Sulphur

What do we mean by sulphur?

To apply sulphur to; also, to fume with sulphur;, sulphurate.

Chemical symbol, S; atomic weight, 31.98. An elementary substance which occurs in nature as a brittle crystalline solid, with resinous luster, almost tasteless, and emitting when rubbed or warmed a peculiar characteristic odor. noun

The supposed substance of lightning. noun

In zoology, one of many different pieridine butterflies: a yellow pierian. noun

Of the color of brimstone, or stick-sulphur; of a very greenish, excessively luminous, and highly chromatic yellow: used in zoölogy in many obvious compounds: as, sulphur-bellied; sulphur-crested.

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. noun

Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinæ. noun

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. noun

See Hepar. noun

See Sulphacid. noun

See Mercaptan. noun

A golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, Sb2S5, -- formerly a famous nostrum. noun

An alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. noun

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. noun

A sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen. noun

A salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt. noun

Showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance. noun

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. noun

A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.

A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

Words that are spelled similarly to sulphur:
sulphur, sulpher, sulpur.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sulphur:
saltpetre, greenbrier, springs, dioxide, dell, ppm, sulfur, particulate, banff, emissions, choctaw, nitrogen, molten, butterfly, baths, charcoal, phosphorus, emission, spa, unincorporated, magnesium, refinery, bluff, oxide, benton, gunpowder, compounds, crude, laguna, arkansas, mercury, creek, smell, gases, diesel, powder, mine, tampa, acid, hydrogen, mineral, resort, hopkins, louisiana, copper, ash, watershed, tonnes, mines, ore, spring, carbon, deposits, pollution, metals, volcanic, virginia, coal, content, reservoir, bacteria, atmosphere, canyon, fork, fuel, salt, yellow, oklahoma, gas, montana, petroleum, mountain, nashville, tributary, limestone, oxygen, tons, texas, bull, mining, organic, liquid, nevada, valley, cemetery, oil, orange, terminus, rain.

Words that rhyme with sulphur:
sulfur, native sulfur, engulf her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sulphur:
free, elemental, little, total, lime, powdered, native, much, pure, sublimed, more, organic, rhombic, neutral, liquid, monoclinic, yellow, low, crude, less, elementary, amorphous, solid, ordinary, white, wettable, fine, hot, inorganic, plastic, pyritic, sicilian, separated, atmospheric, red, sufficient, enough, commercial, dry, excess, unoxidized, hepar, orthorhombic, precipitated, available, crystalline, insoluble, sulphate, volatile, residual, colloidal, roll, volcanic, radioactive, pale, refined, raw, melted, uncombined, gaseous, bound, soluble, impure, boiled, burnt, burning, prismatic, washed, sulphide, soft, golden, bright, undissolved, labile, lac, combustible, metallic, called, tartarean, urinary, sublimated, octahedral, vital, live, sophic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sulphur:
dioxide, coal, springs, compounds, solution, proteins, water, baths, bacteria, oil, wash, mixture, protein, waters, mercury, spray, fuels, centres, spring, mines, clusters, salts, coals, fumes, fuel, colloid, oxygen, match, dip, bath, compound, battery, trioxide, batteries, bond, gas, content, mining, sprays, bonds, matches, ointment, burners, crude, yellow, acids, cluster, solutions, vapour, centre, salt, colour, deposits, bottoms, vapor, soap, lime, iron, oils, concentrate, deficiency, test, mixtures, theory, smoke, ratio, burner, cloud, containing, steel, steels, cell, ore, mix, dips, bottom, wort, ores, granules, atoms, coke, bearing, carbon, hydrogen, oxides, diesel, pools, washes, base, crudes, maturation, beds, deficient, hill, crested, coloured.

Consonant match to sulphur:
sulfur, sulfa, solfa, sol-fa, sulfo, sulpha, sol fa, sulpho, sulfo-, sulpho-, self a, self e, self he, self i.

Words that sound like sulphur:
sulfur, sulphur, sulfer, sulpher, suffer, sulf, sulfa, seler, suffr, sulph, sulpha, self, silver, cellar, selfie, seller, sillier, sylph, sypher, selph, silf, sellar, siller, celer, cifer, self-, celf, ciller, sefer, cilf, silar, selar, sailor, solar, cypher, safer, cipher, solver, sailer, sealer, siler, syler, solf, saylor, soler, sofer, salford, salver, sopher, soulier, soffer, saler, saffer, safr, salar, sulker, seiler, salyer, seifer, saller, sayler, soller, salir, helfer, solr, safir, sifr, sollar, solfa, seyler, cfr, soilure, wolfer, selfs, sylphs, selsor, souther, suther, pilfer, safire, salter, scoffer, sals, safar, psalter, sels, sculler, psl, salih, saulter, salaah, salwar, scuffer, salafi, psle, saltar, scler, salai, scler-, sfr.