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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFOSSILIFEROUS

unfossiliferous  [ʌnˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFOSSILIFEROUS

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

WHAT DOES UNFOSSILIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unfossiliferous in the English dictionary

The definition of unfossiliferous in the dictionary is not containing fossils.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFOSSILIFEROUS


argilliferous
ˌɑːdʒɪˈlɪfərəs
celliferous
seˈlɪfərəs
celluliferous
ˌsɛljʊˈlɪfərəs
cheliferous
kɪˈlɪfərəs
chyliferous
kaɪˈlɪfərəs
coralliferous
ˌkɒrəˈlɪfərəs
cupuliferous
ˌkjuːpjʊˈlɪfərəs
fossiliferous
ˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs
glanduliferous
ˌɡlændjʊˈlɪfərəs
globuliferous
ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlɪfərəs
granuliferous
ˌɡrænjʊˈlɪfərəs
mammaliferous
ˌmæməˈlɪfərəs
melliferous
mɪˈlɪfərəs
metalliferous
ˌmɛtəˈlɪfərəs
papuliferous
ˌpæpjʊˈlɪfərəs
petaliferous
ˌpɛtəˈlɪfərəs
petroliferous
ˌpetrəˈlɪfərəs
proliferous
prəˈlɪfərəs
tentaculiferous
tenˌtækjʊˈlɪfərəs
umbelliferous
ˌʌmbɪˈlɪfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFOSSILIFEROUS

unformatted
unformed
unformidable
unformulated
unforsaken
unforthcoming
unfortified
unfortunate
unfortunately
unfortunateness
unfortune
unfossilised
unfossilized
unfostered
unfought
unfoughten
unfound
unfounded
unfoundedly
unfoundedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFOSSILIFEROUS

boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of unfossiliferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unfossiliferous» into 25 languages

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The translations of unfossiliferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfossiliferous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unfossiliferous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unfossiliferous
570 millions of speakers

English

unfossiliferous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unfossiliferous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unfossiliferous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unfossiliferous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unfossiliferous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unfossiliferous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non fossilifères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unfossiliferous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unfossiliferous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unfossiliferous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unfossiliferous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unfossiliferous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unfossiliferous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unfossiliferous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंभवनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fosilsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unfossiliferous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unfossiliferous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unfossiliferous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unfossiliferous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unfossiliferous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unfossiliferous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unfossiliferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unfossiliferous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfossiliferous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFOSSILIFEROUS»

The term «unfossiliferous» is used very little and occupies the 177.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFOSSILIFEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unfossiliferous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unfossiliferous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFOSSILIFEROUS»

Discover the use of unfossiliferous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfossiliferous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Upper Paleozoic of Peru
Shale, black, silty and flaggy, makes prominent scarp, contains several bands of unfossiliferous ironstone concretions . ... Shale, black, platy, soft, weathers in rounded slopes, contains numerous bands of unfossiliferous ironstone concretions .
Norman Dennis Newell, John Chronic, 1953
2
Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China
In the east part, Early Tertiary deposits are absent in the Annanba-San- weishan area, while the Late Tertiary Shulehe Formation, unfossiliferous, green to red sandstone and mudstone with interbedded conglomerate, belongs mainly to the  ...
Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, 1996
3
Pliocene Carbonates and Related Facies Flanking the Gulf of ...
Upper Pliocene Infiemo Formation Bahia Concepcion Member Upper limestone, beige, massive, unfossiliferous, upper 2 m contains fragments of white chert. ... m Lower limestone, gray-white, thick bedded, conspicuously unfossiliferous .
Markes E. Johnson, Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez, 1997
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Geological Survey professional paper
The formation is unfossiliferous, but it grades upward into the Preble formation, which contains fossils of Middle and Late Cambrian age. The Preble formation, which also occurs exclusively in the Osgood Mountains, is predominantly shale but ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1962
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Two fine-grained unfossiliferous calcareous sandstones which occur in the upper 250 feet of the formation on lower Maybe Creek have also been included in the Ayiyak Member. They are mapped separately as sandstones 6 and 5 (section 6, ...
‎1966
6
The Bug Creek Problem and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Transition ...
Cretaceous Mudstone Lens Unfossiliferous Channel Sandstone Cretaceous Mudstones (Facies A) - Cretaceous Mudstone Lens • ••••• Unfossiliferous Channel Sandstone Cretaceous Mudstones (Facies A) Upper Tedrow Channel ( Facies F> ...
Donald L. Lofgren, 1995
7
Geology and Ore Deposits of the La Plata District, Colorado
Limestone, dull maroon, shaly, and somewhat nodular, unfossiliferous 2% 6. Poorly exposed, probably dull-red sandy shale with limy nodules 3 7. Mudstone, dull red, sandy, micaceous, with thin shaly partings 5 8. Shale, dull red, micaceous, ...
Edwin Butt Eckel, 1949
8
Geological Survey Professional Paper
ages. Unfossiliferous rocks of noncarbonate composition cannot be assigned to the Paleozoic, and furthermore, whenever the slate of the York region is overlain by massive carbonate rocks without the intervening argillaceous and dolomitic ...
‎1980
9
Report of the Subcommittee on the Ecology of Marine Organisms
These apparently unfossiliferous beds constitute at least 75 percent of the 2200 feet of section. The paleoecology of the' black shale f acies of the loWer Ordovician has been discussed by Ruedemann (1934) but very little has been written ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on the Ecology of Marine Organisms
10
Index to the stratigraphy of North America
Shawangunk conglomerate: Coarse quartz conglomerate, of white or yellowish pebbles Fect- in a gray or red matrix; unfossiliferous; unconformable on Hudson ( Ordovician) shale. 1,500-1,600 Medina-Longwood sandstone: Soft, often ...
Bailey Willis, Geological Survey of Canada, Instituto Geológico de México, 1912

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFOSSILIFEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfossiliferous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hunting ancient animals in downtown St. John's
... because they are unequivocally from Precambrian strata and, for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, rocks of such age were thought to be unfossiliferous. «The Independent News, Jul 14»
2
The ROM's dinosaur-hunter, deep in Alberta's badlands
The excavation process starts with jackhammers and pickaxes, used to remove the tonnes of unfossiliferous rock above where the bones lie. When the crew has ... «Toronto Star, Aug 11»
3
U-Pb Zircon Dating of Basement Inliers Within the Moine …
In older orogens, particularly those characterized by unfossiliferous strata and/or medium- to high- grade metamorphic rocks, identification of terranes and the ... «RedOrbit, Aug 08»

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