Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- +
hydrochloric.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric
acids.
{Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and
hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part
of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for
its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also
{nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}.
Source : WordNet®
nitrohydrochloric acid
n : a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric
acid that dissolves metals (including gold) [syn: {aqua
regia}]