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What is the adjective for sulfurous?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sulfurate, sulfurize, sulfur, sulfuret, sulfurise, sulphur, sulphurate, sulphurise and sulphurize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sulfuretted

treated, impregnated or reacted with sulfur
reacted with sulfur in the absence of oxygen

sulfury

Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
Having a smell similar to that of sulfur compounds.
Examples:

“She strips down to her underclothes and quickly runs out to the warm, sulfury water.”

“Although the latest spa trend may be called a bath, it doesn't involve whirlpool jets or sulfury mud.”

“Savoy has a milder, sweeter taste, and it has no strong sulfury smell when cooked.”

sulfurous

Containing sulfur.
(chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
Synonyms:

acrid, bitter, foul, harsh, reeking, stinking

Examples:

“A box had been erected over a volcanic vent from which issued sulfurous vapors.”

“Orpiment has a light to a dark yellow sulfurous colour tone and applies thick to semi-transparent.”

“Schiff reagent is formed by the reaction of basic fuchsin with sulfurous acid.”

sulfuric

(chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state
Examples:

“This lachrymator dissolves in eye fluids and produces small amounts of irritating sulfuric acid.”

“One popular explosive for industrial use is made from fertilizers like ammonium nitrate or urea, fuel oil, and nitric or sulfuric acid.”

“When alkyl hydrogen sulfates are added to water, sulfuric acid is recovered and the product obtained from the alkene is an alcohol.”

sulfurian

(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing sulfur atoms (in place of another element)

sulfurized

Reacted or treated with sulfur or sulfur dioxide

sulfur

Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

sulphursome

Full of sulphur, sulphurous.

sulphuriferous

Alternative spelling of sulfuriferous

sulfureous

(American) Alternative spelling of sulphureous

sulphureted

Alternative spelling of sulfuretted

sulphuretted

Alternative spelling of sulfuretted
Examples:

“A weak smell of sulphuretted hydrogen and sometimes chlorine gas is noting at Severo-Kurilsk.”

“It is known that hydrogen sulphide or sulphuretted hydrogen is a foul-smelling, toxic, inflammable, corrosive and explosive gas.”

“Soon, as they got away from the sea, it began to smell bad with the bad egg, sulphuretted hydrogen smell of marsh gas.”

sulphurated

(British spelling) impregnated with or treated with sulphur.

sulfurised

Alternative spelling of sulfurized

sulphurless

Alternative spelling of sulfurless

sulphurlike

Alternative spelling of sulfurlike

sulphurian

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of sulfurian

sulfurlike

Resembling sulfur or some aspect of it.

sulphurous

(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfurous
Examples:

“In the baths of porphyry and verd-antique you had waters cold or sulphurous at will.”

“Not far away is Rotorua, a tourist spot famed for its steam, geysers, bubbling mud and foul, sulphurous smells.”

“He is reticent and looks a little embarrassed at the horrible, sulphurous reality of hobnobbing with the most evil man in the world.”

sulphuric

(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfuric
Examples:

“To counteract intestinal discharges probably caused by the calomel, surgeons administered tannin, sulphuric acid, or morphia.”

“Venus is covered in a mass of clouds which are thought to be a couple of miles thick and made up of sulphuric acid.”

“By contrast, making Kevlar involves a complex series of organic reactions in hot sulphuric acid at high pressures.”

sulphury

Alternative spelling of sulfury
Examples:

“Some pints even end up tasting of sulphury eggs, or goats' cheese.”

sulfurated

(American) treated or combined with sulfur

sulfuriferous

Containing or yielding sulfur.

sulfured

treated with sulfur

sulphureous

(British spelling, now rare) Sulphurous.
Examples:

“Known since 1800 as one of the most sulphureous waters in Europe, these thermal waters are still considered to be one of the most efficient.”

“This substance is composed of a hot sulphureous earth, and a watery essence, in such a way that the sages have called it imperfect sulphur.”

“Once emitted into the atmosphere, these sulphureous gases produce acid deposits into the environment around the volcano.”

sulphurate

(poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous

sulphurine

(dated) sulphurous

sulfurless

Without sulfur.

sulfurating

present participle of sulfurate

sulfurizing

present participle of sulfurize

sulfuring

present participle of sulfur

sulfurising

present participle of sulfurise

sulphured

simple past tense and past participle of sulphur

sulphuring

present participle of sulphur

sulphurating

present participle of sulphurate

sulphurised

simple past tense and past participle of sulphurise

sulphurising

present participle of sulphurise

sulphurized

simple past tense and past participle of sulphurize

sulphurizing

present participle of sulphurize

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