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Arsenicism :: Arsenicism (n.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

Geocronite :: Geocronite (n.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic..

Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle..

Arsenopyrite :: Arsenopyrite (n.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel..

Pyroarsenic :: Pyroarsenic (a.) Pertaining to or designating, an acid of arsenic analogous to pyrophosphoric acid..

Pyroarsenate :: Pyroarsenate (n.) A salt of pyroarsenic acid.

Arsenic :: Arsenic (n.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of

Cobaltite :: Cobaltite (n.) A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt..

Sesquisulphide :: Sesquisulphide (n.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide..

Ratsbane :: Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison; white arsenic.

Skutterudite :: Skutterudite (n.) A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.

Sulpharsenious :: Sulpharsenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts..

Rhusma :: Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides..

Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..

Polybasite :: Polybasite (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic..

Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment)..

Cobalt :: Cobalt (n.) A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.

Arsenious :: Arsenious (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid..

Sulphamate :: Sulphacid (n.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2..

Sulphantimonious :: Sulphantimonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid..

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