Word Meanings - PHOSPHORIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

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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. Glacial phosphoric acid. Metaphosphoric acid in the form of glassy semitransparent masses or sticks. Pure normal phosphoric acid. -- Phosphoric acid , a white crystalline substance, H3PO4, which is the most highly oxidized acid of phosphorus, and forms an important and extensive series of compounds, viz., the phosphates. -- Soluble phosphoric acid, Insoluble phosphoric acid (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid combined in acid salts, or in neutral or basic salts, which are respectively soluble and insoluble in water or in plant juices. -- Reverted phosphoric acid , phosphoric acid changed from acid salts back to neutral or basic salts.

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• HIGHER-UP
  A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl.
• HIGHERING
  Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• VALENCE
  The degree of combining power of an atom as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• PHOSPHORESCENT
  Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible heat. -- n.
• DESIGNATIVE
  Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
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  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• PERTAIN
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• BYRONIC
  Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron. With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• CONTRASTIMULANT
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• PARAPHOSPHORIC
  Pyrophosphoric.
• METAPHOSPHORIC
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• TETRAVALENCE
  The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.
• CONTRAST
  To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.
• SELF-CONTAINED
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• SULPHOPHOSPHOROUS
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• MULTIVALENCE
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