- Estiferous
- Estiferous Es*tif"er*ous, a. [L. aestifer; aestus fire + ferre to bear.] Producing heat. [R.] --Smart. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Estiferous
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estiferous — producing heat Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
estiferous — Pertaining to something which produces heat … Grandiloquent dictionary
æstiferous — adjective /ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/ Producing much (æstival) heat.<ref name= DELOPDW /> Thus they, estiferous, the hollow sphereWithin, rack’d, and raged against the Highest. See Also: æstable, æstival, æstivate, æstivation, æstive, æstuant, æstuarium … Wiktionary
Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… … Phrontistery dictionary
