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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.