sulphureous
Britishadjective
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another word for sulphurous
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of the yellow colour of sulphur
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As in “Study for Yellow Sky,” a vigorously brushed evocation of bright blue buildings against a sulphureous background, done in 1986, she could pack a colossal amount of energy into a confined space.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The Cone is a hill about the size of Arthur's Seat, covered with rolling friable cinders, from which rise clouds of white sulphureous dust.
From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter
The Bay of Aboukir resembled one wide flaming volcano, enveloped in the densest folds of sulphureous smoke.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Also some sulphureous Steams, at all times when the Earth is dry, ascending into the Air, ferment there with nitrous Acids, and sometimes taking fire cause Lightning and Thunder, and fiery Meteors.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir
The ladies swooned--a cloud of smoke encompassed them, with a suffocating sulphureous vapour.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
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