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Answer for the clue "Cheesy ", 7 letters:
caseous

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Word definitions for caseous in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"cheese-like," 1660s, from Latin caseus "cheese" (see cheese (n.1)) + -ous .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein .] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration , a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Resembling cheese.

Usage examples of caseous.

He wanted to face the oil painting at the end of the auditorium, showing Baron von Conradi, founder of the school, caseous and immortal beneath heavy varnish.