Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.

Actinophorous :: Actinophorous (a.) Having straight projecting spines.

Adenophorous :: Adenophorous (a.) Producing glands.

Adiaphorous :: Adiaphorous (a.) Indifferent or neutral.

Adiaphorous :: Adiaphorous (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines..

Anthophorous :: Anthophorous (a.) Flower bearing; supporting the flower.

Ctenophorous :: Ctenophorous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora.

Doryphoros :: Doryphoros (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us..

Epoophoron :: Epoophoron (n.) See Parovarium.

Galactophorous :: Galactophorous (a.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.

Hypophosphorous :: Hypophosphorous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphorous acid..

Odontophorous :: Odontophorous (a.) Having an odontophore.

Paroophoron :: Paroophoron (n.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male..

Phorone :: Phorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds..

Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Phoronomia :: Phoronomia (n.) See Phoronomics.

Phoronomics :: Phoronomics (n.) The science of motion; kinematics.

Phosphorogenic :: Phosphorogenic (a.) Generating phosphorescence; as, phosphorogenic rays..

Phosphoroscope :: Phosphoroscope (n.) An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring its duration..

Phosphorous :: Phosphorous (a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3..

Phyllophorous :: Phyllophorous (a.) Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.

Pyrophorous :: Pyrophorous (a.) Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.

Rhizophorous :: Rhizophorous (a.) Bearing roots.

Spermatophorous :: Spermatophorous (a.) Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells..

Stylommatophorous :: Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.

Sulphophosphorous :: Sulphophosphoric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts..

Zoophorous :: Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

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