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cankerlike

cankerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a canker.

Adjective

cankerlike (comparative more cankerlike, superlative most cankerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a canker.

Forms of cankerlike

comparativemore cankerlike
superlativemost cankerlike

Origin of cankerlike

From canker + -like.

Questions about cankerlike

What does cankerlike mean?
Cankerlike means resembling or characteristic of a canker.
What part of speech is cankerlike?
Cankerlike is an adjective.

Words near cankerlike in the dictionary

  1. canker sores
  2. cankered
  3. cankeredly
  4. cankeredness
  5. cankering
  6. cankerlike
  7. cankerous
  8. cankerroot
  9. cankers
  10. cankersome
  11. cankerweed

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