Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Composed of or producing globules.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Bearing or containing globules; in geol,. containing concretions or segregations which consist of mica or of feldspar and mica: called spherophyric by J. D. Dana: equivalent to the more common terms spheroidal or orbicular, used of spheroidal aggregates in granitoid rock.
Wiktionary
- adj. geology Bearing globules; of rocks, having a concretionary structure where the concretions are isolated globules evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
Etymologies
- globule + -ferous. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘globuliferous’.
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gabardine, gabbart, gabble, gabbro, gabelle, gabion, gablock, gad, gadarene, gadoid, gadroon, gadzookery and 439 more...
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Weftage
The many textures of touch.
smooth, warty, velvety, sleek, grainy, shaggy, abrasive, scratchy, bumpy, corded, ribbed, roughish and 95 more...
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texture
suberous, sabulous, indurate, achondrite, wale, corneouss, knit, barathea, trachyte, cancellous, globuliferous, pongee and 29 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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euphonic logorrhea
cephalopodous, plumulaceous, oblomovism, etiolation, pavonine, somnolent, logorrhea, fulguration, gossamer, prestidigitation, daffodil, inchoate and 174 more...
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Bearing and Carrying
Words with the -fer suffix ("that which carries") or the -ferous suffix ("bearing," "producing," or "yielding").
aligerous, aluminiferous, antenniferous, argentiferous, armigerous, arundiferous, auriferous, bacciferous, balaniferous, barbigerous, belliferous, brachiferous and 187 more...
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Carry Me Home
Another kind of bear list: words bearing the -fer suffix ("that which carries"), the -ferous suffix ("bearing," "producing," or "yielding").
Also see (if you like) Carry Me Home Again.aquifer, conifer, umbellifer, transfer, thurifer, defer, telfer, suffer, rotifer, refer, foraminifer, poriferous and 157 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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word set 4
intercalate, stumpage, lexiphanic, arrhythmia, cyclorama, technetronic, turgescence, flameout, gimballing, transonic, juggernaut, acheron and 87 more...
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palooka A fun word to say - means "composed of or producing globules" per the American Heritage dictionary. Jan 27, 2007