| mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
treadmill
salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
thiobacteria
sulphur bacteria
sulfur bacteria | any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus |
sulphur butterfly
sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
claymore mine
claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine
coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
| copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
floating mine
marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine
gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
| goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
land mine
ground-emplaced mine
booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
| magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
| mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
| mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
| mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
| salt mine | a mine where salt is dug |
| silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
| strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sulphur mine
sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
| mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines |
sulfur
S
sulphur
atomic number | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element, best known in yellow crystals, occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) |
brimstone
native sulfur
native sulphur | an old name for sulfur |
| mine pig | pig iron made entirely from ore |
sulfur oxide
sulphur oxide | any of several oxides of sulphur |
sulfur dioxide
sulphur dioxide | a colorless toxic gas (SO) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes, used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions, causes acid rain |
sulfur hexafluoride
sulphur hexafluoride | a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether, a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry |
sulphur
sulfur | treat with sulphur in order to preserve, These dried fruits are sulphured |
| mine | lay mines, The Vietnamese mined Cambodia |
| mine | get from the earth by excavation, mine ores and metals |
strip mine
surface mine
surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
sulfur-yellow
sulphur-yellow | of something having the yellow color of sulfur |
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
mine run
unexceptional | not special in any way, run-of-the-mill boxing, your run-of-the-mine college graduate, a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |