-ferous

English

Etymology

From Latin ferō.

Suffix

-ferous

1. producing the specified material
2. containing the specified material

Derived terms

• -iferous

[+] English words suffixed with -ferous

Derived terms

acetabuliferous acidiferous aeriferous agatiferous albuminiferous aliferous aluminiferous amentiferous ammonitiferous amygdaliferous anatiferous antenniferous antheriferous anthraciferous aquiferous argentiferous argilliferous armiferous arseniferous arundiferous astriferous auriferous bacciferous balaniferous balsamiferous biantheriferous biferous biliferous bismuthiferous bituminiferous branchiferous bulbiferous byssiferous calamiferous calcariferous calciferous Carboniferous celliferous celluliferous ceriferous chalaziferous cheliferous chyliferous chymiferous cirrhiferous cirriferous cobaltiferous cocciferous columbiferous conchiferous coniferous coralliferous corniferous corticiferous corymbiferous costiferous cruciferous crystalliferous culmiferous cupriferous cupuliferous cymiferous dentiferous diamantiferous diamondiferous doniferous dorsiferous efferous embryoniferous ensiferous estiferous fatiferous febriferous ferriferous fetiferous filliferous flammiferous fletiferous floriferous fluctiferous foliferous foraminiferous fossiliferous frondiferous fructiferous frugiferous fumiferous furciferous garnetiferous gelatiniferous gemmiferous gemmuliferous geodiferous glandiferous glanduliferous globiferous globuliferous gossaniferous graniferous granuliferous guaniferous gummiferous guttiferous gypsiferous hederiferous herbiferous igniferous infrugiferous lactiferous lamelliferous laminiferous lanciferous laniferous laticiferous lauriferous lethiferous

ligniferous lignitiferous luciferous lucriferous luminiferous lyriferous magnetiferous mammaliferous mammiferous manganiferous margaritiferous melliferous metalliferous membraniferous metalliferous mortiferous muciferous multiferous muriatiferous nectariferous neurosensiferous nickeliferous nimbiferous nitriferous noctiferous nubiferous nuciferous odoriferous oleiferous omniferous operculiferous opiferous ossiferous ostriferous oviferous ovuliferous palmiferous pestiferous petaliferous piliferous pistilliferous placentiferous platiniferous plumbiferous polleniferous polliniferous polypiferous pomiferous poriferous proliferous pruniferous pulmoniferous pyritiferous quartziferous racemiferous resiniferous roriferous sacchariferous sacciferous saliferous saliniferous salutiferous sanguiferous scopiferous scutiferous sebiferous seleniferous semeniferous seminiferous sensiferous septiferous setiferous siliciferous siphoniferous soboliferous somniferous soniferous soporiferous sorediferous spiciferous spiniferous spiriferous splendiferous sporidiferous sporiferous sporuliferous spumiferous staminiferous stanniferous stelliferous stoloniferous stomatiferous styliferous subcarboniferous suciferous sudoriferous tanniferous tentaculiferous tergiferous thuriferous titaniferous tridentiferous tubuliferous tuberiferous turioniferous umbelliferous umbraculiferous umbriferous unguiferous uriniferous vaporiferous veliferous viruliferous vociferous yttriferous zinciferous

Translations

producing a certain material

• Catalan: -fer (ca)
• Italian: -fero (it), -ifero (it)

• Latin: -fer (la)