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Showing words for GIBBOUS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Gibbous

gibbous

6 Letter Words for Gibbous

gibbus

5 Letter Words for Gibbous

bibos, bigos, biogs, bogus, bubos, gibus, gobbi, gubbo

4 Letter Words for Gibbous

bibs, bigs, biog, bios, bobs, bogs, bubo, bubs, bugs, gibs, gios, gobi, gobs, gois, gubs, guib, obis, obus, sibb, subg, sugi

3 Letter Words for Gibbous

bbs, bib, big, bio, bis, bob, bog, bos, bub, bug, bus, gib, gio, gis, gob, goi, gos, gou, gub, gui, gus, ios, iou, iso, obb, obi, obs, ois, osi, oui, ous, sib, sig, sob, sog, sou, sub, sui, ubi, ugs

Definitions for Gibbous

[1] Astronomy . (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
[2] humpbacked.
[3] (of the moon or a planet) more than half but less than fully illuminated
[4] having a hunchback; hunchbacked
[5] bulging

Words related to Gibbous

convex, jutting, beetling, protruding, bent, leaning, bulging, awry, crooked, unbalanced, unequal, disproportional, unsymmetrical, protuberant, conspicuous, prominent, proud, salient, prognathous, arched

Words nearby Gibbous

gibble-gabble, gibbon, gibbon, edward, gibbons, gibbosity, gibbous, gibbs, gibbs free energy, gibbs function, gibbs phase rule, gibbsite

Origin of Gibbous

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin gibbōsus humped, equivalent to gibb(a ) hump + -ōsus -ous

Other words from Gibbous

gib·bous·ly , gib·bose·ly , adverb
gib·bous·ness , gib·bose·ness , noun

Word origin for Gibbous

C17: from Late Latin gibbōsus humpbacked, from Latin gibba hump

Synonyms for Gibbous

awry, crooked, disproportional, lacking correspondence, not proportionate, not uniform, unbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical