Definitions for bituminous

bituminous bi·tu·mi·nous

Spelling: [bahy-too-muh-nuh s, -tyoo-, bi-]
IPA: /baɪˈtu mə nəs, -ˈtyu-, bɪ-/

Bituminous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in bituminous (biimnostuu).

Definitions for bituminous

adjective

  1. resembling or containing bitumen:

Origin of bituminous

1610-20; Latin bitūminōsus, equivalent to bitūmin- (stem of bitūmen) bitumen + -ōsus -ous

Examples for bituminous

bituminous may be distinguished from subbituminous by the manner of weathering.

Like all bituminous earths, it needs the strongest drying oil.

There are gradations from bituminous coal into anthracite coal.

Produced during the distillation of bituminous coal for gas.

This hypothesis is based on experimental work with bituminous shales.

She mines one quarter of the bituminous coal of the United States.

It exists in large masses in the bituminous schists of Idria.

In that isle there are the bituminous springs which Herodotus has commemorated.

The surface may or may not be coated with some bituminous material.

The coal is of two varieties: bituminous and semi-bituminous.

Word Value for bituminous
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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