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Synonyms for Phosphorus
ˈfɒs fər əs; -fəˌraɪphos·pho·rus

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Wiktionary4.0 / 2 votes

  1. Phosphorusnoun

    Synonyms:
    morning star, Lucifer, Eosphorus

    Antonyms:
    Hesperus, evening star

  2. Phosphorusnoun

    A name sometimes used for Hesperus, the personification in Greek mythology of the planet Venus.

    Synonyms:
    morning star, Lucifer, Eosphorus

    Antonyms:
    evening star, Hesperus

  3. Phosphorusnoun

    any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor

    Synonyms:
    Lucifer, morning star, Eosphorus

    Antonyms:
    evening star, Hesperus

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. phosphorus, P, atomic number 15noun

    a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

    Synonyms:
    daystar, atomic number 15, phosphorus, morning star

  2. morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifernoun

    a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky

    Synonyms:
    daystar, the Tempter, atomic number 15, morning star, match, friction match

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. phosphorusnoun

    Synonyms:
    [Poetical.] the morning star, lucifer, venus

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "phosphorus":

    phosphorous, phosphor, p, phosphate

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How to use Phosphorus in a sentence?

  1. Lona Sandon:

    It may have something to do with the phosphorus in soda, or it could be that people are drinking soda instead of other beverages—like milk—that have nutrients necessary for healthy bones.

  2. Jim White:

    Pumpkin seeds are high in vitamin A, vitamin B (including thiamin, riboflavin), vitamin C, vitamin K, niacin, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and protein, they are also high in magnesium, manganese, zinc, potassium, and copper.

  3. David Catling:

    The extremely high phosphate levels in these lakes and ponds would have driven reactions that put phosphorus into the molecular building blocks of RNA, proteins and fats, all of which were needed to get life going.

  4. Hunter Waite:

    This( molecular hydrogen) is just like the icing on the cake, now, you see the chemical energy source that microbes could use. The only thing we haven't seen is phosphorus and sulfur, and that's probably because they were in small enough quantities that we didn't see them. We have to go back and look and search for signs of life as well.


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