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PRONUNCIATION OF PUMICEOUS

pumiceous  [pjuːˈmɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUMICEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pumiceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUMICEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pumiceous in the English dictionary

The definition of pumiceous in the dictionary is relating to or composed of a light porous acid volcanic rock having the composition of rhyolite, used for scouring and, in powdered form, as an abrasive and for polishing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUMICEOUS


Aloysius
ˌæləʊˈɪʃəs
ambitious
æmˈbɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
auspicious
ɔːˈspɪʃəs
bootylicious
ˌbuːtɪˈlɪʃəs
curvaceous
kɜːˈveɪʃəs
delicious
dɪˈlɪʃəs
efficacious
ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
malicious
məˈlɪʃəs
Mauritius
məˈrɪʃəs
nutritious
njuːˈtrɪʃəs
ostentatious
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
superstitious
ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃəs
suspicious
səˈspɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
vicious
ˈvɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUMICEOUS

puma
pumicate
pumice
pumice country
pumice stone
pumicer
pumicite
pumie
pummel
pummel horse
pummelled
pummelling
pump
pump attendant
pump gun
pump house
pump iron
pump prices
pump priming
pump room

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUMICEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of pumiceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pumiceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUMICEOUS

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Translator English - Chinese

轻石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vítreos
570 millions of speakers

English

pumiceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pumiceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pumiceous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пемзовым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pumiceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pumiceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ponce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pumiceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bimssteinartigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軽石質の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pumiceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pumiceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pumiceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pumiceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंपयुक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ponza taşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pomicei
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pumiceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пемзової
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pumiceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κισσηρώδεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pumiceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pumiceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pumiceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pumiceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUMICEOUS»

The term «pumiceous» is used very little and occupies the 171.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUMICEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pumiceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUMICEOUS»

Discover the use of pumiceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pumiceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tsunamiites - Features and Implications
Waythomas and Neal (1998) found an unusual pumiceous sand sheet at 10 sites along the coastline of the northern Bristol Bay, and regarded them as volcanogenic tsunami deposits caused by the 3500 BP Aniakchak eruption. The Aniakchak ...
Tsunemasa Shiki, Yoshinobu Tsuji, K. Minoura, 2011
2
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
MILES. FIG. 6 — Representative sections showing the decrease in thickness of the Aokautere Ash traced southwards across the Manawatu district. Pumiceous silt shown as solid black; fine pumiceous sand by fine dots; medium to coarse ...
3
Mt. Pelée, Martinique: A Study of an Active Island-arc Volcano
The subaerial pumiceous deposits of Mt. Pelée have relatively small volumes when compared with Plinian deposits elsewhere (Lirer and others, 1973; Rose, 1972; Walker, 1980, 1981; Walker and Croasdale, 1971), but include some of the  ...
Alan L. Smith, M. John Roobol, 1990
4
U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
1) are composed mainly of mud and pumiceous sand with a mixture of coarse rubble in the upper parts. The flows (approximately 20 X 106 cu yd) are spread thinly over an area of about 2 square miles, showing that they were quite fluid.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1968
5
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Sketch map of Mount St. Helens area, showing distribution and temperatures of deposits of pumiceous pyroclastic flows of July 22 - - 27 23. Sketch map of Mount St. Helens area, showing distribution and emplacement temperatures of deposits  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1996
6
The Volcanic Geology of the Mid-Arc Island of Dominica:
Plinian-style eruptions generating pumiceous deposits have occurred much less frequently. No pumiceous deposits have been described from Stratigraphic Division 1 deposits of upper Miocene age. In Stratigraphic Division 2 (upper Pliocene ...
A.L. Smith, M.J. Roobol, G.S. Mattioli, 2013
7
Stratigraphy and Geology of Volcanic Areas
In west Lipari, near Vallone dei Lacci, a 20-cm-thick, medium-bedded, normal- graded, calc-alkaline andes- itic pumiceous lapilli tuff layer (fallout eruption units) is intercalated: it is likely related to volcanic activity of Monte dei Porri at Salina ...
Gianluca Groppelli, Lothar Viereck-Goette, 2010
8
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Pumiceous silts and sandy silts with occasional hard, laterally continuous, limonite bands and interbedded peats; some H-strat. (2b) . Peat Pumiceous silts and sandy silts with interbedded silty quartzofeldspathic sands Pumiceous silts and ...
9
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
non-pumiceous samples, which are more crystalline than the pumiceous samples, it is inferred that clinopyroxene was one of the last minerals to crystallise. 2VZ ranges from 49° to 58° and thus, in the absence of refractive index determination ...
10
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
In the few complete sections in the central volcanic region, Rotoehu Ash rests on un- differentiated pumiceous ash beds (brown ash beds) which in turn are underlain by correlatives of Hamilton ash beds. PREVIOUS WORK Late Pleistocene ...

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUMICEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pumiceous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Falling Ash? Costa Rica Has Lived Through It Before: The 1963-65 …
The scoriaceous and pumiceous bombs were porphyritic two-pyroxene olivine basaltic andesite, and their composition remained remarkably constant ... «Q Costa Rica News, Mar 15»
2
Prelude to a Catastrophe: "One of the Most Active and Most …
Pumiceous pyroclastic flows, the eruption of tephra sets K and M, lahars, and debris avalanches kept things hot. She filled the Lewis River Valley over a hundred ... «Scientific American, Jun 12»
3
A history in stone uncovered
Jackson said there are five different building stones, all native to Flagstaff: Moenkopi sandstone, Malpais basalt, Kaibab limestone, pumiceous dacite and olivine ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 10»
4
Kurt Vonnegut on how to write a short story
Kurt Vonnegut on Bookworm [2006] - Duration: 28:31. by Pumiceous 10,148 views. 28:31. ALAN MOORE - advice to unpublished authors. - Duration: 3:53. by ... «YouTube, Jul 10»

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