auriferousadj.
/ɔːˈrɪfərəs/ Containing or yielding gold; literal and figurative.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > gold
goldena1398
aureal1587
aurific1667
auriferous1744
auro-plumbiferous1816
ouncy1864
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > mineral or chemical composition > [adjective] > containing specific mineral
siliceous1656
auriferous1744
siliciferous1794
silicited1794
talcose1794
aluminiferous1804
silicated1806
venigenous1817
stanniferous1823
alumiferous1826
quartziferous1831
quartzofeldspathic1839
stannified1855
tinnified1855
acidic1876
lime-silicate1888
peralkalic1902
potassic1902
sodic1902
sodipotassic1902
felsic1912
peralkaline1913
peraluminous1927
1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 82 Whence many a bursting Stream auriferous plays.
1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) i. 16 Those slaty rocks which bear the chief auriferous quartz-veins.
Derivatives
auriferously adv.
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the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [adverb]
auriferously1857
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xvi. 466 Only one thing sat otherwise than auriferously..on Mr. Dorrit's mind.
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