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PRONUNCIATION OF TOMENTOUS

tomentous  [təˈmentəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOMENTOUS

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOMENTOUS


amiantus
ˌæmɪˈæntəs
argentous
ɑːˈdʒɛntəs
atramentous
ˌætrəˈmɛntəs
cantus
ˈkæntəs
concentus
kənˈsɛntəs
Diophantus
ˌdaɪəʊˈfæntəs
filamentous
ˌfɪləˈmentəs
lentous
ˈlɛntəs
ligamentous
ˌlɪɡəˈmɛntəs
medicamentous
ˌmedɪkəˈmentəs
microdontous
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈdɒntəs
momentous
məʊˈmɛntəs
nonfilamentous
ˌnɒnfɪləˈmɛntəs
pedetentous
ˌpɛdɪˈtɛntəs
Pocahontas
ˌpɒkəˈhɒntəs
portentous
pɔːˈtɛntəs
QANTAS
ˈkwɒntəs
sarmentous
sɑːˈmentəs
sedimentous
ˌsɛdɪˈmɛntəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOMENTOUS

tomboyishly
tomboyishness
tombstone
tombstoning
tomcat
tomcatting
tomcod
tome
tomenta
tomentose
tomentum
tomfool
tomfooleries
tomfoolery
tomfoolish
tomfoolishness
tomial
tomium
tommies
tommy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOMENTOUS

adenomatous
atheromatous
calamitous
carcinomatous
circuitous
covetous
duplicitous
eczematous
edematous
erythematous
fortuitous
glaucomatous
granulomatous
gratuitous
necessitous
precipitous
rhizomatous
riotous
serendipitous
ubiquitous

Synonyms and antonyms of tomentous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tomentous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOMENTOUS

Find out the translation of tomentous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tomentous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tomentous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tomentous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomentous
570 millions of speakers

English

tomentous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tomentous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tomentous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опушенные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomentous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tomentous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomentous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tomentous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tomentous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tomentous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tomentous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tomentous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tomentous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tomentous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लठ्ठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tomentous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tomentosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tomentous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опушені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tomentous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tomentous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tomentous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomentous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tomentous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tomentous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMENTOUS»

The term «tomentous» is normally little used and occupies the 150.407 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMENTOUS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMENTOUS»

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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
C. qudriselashm. Lam. 19. '* Leaves sl-glitly heart-shaped, acumi'iate, finely serrated, rough, tomentmis, with four bristles underneath at the base." Brmxrlm tomentous towards the top. with separate hairs which render them simewhat hispid.
Abraham Rees, 1819
2
Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, ...
Gr. Tall, minutely tomentous ; lvs. roundish, cordate, angularly-3-lobed, crenate; ped. axillary, solitary, shorter than the petioles; lis. erect , bracteolos 8, linear- spatulato. — Texas. Naturalized about N. Orleans (Hale). St round, branched, 3 to 4f ...
Alphonso Wood, 1873
3
The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the ...
Leaves decurrent on the stem more or less, floccous-woolly beneath Nos. 1, 3 * Leaves not decurrent,— o white-tomentous both sides. Plants low, stout... Nos. 3, 4 —a white-tomentous beneath only. Plants slender.. Nos. 5 — 7 —a green both  ...
Alphonso Wood, 1876
4
A Class-book of Botany ... In two parts. Part I. The ...
Lvs. oblong-obovate or oval-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, crenate serrulate, smooth above, tomentous beneath when youn , attenuate at base into a short petiole; ped. and col, when young, tomentous; pyril'orm or subglobous, dark red —Low, ...
Alphonso WOOD, 1864
5
The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province
margin, unequal, forked and interveined, adnate to short decurrent, rarely with a semi-free collarium; edges entire. Stipe lateral to eccentric, very short, white, insititious, tomentous. Spores ellipsoid, 10-15 x 4.5-6 цm, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid.
Zhishu Bi, Zheng Guoyang, Li Taihui, 1993
6
The Botanist's Companion: Or, An Introduction to the ...
1 Under sbrubby : without stipulat : L. opposite, petioled, oblong flat, tomentous beneath. Ij 2 Herbaceous: without stipulse : L. opposite, lanceolate, 3-nerved : racemes mostly naked. 0 3 Herbaceous : with stipula, pubescent : L. lanceolate, ...
William Salisbury, 1816
7
The British Flora: Or, A Linnean Arrangement of British ...
Paged Contin.). John Hull. 1. C. Leaves ovate, incised, serrated, tomentous A'ria, underneath. While-beam-tret. M. Wood*. T. 5. F. Dan. 302. s. C. Leaves cordate, 7 -lobed, lowest lobes di- ttrmina'lis. verging. Wild Service-tree. Woods, &c. T. 5.
John Hull, 1799
8
A Synoptical Compend of British Botany: Arranged After the ...
SALIX. 42 L. ovate, acuminate, serrated, undulated : tomentous beneath : stipulae sub-lunate : caps, ventricose. 43 L. lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, undulated, denticulated : tomentous beneath : stipu'ae kidney-shaped: caps, ovato,subula'e.
John Kingston Galpine, 1806
9
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
Ca1y: sub-adpressed, minute, 5-clett, as long as the bractese, segments blunt, sl' htly tomentous. Corolla (,'ith 0 an inch long) twice as long as the yx, 5-cleflz, segments linear, acute, spreading, and concave at the a ex, smooth. Stamens very ...
‎1829
10
Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
It must also in many respects agree with B. margiuata, but diflgrs from this in the bracteae being tomentous. Leria nutans, DC. L. nutans; scapo unifloro, laterali; flore nutante; foliis runcinato-lyratis, medio contractis, undulatis, dentatis, subtus ...
‎1831

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMENTOUS»

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Smith vs. Darwin
... of a monocotyledonous wage doctrine and a cryptogamic theory of interest, with involute, loculicidal, tomentous and moniliform variants, what is the cytoplasm, ... «Mother Jones, Nov 05»

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