How do you pronounce bitumens?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪtjumɛnz/.

bitumens

/ˈbɪtjumɛnz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Moſt naturaliſts and chemiſts aſcribe the formation of petrolea to the decompoſition of ſolid bitumens by the action of ſubterraneous fires."
"Thus, as I have shown that there is a sort of gradation from naphtha to asphaltum, through a series of undefinable petrolea, so this analogy may be extended to the next general variety of the bitumens, coal."

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