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7 words match “SULPHURETED”

SULPHURETED a.
Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized. [Written also sulphuretted.] Sulphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Hydrogen sulphide, under Hydrogen.
HYDROSULPHURETED a.
Combined with hydrogen sulphide.
SUPERSULPHURETED a.
Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also -sulphuretted.]
FIRE n.
ire. -- Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. Raymond. -- Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. -- Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cool…
HEPATIC a.
cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive. -- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. -- Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.
HEPATIZATION n.
Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
HEPATIZE v.
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.