Definitions for carious

carious car·i·ous

Spelling: [kair-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈkɛər i əs/

Carious is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in carious (aciorsu).

Definitions for carious

adjective

  1. having caries, as teeth; decayed.

Origin of carious

1520-30; Latin cariōsus decayed, rotten, equivalent to cari(ēs) caries + -ōsus -ous

Examples for carious

A carious smile, almost a pitying smile, was hovering on her lips.

If one of the molars is found to be carious, it should be extracted.

In some cases the odor arising from carious teeth is combined with that of the stomach.

I healed malignant tubercular diphtheria and carious bones that could be dented in by the fingers.

One shake more, and like a row of carious teeth they were all in Mr. Schnackenberger's hand.

They exist in the mouth; those in carious teeth are often sufficient to injuriously affect digestion and health.

The indiscriminate use of viper broth is not proper at all times, or in all cases of carious bones.

If there is infection of the gums and the teeth are carious, the breath is extremely foul—a sign long associated with scurvy.

carious teeth and oral sepsis, from whatsoever cause, lead to the same trouble.

I have seen nothing in these carious forms which does not reveal the mechanical action of these waters.

Word Value for carious
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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