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superincumbent

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14 lettersPronunciation /suːpəɹɪnˈkʌmbənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bceeimnnprstuuStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else

Word origin

From Latin superincumbentem, present participle of superincumbere. By surface analysis, super- + incumbent.

Used in a sentence

  • As the vapour cooled the water would be precipitated, and an ocean would surround the spherical nucleus with a superincumbent atmosphere.
  • Then a superincumbent bundle rolled down, with a whisking noise, flames elongated, and bent themselves about with a quiet roar, but no crackle.
  • The older Verrucano must have travelled to its present position as it slid and ground its way on the back of the oppressed Lochseiten limestone, which buckled and churned under the superincumbent load.

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