Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spumific

/spjuːˈmɪf.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spumif-ic
IPA: /spjuːˈmɪf.ɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical that decomposes to produce large quantities of gas

Example Sentences

"This type of structure is provided by gases that are released when a third material, the spumific, is pyrolytically degraded."
"The coating contains a carbonific compound that reacts with the intumescent catalyst to form a carbon residue, and a spumific compound that decomposes to produce large quantities of gas."
"Most intumescent systems require an acid source (catalyst), a char-forming compound (carbonific), and a gas-evolving compound (spumific)."

Etymology

From spume + -ific.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spume

Inflected Forms

spumifics (plural)

Rhymes With

-ific signific biospecific overspecific stonerific carbonific hipsterific crapperific trispecific inspecific nanospecific panspecific

Questions

How do you pronounce spumific?: The recorded pronunciation is /spjuːˈmɪf.ɪk/.
What does spumific mean?: A chemical that decomposes to produce large quantities of gas
Where does spumific come from?: From spume + -ific.

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