Words Containing Sulphur

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Definition of sulphur

n. - 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.
n. - 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.

sulphurea sulphurean sulphured sulphureity sulphureonitrous sulphureosaline sulphureosuffused sulphureous sulphureously sulphureousness sulphureovirescent sulphuret sulphureted sulphureting sulphuretted

The word sulphur is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for sulphur is: sul-phur