Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 191
Sullies (n. pl. ) of Sully.
Sully (n.) Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. -- Spectator.
Sully (n.) United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: {Sully}, {Thomas Sully}].
Sully (n.) French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: {Sully}, {Duc de Sully}, {Maxmilien de Bethune}].
Sully (v.) Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {taint}, {cloud}].
Sully (v.) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: {tarnish}, {stain}, {maculate}, {sully}, {defile}].
Sully (v.) Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}].
Sulphacid (n.) 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.
Sulphamate (n.) A salt of sulphamic acid.
Sulphamic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts.
Sulphamide (n.) Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
Sulphanilic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Sulphantimonate (n.) A salt of sulphantimonic acid.
Sulphantimonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid.
Sulphantimonious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphantimonite (n.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid.
Sulpharsenate (n.) A salt of sulpharsenic acid.
Sulpharsenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts.
Sulpharsenious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts.
Sulpharsenite (n.) A salt of sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphate (n.) A salt of sulphuric acid.
Sulphatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.
Sulphato- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate.
Sulphaurate (n.) A salt of sulphauric acid.
Sulphauric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts.
Sulphide (n.) (Chem.) 【化】硫化物 A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called {sulphuret}.
{Double sulphide} (Chem.), A compound of two sulphides.
{Hydrogen sulphide}. (Chem.) See under {Hydrogen}.
{Metallic sulphide}, A binary compound of sulphur with a metal.
Sulphide (n.) A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive [syn: {sulfide}, {sulphide}].
Sulphinate (n.) A salt of a sulphinic acid.
Sulphindigotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.
Sulphine (n.) Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium.
Sulphinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid.
Sulphinide (n.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates).
Sulphion (n.) A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts.
Sulphionide (n.) A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a sulphionide.
Sulphite (n.) A salt of sulphurous acid.
Sulpho- () A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. Cf. Thio-.
Sulphoarsenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.
Sulphocarbonate (n.) A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate.
Sulphocarbonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.
Sulphocyanate (n.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide.
Sulphocyanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.
Sulphocyanide (n.) See Sulphocyanate.
Sulphocyanogen (n.) See Persulphocyanogen.
Sulphonal (n.) A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.
Sulphonate (n.) A salt of sulphonic acid.
Sulphone (n.) (Chem.) Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH?)?. SO?.
Sulphonic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, {C6H5.SO2.OH}, a stable colorless crystalline substance.
{Sulphonic group} (Chem.), The hypothetical radical, {SO2.OH}, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids.
Sulphonium (n.) A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines.
Sulphophosphate (n.) A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.
Sulphophosphite (n.) A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
Sulphophosphoric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphophosphorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphosalt (n.) A salt of a sulphacid.
Sulphostannate (n.) A salt of sulphostannic acid.
Sulphostannic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.
Sulphotungstate (n.) A salt of sulphotungstic acid.
Sulphotungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphovinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.
Sulphur (n.) (Chem.) 【化】硫磺；硫磺色 A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine (as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be obtained in two crystalline modifications, in orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the former of which is the more stable at ordinary temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical relations, of a group of elements, including selenium and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group, or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen.
Sulphur (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
{Amorphous sulphur} (Chem.), An elastic variety of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification.
{Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}.
{Sulphur acid}. (Chem.) See {Sulphacid}.
{Sulphur alcohol}. (Chem.) See {Mercaptan}.
{Sulphur auratum} [L.] (Old Chem.), A golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, {Sb2S5}, -- formerly a famous nostrum.
{Sulphur base} (Chem.), An alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic]
{Sulphur dioxide} (Chem.), A colorless gas, {SO2}, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called also {sulphurous anhydride}, and formerly {sulphurous acid}.
{Sulphur ether} (Chem.), A sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen.
{Sulphur salt} (Chem.), A salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt.
{Sulphur showers}, Showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance.
{Sulphur trioxide} (Chem.), A white crystalline solid, {SO3}, obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in water with a hissing noise and the production of heat, forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating agent. Called also {sulphuric anhydride}, and formerly {sulphuric acid}.
{Sulphur whale}. (Zool.) See {Sulphur-bottom}.
{Vegetable sulphur} (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under {Lycopodium}.
Sulphur (n.) An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) [syn: {sulfur}, {S}, {sulphur}, {atomic number 16}].
Sulphur (v.) (v. t.) 用硫磺處理；使硫化 Treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured" [syn: {sulphur}, {sulfur}].
Sulphur (n.) Symbol: S Atomic number: 16 Atomic weight: 32.064 Yellow, nonmetallic element belonging to group 16 of the periodic table.
It is an essential element in living organisms, needed in the amino acids cysteine and methionine, and hence in many proteins. Absorbed by plants from the soil as sulphate ion.
Sulphur (n.), OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 4794
Housing Units (2000): 2220
Land area (2000): 6.818133 sq. miles (17.658882 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.145305 sq. miles (0.376337 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.963438 sq. miles (18.035219 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71350
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.509159 N, 96.975371 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73086
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sulphur, OK
Sulphur
Sulphur (n.), LA -- U.S. city in Louisiana
Population (2000): 20512
Housing Units (2000): 8665
Land area (2000): 10.040262 sq. miles (26.004157 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.040262 sq. miles (26.004157 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73640
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 30.230355 N, 93.360837 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 70663
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sulphur, LA
Sulphur
Sulphurate (a.) Sulphureous.
Sulphurated (imp. & p. p.) of Sulphurate.
Sulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sulphurate.
Sulphurate (v. t.) To sulphurize.
Sulphuration (n.) The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
Sulphurator (n.) An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
Sulphur-bottom (n.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
Sulphureity (n.) The quality or state of being sulphureous.
Sulphureous (a.) Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.
Sulphuret (n.) A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.
Sulphureted (a.) Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.
Sulphuric (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
Sulphuric (a.) (Chem.) 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 (see under Sulphur); -- formerly so called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
Sulphuric acid. A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks and dissolves many metals and other intractable substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin. It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and in general its manufacture is the most important and fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly called vitriolic acid, and now popularly vitriol, and oil of vitriol.
Fuming sulphuric acid, or Nordhausen sulphuric acid. See Disulphuric acid, under Disulphuric.
Sulphuric anhydride, Sulphur trioxide. See under Sulphur.
Sulphuric ether, Common anaesthetic ether; -- so called because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on alcohol. See Ether, 3 (a) .
Sulphuric (a.) Of or relating to or containing sulfur; "sulphuric esters" [syn: sulphuric, sulfuric].
Sulphurine (a.) Sulphureous.
Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
Sulphurize (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
Sulphurous (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur.
Sulphurous (a.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
Sulphurous (a.) Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.
Sulphurwort (n.) The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
Sulphury (a.) Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
Sulphuryl (n.) The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon.
Sulphydrate (n.) A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.
Sulphydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
Sulpician (n.) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States.
Sultan (n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Sultana (n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
Sultana (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
Sultanate (n.) The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.
Sultaness (n.) A sultana.
Sultanic (a.) Pertaining to a sultan.
Sultan-red (a.) Having a deep red color.
Sultanry (n.) The dominions of a sultan.
Sultanship (n.) The office or dignity of a sultan.
Sultany (n.) Sultanry.
Sultrily (adv.) In a sultry manner.
Sultriness (n.) The quality or state of being sultry.
Sultry (a.) 悶熱的；酷熱的；（脾氣）易怒的，狂暴的；（人）易動感情的，熱烈的 Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. -- Dryden.
Sultry (a.) Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. -- Addison.
Sultry (a.) Sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry].
Sultry (a.) Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous].
Sum (n.) The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation. -- Num. i. 2.
Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things.
Sum (n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. "The sum of forty pound." -- Chaucer.
With a great sum obtained I this freedom. -- Acts xxii. 28.
Sum (n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
Sum (n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.
Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. -- Milton.
Sum (n.) (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. -- Macaulay.
A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. -- Gladstone.
A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. -- Dickens.
Algebraic sum, As distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.
In sum, in short; in brief. [Obs.] "In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin." -- Rogers.
Summed (imp. & p. p.) of Sum.
Summing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sum.