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tributaryless

tributaryless adjective: without tributaries.

Adjective

tributaryless (not comparable)

  1. Without tributaries.
    • There it stands, hard by the tributaryless Nile, whose dark and violet-coloured waters form so indispensable an adjunct to the prosperity of the land.1865, The Christian Observer, page 241

Forms of tributaryless

alternative formtributariless

Origin of tributaryless

From tributary + -less.

Questions about tributaryless

What does tributaryless mean?
Tributaryless means without tributaries.
What part of speech is tributaryless?
Tributaryless is an adjective.

Words near tributaryless in the dictionary

  1. tributary
  2. tributary load
  3. tributary loads
  4. tributary state
  5. tributary states
  6. tributaryless
  7. tribute
  8. tribute act
  9. tribute band
  10. tribute bands
  11. tribute money

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