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Definition: Sulfuric |
SulfuricAdjective1. Of or relating to or containing sulfur; "sulphuric esters". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: SulfuricSynonym: sulphuric (adj). (additional references) |
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 | Copperhill, Tennesse. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Train bringing copper ore out of mine. Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copper Hill [i.e Copperhill], Tenn. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Ukraine | It has a major ferrous metal industry, producing cast iron, steel, and steel pipe, and its chemical industry produces coke, mineral fertilizers, and sulfuric acid. (references) |
Uzbekistan | In addition to these minerals, Uzbekistan produces natural gas, silver, zinc, wolfram, lead, sulfuric acid, feldspar, cadmium, molybdenum concentrate, kaolin, and others. (references) | |
Pakistan | Local production of chemicals largely is confined to soda ash, caustic soda, sulfuric and hydrochloric acid, sodium bicarbonate, liquid chlorine, aluminum sulfate, carbon black, acetone and acetic acid. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | The FARC used sulfuric acid in the gas canisters that it employed as artillery and continued its practice of using these canisters to attack small towns. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "sulfuric": Pentosan Sulfuric Polyester ♦ sulfuric acid ♦ Sulfuric Acid Esters ♦ Sulfuric Acids. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "sulfuric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 含硫 (sulphuric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | svovlsur ester (sulfuric ester), svovlholdig kilde (sulfuric spring, sulfurous spring), diethylether (diethyl ether, ether, ethyl ether, sulfuric ether), behandling med svovlsyre (acid refining, acid treating, sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating), almindelig ether (sulfuric ether), alkylering med svovlsyre (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), aeter (ether, sulfuric ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zwavelig (sulphureous, sulphuric), zwavel- (sulphureous, sulphuric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sulfura (sulphureous, sulphuric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rikkilähde (sulphur spring), rikkihappokäsittely (acid refining, acid treating, sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating), rikkihappoalkylointi (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), rikkihapon esteri (sulfuric ester), happokäsittely (acid refining, acid treating, sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | source sulfureuse (sulfuric spring, sulfurous spring), traitement l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating), raffinage l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric acid washing, sulphuric-acid treating), procédé sulfurique en courant continu (dc sulfuric process), procédé d'alkylation l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), procédé d'alcoylation l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), oxydation anodique sulfurique (sulfuric-acid anodizing), indice de coloration sulfurique (sulfuric acid wash test), ester sulfurique (sulfuric ester), alkylation l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), alcoylation l'acide sulfurique (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), éther sulphurique (sulfuric ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwefelig (sulphureous, sulphuric, sulphurous), Schwefel.... (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θειικόσ (sulfurate, sulphuric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'ופרתי (sulphureous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kénsav (oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphate, vitriol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | solforico (sulphuric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 硫酸 (sulfuric acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きりゅうさ" (dilute sulfuric acid), のうりゅうさ" (concentrated sulfuric acid), りゅうさ" (sulfuric acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 황 (sulfur, sulphur, sulphuric, sulphurs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulfuricsay sulfuroso (sulphureous, sulphuric, sulphurous). (various references) серный (sulphureous, sulphuric, sulphury). (various references) sulfúrico (sulfureous, sulphureous, sulphuric, sulphurous, sulphury). (various references) svavelsyrabehandling (acid refining, acid treating, sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating), svavelsyraalkylering (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process), svavelhaltig källa (sulfuric spring, sulfurous spring), svavelhaltig ester (sulfuric ester), behandling med svavelsyra (acid refining, acid treating, sulfuric-acid treating, sulphuric-acid treating), alkyleringsprocess med svavelsyra (sulfuric-acid alkylation, sulfuric-acid alkylation process, sulphuric-acid alkylation, sulphuric-acid alkylation process). (various references) กร"ซัลฟูริก (sulfuric acid). (various references) сірчаний (sulfureous, sulfury, sulphureous, sulphuric, sulphury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Sulfuric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ulfric, Wulfric. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sulfuric" (pronounced sulfyuh"rik) |
| 5 | -y uh" r i k | mercuric. |
| 3 | -r i k | alphanumeric, anthropocentric, atmospheric, Baldric, barbaric, barometric, boric, caloric, choric, citric, cleric, concentric, Derrick, dissymmetric, eccentric, econometric, egocentric, electric, esoteric, ethnocentric, euphoric, fabric, gastric, generic, geocentric, geometric, geriatric, gravimetric, hemispheric, historic, hydroelectric, hyperbaric, hysteric, ionospheric, lyric, mesenteric, meteoric, metric, nitric, numeric, obstetric, optometric, parametric, pediatric, photoelectric, pinprick, prehistoric, psychiatric, pyrrhic, rubric, satiric, sophomoric, stearic, stratospheric, tantric, vampiric, vitric. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-i-l-r-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: sulfur. | |
-3 letters: cuifs, curfs, curls, ficus, flics, fucus, furls, fusil, scurf, sulci. | |
-4 letters: cris, crus, cuif, curf, curl, curs, fils, firs, fisc, flic, flus, fuci, furl, furs, rifs, slur, sulu, surf, ulus, uric, urus. | |
-5 letters: cis, cur, fil, fir, flu, fur, ifs, lis, rif, sic, sir, sri, ulu. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-i-l-r-s-u-u" | |
+2 letters: funiculars, luciferous. | |
+4 letters: circumfluous, furunculosis. | |
+5 letters: floricultures, fluorouracils. | |
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