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1,524 words match “NOUS”

SUCCINOUS a.
Succinic. [R.]
SUFFRAGINOUS a.
Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.]
SUPERSPINOUS a.
Supraspinuos.
SUPRASPINATE; SUPRASPINOUS a.
Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
SYNCHRONOUS a.
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. -- Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.
SYNCOTYLEDONOUS a.
Having united cotyledonous.
TAURICORNOUS a.
Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne.
TAUTOCHRONOUS a.
Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.
TENDINOUS a. 2 definitions
Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
TENDONOUS a.
Tendinous.
TENTIGINOUS a. 2 definitions
Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.] Johnson.
TERGEMINOUS a.
Threefold; thrice-paired. Blount.
TERRIGENOUS a.
Earthborn; produced by the earth.
TETRAGYNIAN; TETRAGYNOUS a.
Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.
THERMOGENOUS a.
Producing heat; thermogenic.
TITANOUS a.
Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
TONOUS a.
Abounding in tone or sound.
TORMINOUS a.
Affected with tormina; griping.
TORPEDINOUS a.
do; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid. Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. De Quincey.
TREASONOUS a.
Treasonable. Shak. The treasonous book of the Court of King James. Pepys.
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