Definitions for chlorous

chlorous chlo·rous

Spelling: [klawr-uh s, klohr-]
IPA: /ˈklɔr əs, ˈkloʊr-/

Chlorous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in chlorous (chloorsu).

Definitions for chlorous

adjective

  1. containing trivalent chlorine.
  2. of or derived from chlorous acid.

Origin of chlorous

First recorded in 1835-45; chlor-2 + -ous

Examples for chlorous

The same result occurs if the aniline be treated with a solution of chlorous acid.

Even the chlorous acid here brought into play to form the ideal chlorite, is by his own admission a hypothetical being.

It is probably a mixture of chlorous acid and free chlorine.

It must be collected in the same way as chlorine, or passed into water, when it forms a solution of chlorous acid.

A salt in which the hydrogen of chlorous acid, HClO2, is replaced by a metal or other basic radical.

They may be recognised by the evolution of chlorous acid gas when acted on by an acid.

Word Value for chlorous
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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