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phosphoriferous

phosphoriferous adjective: containing, or yielding phosphorus.

Adjective

phosphoriferous (comparative more phosphoriferous, superlative most phosphoriferous)

  1. containing, or yielding phosphorus

Forms of phosphoriferous

comparativemore phosphoriferous
superlativemost phosphoriferous

Origin of phosphoriferous

From phosphor + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with phosphoriferous

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Questions about phosphoriferous

What does phosphoriferous mean?
Phosphoriferous means containing, or yielding phosphorus.
What part of speech is phosphoriferous?
Phosphoriferous is an adjective.

Words near phosphoriferous in the dictionary

  1. phosphoribulokinase
  2. phosphoribulokinases
  3. phosphoric
  4. phosphoric acid
  5. phosphorical
  6. phosphoriferous
  7. phosphorilation
  8. phosphorimage
  9. phosphorimager
  10. phosphorimagers
  11. phosphorimagery

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