Word Meanings - DESULPHURIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion, n.

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• SULPHUR-BOTTOM
  A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
• DEPRIVEMENT
  Deprivation.
• SULPHURWORT
  The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
• SULPHURY
  Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
• SULPHURATION
  The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
• 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,
• SULPHURYL
  The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and
• SULPHUREOUS
  Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ness, n.
• SULPHURING
  Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
• DEPRIVER
  One who, or that which, deprives.
• SULPHUREITY
  The quality or state of being sulphureous. B. Jonson.
• SULPHUR
  A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out.
• SULPHURATE
  Sulphureous. Dr. H. More.
• SULPHURETED
  sulphide, under Hydrogen.
• DESULPHURATE
  To deprive of sulphur.
• DEPRIVE
  1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. Shak. 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. God hath
• SULPHURIZE
  To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
• SULPHURINE
  Sulphureous.
• SULPHURATOR
  An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
• SULPHURET
  A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.
• PROTOSULPHURET
  A protosulphide.
• SUPERSULPHURIZE
  To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
• DESULPHURIZE
  To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion, n.
• MONOSULPHURET
  See MONOSULPHIDE
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• PERSULPHURET
  A persulphide.
• PYROSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of
• BISULPHURET
  See BISULPHIDE
• DEUTOSULPHURET
  A disulphide.
• TERSULPHURET
  A trisulphide.
• POLYSULPHURET
  A polysulphide.