SETOUS | • setous adj. Setose. • SETOUS adj. thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs, also SETOSE. |
ACETOUS | • acetous adj. Having a sour taste; sour; acid. • acetous adj. Causing, or connected with, acetification. • ACETOUS adj. like vinegar. |
COVETOUS | • covetous adj. Extremely keen or desirous, especially to obtain and possess something belonging to someone else; avaricious. • COVETOUS adj. avaricious. |
COVETOUSLY | • covetously adv. In a covetous manner. • COVETOUS adv. avaricious. |
DISQUIETOUS | • disquietous adj. (Obsolete) Causing uneasiness. • DISQUIETOUS adj. causing disquiet. |
POLYCHETOUS | • polychetous adj. Alternative form of polychaetous. • POLYCHETOUS adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the class Polychaeta, also POLYCHAETOUS. |
ASCOMYCETOUS | • ascomycetous adj. (Mycology) Of or relating to the ascomycetes. • ASCOMYCETOUS adj. relating to ascomycete. |
COVETOUSNESS | • covetousness n. Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth. • COVETOUSNESS n. the state of being covetous. |
MYXOMYCETOUS | • myxomycetous adj. Relating to the fungus class Myxomycetes. • MYXOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a myxomycete, a slime mould. |
POLYCHAETOUS | • polychaetous adj. Relating to polychaetes. • POLYCHAETOUS adj. of or like a polychaete, a type of aquatic worm, also POLYCHETOUS. |
ZYGOMYCETOUS | • zygomycetous adj. Of or relating to the zygomycetes. • ZYGOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a zygomycete, one of a group of fungi marked by the production of zygospores. |
DISCOMYCETOUS | • DISCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a discomycete. |
PHYCOMYCETOUS | • phycomycetous adj. Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete. • PHYCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a phycomycete. |
ACTINOMYCETOUS | • actinomycetous adj. Of or relating to actinomycetes. • ACTINOMYCETOUS adj. of or like an actinomycete, a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi. |
COVETOUSNESSES | • covetousnesses n. Plural of covetousness. • COVETOUSNESS n. the state of being covetous. |
PYRENOMYCETOUS | • PYRENOMYCETOUS adj. belonging to the Pyrenomycetes, a group of Ascomycetes whose characteristic fructification is the perithecium. |
SCHIZOMYCETOUS | • SCHIZOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a schizomycete, any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes, also SCHIZOMYCETIC. |
BASIDIOMYCETOUS | • basidiomycetous adj. Relating to the basidiomycetes. • BASIDIOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a basidiomycete. |