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Argentiferous

Definition: Argentiferous

Argentiferous

Adjective

1. Containing or yielding silver; "argentiferous ore".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Argentiferous \Ar`gen*tif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression argentum silver -ferous: compare to the French expression argentif[`e]re.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Argentiferous

DomainDefinitions

Mining

Containing silver. (references)

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

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Crosswords: Argentiferous

Specialty definitions using "argentiferous": aphothonite, argentiferous galena, argentiferous leadbullion contentcanary oreporpezitesilver mineralsTomassi process. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Argentiferous

"Argentiferous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Argentiferous" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Argentiferous

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

Albanian

  

me argjend. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منتج فضة أو محتوى عليها. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

среброносен. (various references)

   

French

  

argentifère. (various references)

   

German

  

silberhaltig (silver-bearing). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ezüst tartalmú (silver-bearing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

argentifero. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lane d'argid, lane argid, cummal argid. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

argentiferousay

   

Portuguese

  

argentífero. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

argintos (silvery), argentifer. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

среброносный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

argentífero (silver). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сріблоносний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có bạc. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Argentiferous"

Words rhyming with "argentiferous" (pronounced 'Ar`gen*tif"er*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: Argentiferous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: garnetiferous.

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-g-i-n-o-r-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: reforesting, terrigenous, transfigure.

-3 letters: autogenies, entourages, ferretings, foreigners, garnitures, generators, orangeries, rainforest, rearousing, treasuring.

-4 letters: agentries, argufiers, arresting, entourage, erigerons, estranger, estuarine, farseeing, featuring, ferreting, ferriages, festering, figeaters, figurants, fingerers, firestone, foreigner, forestage, foresting, forgeries, fosterage, fostering, fourteens, frontages, frontiers, fruitages, garniture, gauntries, generator, genitures, gratinees, interfuse, nefarious, orangerie, orangiest, organiser, orneriest, outranges.

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Alternative Orthography: Argentiferous


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 72 67 65 6E 74 69 66 65 72 6F 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110010 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100110 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#114 &#103 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0072 0067 0065 006E 0074 0069 0066 0065 0072 006F 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35847371808675727184818785

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Argentiferous"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, árabe, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, іспанський, іспанська мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняukrainisht, ukrainas, ‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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