sultry (s)
stifling (s)
sulfurous (s)
sulphurous (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
examples the summer was sultry and oppressive
the stifling atmosphere
the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
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Derivationally related form sultry → sultriness
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