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- Sulphurous - a. - Of or pertaining to sulphur.
- Sulphurous - a. - Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
- Sulphurous - a. - Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.
- Sulphonic - a. - Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.
- Sulphite - n. - A salt of sulphurous acid.
- Bisulphite - n. - A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
- Hydrosulphurous - a. - Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
- Thionyl - n. - The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
- Sulphuric - a. - Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid.
- Tellurous - a. - Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
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