We then saw in these three systems representatives of the three alchemical functions - 'sulphurous' in the metabolic. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Residents in Shetland and Aberdeen have already reported smelling the effects of the ash, describing it as "sulphurous". From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
With its stars being picked off by rival broadcasters and looming cuts to pay and pensions, the mood at the BBC is said to be 'sulphurous'. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
A 'sulphurous' (radial) character, so are the three supra-solar spheres responsible for those of a 'saline' (spherical) character. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Nitrogenous and sulphurous organic substances 3.61. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Nitrogenous and sulphurous organic substances 2.29. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Wide the celestial soil; sulphurous and nitrous foam. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
It was a torrent of sulphurous vapor that they inhaled. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
In what respects are carbonic and sulphurous acids similar?. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Pg. 114 and 115, "sulphureous" is also spelled "sulphurous" on page 44. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
There are only exhaled slightly sulphurous white vapours, chiefly steam. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
Eaux-Chaudes, at the foot of Mt.St. Pancras, are sulphurous springs, temp. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Hot and cold sulphurous springs issue from a granite rock called the Guez. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Omnibus in 45 min. to the cold sulphurous iodo-bromuride springs of Challes. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The vital air was changed into a sulphurous vapor, charged with burning dust. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
We may truly characterize the earth's volcanism as being qualitatively sulphurous. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
At the inner end of this orchard, near the railway, is an excellent sulphurous spring, temp. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The water is cold, sulphurous, and alkaline, with bromine and iodine, and costs 10 c. the glass. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
+Trinité-Victor+, pop. 1300, and +Drap+, pop. 800, with a sulphurous spring called Eau de Lagarde. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
At a short distance from the crater there rose sulphurous vapours, which deposited sulphur and salt. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
In the wild and picturesque ravine of the Nervia, above Pigna, is a copious sulphurous spring, temp. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
At his word, sulphurous smokes arose, and from the thronged assembly seven hideous forms broke forth. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
More frequently, however, the water issues in the form of vast columns of steam and sulphurous vapour. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
It is celebrated for its warm sulphurous springs (75° to 111° F.), which first became generally known in. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Aix, the popular watering-place, is celebrated for its sulphurous springs and vestiges of ancient Roman baths there. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
But now, instead of emitting jets of flame and streams of sulphurous vapor, they breathed the very sweetest of cow breath. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
A sulphurous fascinator, the flick of his tail flavoured New Labour from the outset with a venality that seduced Blair, too. From Wordnik.com. [Labour's vain, venal has-beens should bow out and shut up] Reference
N.E. is St. Geniès, with a saline sulphurous spring, and strata of anhydrite gypsum, black marble, anthracite, and lead ore. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Greek was meeting Greek at last; and the field of politics became almost as sulphurous and murky as an actual field of battle. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
With a few words he consigned his now helpless attendant to regions sulphurous, and alone took train in the opposite direction from home. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
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