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Bituminous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Like or containing bitumen.

adj. Of or relating to bituminous coal.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to bitumen.

n. Bituminous coal.

n. A type or grade of bituminous coal.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of the nature of or resembling bitumen.

Containing bitumen, or made up in part of the hydrocarbons which form asphaltum, maltha, and petroleum. See petroleum.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. resembling or containing bitumen

Word Usage

"WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute between certain bituminous coal operators and associations and certain of their employees represented by the International Union, United Mine Workers of America, involving wages and terms and conditions of employment; and"

Cross Reference

bituminous coal bituminous springs bituminous limestone bituminous cement bituminous shale

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

luminous voluminous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

inflammable combustible siliceous fusible oleaginous