| AQUIFEROUS | • aquiferous adj. (Geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer. • aquiferous adj. Carrying water. • AQUIFEROUS adj. consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid. |
| AURIFEROUS | • auriferous adj. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing. • AURIFEROUS adj. containing gold. |
| FONTICULUS | • fonticulus n. Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”). • fonticulus n. A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet. • fonticulus n. (Anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone. |
| FORTUITOUS | • fortuitous adj. Happening by chance; coincidental, accidental. • fortuitous adj. Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate. • fortuitous adj. (Law) Happening independently of human will. |
| FUCIVOROUS | • fucivorous adj. Feeding primarily on seaweeds. • FUCIVOROUS adj. feeding on seaweed. |
| FULIGINOUS | • fuliginous adj. Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. • FULIGINOUS adj. sooty; having a dark or dusky color. |
| FULMINEOUS | • fulmineous adj. Fulminous; of or pertaining to thunder. • FULMINEOUS adj. pertaining to thunder and lightning, also FULMINOUS. |
| LUCIFEROUS | • luciferous adj. Illuminating; providing light. • luciferous adj. (Figurative) Illuminating; offering insight. • LUCIFEROUS adj. light-bringing; light-giving. |
| LUCIFUGOUS | • lucifugous adj. Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun. • lucifugous adj. Nocturnal. • LUCIFUGOUS adj. shunning or avoiding light. |
| MUCIFEROUS | • muciferous adj. Producing or secreting mucus. • MUCIFEROUS adj. conveying or secreting mucus. |
| NIDIFUGOUS | • nidifugous adj. (Biology, of a bird) That leaves the nest shortly after hatching. • NIDIFUGOUS adj. leaving the nest soon after hatching. |
| NUBIFEROUS | • nubiferous adj. Bringing, or producing, clouds; cloudy. • NUBIFEROUS adj. cloud-bringing. |
| NUCIFEROUS | • nuciferous adj. Bearing or producing nuts. • NUCIFEROUS adj. nut-bearing. |
| OUTFIGURES | • outfigures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfigure. • OUTFIGURE v. to surpass in figuring. |
| SUFFUSIONS | • suffusions n. Plural of suffusion. • SUFFUSION n. the act of suffusing. |
| SULFONIUMS | • sulfoniums n. Plural of sulfonium. • SULFONIUM n. the positively charged group SH3, its salts or derivatives, also SULPHONIUM. |
| UNIFLOROUS | • uniflorous adj. (Botany) Bearing a single flower. • UNIFLOROUS adj. bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle. |