Word Meanings - BRIMSTONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson.

Related words: (words related to BRIMSTONY)

• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• BRIMSTONE
  Sulphur; See Sulphur.
• SULPHUROUS
  1. 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,
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• CONTAIN
  1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• HYDROSULPHUROUS
  Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
• HYPOSULPHUROUS
  Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. Thiosulphuric acid. An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an
• NONRESEMBLANCE
  Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.