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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
sul·fu·ric
/ səlˈfyoōrik/
(chiefly Brit. also sul·phu·ric)
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adj.
containing sulfur or sulfuric acid:
the sulfuric byproducts of wood fires.
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