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Pharaoh's serpent

Pharaoh's serpent noun: a kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction, originally involving toxic mercury (II) thiocyanate.

Noun

Pharaoh's serpent (plural Pharaoh's serpents)

  1. A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction, originally involving toxic mercury (II) thiocyanate.

Forms of Pharaoh's serpent

pluralPharaoh's serpents

Questions about Pharaoh's serpent

What does Pharaoh's serpent mean?
Pharaoh's serpent means a kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction, originally involving toxic mercury (II) thiocyanate.
What part of speech is Pharaoh's serpent?
Pharaoh's serpent is a noun.
What is the plural of Pharaoh's serpent?
The plural of Pharaoh's serpent is Pharaoh's serpents.

Words near Pharaoh's serpent in the dictionary

  1. Pharaoh's beans
  2. pharaoh's chicken
  3. pharaoh's chickens
  4. Pharaoh's pence
  5. Pharaoh's revenge
  6. Pharaoh's serpent
  7. Pharaoh's serpents
  8. pharaohess
  9. pharaohesses
  10. pharaohs
  11. pharaon

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