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Synonyms for sulfur
ˈsʌl fərsul·fur

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. sulfuradjective

    A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

    Synonyms:
    brimstone

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16verb

    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)

    Synonyms:
    due south, entropy, southward, sec, reciprocal ohm, south, second, siemens, atomic number 16, randomness, sulphur, mho

  2. sulphur, sulfurverb

    treat with sulphur in order to preserve

    "These dried fruits are sulphured"

    Synonyms:
    sulphur

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  1. List of paraphrases for "sulfur":

    sulphur, brimstone, sulphide, sulfide, sulphuric

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD5.0 / 1 vote

  1. sulfur

    Synonyms:
    Sulphur

  2. Sulfur

    Synonyms:
    Brimstone, flowers of sulfur, sulphur

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How to use sulfur in a sentence?

  1. Justin Wang:

    When I went to Costa Rica Poás volcano, Costa Rica Poás volcano was after over a year of magmatic eruptions and only a month after the lake reformed and it was deemed safe enough to return to the crater lake's surface, the lake itself is roiling and dynamic. As you get even closer, you can smell the strong stench of sulfur, which has remained on the clothes I was wearing to this day. Even worse is the smell of hydrochloric acid, which tastes sour in the air and stings the eyes.

  2. Dara Haas:

    The sounds were loud and there were just a lot of them, you could smell the sulfur from the guns and debris was flying across the room and the students were crying.

  3. Wendy Stovall:

    The people that are choosing to stay there are really putting themselves at risk from the sulfur dioxide, it's at lethal concentration.

  4. National Intelligence James Clapper:

    [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

  5. John Richie:

    For decades it has been understood that diets restricting sulfur amino acids were beneficial for longevity in animals, this study provides the first epidemiologic evidence that excessive dietary intake of sulfur amino acids may be related to chronic disease outcomes in humans.


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