sulphur : Idioms & Phrases

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Amorphous sulphur

  • (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification.
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Liver of antimony, Liver of sulphur

  • . (Old Chem.) See Hepar.
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Liver of sulphur

  • . (Old Chem.) See Hepar.
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native sulphur

  • noun an old name for sulfur
    brimstone; native sulfur.
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Ruby of arsenic, Ruby of sulphur

  • (Chem.), a glassy substance of a red color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; called also ruby sulphur.
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Sulphur acid

  • . (Chem.) See Sulphacid.
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Sulphur alcohol

  • . (Chem.) See Mercaptan.
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Sulphur auratum

  • L. (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, Sb2S5, formerly a famous nostrum.
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sulphur bacteria

  • noun any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus
    thiobacteria; sulfur bacteria.
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Sulphur base

  • (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. Archaic
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sulphur butterfly

  • noun any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
    sulfur butterfly.
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Sulphur dioxide

  • noun a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
    sulfur dioxide.
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  • (Chem.), a colorless gas, SO2, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; called also sulphurous anhydride, and formerly sulphurous acid.
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Sulphur ether

  • (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen.
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sulphur hexafluoride

  • noun a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry
    sulfur hexafluoride.
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sulphur mine

  • noun a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground
    sulfur mine.
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sulphur oxide

  • noun any of several oxides of sulphur
    sulfur oxide.
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Sulphur salt

  • (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt.
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Sulphur showers

  • showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance.
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Sulphur trioxide

  • (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, SO3, obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in water with a hissing noise and the production of heat, forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating agent. Called also sulphuric anhydride, and formerly sulphuric acid.
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Sulphur whale

  • . (Zoöl.) See Sulphur-bottom.
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sulphur-bottom

Sul`phur-bot"tom noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) 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.
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sulphur-crested cockatoo

  • noun white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest
    Kakatoe galerita; Cacatua galerita.
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sulphur-yellow

  • adjective satellite of something having the yellow color of sulfur
    sulfur-yellow.
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Vegetable sulphur

  • the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss (Lycopodium clavatum); witch.
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