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plumbiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plumb-if-er-ous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing or containing lead.

Etymology

From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, plumb- + -iferous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

plombiferous (alternative)

Phrases

auro-plumbiferous

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does plumbiferous mean?
Producing or containing lead.
Where does plumbiferous come from?
From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, plumb- + -iferous.

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