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There are 18 words ending with PHOROUS

ADIAPHOROUS	• adiaphorous adj. Neither harmful nor beneficial. • ADIAPHOROUS adj. doing neither good nor harm.
CHROMATOPHOROUS	• CHROMATOPHOROUS adj. of or like a chromatophore, a pigment-bearing cell.
CHROMOPHOROUS	• CHROMOPHOROUS adj. of or like a chromophore, the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour, also CHROMOPHORIC.
CONIDIOPHOROUS	• CONIDIOPHOROUS adj. of or like a conidiophore, a hypha that produces conidia.
DISCOPHOROUS	• discophorous adj. (Zoology) Having a gelatinous bell or disk. • DISCOPHOROUS adj. relating to the Discophora, an order of jellyfish.
ERIOPHOROUS	• ERIOPHOROUS adj. very cottony.
GALACTOPHOROUS	• galactophorous adj. (Anatomy) Milk-carrying; applied to the ducts of mammary glands. • GALACTOPHOROUS adj. bearing milk.
GONOPHOROUS	• GONOPHOROUS adj. relating to a gonophore, in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil, also GONOPHORIC.
HYPOPHOSPHOROUS	• hypophosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to hypophosphorous acid or its derivatives. • HYPOPHOSPHOROUS adj. as in hypophosphorous acid, a monobasic acid and a reducing agent.
MASTIGOPHOROUS	• mastigophorous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Carrying a whip, scourge, or wand. • mastigophorous adj. (Biology) mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHOROUS adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHORIC.
NECROPHOROUS	• necrophorous adj. (Zoology) Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus. • NECROPHOROUS adj. carrying away and burying dead bodies, as do burying beetles.
ODONTOPHOROUS	• odontophorous adj. (Zoology) Having an odontophore. • ODONTOPHOROUS adj. of or like an odontophore, the rasping apparatus in molluscs.
OMMATOPHOROUS	• OMMATOPHOROUS adj. of or like ommatophore, an eyestalk, as in snails.
PHOSPHOROUS	• phosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus. • phosphorous adj. Resembling phosphorus. • phosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus.
PYROPHOROUS	• pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC.
RHYNCHOPHOROUS	• rhynchophorous adj. Belonging to genus Rhynchophorus. • RHYNCHOPHOROUS adj. of or belonging to the Rhynchophora; snouted.
SIPHONOPHOROUS	• siphonophorous adj. Of or relating to the siphonophores. • SIPHONOPHOROUS adj. of or like a siphonophore, a type of colonial hydrozoan.
SPOROPHOROUS	• sporophorous adj. Relating to sporophores. • sporophorous adj. Having spores. • SPOROPHOROUS adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHORIC.

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