ADJECTIVE | all | cavernous | being or suggesting a cavern |
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all | cavernous, erectile | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood |
Sounds | kae'vernahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Being or suggesting a cavern. | |
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Example | "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone" | |
Broader | hollow | not solid |
Spanish | cavernoso | |
Catalan | cavernós | |
Nouns | cavern | a large cave or a large chamber in a cave |
Meaning | Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood. | |
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Synonym | erectile | |
Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
Broader | expansive | able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion |
Spanish | cavernoso, eréctil |
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