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10-letter words (1 found)

CALIGINOUS,

9-letter words (4 found)

COALISING,GASOLINIC,LINGUICAS,LOGICIANS,

8-letter words (9 found)

GLUCINAS,LINGUICA,LINGUISA,LOGICIAN,SCAILING,SCUNGILI,SLUICING,SOLACING,UNSOCIAL,

7-letter words (45 found)

ACINOUS,AGNOSIC,AISLING,ALGINIC,ALNICOS,ANGICOS,ASINICO,CAGOULS,CALIGOS,CAUSING,CINGULA,CLOSING,COALING,COILING,CONGIUS,COUGANS,GLUCANS,GLUCINA,ILIACUS,INCISAL,INOCULA,LACINGS,LANUGOS,LIAISON,LINGUAS,LOUSING,NILGAIS,NILGAUS,OILCANS,SAGOUIN,SAILING,SALICIN,SALUING,SAUCING,SCALING,SILICON,SILOING,SINICAL,SLICING,SOILING,SOUCING,ULICONS,UNCIALS,UNCLOGS,UNCOILS,

6-letter words (91 found)

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5-letter words (123 found)

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4-letter words (137 found)

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3-letter words (81 found)

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2-letter words (26 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,AS,GI,GO,GU,IN,IO,IS,LA,LI,LO,NA,NO,NU,OI,ON,OS,OU,SI,SO,UG,UN,US,

You can make 517 words from caliginous according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caliginous

caliginous

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/
  • (General American) enPR: kə-lĭjʹə-nəs, -lĭjʹĭ-, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/, /-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/
  • Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪnəs, -ɪdʒənəs
  • Hyphenation UK: ca‧li‧gin‧ous, US: ca‧lig‧i‧nous

Adjective

caliginous (comparative more caliginous, superlative most caliginous)

  1. (archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dark
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:shining

Derived terms

  • caliginosity
  • caliginousness

Related terms

  • caligation
  • caligo

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Further reading

  • “caliginous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org