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| -dermatous |
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Etymology: (derma), skin
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| -dromous |
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Etymology: (dromos), running
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| -morphous |
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Derived Terms: - amorphous
- anthropomorphous
- dimorphous
- metamorphous
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| -ous |
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Etymology: From Latin , full or full of
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| -vorous |
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Etymology: Representing Latin -vorus, from vorare (to eat).
Derived Terms: (top3)
- herbivorous
- lignivorous
- omnivorous
- carnivorous
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| abdominous |
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adjective
- Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
- Quotations
- Gorgonius sits, and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan - Cowper
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| abiogenous |
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adjective - (biology): Produced by spontaneous generation.
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| ablatitious |
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adjective
- diminishing, Diminishing; as, an force - Sir J. Herschel
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| abnormous |
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adjective - Abnormal; irregular.
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- A character of a more cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. - State Trials
Etymology: Latin abnormis; ab + norma rule. See normal
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| absentaneous |
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adjective - (obsolete) Pertaining to absence.
Etymology: Late Latin absentaneus. See absent
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| absonous |
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adjective - (obsolete): Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
- Quotations
- Absonous to our reason. - Glanvill
Etymology: Latin absonus; ab + sonus sound.
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| abstemious |
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adjective
- (Original Latin sense) abstaining, Abstaining from wine.
- Milton:
- : Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain.
- sparing, Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
- Arbuthnot:
- : Instances of longevity are chiefly among the .
- sparing, Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation
- Gibbon:
- : an diet
- Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
- Pope:
- : One day.
- (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness
- Dryden:
- : Such is the virtue of the well.
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Translations: Etymology: From Latin abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.
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| abstentious |
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adjective - Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.
Etymology: Derivative of abstain
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| abstractitious |
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adjective - (obsolete): Obtained from plants by distillation. - Crabb
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| acalysinous |
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adjective - Variant spelling of acalycine
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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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