Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
aeriferous
aeriferous
adj
(of a tube etc) That conveys air
africanthropus
afterfruits
afterfruits
noun
plural of afterfruit
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
airiferous
airiferous
adj
Alternative form of aeriferous
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
alfarabius
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alumiferous
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluniferous
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amyliferous
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anguliferous
anomaliflorous
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
antidiffuser
antimoniferous
antimoniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing antimony.
antiscrofulous
antiscrofulous
adj
(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antisuffragist
antisuffragist
noun
One who opposes suffrage.
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aquafortist
aquafortist
noun
One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
aquifers
aquifers
noun
plural of aquifer
arciferous
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
argilliferous
argilliferous
adj
(geology) Producing clay; rich in argil.
argilloferruginous
argilloferruginous
adj
(soil science) Containing clay and iron.
argufiers
argufiers
noun
plural of argufier
argufies
argufies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy
argusfish
argusfishes
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
arseniferous
arseniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing arsenic.
artifactitious
artifactitious
adj
artifactual
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
ascidiferous
asciferous
asperifolious
asperifolious
adj
(botany) Having rough leaves.
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
auriferous
auriferous
adj
Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
ausforming
ausforming
verb
present participle of ausform
austafrican
autoreinfusion
autotransfusion
autotransfusion
noun
(medicine) A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
autrefois
axiferous
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifistular
bifistular
adj
Doubly fistular; having two tubelike parts.
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
biliferous
biliferous
adj
Generating bile.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
brachiferous
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
burfish
burfish
noun
A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
bursiform
bursiform
adj
Shaped like a purse or bag.
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
butterflies
butterflies
noun
(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
plural of butterfly
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calamiferious
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calcariferous
calcariferous
adj
calciferous
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
californicus
californiums
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
caprifoliaceous
caprifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
caprimulgiformes
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
casuariiformes
cauldrifeness
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflorous
cauliflorous
adj
(botany) Having flowers on the stem.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
celluliferous
celluliferous
adj
Bearing or producing little cells.
cellulofibrous
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
ceratofibrous
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
ceruminiferous
chaetiferous
chaetiferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing chaetae.
chalaziferous
chalaziferous
adj
Having or bearing chalazas.
chauffeurship
chauffeurship
noun
The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.