sulphurate

  • 1Sulphurate — Sul phu*rate, a. [L. sulphuratus, sulfuratus.] Sulphureous. [Poetic & R.] Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Sulphurate — Sul phu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sulphurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sulphurating}.] (Chem.) To sulphurize. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3sulphurate — sul·phu·rate || sÊŒlfjÊŠreɪt / fjÊŠÉ™r v. treat or combine with sulphur (Chemistry) …

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  • 4sulphurate — /ˈsʌlfjəreɪt/ (say sulfyuhrayt) verb (t) (sulphurated, sulphurating) to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulphur, the fumes of burning sulphur, or the like. Also, sulfurate. –sulphuration /sʌlfjəˈreɪʃən/ (say sulfyuh rayshuhn), noun… …

  • 5sulphurate —   v.t. impregnate with sulphur.    ♦ sulphureous, a. pertaining to or like sulphur.    ♦ sulphuretted, a. impregnated with sulphur.    ♦ sulphuric, a. containing sulphur in higher valency.    ♦ sulphurous, a. containing sulphur in lower valency;… …

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  • 6sulphurate — v.tr. (US sulfurate) impregnate, fumigate, or treat with sulphur, esp. in bleaching. Derivatives: sulphuration n. sulphurator n …

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  • 7Sulphurated — Sulphurate Sul phu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sulphurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sulphurating}.] (Chem.) To sulphurize. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8Sulphurating — Sulphurate Sul phu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sulphurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sulphurating}.] (Chem.) To sulphurize. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9sullage — sul·lage səl ij n SEWAGE Each boldface word in the list below is a chiefly British variant of the word to its right in small capitals. sulpha SULFA sulphacetamide SULFACETAMIDE sulphacetimide SULFACETAMIDE sulphadiazine SULFADIAZINE… …

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  • 10sulphur — and its derivatives sulphurate, sulphurous, etc., are normally spelt with ph in BrE but f (sulfur etc.) in AmE …

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