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phosphoreous

phosphoreous adjective: phosphorescent.

Adjective

phosphoreous (comparative more phosphoreous, superlative most phosphoreous)

  1. (obsolete) phosphorescent

Forms of phosphoreous

comparativemore phosphoreous
superlativemost phosphoreous

Questions about phosphoreous

What does phosphoreous mean?
Phosphoreous means phosphorescent.
What part of speech is phosphoreous?
Phosphoreous is an adjective.

Words near phosphoreous in the dictionary

  1. phosphorelays
  2. phosphorely
  3. phosphoremia
  4. phosphorene
  5. phosphorent
  6. phosphoreous
  7. phosphores
  8. phosphoresce
  9. phosphoresced
  10. phosphorescence
  11. phosphorescences

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