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| Cretaceous |
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noun the Cretaceous
- (geology) the Cretaceous period
Translations: adjective - (geology) of a geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago
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| absentaneous |
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adjective - (obsolete) Pertaining to absence.
Etymology: Late Latin absentaneus. See absent
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| acanthaceous |
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adjective - Armed with prickles, as a plant.
- (botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
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| achlamydeous |
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adjective
- (botany) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.
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| acinaceous |
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adjective - (botany): Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
Etymology: Latin acinus a grape, grapestone.
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| advantageous |
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adjective
- Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.
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| alliaceous |
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adjective
- Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
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| anonaceous |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the custard apple and other members of the Annonaceae family.
- The soursop fruit comes from an anonaceous plant.
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| aqueous |
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adjective
- (chemistry) consisting mostly of water
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| argillaceous |
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adjective
- pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
- 1994: The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone. (Winterson, Art & Lies)
Etymology: From the Latin argillaceus, from argilla "clay", from Greek .
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| avenaceous |
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adjective
- Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
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| azureous |
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adjective
- (zoology) of a fine blue color; azure.
Etymology: azure+-eous
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| beauteous |
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adjective
- (archaic) beautiful
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| bounteous |
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adjective
- (context, of a person) inclined to be generous
- (context, of a gift etc.) liberal or abundant
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| calcareous |
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adjective
- resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky
Translations: Etymology: From calcarius, derived from calx meaning "lime." Similar to calcium.
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| camphoraceous |
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adjective
- Of, relating to, similar to, or containing camphor.
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| carbonaceous |
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adjective
- of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon
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| cetaceous |
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adjective - Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.
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| cinereous |
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noun
- (colour) an ash-gray colour.
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adjective
- (colour) of an ash-gray colour.
- like ashes.
- containing ashes.
Translations: Etymology: From Latin cinereus, the stem ciner- meaning ashes.
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| consanguineous |
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adjective - Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
- Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.http://ambassadors.net/selectedstudy2.htm
Translations: Etymology: Learned borrowing from consanguineosus (with English -ous), from cumLatin, cum meaning "together" + sanguineusLatin, sanguineus meaning "of or pertaining to blood", derived from sanguisLatin, sanguis meaning "blood"
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| contemporaneous |
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adjective - exist, Existing or created in the same period of time.
- Look in other works to see whether that idea was common then.
Translations: - Spanish: contemporí¡neo
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| coriaceous |
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adjective
- (taxonomy) Resembling leather; leathery.
- <B>1997</b> This species is similar to E. vagans Wallich in the texture of the leaves, which are more thickly and have fewer crenulations on margin; the large globose capsules are white spotted. " JinShuang? Ma, "New Species of Euonymus (Celastraceae) from East and South Asia", Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 93-111, http://www.fna.org/china/Harvard_Papers/ma-hp-97.htm Abstract.
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| courageous |
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adjective - Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
- the most courageous man I have ever met
- Of an action, that requires courage.
- a courageous deed
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| courteous |
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adjective - Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
- a gentleman
- a gesture
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