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/plum bif"euhr euhs/, adj.yielding or containing lead.[1790-1800; < L plumb(um) lead + -I- + -FEROUS]
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Plumbiferous — Plum*bif er*ous, a. [Plumbum + ferous.] Producing or containing lead. Kirwan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plumbiferous — [pləm bif′ər əs] adj. [< plumbum, LEAD2 (see PLUMB) + FEROUS] that contains or yields lead … English World dictionary
plumbiferous — adjective Producing or containing lead … Wiktionary
plumbiferous — bearing or yielding lead Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
plumbiferous — plum·bif·er·ous … English syllables
plumbiferous — /plʌmˈbɪfərəs/ (say plum bifuhruhs) adjective yielding or containing lead. {Latin plumbum lead + iferous} …
plumbiferous — |pləm|bif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: plumb + iferous : containing lead … Useful english dictionary
plombiferous — adjective plumbiferous … Wiktionary
leaden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gray, somber; slow, heavy, gloomy, cheerless. See dimness, inactivity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Made of lead] Syn. lead, plumbous, plumbic, plumbean, plumbiferous, pewter, galena; see also… … English dictionary for students
Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… … Phrontistery dictionary
