Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A compound of bivalent sulfur with an electropositive element or group, especially a binary compound of sulfur with a metal.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
Examples
“She was even taught how to brush the mixture of alcohol and zinc sulfide from the small rectangle glasses used for scintillation counting.”
“In the case of radium, I want to know who had the skills to prepare radium sources, brush the mixture of alcohol and zinc sulfide from the small rectangular glasses used for scintillation counting, read the photographic plates of emulsions, set up apparatus for experimental work, analyze radium samples, define radium doses for medical use, and perform experiments.”
“Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical that gives farts their awful smell.”
“Mostly allyl methyl sulfide, which is a volatile sulfur compound VSC.”
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“Selsun Blue, with menthol and 1% selenium sulfide, which is a common dandruff medication”
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“Natural sources of sulfur dioxide are volcanoes and algae-producing di-methyl sulfide, which is converted to sulfur dioxide in the ambient atmosphere.”
“Seaweeds also share the aroma of dimethyl sulfide, which is found in cooked milk, corn, and shellfish as well as in seacoast air.”
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“Chuck Oakes said, "What he calls sulfide I call sewer water.”
“Adding acid will only increase the production of hydrogen sulfide, which is of no use at all.”
“The most common type of impurity found in glass is nickel sulfide, which is responsible for about 90 per cent of impurity-related fractures, Perovic said.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sulfide’.
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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TECH - metals and alloys
embrittle, braze, nickel alloy, metallize, Inconel, eutectic, metalize, vapor pressure, corrosion-resistant, alloy, stainless steel, neutron flux and 262 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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trufutant's Words
conundrum, nonsense, foolishness, swell, cacophony, grizzled, hoary, despot, bloke, ravenous, sot, quirt and 83 more...
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