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- English Word Sulphophosphite Definition A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
- English Word Sulphophosphoric Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.
- English Word Sulphophosphorous Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.
- English Word Sulphosalt Definition A salt of a sulphacid.
- English Word Sulphostannate Definition A salt of sulphostannic acid.
- English Word Sulphostannic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.
- English Word Sulphotungstate Definition A salt of sulphotungstic acid.
- English Word Sulphotungstic Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.
- English Word Sulphovinic Definition Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.
- English Word Sulphur Definition A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
- English Word Sulphur Definition Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
- English Word Sulphur-bottom Definition A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
- English Word Sulphurate Definition Sulphureous.
- English Word Sulphurate Definition To sulphurize.
- English Word Sulphurated Definition of Sulphurate
- English Word Sulphurating Definition of Sulphurate
- English Word Sulphuration Definition The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
- English Word Sulphurator Definition An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
- English Word Sulphureity Definition The quality or state of being sulphureous.
- English Word Sulphureous Definition Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.
- English Word Sulphuret Definition A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.
- English Word Sulphureted Definition Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.
- English Word Sulphuric Definition Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
- English Word Sulphuric Definition Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
- English Word Sulphurine Definition Sulphureous.
- English Word Sulphuring Definition Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
- English Word Sulphurize Definition To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
- English Word Sulphurous Definition Of or pertaining to sulphur.
- English Word Sulphurous Definition Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
- English Word Sulphurous Definition Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.