| CORNIFEROUS | • corniferous adj. Horned. • CORNIFEROUS adj. containing hornstone. |
| COUNTERFORT | • counterfort n. A buttress built against a wall. • counterfort n. A spur of a mountain range. • COUNTERFORT n. a buttress or arch supporting a retaining wall. |
| 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. |
| FLORIFEROUS | • floriferous adj. (Botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers). • FLORIFEROUS adj. bearing flowers. |
| FLUOROMETER | • fluorometer n. An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence. • FLUOROMETER n. an instrument for measuring fluorescence, also FLUORIMETER. |
| FLUOROMETRY | • fluorometry n. (Chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples… • FLUOROMETRY n. measurement by fluorometer, also FLUORIMETRY. |
| FLUOROPHORE | • fluorophore n. (Biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence. • FLUOROPHORE n. a chemical group responsible for fluorescence. |
| FORECLOSURE | • foreclosure n. (Law) the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments. • foreclosure n. (Psychoanalysis) The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis. • FORECLOSURE n. an act or instance of foreclosing. |
| FORECOURSES | • forecourses n. Plural of forecourse. • FORECOURSE n. a foresail. |
| FOREGROUNDS | • foregrounds n. Plural of foreground. • foregrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground. • FOREGROUND v. to bring to the foreground, the part of a picture or field of view nearest the observer's eye. |
| 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. |
| OUTPERFORMS | • outperforms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outperform. • OUTPERFORM v. to exceed in performance. |
| OVERFAVOURS | • overfavours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overfavour. • OVERFAVOUR v. to favour excessively. |
| 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. |
| RUSTPROOFED | • rustproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rustproof. • RUSTPROOF v. to make resistant to rust, such as by applying a coating. |