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(chemistry) calcium permanganate
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(chemistry) To react with astatine
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(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of auric acid.
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(literally) Acid used as electrolyte in a battery, usually sulphuric acid.
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The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.
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Biologically-produced elemental sulfur.
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(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate [(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.]
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(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.]
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(chemistry, archaic) A disulfide.
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(chemistry) A urate containing twice as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate.
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The calcium salt of fumaric acid, with chemical formula Ca(C₂H₂(COO)₂).
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The calcium salt of tartaric acid; it is a byproduct of the wine industry, prepared from fermentation dregs, and used as a food preservative and acidity regulator.
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A material manufactured by heating sugars with a sulphite and, normally, caustic soda.
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Alternative form of desulfated [From which sulfate has been removed]
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Alternative form of desulfonated
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(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of sulfur and another element in the ratio 2:1 (formula XS₂).
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(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
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Alternative form of disulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The divalent anion S₂O₅²⁻, or any salt containing this anion]
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Alternative form of disulfonate [(chemistry) Any compound containing two sulfonate groups]
n
(chemistry, obsolete) disulfide
n
Alternative form of elephant's toothpaste [A foamy substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using potassium iodide as a catalyst; the outcome of a popular educational experiment in chemistry.]
n
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of ferrosulfide [(inorganic chemistry) Any iron sulfide]
n
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of fuming sulfuric acid [(inorganic chemistry) Any solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid; it contains pyrosulfuric acid, and is used in the manufacture of nitroglycerine etc.]
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Alternative spelling of hemisulfate [(chemistry) Any compound in which only one of two basic groups are reacted with sulfate]
n
Alternative spelling of hydrohydrodesulphurization [(chemistry) the hydrodesulfurization of gases (such as town gas) that contain hydrogen]
n
Alternative spelling of hydrosulfite [(chemistry) dithionite]
adj
Alternative form of hydrosulphuretted [(chemistry, obsolete) combined with hydrogen sulfide]
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(chemistry, obsolete) combined with hydrogen sulfide
n
Alternative spelling of hyposulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The SO₂²⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this ion]
n
Alternative form of hyposulfite of soda. [(inorganic chemistry, dated) Sodium thiosulfate.]
adj
Alternative form of hyposulfurous [(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hyposulfurous acid or its derivatives.]
n
Alternative spelling of lead sulfate [(inorganic chemistry) The insoluble lead salt or sulfuric acid, PbSO₄, that forms in lead-acid batteries]
n
Alternative spelling of lime sulfur [A mixture of calcium polysulfides used as a fungicide and insecticide on deciduous trees.]
n
Alternative spelling of lithium sulfate [(chemistry) the lithium salt of sulfuric acid, Li₂SO₄; used in the treatment of manic depression etc]
n
Alternative spelling of lithium sulfide [(chemistry) a binary compound of lithium and sulfur, Li₂S, sometimes used in lithium batteries]
n
Alternative spelling of metabisulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S₂O₅²⁻ or any salt containing this ion]
n
(dated, chemistry) A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium sodium hydrogenphosphate (NH₄)NaHPO₄.
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Alternative form of monosulfate [(inorganic chemistry) Any salt that has a single sulfate group]
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Alternative spelling of monosulfide [(inorganic chemistry) Any sulfide having a single sulfur atom]
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(chemistry, archaic) monosulphide
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Alternative form of multisulfur [(chemistry) Of a compound, having more than one sulfur atom]
n
A low grade, industrial grade or impure form of hydrochloric acid, often containing traces of iron.
n
Alternative spelling of persulfate [(inorganic chemistry) Any of several oxyanions (and their associated salts) that have peroxide units linked to one or more sulfur atoms]
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Alternative spelling of persulfide [(chemistry) Any sulfide containing more than the usual proportion of sulfur atoms]
n
(chemistry, obsolete) A polysulphide.
n
A particular artificial sweetener.
n
alternative form of E402.
n
alternative form of E228.
n
Alternative form of rotten egg gas [(colloquial) hydrogen sulfide]
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Alternative form of sesquisulphide [(chemistry) Any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms for every two metal atoms.]
n
Impure dark-coloured sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum.
n
Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase.
n
(uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
adj
Of, relating to, or containing sodium.
n
(inorganic chemistry, chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of sodium bisulfite [(inorganic chemistry) The mono sodium salt of sulfurous acid, NaHSO₃, used as a food preservative and as a reagent in organic synthesis.]
n
Alternative spelling of sodium sulfide [(inorganic chemistry) The inorganic compound Na₂S.]
n
Alternative form of sodium thiosulphate
n
natural gas, or any other gas, containing significant amounts of hydrogen sulfide
n
(chemistry) Initialism of solid oxygen.
n
(obsolete, chemistry) Sugar of lead.
v
(American spelling, transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
n
Alternative form of sulphate of magnesia [Synonym of magnesium sulfate]
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(chemistry) Reaction with sulfur to form sulfides.
n
Alternative form of sulphophosphate [(chemistry) A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.]
n
salt with about 3% added sulfur; supplied in blocks as a feed supplement for cattle and sheep
v
(obsolete, chemistry) To sulfurize.
n
Alternative spelling of sulphuretum [An ecosystem in which bacteria convert sulfur into different chemical forms (sulfate, sulfide etc.), often in a cyclic manner.]
n
Alternative spelling of sulphurity [the relative amount of sulphur in a substance]
adj
(American spelling) Containing sulfur.
n
(chemistry) alternative name of sulfane [(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) hydrogen sulfide (IUPAC name)]
n
(chemistry, obsolete) sulphantimonic acid
n
Alternative form of sulfarsenite [thioarsenite]
n
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfate [(organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.]
adj
(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of sulfatian [(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing sulfate anions]
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alternative spelling of sulfatide [(chemistry) sulfates of glycosphingolipids]
n
Alternative spelling of sulfation [(chemistry) The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfate (-OSO₂OH) functional group, or the replacement of the hydrogen atoms of two molecules to form a sulfate (R-OSO₂O-R)]
n
(obsolete, chemistry) carbon disulphide
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfided [Reacted with sulfur to form a sulfide.]
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfidic [Containing sulfide]
adj
Alternative form of sulfinated. [Treated or reacted with a sulfinic acid or sulfur dioxide]
n
(obsolete) A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.
adj
Alternative form of sulfitic [Of or pertaining to sulfite.]
n
Alternative form of sulfobenzoate [(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric sulfonic acids derived from benzoate (or carboxy derivatives of benzenesulfonic acid); the anion of sulfobenzoic acid]
n
Alternative form of sulfobetaine [(organic chemistry) The zwitterionic compound dimethylsulfonioacetate (CH₃)₂S⁺-CH₂-CO₂⁻; any derivative of this compound, many of which have industrial applications]
n
Alternative form of sulfobromophthalein [bromsulphthalein]
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Alternative form of sulphocyanate [(chemistry) A salt or ester of sulphocyanic acid; a thiocyanate.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfosalt [(mineralogy) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium).]
n
Alternative form of sulfospinel [(mineralogy) Any mineral having the form of a spinel in which some or all of the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulfur]
n
Alternative form of sulfosuccinate [(organic chemistry) A sulfonate derivative of succinate (salt or ester of sulfosuccinc acid)]
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(chemistry, obsolete) ethylsulphuric acid
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Alternative form of sulfoxidation [(organic chemistry) Reaction with, or conversion to a sulfoxide]
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Alternative form of sulfoxylate [(inorganic chemistry) hyposulfite]
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Alternative 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]
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Alternative 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]
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(British spelling) alternative form of sulfur candle [(American spelling) A candle-shaped device that emits sulfur dioxide when burnt; used to fumigate rooms]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur cast [a cast made by pouring prill sulfur into a depression; used forensically to take casts of prints in snow]
n
Alternative spelling of sulfur cone [a conical deposit of sulfur condensed from a fumarole]
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(inorganic chemistry, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfur dioxide [(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) 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, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur ether [(chemistry) a thioether]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur impression [a sulfur cast]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur match [a match whose head consists of a mixture containing sulfur; a small amount of phosphorus is included either on the match, or on a striking surface in the case of a safety match]
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Alternative form of sulfur mustard [(technical) Mustard gas.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur print [A technique used to examine the surface of a metal for sulfide inclusions]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur pyrites [the mineral pyrite]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur soap [A soap containing up to 10% added sulfur, used as an antiseptic or antifungal treatment.]
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(British spelling) alternative spelling of sulfur spring [(American spelling) a spring of naturally sulfurous water, often of volcanic origin and therefore hot]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur works [An array of geothermal vents in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur yellow [a yellow colour similar to that of the element sulfur]
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Alternative spelling of sulfur-color [a yellow color similar to that of sulfur]
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(poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous
adj
Alternative form of sulfurated [Treated or combined with sulfur]
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Alternative form of sulfuration [(chemistry) reaction with sulfur]
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An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur, especially for purposes of fumigation or bleaching.
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(British spelling, now rare) Sulphurous.
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Obsolete spelling of sulfuret [(obsolete, chemistry) To sulfurize.]
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfuric [(American spelling, chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state]
n
the relative amount of sulphur in a substance
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike [Resembling sulfur or some aspect of it.]
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfury [Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.]
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Alternative form of supersulphuretted [(chemistry, obsolete) impregnated or combined with an excess of sulfur]
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Alternative form of transsulfuration [(biochemistry) The metabolic interconversion of cysteine and homocysteine]
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Alternative spelling of trisulfide [(chemistry) Any sulfide containing three atoms of sulfur.]
n
Alternative spelling of vegetable sulfur [The powdery spores of the club moss (Lycopodium clavatum)]
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Alternative spelling of virgin sulphur [Naturally occurring elemental sulfur]
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(chemistry, obsolete) Sulfur dioxide.
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Alternative spelling of volcanic sulphur [Naturally occurring elemental sulfur as deposited at the fumarole of a volcano.]
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