As a proper noun phosphorus
is a name sometimes used for hesperus, the personification in greek mythology of the planet venus.
As a noun uralolite is
(mineralogy) a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
phosphorus
Noun
(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
(obsolete) any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor
Usage notes
* Do not confuse phosphorus' with ' phosphorous , which is an adjective.
Derived terms
* Baldwin's phosphorus
* Bolognian phosphorus
* Bononian phosphorus
* Canton's phosphorus
* diphosphorus
* foss, phos, phoss
* fossy, phossy
* Hittorf's phosphorus
* Homberg's phosphorus
* mercurial phosphorus
* Montalbano's phosphorus
* phosph-, phospho-
* phosphane
* phosphonium
* phosphorate
* phosphorent
* phosphoreous
* phosphoresce
* phosphoriferous
* phosphorite
* phosphoro-
* phosphorolysis
*
* phosphorus bottle
* phosphorus cachexia
* phosphorus chloride
* phosphorus liver
* phosphorus match
* phosphorus necrosis
* phosphorus oxybromide
* phosphorus oxychloride
* phosphorus paste
* phosphorus pentabromide
* phosphorus pentachloride
* phosphorus pentafluoride
* phosphorus pentasulfide, phosphorus pentasulphide
* phosphorus pentoxide
* phosphorus poisoning
* phosphorus sesquisulfide, phosphorus sesquisulphide
* phosphorus tribromide
* phosphorus trichloride
* phosphorus trifluoride
* phosphorus trihydride
* phosphorus triiodide
* phosphoryl
* phossy jaw
* black phosphorus
* red phosphorus
* violet phosphorus
* white phosphorus
* yellow phosphorus
Related terms
* phosphate
* phosphatization
* phosphatized
* phosphatizing
* phosphide
* phosphine
* phosphite
* phosphor
* phosphoreal, phosphorial
* phosphoresce
* phosphorescence
* phosphorescent
* phosphoretic
* phosphorgummite
* phosphoric
* phosphorise, phosphorize
* phosphorism
* phosphorist
* phosphorous
* phosphor-roesslerite,
* phosphoruria, phosphuria
* Phosphorus
* phosphure
* phosphuret
* phosphureted
See also
* ADP
* AMP
* ATP
* bone-ash
* smoking stool syndrome
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uralolite
English
Noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
References
* Uralolite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Uralolite.shtml]