metalliferous
metalliferous adjective: containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.
Adjective
metalliferous (comparative more metalliferous, superlative most metalliferous)
- Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.
- Cassiterite is a metalliferous ore containing tin.
metalliferous meaning in Tamil and Bengali
metalliferous in Tamil
- உலோகம் கொண்ட, உலோகம் தரும்
metalliferous in Bengali
- ধাতব উপাদান সমৃদ্ধ
Forms of metalliferous
| comparative | more metalliferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most metalliferous |
Origin of metalliferous
From metal + -iferous.
Words formed from metalliferous
Words that rhyme with metalliferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about metalliferous
- What does metalliferous mean?
- Metalliferous means containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.
- What is metalliferous in Tamil?
- Metalliferous in Tamil is உலோகம் கொண்ட, உலோகம் தரும். See Metalliferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is metalliferous?
- Metalliferous is an adjective.
Words near metalliferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: metalliferous (page history and authors); metalliferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); metalliferous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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