Word Meanings - HYPOSULPHURIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. Hyposulphuric acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a
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Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. Hyposulphuric acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. See Dithionic.
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- STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - 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. - STATEHOOD
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. - CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller. - LOWERMOST
Lowest. - SULPHURWORT
The hog's fennel. See under Fennel. - ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of - OBTAINABLE
Capable of being obtained. - STATE SOCIALISM
A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to - LOWERY
Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather. - SULPHURY
Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur. - ACTIONABLE
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. - STATECRAFT
The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship. - STATESWOMAN
A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson. - SULPHURATION
The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated. - STATESMANLY
Becoming a statesman. - STATESMAN
1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light - 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. - OXIDATION
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized. - WILLOWER
A willow. See Willow, n., 2. - WINDFLOWER
The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone. - CREBRICOSTATE
Marked with closely set ribs or ridges. - FLOWERY-KIRTLED
Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton. - CAULIFLOWER
An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant. (more info) caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. - SAGEBRUSH STATE
Nevada; -- a nickname. - OLD LINE STATE
Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line. - ENSTATE
See INSTATE - FLOWER-DE-LUCE
A genus of perennial herbs with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north - KATASTATE
A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic. - PROTOSULPHURET
A protosulphide. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley. - BAYOU STATE
Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous. - WALLOWER
A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows. - FLOWERY
1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China. - REESTATE
To reëstablish. Walis. - BLACKWATER STATE
Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.