Definition of Sulphury

1. a. Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.

Definition of Sulphury

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of sulfury) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulphury

1. sulfury [adj] - See also: sulfury

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphury

sulphurising
sulphurity
sulphurization
sulphurizations
sulphurize
sulphurless
sulphurlike
sulphurous
sulphurous acid
sulphurously
sulphurs
sulphurtransferase
sulphurtransferases
sulphurwort
sulphurworts
sulphury (current term)
sulphuryl
sulphuryls
sulphydrate
sulphydrates
sulphydric acid
sulphydryl
sulphydryls
sulpiride
sultam
sultams
sultan
sultana
sultana bird
sultanas

Literary usage of Sulphury

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"At the same time, his foreground trees have occasionally untruthful forms, and a sulphury yellow colour. In a few instances also I have remarked his general ..."

2. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1898)
"... acid : SO'<OH + PC1» = SO«<OH + POC1' + HC1> Like sulphury 1 chloride it is decomposed by water, yielding hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid. ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1901)
"... of sulphur dioxide and chlorine gas into a capacious flask, containing some camphor, which causes the union of the gases to form sulphury! chloride. ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"tellurium in the vapour of sulphury! chloride, the metal is first transformed into black dichloride, after which it is further chlorinated to the ..."

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