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Phosphoric.

PHOSPHORIC
1. Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds. 2. Phosphorescent. "A phosphoric sea." Byron.
PHOSPHORICAL
Phosphoric.
PARAPHOSPHORIC
Pyrophosphoric.
METAPHOSPHORIC
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid.
LITHOPHOSPHORIC
Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.
HYPOPHOSPHORIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. Hypophosphoric acid , an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated
PYROPHOSPHORIC
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates.
SULPHOPHOSPHORIC
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.