Usually means: Emitting sulfur, typically with odor.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. sulphurous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sulphurous: Merriam-Webster
  3. sulphurous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sulphurous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sulphurous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sulphurous: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sulphurous, sulphurous: Wordnik
  8. sulphurous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sulphurous: Wiktionary
  10. sulphurous: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sulphurous: Dictionary.com
  12. Sulphurous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. sulphurous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. sulphurous: Rhymezone
  15. Sulphurous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. sulphurous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. sulphurous: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sulphurous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sulphurous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sulphurous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sulphurous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. sulphurous: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfurous [(American spelling) Containing sulfur.]

Similar:
sulfurous, acid, caustic, acerbic, sultry, bitter, acerb, acrid, hot, blistering, more...

Opposite:
unsulphurous, non-sulphurous, sulfur-free

Types:
brimstone, clay, gypsum, anhydrite, dolomite, more...

Phrases:
sulphurous acid, sulphurous anhydride, more...

Adjectives:
more, ugly, little, hot, black, alkaline, strong, cold, open, liquid, very

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Similar:
sulfurous, acid, caustic, acerbic, sultry, bitter, acerb, acrid, hot, blistering, more...

Opposite:
unsulphurous, non-sulphurous, sulfur-free

Types:
brimstone, clay, gypsum, anhydrite, dolomite, more...

Phrases:
sulphurous acid, sulphurous anhydride, more...

Adjectives:
more, ugly, little, hot, black, alkaline, strong, cold, open, liquid, very



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