Crossword clues for cuprous
cuprous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cuprous \Cu"prous\ (k?"pr?s), a. [From Cuprum.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or of the nature of copper. 2 (context chemistry English) Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1.
WordNet
adj. of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric]
Usage examples of "cuprous".
He could taste it on the tip of his tongue, the cuprous tang of blood and death and misery.
Aggitj prowled along the rails, staring down into the cuprous blue-green, willing the Sea Min to appear, urgently needing release for the energy pent up in them.
We were in a small bay then, its shores a dark sweep of sediment, grey slopes streaked with black and the metallic glints of cuprous green.
Sadie now knew the spell which would retard permeation and blistering on a cuprous oxide mix applied to whitecast iron, and had look, see she held out a hand across the foam of her dress, indelible blue half moons of cobalt under her fingernails.
When they bleed the ground soaks with the cuprous hue of lobster juice.
Sadie now knew the spell which would retard permeation and blistering on a cuprous oxide mix applied to whitecast iron, and had —.
Sadie now knew the spell which would retard permeation and blistering on a cuprous oxide mix applied to whitecast iron, and had look, see she held out a hand across the foam of her dress, indelible blue half moons of cobalt under her fingernails.