Phosphorous

Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "phosphorous" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

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Capable Of

colourless red or silvery white

Derived Terms

hypophosphorous hypophosphorous acid nonphosphorous phosphite phosphorous acid phosphorous anhydride phosphorous chloride sulphophosphorous

Derived From

Inflected/Variant Forms

Context

chemistry proscribed

Related Terms

phosphoric phosphorus

Related Terms

phosphoric phosphorus trivalent

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