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sulphuric

adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,758 of 15,258neutral

Sulphuric means to do with the yellow element that smells of rotten eggs. Sulphuric acid.

The acid is the one everybody has heard of, and it is made in greater quantity than any other. Sulphuric acid takes water out of things, which is why it chars paper and skin.

Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of sulphuric

  1. 1adjectivesulphuricTo do with the yellow element that smells of rotten eggs.C2

    “A drop of sulphuric acid went through the bench.”

sulphuric is a quality.

Also accepted in games: sulfuric

Where it comes from

From sulphur + -ic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

sulphuric in the wild

  • The springs are known for their therapeutic properties and the waters with their sulphuric minerals are reputed to ease aching muscles.

    Poring

  • The action of water and oxygen on pyrite forms sulphate (a salt of sulphuric acid), thereby depleting the pyrite, causing loss of adhesion and physical expansion.

    Mundic

  • The company also possesses a modern sulphuric acid plant which was commissioned in 1996, for utilizing the tail gas recycling DCDA (Double Catalysis Double Absorption) technology.

    Travancore Titanium Products

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • sulphur