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CUPREOUS

Definition: CUPREOUS

CUPREOUS

Adjective

1. Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms: CUPREOUS

Synonyms by domain: cupreous chloride (electrical engineering, chemical industry), cupreous iron pyrites (european union, chemistry).

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Use in Literature: CUPREOUS

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Thoreau, Henry David

Beside this I got a rare mess of golden and silver and bright cupreous fishes, which looked like a string of jewels.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: CUPREOUS

Language Translations for "CUPREOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngjyrë bakri (copper, coppery), i bakërt (copper). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نحاسي اللون (brazen, copper). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

меден (brazen, copper, honey, honeyed, honied, mellifluent, mellifluous). (various references)

   

Czech

  

mìdìný (coppery). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kobberholdig svovlkis (cupreous iron pyrites). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

koperhoudend ijzerkies (cupreous iron pyrites). (various references)

   

French

  

pyrites de fer cuivreuses (cupreous iron pyrites). (various references)

   

German

  

kupferhaltiger Schwefel/kies (cupreous iron pyrites). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χαλκώδησ (coppery). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חושתי (brassy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

réztartalmú (cupriferous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cupreo. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cobbyroil (cuprous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

upreouscay

   

Portuguese

  

cúprico (copper, cupric), de cobre (copper, coppery). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

медный (brassy, brazen, copper). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bakarni (copper). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

con cobre. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kopparhaltig, kopparaktig, koppar- (coppery, cupric). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bakırlı (coppery, cupric, cuprous), bakırımsı. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

що містить мідь (cupriferous), мідистий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có đ"ng, như đ"ng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: CUPREOUS

Misspellings

"CUPREOUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caprious, cuerpos. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CUPREOUS"

Words rhyming with "CUPREOUS" (pronounced 'Cu"pre*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CUPREOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-o-p-r-s-u-u"

-1 letter: croupes, cuprous, recoups, uprouse.

-2 letters: cerous, copers, corpse, corpus, coupes, course, croupe, croups, crouse, poseur, pursue, recoup, source, spruce, uprose.

-3 letters: ceros, coper, copes, copse, cores, corps, corse, coupe, coups, crops, croup, cruse, cures, curse, ecrus, euros, pores, poser, pours, prose, puces, purse, repos, ropes, roues, roups, rouse, scope, score, scour, spore, sprue.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-o-p-r-s-u-u"
 

+2 letters: drupaceous, operculums, pronucleus, superscout, uncouplers.

 

+3 letters: cupriferous, groupuscule, outproduces, perspicuous, superscouts.

 

+4 letters: countercoups, groupuscules, percutaneous, pronucleuses, supercilious, superconduct.

 

+5 letters: hypercautious, outreproduces, perspicuously, supercautious, supercomputer, superconducts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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