Sulphurous is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SULPHUROUS in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• containing sulphur in lower valency; pertaining to hellfire, also SULFUROUS
• like sulphur in colour; pale yellow
• (chiefly of vapour) containing or derived from sulphur
• marked by anger or profanity
• Of or pertaining to sulphur.
• Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
• Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.
• of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
• harsh or corrosive in tone
• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
• containing sulphur in lower valency; pertaining to hellfire
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• of, relating to, or containing sulfur especially with a lower valence than sulfuric compounds; resembling or emanating from sulfur and especially burning sulfur

Words related to SULPHUROUS

sulphureous16 sulphurously20 sulphurousness19

Words that contain SULPHUROUS

sulphurously20 hyposulphurous27 sulphurousness19 hydrosulphurous27

How to use SULPHUROUS in a sentence

• This, for the moment, was a sulphurous crater, the fire-belching demons, invisible in the smoke.
• The bathing establishments are fed by four springs of the sulphurous type.
• In the unfamiliar house, and half blinded and choked by smoke and sulphurous fumes, Peggy had a hard task before her.
• The philosopher Plinius, who wrote on geography and natural history, was stifled by the sulphurous air while fleeing from the showers of stones and ashes cast up by the mountain.
• The smokeless powder used by the Spaniards gave no trace of their location, while the sulphurous cloud hanging over the Americans formed a perfect target for the Spanish fire.
• The harmless nature of sulphurous acid makes it very desirable as a bleaching agent, especially in the home.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics.
• See, if one head fails Another with a sulphurous beak stands yawning.
• In bubbling eddies rolls the fiery tide, And sulphurous surges on each other ride.
• The smoke rolled in dark grey sulphurous clouds down the slope and shut out the sky line.
• The sulphurous taste of the powder was in his mouth.
• Choking sulphurous vapors issued from the cavity, into whose frightful abyss a village of several hundred houses was precipitated.
• Below, on the Fiumicicoli, is a hot sulphurous spring.
• A warm, sulphurous odour came from the place of concussion.
• A violent storm of sulphurous rain fell at San Giuseppe, Vesuviana and Sariano, and on all sides the fall of sand and ashes came on again in full strength.
• The mud ejected has often a strong sulphurous smell.
• Then at three or four points on the edge of the sulphurous area appeared the grotesque forms of the Beast People hurrying towards us.
• The smoke of the battle blended with the storm had spread over the contending hosts a sulphurous canopy black as midnight.

Similar words containing SULPHUROU without suffix s

sulphurously20 hyposulphurous27 sulphurousness19 hydrosulphurous27

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