Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adjective termination of Latin origin. See -aceous.
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Examples
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"Not fun," Bom insisted, making use of a herba - ceous stalk to return to his former level.
Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975
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"Not fun," Bom insisted, making use of a herba - ceous stalk to return to his former level.
Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975
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Words ending in ceous or cious, when relating to matter, end in ceous; all others in cious.
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
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[In defining words of this ending, combine the meaning of the suffix with the meaning of the root; thus, _cretaceous_ means having the quality of _chalk_.] 1. _creta_ ceous, chalk
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois Elmer W. Cavins
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The base of these stones is a horn-stone, mix ed with a few feltspar scales: they scarcely adhere to the tongue, and emit a slight argilla - ceous odour.
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But whatever be the nature of this change induced oa fibrin by the alkalies, the former is by no paeanip aOS CHEM.CAL PROPEftTttiS converted, as M. Fourcroy has alleged, into a fatty substance with which the alkali produces a sapona - ceous compound, nor has it even the least analogy to any species of soap.
Medico-Chirurgical Transanction The Medical and Chirurgical Society of London 1812
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All the foil around Matera is not of the na - ture of tufa; 'for in many places it is argilla* ceous, and here and there is fome gyps, which
Travels through various provinces of the kingdom of Naples, in 1789 1795
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A fibrous or ftriated limeftone found near the lake Onega, which confifts of afbcftine or Ihorla - ceous particles, interwoven with the calcareous in the proportion of i per ct. the hardnefs of the former is 9, of the Ijtier from 7 to 8. h alfo contains 8 per ct. of argiil.
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Ap - plied C A plied to leaves, that are longer than the feta - ceous or briftle-fhaped leaf; as in Ranunculus tiquatilisy Artem'ifia papillaris. —
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Bill grey, with a dulky black tip ', ■ the head and neck are vina - ceous
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