Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In chem., containing lead as a constituent; more specifically, containing lead with apparently dyad valence: as, plumbous chlorid. PbCl2, as distinguished from plumbic chlorid, PbCl4.
Wiktionary
- adj. chemistry Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead.
- adj. chemistry Specifically, of compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with
plumbic compounds.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or consisting of lead
Examples
“A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound.”
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
“[Illustration: A male plumbous gnatcatcher feeding young] _Meagre Nests.”
“spirits of salt" in soldering may have resulted in the presence of a little stannous, plumbous, or other chloride in canned food; but such a fault would soon be detected and corrected, and as a matter of fact, resin-soldering is to my knowledge more generally employed -- indeed, for anything I know to the contrary, is exclusively employed -- in canning food.”
Lists
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CHEM - names of metal ions
aurous, auric, cobaltous, cobaltic, cuprous, cupric, ferrous, ferric, mercurous, mercuric, nickelous, nickelic and 4 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir An old term for graphite is plumbago. Dec 28, 2010
reesetee Nope. WeirdNet is most definitely messing with our heads. We just haven't noticed because we're too busy doing the same thing to ourselves. Jul 28, 2008
chained_bear It's okay. I just thought it was funny. Jul 24, 2008
vanishedone There are quite a few words where the WeirdNet 'more' button is like that; it's been mentioned on bugs, I think. I don't know whether it's their fault or Wordie's. Jul 24, 2008
bestiary at least we'll have the perfect word when someone starts carving giant plums out of graphite. Jul 23, 2008
chained_bear What a fat, happy word for something really heavy.
BTW, is WeirdNET just playing with me, with that "more" button, or what? Jul 23, 2008