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Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.

Scented. [R.] R. Browning.

Prevalent everywhere or in all things. Fuller.

Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen. -- Op"u*lent*ly, adv. I will piece Her opulent throne with kingdoms. Shak.

Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.

Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the pestilential vapors." Longfellow.

Pestilently.

Pestilential. [Obs.]

In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above all measure pestilently noisome." Dr. H. More.

The quality of being pestilent.

An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. "Reaping plenteous crop." Milton.

Plenteous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.

dant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and plenty." Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.

Fit for drink. [Obs.] "Some those herbs which are not esculent, are . . . poculent." Bacon.