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Definition: PULVEROUS |
PULVEROUSAdjective1. Consisting of dust or powder; like powder. |
Etymology: Pulverous \Pul"ver*ous\, adjective. [Compare to Latin pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder.]. (Websters 1913) |
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"PULVEROUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Phleious, pluvious, pulvirus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PULVEROUS" (pronounced 'Pul"ver*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) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-o-p-r-s-u-u-v" | |
-1 letter: overplus. | |
-2 letters: leprous, louvers, louvres, oversup, pelorus, plovers, sporule, uprouse, velours. | |
-3 letters: lopers, loupes, louver, louvre, lovers, lupous, ovules, plover, polers, poseur, proles, proves, pulers, pulser, pursue, sloper, solver, splore, uprose, uveous, velour. | |
-4 letters: euros, loper, lopes, lores, loser, loupe, loups, lours, louse, lover, loves, lupus, lures, orles, ousel, overs, ovule, poler, poles, pores. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-o-p-r-s-u-u-v" | |
+3 letters: superovulate, voluptuaries. | |
+4 letters: superovulated, superovulates. | |
+5 letters: overscrupulous, proventriculus, superovulating, superovulation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 55 4C 56 45 52 4F 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. ..- .-.. ...- . .-. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010101 01001100 01010110 01000101 01010010 01001111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P U L V E R O U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0055 004C 0056 0045 0052 004F 0055 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505546563952495553 |
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