Word Meanings - SULPHOTUNGSTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten , analogous to sulphuric 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.
• TUNGSTENIC
  Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as, tungstenic ores.
• 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.
• TUNGSTEN STEEL
  A steel containing a small amount of tungsten, noted for tenacity and hardness, even under a considerable degree of heat. Magnets made of it are said to be highly permanent. It often contains manganese.
• 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.
• TUNGSTEN LAMP
  An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refractory nature of the metal, may be maintained at a very high temperature and require an expenditure of only about 1.25 watts per candle power.
• TUNGSTEN
  A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel,
• 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
• SULPHURIC
  Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid. Sulphur trioxide ; -- formerly so called
• ETHYLSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid , an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process
• 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.
• PYROSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of
• 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
• HYDROSULPHURIC
  Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuricacid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water.
• HYPOSULPHURIC
  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
• DISULPHURIC
  Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation. Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming
• 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.
• BLACK SALTS
  Crude potash. De Colange.