plumbous
[ pluhm-buh s ]
/ ˈplʌm bəs /
adjective Chemistry.
containing bivalent lead.
Words nearby plumbous
plumbic,
plumbicon,
plumbiferous,
plumbing,
plumbism,
plumbous,
plumbous oxide,
plumbum,
plumcot,
plume,
plume moth
Example sentences from the Web for plumbous
A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound.
Field's Chromatography |George Field
British Dictionary definitions for plumbous
plumbous
/ (ˈplʌmbəs) /
adjective
of or containing lead in the divalent state
Word Origin for plumbous
C17: from Late Latin
plumbōsus full of lead, from Latin
plumbum lead