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Phrases 75
- sulphur dioxideAlternative spelling of sulfur dioxide: A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO₂ that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen …
- sulphur-crested cockatooA large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.
- flowers of sulphurAlternative spelling of flowers of sulfur: yellow flakes of elemental sulfur, either as mined from a fumarole etc, or obtained by distillation
- sulphur shelfA species of bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, found in Europe and North America.
- Sulphur CreekA locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- sulphur springsplural of sulphur spring: a spring of naturally sulfurous water, often of volcanic origin and therefore hot
- sulphur tuftA yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).
- sulphur-bottom whaleAlternative spelling of sulfur-bottom whale: A whale (Balaenoptera musculus), blue in color and the largest known living animal.
- golden sulphurSynonym of western sulphur: Colias occidentalis, a species of clouded yellow butterfly.
- lime sulphurAlternative spelling of lime sulfur: A mixture of calcium polysulfides used as a fungicide and insecticide on deciduous trees.
- sulphur acidAlternative spelling of sulfur acid: sulfuric acid
- sulphur bathAlternative spelling of sulfur bath: a curative bath in which the water used has sulfates dissolved in it; especially one in which the source of the water is a natural hot spring
- sulphur butterfliesplural of sulphur butterfly: the cloudless sulfur
- sulphur butterflyAlternative spelling of sulfur butterfly: the cloudless sulfur
- sulphur cycleAlternative spelling of sulfur cycle: the natural cycle which includes the mineralization of organic sulfur to sulfide, oxidation of this to sulfate, and reduction of this to sulfide followed by microbial incorporation of this into organic …
- sulphur mustardAlternative form of sulfur mustard: Mustard gas.
- sulphur oxideAlternative spelling of sulfur oxide: Any binary compound of sulfur and oxygen; either sulfur monoxide, sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide.
- sulphur springAlternative spelling of sulfur spring: a spring of naturally sulfurous water, often of volcanic origin and therefore hot
- sulphur worksAlternative spelling of sulfur works: An array of geothermal vents in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
- western sulphurColias occidentalis, a species of clouded yellow butterfly.
- sulphur monoxideAlternative spelling of sulfur monoxide: An unstable binary compound, SO, of sulfur and oxygen.
- cloudless sulphurAlternative spelling of cloudless sulfur: A yellow pierid butterfly, Phoebis sennae, found in the Americas.
- sulphur trioxideAlternative spelling of sulfur trioxide: A corrosive liquid, SO₃, which forms sulfuric acid on contact with water; made commercially by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide.
- sulphur hexafluorideAlternative spelling of sulfur hexafluoride: a gaseous binary compound, SF₆, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric
- sulphur-crested cockatoosplural of sulphur-crested cockatoo: A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.
Compound words 23
- radiosulphurAlternative form of radiosulfur: radioactive sulfur (especially when used as a tracer)
- sulphurflowerA form of wild buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) that has golden-yellow flowers.
- sulphurianAlternative spelling of sulfurian: Containing sulfur atoms (in place of another element).
- sulphurizationAlternative form of sulfurization: Treatment or impregnation with sulfur.
- sulphurlessAlternative spelling of sulfurless: Without sulfur.
- sulphurlikeAlternative spelling of sulfurlike: Resembling sulfur or some aspect of it.
- sulphursomeFull of sulphur, sulphurous.
- sulphurtransferaseAlternative spelling of sulfurtransferase: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of sulfur-containing groups between molecules
- sulphurweedHog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
- sulphurwortHog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)