ACUMINOUS | • acuminous adj. Characterized by acumen; keen. • ACUMINOUS adj. characterized by acumen. |
ALUMINOUS | • aluminous adj. (Chemistry) of or pertaining to alumina or alum. • ALUMINOUS adj. pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina. |
CHITINOUS | • chitinous adj. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin. • CHITINOUS adj. of or like chitin, also CHITINOID. |
CRETINOUS | • cretinous adj. Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid. • CRETINOUS adj. like a cretin. |
CRIMINOUS | • criminous adj. (Archaic) criminal. • CRIMINOUS adj. criminal, chiefly in the ecclesiastical phrase 'a criminous clerk'. |
DICLINOUS | • diclinous adj. (Botany, dated) unisexual. • diclinous adj. (Crystallography) diclinic. • DICLINOUS adj. having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. |
FIBRINOUS | • fibrinous adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, resembling or having the nature of fibrin. • FIBRINOUS adj. having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrinous exudation. |
FULMINOUS | • fulminous adj. Explosive. • fulminous adj. (Figurative) furious. • FULMINOUS adj. relating to thunder and lightning, also FULMINEOUS. |
GLUTINOUS | • glutinous adj. Glue-like, sticky, viscid. • glutinous adj. Of the nature of gluten. • glutinous adj. Containing gluten. |
HEINOUSLY | • heinously adv. In a heinous manner. • HEINOUS adv. very wicked. |
OMINOUSLY | • ominously adv. In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding. • OMINOUS adv. portending evil. |
PECTINOUS | • PECTINOUS adj. of or like pectin. |
PLATINOUS | • platinous adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing divalent platinum. • PLATINOUS adj. of or containing platinum in the divalent state. |
RUINOUSLY | • ruinously adv. In a way that will cause ruin. • RUINOUS adv. destructive. |
TENDINOUS | • tendinous adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or sinew. • TENDINOUS adj. of or like a tendon. |
TORMINOUS | • torminous adj. (Medicine) Affected with tormina. • TORMINOUS adj. affected with tormina; griping. |
ULIGINOUS | • uliginous adj. Slimy. • uliginous adj. Marshy, swampy, waterlogged. • uliginous adj. Growing in muddy places. |
UNGUINOUS | • unguinous adj. Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; unctuous; oleaginous. • UNGUINOUS adj. fatty, greasy. |
UREDINOUS | • uredinous adj. Relating to the uredo. • UREDINOUS adj. containing uredines, rust spores. |
VERMINOUS | • verminous adj. Infested with vermin. • verminous adj. Actively unpleasant, contemptible, or otherwise reminiscent of vermin. • VERMINOUS adj. full of vermin. |