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450 words match “FEROUS”

SANGUIFEROUS a.
Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.
SCOPIFEROUS a.
Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
SCUTIFEROUS a.
Carrying a shield or buckler.
SEBIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.
SELENIFEROUS a.
Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
SEMENIFEROUS a.
Seminiferous.
SEMINIFEROUS a.
ring; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
SENSIFEROUS a.
Exciting sensation; conveying sensation. Huxley.
SEPTIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
SETIFEROUS a.
Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
SILICIFEROUS a.
Producing silica; united with silica.
SIPHONIFEROUS a.
Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.
SOBOLIFEROUS a.
Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
SOMNIFEROUS a.
Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. Walton.
SONIFEROUS a.
Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.
SOPORIFEROUS a.
Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. "Soporiferous medicine." Swift. --- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness, n.
SOREDIFEROUS; SOREDIIFEROUS a.
Bearing soredia; sorediate.
SPICIFEROUS a.
Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate. [Obs.] Bailey.
SPINIFEROUS a.
Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
SPLENDIFEROUS a.
Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale (1538). "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]
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