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Definition: Phosphorous |
PhosphorousAdjective1. Containing or characteristic of phosphorus; "phosphoric acid". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "phosphorous" was first used: 1629. (references) |
Etymology: Phosphorous \Phos"phor*ous\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression phosphoreux.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Having to do with or containing the element phosphorus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PhosphorousSynonym: phosphoric (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Phosphorous |
| English words defined with "phosphorous": Dephosphorization ♦ hypophosphoric acid ♦ Phosphite, Phosphonic, phosphorescent, phosphorous acid ♦ Sulphophosphorous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "phosphorous": blower, blast furnace ♦ LABORER, AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY I ♦ Phosphonic Acids, Phosphorous Acids, Phosphorus Plants ♦ response curves ♦ SUPERVISOR, BLAST FURNACE ♦ Total Dissolved Phosphorous ♦ West's solution. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "phosphorous": Hypophosphorous. (references) |
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Health | Phosphorous is found in every body tissue. (references) | |
Increased calcium and phosphorous excretion in the urine may cause kidney stones. (references) | ||
PTH also acts to lower blood phosphorous levels by increasing excretion of phosphorus in the urine. (references) | ||
Business | Additionally, the same sources report that there is no production of potassium and phosphorous derivatives in Argentina. (references) | |
There are no water treatment plants having a tertiary treatment step (for nitrogen and phosphorous elimination) and for this reason eutrophication is present in many lakes and reservoirs. (references) | ||
Saudi Arabia and Tunisia cooperated to set up the Sino-Arab Chemical Fertilizer Co., Ltd. to produce ammonium phosphorous and Israel cooperated with a Chinese firm to produce potassium fertilizer. (references) | ||
Trade | Mauritius | Imports of the following items are prohibited: ball valve bottles, caps for toy guns, recapped tires, white phosphorous matches, certain firecrackers, kerosene stoves, water scooters, ivory and tortoise shell, underwater fishing guns, candy in the form of cigarettes, toy crash helmets, cigarette papers, used motor vehicle spare parts, electric water heaters with bare elements, portable electric lamps, teething rings, rolling machines (other than industrial-type rolling machines) for cigarette manufacturing, blue asbestos and its products, and items containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). A detailed list is available from the Embassy. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Phosphorous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Phosphorous" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "phosphorous": phosphorous acid ♦ Phosphorous Acids. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "phosphorous": burnt-phosphorous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
phosphorous | 65 |
phosphorous red | 30 |
phosphorous acid | 17 |
phosphorous cycle | 12 |
white phosphorous | 5 |
deficiency phosphorous | 5 |
food phosphorous | 4 |
phosphorous sorption | 3 |
acid fertilizer phosphorous | 3 |
bronze phosphorous | 3 |
homeopathy phosphorous | 2 |
obtain phosphorous red | 2 |
diffusion phosphorous | 2 |
bore phosphorous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "phosphorous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фосфорист. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 亚磷. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fosforický (phosphoric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | phosphorholdigt stof (phosphorous compound), phosphorholdig komponent (phosphorous compound), total fosforbelastning (integral phosphorous loading), fosforslag (phosphorous slag), de uberoligede staal udviser en karakteristisk bloed randzone,der er lavere i kulstof-,svovl-og fosforindhold end kernematerialet (rimming steels show a characteristic rim zone which contains lower carbon-, sulphur- and phosphorous contents than the core). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fosfor (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فسفری (Phosphoric), فسفردار, تابنده (Phosphoric, Spinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fosforiyhdiste (phosphorous compound, phosphorus compound), fosforipitoinen yhdiste (phosphorous compound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phosphoreux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphorverbindungen (phosphorous compound), Phosphorstahl (phosphorous steel), Phosphorismus (phosphorism, phosphorous poisoning), phosphorige Saeure (phosphorous acid), phosphorhaltige Schlacke (phosphorous slag), Schmieröl-Phosphortest (lubricating-oil phosphorous test), Gesamtphosphorbelastung (integral phosphorous loading), die unberuhigt vergossenen Staehle zeigen eine kennzeichnende Randzone, die sog. Speckzone, die kohlenstoff-, schwefel- und phosphoraermer ist als die Kernzone (rimming steels show a characteristic rim zone which contains lower carbon-, sulphur- and phosphorous contents than the core). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποφωσφορικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זרחני (phosphoric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | foszforos, foszfor tartalmú, foszfor-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scoria contenente fosforo (phosphorous slag), gli acciai colati allo stato effervescente presentano una zona marginale caratteristica detta "orlo", che è più povera della zona centrale in carbonio, zolfo e fosforo, dosaggio del fosforo negli oli lubrificanti (lubricating-oil phosphorous test), composto fosforoso (phosphorous compound), carico integrale di fosforo (integral phosphorous loading), acido fosfonico (phosphorous acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 燐火 (ignis fatuus, phosphorous light, will-o'-the-wisp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りんか (automobile accident, ignis fatuus, neighbouring house, phosphorous light, traffic accident, will-o'-the-wisp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인 (phosphorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fosfaar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphorousphay fosforito. (various references) acid fosforos (phosphorous acid). (various references) фосфористый. (various references) fosforast. (various references) fosforoso. (various references) fosforhaltig, fosfor-. (various references) fosforlu. (various references) фосфористий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | Phosphoros. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phosphorus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "phosphorous": organophosphorous. (additional references) | |
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"Phosphorous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fosforos, Phosphoricum, phosphrous, phosphurous, phosporous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "phosphorous" (pronounced fÄ"sferus) |
| 7 | f Ä" s f er u s | phosphorus. |
| 4 | -f er u s | carboniferous, coniferous, fossiliferous, vociferous. |
| 3 | -er u s | adulterous, adventurous, amorous, avarice, barbarous, boisterous, cancerous, cantankerous, carnivorous, dangerous, decorous, generous, glamorous, herbivorous, heterosporous, homosporous, humerus, humorous, insectivorous, lecherous, murderous, numerous, odorous, omnivorous, onerous, overgenerous, oviparous, ovoviviparous, ponderous, precancerous, preposterous, prosperous, rancorous, rapturous, rhinoceros, rigorous, slanderous, sonorous, tetramerous, thunderous, timorous, traitorous, treacherous, unglamorous, uterus, vigorous, viviparous. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-h-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: phosphorus. | |
-2 letters: phosphors. | |
-3 letters: phosphor. | |
-4 letters: soursop. | |
-5 letters: porous, prosos, sopors, spoors. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-h-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-u" | |
+5 letters: organophosphorus. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 73 70 68 6F 72 6F 75 73 |
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