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Definition: Spumous |
SpumousAdjective1. Covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spumous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references) |
Synonyms: SpumousSynonyms: bubbling (adj), foaming (adj), foamy (adj), frothing (adj), spumy (adj), sudsy (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spumous |
| English words defined with "spumous": Spumeous, Spumid. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spumous": Spumeous. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | Willy wonka; pop; bubble; soapy; bubbling; fizzing; fizzy; foaming; foamy; soapy; spumescent; spumous; spumy; sudsy; frothy; froth. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spumous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i mbuluar me shkumë (foamy, lathery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пенлив (brisk, effervescent, foamy, frothy, lathery, sparkling, spumy, yeasty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pìnivý (effervescent, foamy, frothy, spumy, yeasty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφρώδησ (barmy, foamy, frothy, lathery, souffle, sparkling, spumy, surfy, yeasty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | habos (curly, foamy, frothy, intershot, scummy, spumy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | berbuih (spume, spumy, yeasty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dredjagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umousspay espumoso (blithering, bubbly, frothy, gassy, hot-air, spumy), escumoso (scummy, spumy). (various references) пенистый (barmy, foamy, frothy, scummy, spumy, sudsy, yeasty). (various references) sunđerast (spongy), penušav (barmy, foamy, frothy, nappy, scummy, sparkling, spumy). (various references) espumoso (barmy, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, scummy, sparkling, spumy). (various references) köpüksü (spumy), köpüklü (barmy, beady, fizzy, foamy, frothy, sparkling, spumy, sudsy, yeasty). (various references) пінистий (barmy, brisk, foamy, frothy, lathery, scummy, white-headed, yeasty). (various references) có bọt (foamy, frothy, spumescent, spumy), đầy bọt; nổi bọt (spumescent, spumy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-p-s-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: possum. | |
-2 letters: soups, sumos, sumps. | |
-3 letters: mops, moss, muss, opus, poms, puss, sops, soup, sous, sumo, sump, sums, sups, umps. | |
-4 letters: mop, mos, mus, oms, ops, pom, pus, som, sop, sos, sou, sum, sup, ump, upo, ups. | |
-5 letters: mo, mu, om, op, os, so, um, up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-p-s-s-u-u" | |
+2 letters: sumptuous. | |
+3 letters: posthumous. | |
+4 letters: promiscuous, scrumptious, subsumption, sumptuously, tempestuous. | |
+5 letters: posthumously, poststimulus, presumptuous, pseudonymous, subsumptions. | |
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