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sulphuric

sulphuric is the alternative spelling of sulfuric.

Meaning of sulfuric

Adjective

sulfuric (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state

Origin of sulphuric

From sulphur + -ic.

Words formed from sulphuric

Phrases with sulphuric

Questions about sulphuric

What is sulphuric the alternative spelling of?
Sulphuric is the alternative spelling of sulfuric.

Words near sulphuric in the dictionary

  1. sulphuretum
  2. sulphuretums
  3. sulphurflower
  4. sulphurflowers
  5. sulphurian
  6. sulphuric
  7. sulphuric acid
  8. sulphuricum
  9. sulphuriferous
  10. sulphurine
  11. sulphuring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulphuric (page history and authors); sulfuric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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