Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: These acids make the rain acidic, hence the term " acid rain " .

• drink: After eating or drinking something acidic, the enamel on your teeth becomes soft for a short time.

• keep: It keeps vaginal fluid gently acidic - how the healthy vagina should be.

Modifies a noun

• grassland: These two fields fall within a larger block of acidic grassland which will be designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

• pH: Peat Areas where peat is found often exhibit waters with an acidic pH.

• soil: Grow in acidic soil in full sun to partial shade.

• deposition: Increased grazing pressure and acidic deposition are both likely to be responsible.

• fume: In each case, in the first instance, hydrogen chloride gas is produced as steamy acidic fumes.

• heath: All are responsible custodians of ecologically important, acidic lowland heath.

Modifying Another Word

• mildly: It is most frequent on mildly acidic soils of pH 5.0 to 7.0.

• weakly: Instead, it is very weakly acidic, reacting with strong bases.

• slightly: Usually found on lowland woodland margins on slightly acidic soils.

• highly: The nature of the soil, which is highly acidic, means that no organic remains have survived.

• strongly: Here we take strongly acidic solutions in which the yellow ion VO 2 + is the species present.

• naturally: Many private water supplies in England and Wales are naturally acidic and may dissolve lead.

Used with adjective complement

• become: High concentrations of carbon dioxide in the blood, causes the blood to become more acidic.

• make: Lime is also used to neutralize lakes made acidic by acid rain.

Preposition: in

• nature: The waters entering the river in this area tend to be acidic in nature.

Preposition: with

• pH: The stomach contents are very acidic with a low pH.

Preposition: than

• water: The term alkalinity is an academic crutch for describing a substance that is less acidic than pure water.