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thoriferous

thoriferous adjective: containing or producing thorium.

Adjective

thoriferous (comparative more thoriferous, superlative most thoriferous)

  1. Containing or producing thorium.

Forms of thoriferous

comparativemore thoriferous
superlativemost thoriferous

Origin of thoriferous

From thorium + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about thoriferous

What does thoriferous mean?
Thoriferous means containing or producing thorium.
What part of speech is thoriferous?
Thoriferous is an adjective.

Words near thoriferous in the dictionary

  1. thoriate
  2. thoriated
  3. thoriates
  4. thoriating
  5. thoric
  6. thoriferous
  7. thorikosite
  8. thorin
  9. Thorington
  10. Thoringtons
  11. thorinum

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