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• -iferous — |if(ə)rəs adjective combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ifer (from i + fer) & Middle French ifere (from Latin ifer) + Middle English ous more at fer …   Useful english dictionary

• -iferous — adjective combining form Etymology: Latin ifer, from i + fer ferous ferous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• -iferous — combining form common form of ferous …   English new terms dictionary

• -iferous — if·er·ous …   English syllables

• -iferous — See ferous …  

• -ferous — comb. form (usu. iferous) forming adjectives with the sense bearing , having (auriferous; odoriferous). Derivatives: ferously suffix ferousness suffix Etymology: from or after F fegravere or L fer producing f. ferre bear * * * ferous, suffix… …   Useful english dictionary

• Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… …   Wikipedia

• ramuliferous — |ramyə|lif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: ramulus + iferous : bearing ramuli * * * ramuˈliferous, a. [See next and iferous.] Bearing ramuli. (In recent Dicts.) …   Useful english dictionary

• raphidiferous — |rafə|dif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: raphide + iferous : bearing or containing raphides * * * raphiˈdiferous, a. Bot. [f. raphid raphis + iferous.] Bearing raphides. [see raphis Comb.] …   Useful english dictionary

• zirconiferous — |zərkə|nif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: zircon + iferous 1. : containing or yielding zircon 2. [zircon + iferous] : containing or yielding zirconium …   Useful english dictionary

• seminiferous — adjective Etymology: Latin semin , semen seed + English iferous Date: 1692 producing or bearing seed or semen …   New Collegiate Dictionary