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

• Originally used to cloak troops or positions with harmless white clouds, WP (white phosphorus) has become one of the great anti-personnel weapons of the war.
• We would then rub around the edge of the hole a mixture of phosphorus and cheese (any sharp cheese would suffice).
• Theres something about phosphorus, the way it smoulders and burns for days, that makes it looks as though the Devil had walked by, leaving fiery footprints in the earth.

• P
• atomic number 15
• morning star
• daystar
• Phosphorus
• Lucifer

News & Articles

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• Our Indian River Lagoon: Water management district has stopped pumping water from agricultural region into Lake ...
  The South Florida Water Management District has stopped pumping water laden with phosphorus and nitrogen into Lake Okeechobee from two farmland canals below.
  June 14, 2013 - St. Lucie News Tribune
• Secure Food and Water Supply Depend on Phosphorus
  Arizona State University scientists are joining global stakeholders and researchers investigating sustainable sources of phosphorus--a nutrient that is getting harder to find and is the basis of our global food system. In developing nations, farmers are unable to afford increasing phosphorus prices while in industrialized nations, phosphorus waste pollutes drinking water and kills marine life ...
  June 13, 2013 - Newswise
• Nanoparticle offers path to clean-energy alternatives
  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 13 (UPI) -- A nanoparticle of nickel and phosphorus may open the door to clean-energy alternatives, research by a Penn State University chemistry professor indicated.
  June 13, 2013 - UPI