Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
ciliiferous
cirriferous
cirriferous
Adjective
Bearing cirri
cocciferous
cocciferous
adj
Bearing or producing berries.
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
criniferous
cruciferous
cruciferous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Bearing a cross.
culmiferous
culmiferous
adj
(botany) Having jointed stems or culms.
(mineralogy) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
cupriferous
cupriferous
adj
Containing or producing copper.
cystiferous
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
disciferous
disciferous
adj
Bearing discs.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
dorsiferous
dorsiferous
adj
(biology) Bearing, or producing, on the back; applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, whose ova become attached to the skin of the parent's back, where they develop.
drupiferous
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
febriferous
febriferous
adj
Causing fever.
fedifragous
fedifragous
adj
Treaty-breaking.
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
ferriferous
ferriferous
adj
Containing iron.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
ferrocerium
ferrocerium
noun
A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
ferruginous
ferruginous
adj
rust-colored.
rusty.
feudatorial
feudatorial
adj
Synonym of feudatory
feudatories
feudatories
noun
plural of feudatory
fibroserous
fibrousness
fibrousness
noun
The state or quality of being fibrous.
fidejussory
fidejussory
adj
Of or relating to fidejussion.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
fimetarious
fimetarious
adj
Growing on dung.
floriferous
floriferous
adj
(botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
florilegium
florilegium
noun
(Christianity) A patristic anthology.
A collection of flowers.
florisugent
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
fluobromide
fluorescein
fluorescein
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluoridated
fluoridated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate
fluoridates
fluoridates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate
fluoridised
fluoridised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridise
fluoridized
fluoridized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridize
fluorimeter
fluorimeter
noun
Alternative form of fluorometer
fluorimetry
fluorimetry
noun
(chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy
fluorinated
fluorinated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
fluorindine
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
foetiferous
foetiparous
foetiparous
adj
Alternative form of fetiparous
foliiferous
foliiferous
adj
Alternative form of foliferous
forcipulate
forejudging
forejudging
verb
present participle of forejudge
forerunning
forerunning
verb
present participle of forerun
forfeitures
forfeitures
noun
plural of forfeiture
forficulate
formularies
formularies
noun
plural of formulary
formularise
formularise
verb
(Britain) To express as a formula, to formulate.
formularize
formularize
verb
(US) To express as a formula, to formulate.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fountaineer
fountaineer
noun
Someone interested in fountains.
Someone who makes fountains.
fourdrinier
fourdrinier
noun
A machine for making continuous rolls of paper.
fourfiusher
fourpennies
fourpennies
noun
plural of fourpenny
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
frigiferous
frugiferous
frugiferous
adj
bearing fruit
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
fruticulose
fruticulose
adj
(botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub
fulgoroidea
fungiferous
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furciferous
furciferous
adj
(archaic) rascally; scandalous
furiousness
furiousness
noun
The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
furodiazole
furosemides
furosemides
noun
plural of furosemide
galliferous
galliferous
adj
Containing or producing gallium.
gemmiferous
gemmiferous
adj
(biology) Multiplying by means of buds.
(biology) Producing gemmae or buds.
geodiferous
geodiferous
adj
Producing or containing geodes.
globiferous
globiferous
adj
(zoology) Having a round or globular tip.
glumiferous
glumiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing a glume.
glumiflorae
graniferous
graniferous
adj
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
guaniferous
guaniferous
adj
Yielding guano.
gummiferous
gummiferous
adj
That produces gum (or latex etc)
guttiferous
guttiferous
adj
(botany) Relating to a natural grouping of trees and shrubs (family Guttiferae, now Clusiaceae) that abound in resinous sap.
(botany) Yielding gum or resinous substances.
gypsiferous
gypsiferous
Adjective
Containing gypsum.
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
infortitude
infortunate
infortunate
adj
(obsolete) Unfortunate, unlucky.
infructuose
infructuose
adj
(figuratively) unfruitful; unprofitable
Not yielding fruit.
interfluous
interfluous
adj
Alternative form of interfluent
interfusion
interfusion
noun
Mutual fusion or blending
lactiferous
lactiferous
adj
Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid.
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
lethiferous
lethiferous
adj
(obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
ligniferous
ligniferous
adj
Yielding or producing wood.
limbiferous
linguaeform
lucriferous
lucriferous
adj
(obsolete) gainful; profitable
luctiferous
luctiferous
adj
(archaic) mournful
mammiferous
mammiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having mammae, or (humorous) breasts.
Mammalian.
manniferous
manniferous
adj
Yielding manna.
melliferous
melliferous
adj
(botany) Bearing any substance that is collected by bees to produce honey
Bearing honey
mentiferous
mentiferous
adj
(archaic) Conveying thought; telepathic.
microfaunae
microfaunae
noun
plural of microfauna
misfortuned
misfortuned
adj
(archaic) unlucky, unfortunate
misfortuner
misfortunes
misfortunes
noun
plural of misfortune
morbiferous
morbiferous
adj
morbific; causing disease
mortiferous
mortiferous
adj
(now rare) Causing spiritual death.
Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.
multiferous
multiferous
adj
Bearing or producing much or many.
multiflorae
multiformed
nectiferous
nectiferous
adj
Alternative form of nectariferous
nefariouses
nefariously
nefariously
adv
In a nefarious manner.
neurofibril
neurofibril
noun
(anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites