Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
aquafortist
aquafortist
noun
One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
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.
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
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.
colourifics
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
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
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
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.
ferruginous
ferruginous
adj
rust-colored.
rusty.
feudatories
feudatories
noun
plural of feudatory
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
fibromucous
fibroserous
fibrousness
fibrousness
noun
The state or quality of being fibrous.
fidejussory
fidejussory
adj
Of or relating to fidejussion.
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
fimetarious
fimetarious
adj
Growing on dung.
fissiparous
fissiparous
adj
(cytology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.
Causing division or fragmenting something.
Factious, tending to break into pieces.
fissuration
fissuration
noun
The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure.
The condition of having fissures.
fissuriform
fissuriform
adj
That resembles a fissure
fistuliform
fistuliform
adj
Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
flirtatious
flirtatious
adj
(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.
Of or pertaining to flirtation.
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
floricomous
floricomous
adj
(zoology) Having a certain kind of ovipositor, characteristic of the Cnephasiini, consisting of papillae anales with a section of flat-headed setae.
Having the head adorned with flowers.
floriferous
floriferous
adj
(botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
floriparous
florisugent
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
floscularia
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
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
fluoridates
fluoridates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate
fluoridised
fluoridised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridise
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
foetiferous
foetiparous
foetiparous
adj
Alternative form of fetiparous
foliiferous
foliiferous
adj
Alternative form of foliferous
forfeitures
forfeitures
noun
plural of forfeiture
formidolous
formularies
formularies
noun
plural of formulary
formularise
formularise
verb
(Britain) To express as a formula, to formulate.
formularism
formularist
formulising
formulising
verb
present participle of formulise
formulistic
formulistic
adj
formulaic
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fourfiusher
fourpennies
fourpennies
noun
plural of fourpenny
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
fractiously
fractiously
adv
In a fractious manner.
fractuosity
fractuosity
noun
The state of being fractured; superficial fracture
frigiferous
frivolously
frivolously
adv
In a frivolous manner
fructuosity
frugiferous
frugiferous
adj
bearing fruit
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
frustration
frustration
noun
(law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
A thing that frustrates.
Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
The feeling of annoyance at impassibility from resistance.
fruticulose
fruticulose
adj
(botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub
fumatoriums
fungiferous
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
furciferous
furciferous
adj
(archaic) rascally; scandalous
furiousness
furiousness
noun
The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
furosemides
furosemides
noun
plural of furosemide
fustigatory
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.
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.
infructuose
infructuose
adj
(figuratively) unfruitful; unprofitable
Not yielding fruit.
infructuous
infructuous
adj
(obsolete or Pakistan, India) Not fruitful.
infusorians
infusorians
noun
plural of infusorian
infusorioid
infusorioid
adj
Characteristic of the infusorians
insufflator
insufflator
noun
A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace.
Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates.
insultproof
insultproof
adj
Resistant to insults.
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.
laniflorous
laxiflorous
lethiferous
lethiferous
adj
(obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
ligniferous
ligniferous
adj
Yielding or producing wood.
limbiferous
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