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Word Meanings - BRIMSTONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson.

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  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • BRIMSTONE
    Sulphur; See Sulphur.
  • 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.
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • CONTAINABLE
    Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  • CONTAINER
    One who, or that which, contains.
  • RESEMBLE
    sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
  • RESEMBLABLE
    Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
  • CONTAIN
    1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
  • RESEMBLER
    One who resembles.
  • RESEMBLANCE
    1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  • SELF-CONTAINED
    Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
  • HYDROSULPHUROUS
    Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under Hyposulphurous.
  • HYPOSULPHUROUS
    Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. Thiosulphuric acid. An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an
  • NONRESEMBLANCE
    Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

 

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