Mordant
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. Serving to fix colors when dyeing.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
Erosive
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: of or pertaining to erosioncausing or tending to cause erosion