sulfur yellow

sulfur yellow
a yellow colour similar to that of the element sulfur

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  • sulfur-yellow — adjective of something having the yellow color of sulfur • Syn: ↑sulphur yellow • Similar to: ↑chromatic …   Useful english dictionary

  • thiochem sulfur yellow R — ˈthīōˌkem noun Usage: usually capitalized T&S&Y Etymology: thiochem from thi + chem (probably from chemical) : a sulfur dye see dye table I (under Sulfur Yellow 1) …   Useful english dictionary

  • sulfur — [sul′fər] n. [ME sulphur < L] 1. a pale yellow, nonmetallic chemical element found in crystalline or amorphous form: it burns with a blue flame and a stifling odor and is used in vulcanizing rubber and in making matches, paper, gunpowder,… …   English World dictionary

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  • Yellow Cross (chemical warfare) — Yellow Cross (Gelbkreuz) is a World War I chemical warfare agent usually based on sulfur mustard (HS, Yperite, Lost).The original Gelbkreuz was a composition of 80 90% of sulfur mustard and 10 20% of tetrachloromethane or chlorobenzene as a… …   Wikipedia

  • sulfur — (Brit. sulphur) ► NOUN 1) a combustible non metallic chemical element which typically occurs as yellow crystals. 2) the material of which hellfire and lightning were formerly believed to consist. ORIGIN Latin sulfur, sulphur …   English terms dictionary

  • Yellow cross — may mean: * Cathar yellow cross, a distinguishing mark worn by repentant Cathars, who were ordered to wear it by the Roman Catholic Church ** For information about other distinguishing markers (including the Nazi s imposition of the Yellow Star… …   Wikipedia

  • sulfur granule — n any of the small yellow bodies found in the pus of actinomycotic abscesses and consisting of clumps of the causative actinomycete …   Medical dictionary

  • Sulfur — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Sulfur (disambiguation). phosphorus ← sulfur → chlorine …   Wikipedia

  • sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… …   Universalium

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