Meanings
adjectivebituminiferous (comparative more bituminiferous, superlative most bituminiferous)
comparative more bituminiferous · superlative most bituminiferous
- Producing bitumen.
Bituminiferous and cupriferous {{long sand}}
1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays
Origin
From Latin bitumen (stem bitumin-) + -iferous.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bituminiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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Chicago
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