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FORAMINIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
FORFERED p.
Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [Obs.] "Forfered of his death." Chaucer.
FOSSILIFEROUS a.
Containing or composed of fossils.
FRAUNHOFER LINES n.
the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist.
FRONDIFEROUS a.
Producing fronds.
FRUCTIFERUOS a.
Bearing or producing fruit. Boyle.
FRUGIFEROUS a.
Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Dr. H. More.
FUMIFEROUS a.
Producing smoke.
FURCIFEROUS a.
Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.
GAFFER n. 2 definitions
An old fellow; an aged rustic. Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes.
GARNETIFEROUS a.
Containing garnets.
GAUFFER v.
To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.
GAUFFERING n.
A mode of plaiting or fluting. Gauffering iron, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. -- Gauffering press (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape.
GELATINIFEROUS a.
Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
GEMMIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Producing gems or buds; (Biol.)
GEMMULIFEROUS a.
Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.
GEODIFEROUS a.
Producing geodes; containing geodes.
GLANDIFEROUS a.
Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.
GLANDULIFEROUS a.
Bearing glandules.
GLOBIFEROUS a.
Having a round or globular tip.
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