Defn: Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
SULPHURYL
Sul"phur*yl, n. Etym: [Sulphur + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: The hypothetical radical SO2; — called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride.
SULPHYDRATE
Sul*phy"drate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: 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
Sul*phy"dric, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
SULPICIAN
Sul*pi"cian, n. Etym: [So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in
Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Defn: 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. [Written also Sulpitian.]
SULTAN
Sul"tan, n. Etym: [F. sultan (cf. Sp. soldan, It. sultano, soldano),
Ar. sultan sultan, dominion. Cf. Soldan.]