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Sulphatic

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.

Sulphauric

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts.

Sulphide

A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret.

Sulphindigotic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.

Sulphine

Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium.

Sulphinic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid.

Sulphinide

A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates).

Sulphion

A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts.

Sulphionide

A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H2SO4, is a sulphionide.

Sulphite

A salt of sulphurous acid; -- called also sulfite.

Sulphoarsenic

Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.

Sulphocarbonic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.

Sulphocyanate

A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide.

Sulphocyanic

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.

Sulphonal

A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.

Sulphone

Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/.

Sulphonic

Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.

Sulphonium

A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines.

Sulphophosphoric

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphophosphorous

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphostannic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.

Sulphotungstic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.

Sulphovinic

Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.

Sulphur

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.

Sulphur-bottom

A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, Sibbaldius sulfureus of the North Pacific, and Sibbaldius borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.

Sulphuration

The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.

Sulphurator

An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.

Sulphureous

Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.

Sulphuret

A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.

Sulphureted

Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.

Sulphuric

Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.

Sulphuring

Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.

Sulphurize

To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.

Sulphury

Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.

Sulphuryl

The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon.

Sulphydrate

A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.

Sulphydric

Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

Sulpician

One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States.

Sultan

A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.

Sultana

The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.

Sultanate

The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.

Sultry

Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

Sulu

A member of the most prominent tribe of the Moro tribes, occupying the Sulu Archipelago; also, their language.

Sum

To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.

Sumach Sumac

Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.

Sumatran

Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants. A native of Sumatra.

Sumbul

The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Sumerian

A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.

Sumless

Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable.

Summarize

To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.

Summary

A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Summation

The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.

Summer

To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

Summer-fallow

To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.

Summerhouse

A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer.

Summery

Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.

Summist

One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.

Summit

The top; the highest point.

Summity

The height or top of anything.

Summon

To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

Summoner

One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.

Sump

A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.

Sumph

A dunce; a blockhead.

Sumpitan

A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Sumpter

Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.

Sumptuary

Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.

Sumptuous

Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

Sun

To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.

Sun-burner

A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.

Sun-dried

Dried by the heat of the sun; as, sun-dried tomatoes.

Sun-struck

Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

Sunbird

Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines). The sun bittern.

Sunbonnet

A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

Sunburn

The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.

Suncup

A yellow flowered evening primrose (Taraxia ovata, syn. Oenothera ovata) native of California.

Sunday

Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

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