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sulfur-yellow — adjective of something having the yellow color of sulfur • Syn: ↑sulphur yellow • Similar to: ↑chromatic … Useful english dictionary
thiochem sulfur yellow R — ˈthīōˌkem noun Usage: usually capitalized T&S&Y Etymology: thiochem from thi + chem (probably from chemical) : a sulfur dye see dye table I (under Sulfur Yellow 1) … Useful english dictionary
sulfur — [sul′fər] n. [ME sulphur < L] 1. a pale yellow, nonmetallic chemical element found in crystalline or amorphous form: it burns with a blue flame and a stifling odor and is used in vulcanizing rubber and in making matches, paper, gunpowder,… … English World dictionary
Sulfur mustard — Sulfur mustard … Wikipedia
Yellow Cross (chemical warfare) — Yellow Cross (Gelbkreuz) is a World War I chemical warfare agent usually based on sulfur mustard (HS, Yperite, Lost).The original Gelbkreuz was a composition of 80 90% of sulfur mustard and 10 20% of tetrachloromethane or chlorobenzene as a… … Wikipedia
sulfur — (Brit. sulphur) ► NOUN 1) a combustible non metallic chemical element which typically occurs as yellow crystals. 2) the material of which hellfire and lightning were formerly believed to consist. ORIGIN Latin sulfur, sulphur … English terms dictionary
Yellow cross — may mean: * Cathar yellow cross, a distinguishing mark worn by repentant Cathars, who were ordered to wear it by the Roman Catholic Church ** For information about other distinguishing markers (including the Nazi s imposition of the Yellow Star… … Wikipedia
sulfur granule — n any of the small yellow bodies found in the pus of actinomycotic abscesses and consisting of clumps of the causative actinomycete … Medical dictionary
Sulfur — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Sulfur (disambiguation). phosphorus ← sulfur → chlorine … Wikipedia
sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… … Universalium
