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Definition: STERCORACEOUS |
STERCORACEOUSAdjective1. Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung. |
Etymology: Stercoraceous \Ster`co*ra"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression stercus, -oris, dung.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Fecal; containing feces. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral, lentiginous, touched, fusty, effete, reasty, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous, excrementitious; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous; gory, bloody; rotting; Verb: rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "STERCORACEOUS": stercoraceous abscess. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "STERCORACEOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | торен (mucky), от тор. (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | stercoral absces (stercoraceous abscess). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | faecaal abces (stercoraceous abscess), abscessus stercoralis (stercoraceous abscess). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | abcès stercoral (stercoraceous abscess). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Sterkoralabszess (stercoraceous abscess). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ercoraceousstay фекальный (faecal, fecal, stercoral, stercorarious, stercorous). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "STERCORACEOUS" (pronounced 'Ster`co*ra"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Amylaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: racecourses. | |
-3 letters: cocreators, cocurators, coruscates, crosscourt, racecourse. | |
-4 letters: accouters, accoutres, autocross, carousers, cetaceous, cocreates, cocreator, cocurator, coruscate, creatures, creosotes, ecraseurs, ectosarcs, outscores, reaccuses, rearouses, recourses, resources, retrousse, rosaceous, secateurs, secretors, setaceous, sorcerous, sororates, stuccoers, succorers, treasures. | |
-5 letters: accouter, accoutre, accretes, accusers, arousers, asserter, assertor, assorter, austerer, cactuses, caresser, carouser, carouses, caterers, cateress, cerastes, coactors. | |
| 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. | |
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