| COCCIFEROUS | • cocciferous adj. Bearing or producing berries. • COCCIFEROUS adj. of plants, supporting the cochineal insect. |
| CORNIFEROUS | • corniferous adj. Horned. • CORNIFEROUS adj. containing hornstone. |
| COUNTERFOIL | • counterfoil n. The part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub. • COUNTERFOIL n. part of ticket or cheque retained by giver. |
| DORSIFEROUS | • dorsiferous adj. (Biology) Bearing, or producing, on the back; applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the… • DORSIFEROUS adj. carrying young on the back. |
| FELONIOUSLY | • feloniously adv. In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony. • FELONIOUS adv. like a felon, wicked. |
| FEROCIOUSLY | • ferociously adv. In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive. • ferociously adv. Intensely or extremely. • FEROCIOUS adv. fierce. |
| FLORIFEROUS | • floriferous adj. (Botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers). • FLORIFEROUS adj. bearing flowers. |
| FOETIPAROUS | • foetiparous adj. Alternative form of fetiparous. • FOETIPAROUS adj. of marsupials, such as the kangaroo, giving birth to incompletely developed offspring, also FETIPAROUS. |
| FOLLICULOSE | • FOLLICULOSE adj. like a follicle, also FOLLICULOUS. |
| MORBIFEROUS | • morbiferous adj. Morbific; causing disease. • MORBIFEROUS adj. disease-bringing. |
| MORTIFEROUS | • mortiferous adj. (Now rare) Causing spiritual death. • mortiferous adj. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. • MORTIFEROUS adj. death-bringing; fatal. |
| ODORIFEROUS | • odoriferous adj. Having an odor or fragrance. • ODORIFEROUS adj. giving off an odour; morally offensive, also ODIFEROUS. |
| OVULIFEROUS | • ovuliferous adj. Bearing ovules. • OVULIFEROUS adj. bearing ovules. |
| OZONIFEROUS | • ozoniferous adj. Yielding or bearing ozone. • OZONIFEROUS adj. producing ozone. |
| PROLIFEROUS | • proliferous adj. Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative. • proliferous adj. (Botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers. • proliferous adj. (Zoology) reproducing by budding. |
| SOMNIFEROUS | • somniferous adj. (Pharmacology) causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones. • SOMNIFEROUS adj. causing sleep. |