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Spumy

Definition: Spumy

Spumy

Adjective

1. 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 "spumy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)


Synonyms: Spumy

Synonyms: bubbling (adj), foaming (adj), foamy (adj), frothing (adj), spumous (adj), sudsy (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Spumy

English words defined with "spumy": Spuminess. (references)

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Sounds Captioned with "Spumy".

PlayCaption
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.

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Modern Translation: Spumy

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

Albanian

  

me shkumë (scummy, sudsy, yeasty), i shkumëzuar (foamy, lathery). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

пенлив (brisk, effervescent, foamy, frothy, lathery, sparkling, spumous, yeasty). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pìnivý (effervescent, foamy, frothy, spumous, yeasty). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αφρώδησ (barmy, foamy, frothy, lathery, souffle, sparkling, spumous, surfy, yeasty). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

habos (curly, foamy, frothy, intershot, scummy, spumous). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

berbuih (spume, spumous, yeasty). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umyspay

   

Portuguese

  

espumoso (blithering, bubbly, frothy, gassy, hot-air, spumous), escumoso (scummy, spumous). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пенистый (barmy, foamy, frothy, scummy, spumous, sudsy, yeasty). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

penušav (barmy, foamy, frothy, nappy, scummy, sparkling, spumous), penast (foamy, lathery, scummy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

espumoso (barmy, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, scummy, sparkling, spumous). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

köpüksü (spumous), köpüklü (barmy, beady, fizzy, foamy, frothy, sparkling, spumous, sudsy, yeasty). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

піноподібний, покритий піною. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có bọt (foamy, frothy, spumescent, spumous), đầy bọt; nổi bọt (spumescent, spumous). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Spumy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "m-p-s-u-y"

-1 letter: sump, umps, yups.

-2 letters: mus, pus, spy, sum, sup, ump, ups, yum, yup.

-3 letters: mu, my, um, up, us.

 Words containing the letters "m-p-s-u-y"
 

+1 letter: gypsum, stumpy.

 

+2 letters: gypsums, shlumpy.

 

+3 letters: psyllium, sphygmus.

 

+4 letters: epimysium, eponymous, impiously, lumpishly, pompously, pseudonym, psylliums, puppydoms, subphylum, sumptuary, supremacy, supremely, sympodium, symposium, tympanums.

 

+5 letters: compulsory, dysprosium, paramylums, paronymous, perimysium, polygamous, polygonums, polysemous, presumably, presumedly, pseudonyms, pterygiums, puromycins, pyrethrums, sphygmuses, symposiums, uropygiums.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Sounds
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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