Auriferous

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing gold; gold-bearing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Yielding or producing gold; containing gold: as, auriferous quartz; auriferous strata.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. containing gold
    • Equivalent
    metal    metallic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    metalliferous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gold-bearing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gold-bearing    diluvial    sedimentary    oil-bearing    bushy-haired    malarious    superincumbent    fluviatile    stoneless    clayey   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.