Definitionadj. containing or characteristic of phosphorus
Last update: October 2, 2015
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Both phosphoric and phosphorous acids became known, although imperfectly, towards the end of the 18th century; phosphorous acid was first obtained pure by Davy in 1812, while pure phosphorous oxide, the anhydride of phosphorous acid, remained unknown until T. [Please select]
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The nun's robes shall be there, the phosphorous, the blue fire, and a selection of the choicest company to tremble at you. [Please select]
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The deceptive glow made him loom gigantic and black, and tinged his snowy chest with the phosphorous gleam of a snowfield. [Please select]
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Beneath their feet they could see the bright phosphorous gleam as the ship ploughed onward. [Please select]
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She could see him sitting under his ash-tree, her tree of heaven; his white shirt-front gave out an oblong gleam like phosphorous in the darkness under the tree. [Please select]
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These scents are not only rubbed on traps, but a few drops are mixed with the various rat poisons, of which perhaps the most efficacious is phosphorous paste. [Please select]
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