ingredients: Water and Acetic Acid.†
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Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, 1997
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Belluomo rises from the bed of his wife's lover's wife, the kerchiefed housewife is astir, a saucer of acetic acid in her hand.†
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James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922