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Arsenic
noun · 78% connection
One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Bornite
noun · 78% connection
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Brimstone
verb · 78% connection
Sulphur; See Sulphur.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Chalcopyrite
noun · 78% connection
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Cystine
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasional…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Danalite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Disulphide
noun · 78% connection
A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Disulphuric
adjective · 78% connection
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Dithionic
adjective · 78% connection
Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Glaucodot
noun · 78% connection
A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Hepar
noun · 78% connection
Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Hypophosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Hypophosphorous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Hyposulphuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Mercaptan
noun · 78% connection
Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.
Monosulphide
noun · 78% connection
A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, containing, sulphur, part, oxidation.