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Definition: Auriferous |
AuriferousAdjective1. Containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "auriferous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1863. (references) |
Etymology: Auriferous \Au*rif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression aurifer; aurum gold ferre to bear: compare to the French expression aurif[`e]re.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Refers to a substance that contains gold, esp. gold-bearing mineraldeposits. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AuriferousSynonym: gold-bearing (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Auriferous |
| English words defined with "auriferous": Auriferous pyrites ♦ -ferous ♦ long tom. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "auriferous": amalgam barrel ♦ banded quartz-hematite ore ♦ double bank ♦ ground sluice ♦ Johnson concentrator, joren ♦ Merrill-Crowe process ♦ pay gravel, protective alkalinity, puddling machine ♦ stope washings, sulfuret ♦ winnowing gold. (references) |
| "Auriferous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Auriferous" is used about 8 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "auriferous": Auriferous pyrites. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "auriferous": non-auriferous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "auriferous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | armbajtës, me ar (auric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تبري حامل ذهبا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | златоносен (gold-bearing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zlatonosný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aurifère (aurous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | goldhaltig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρυσοφόροσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aranytartalmú (auric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aurifero (auric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lane airh, airhoil (aurous, looking like gold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auriferousay aurífero. (various references) aurifer (gold-bearing). (various references) золотоносный (auric). (various references) zlatonosan. (various references) aurífero. (various references) altınlı, altın içeren. (various references) золотоносний (auric). (various references) có v ng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "auriferous" (pronounced 'Au*rif"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) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-o-r-r-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: arouser, ferrous, friseur, furious, furores, ouraris, surfier. | |
-4 letters: airers, ariose, arouse, aureus, aurous, fairer, farers, ferias, feuars, firers, fraise, friars, friers, furies, furore, furors, ourari, raiser, rasure, rosier, rouser, rufous, sierra, soarer, souari, sourer, surfer, uraeus, urares, uraris, usurer. | |
-5 letters: afire, afore, airer, arise, arose, arris, aurei, aures, auris, euros, fairs, farer, fares. | |
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