Definition of "hydrochloric" [hy•dro•chlo•ric]

• Of or relating to hydrochloric acid. (adjective)

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• "The substance is very soluble in water, and it is this solution which is usually called hydrochloric acid."
• "U.S. sources have confirmed that the laboratory -- some of the pictures here show what they found -- had instructions for making anthrax, formulas and ingredients for explosives and chemical blood agents, including something called hydrochloric acid and sodium cyanide."
• "From the description of the uses to which he put the end product of his chemical manipulation, it is evident that under the name of spirit of salt he is describing what we now know as hydrochloric acid."
• "The chief among these are the acid gases known as hydrochloric acid, sulphurous acid, sulphuretted hydrogen, carbonic acid, and boracic acid; and with these acid gases there issue hydrogen, nitrogen ammonia, the volatile metals arsenic, antimony, and mercury, and some other substances."
• "Masons have used muriatic acid, also known as hydrochloric acid, for years to clean mortar residue from brick and stone."