Word Meanings - SULPHOPHOSPHORIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.
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- DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - SULPHACID
An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - KNOWN
of Know. - DESIGNATORY
Serving to designate; designative; indicating. - PHOSPHORUS
A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen - ANALOGOUS
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. - 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. - DESIGNATION
1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of - PHOSPHORUS STEEL
A steel in which the amount of phosphorus exceeds that of carbon. - 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. - PREDESIGNATE
A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. - LITHOPHOSPHORIC
Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat. - EPSOM SALTS; EPSOM SALT
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate - UNKNOWN
Not known; not apprehended. -- Un*known"ness, n. Camden. - GLAUBER'S SALT; GLAUBER'S SALTS
Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts." Note: It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as - PREINDESIGNATE
Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate. - WELL-KNOWN
Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. A church well known with a well-known rite. M. Arnold. - 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 - BLACK SALTS
Crude potash. De Colange. - ABRAUM; ABRAUM SALTS
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. - UNBEKNOWN
Not known; unknown.