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yttriferous

/ɪˈtɹɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yt-trif-er-ous
IPA
/ɪˈtɹɪfəɹəs/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing or producing yttrium.

Etymology

From yttrium + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more yttriferous (comparative) most yttriferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce yttriferous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈtɹɪfəɹəs/.
What does yttriferous mean?
Containing or producing yttrium.
Where does yttriferous come from?
From yttrium + -i- + -ferous.

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