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, both meaning 'to bear'). Many of the 203 words below are relatively uncommon and/or technical; nevertheless (if one is permitted to coin a neologism), one could say that this is a rather "verbiferous" list.
Word
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Definition
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aligerous
| winged
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aluminiferous
| bearing aluminum
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antenniferous
| bearing antennae
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argentiferous
| bearing silver
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armigerous
| entitled to bear arms
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arundiferous
| bearing or producing reeds
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auriferous
| bearing gold
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bacciferous
| bearing berries
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balaniferous
| acorn-bearing
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barbigerous
| bearded; bearing a beard
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belliferous
| bringing war
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brachiferous
| bearing or having branches or arms
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branchiferous
| having or bearing gills
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bulbiferous
| bearing bulbs
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byssiferous
| having tufts or threads
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calcariferous
| having or bearing spurs
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calciferous
| bearing lime
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carboniferous
| bearing carbon
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carniferous
| bearing flesh; fleshy
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celliferous
| bearing cells
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celluliferous
| bearing little cells
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ceriferous
| producing wax
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ceruminiferous
| bearing or yielding ear wax
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chaetiferous
| bearing bristles; bristly
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cheliferous
| bearing pincers or claws
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chyliferous
| bearing chyle
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chymiferous
| bearing chyme
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clavigerous
| club-bearing
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clavigerous
| keeping keys
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cobaltiferous
| bearing cobalt
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cocciferous
| bearing or yielding berries
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conchiferous
| bearing a shell
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conchyliferous
| bearing a shell
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coniferous
| bearing cones
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coralliferous
| bearing coral
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cornigerous
| horned
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crinigerous
| hairy
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cruciferous
| bearing a cross
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culmiferous
| bearing coal-dust
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cupriferous
| bearing copper
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cupuliferous
| bearing cupules
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dentigerous
| toothed; bearing teeth
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diamantiferous
| bearing diamonds
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discigerous
| bearing a disc or discus
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doloriferous
| bearing grief or pain
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elytriferous
| having or bearing hardened forewings
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estiferous
| producing heat
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ferriferous
| bearing iron
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filiferous
| thread-bearing
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flagelliferous
| bearing a whip or flagellum
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flammiferous
| producing flame
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floriferous
| bearing flowers
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foetiferous
| bearing or carrying a fetus
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foliaceous
| bearing leaves; leaf-like
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foliferous
| bearing leaves
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foraminiferous
| bearing foramina
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fossiliferous
| bearing fossils
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frigiferous
| bearing or bringing cold
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frondiferous
| bearing or producing fronds
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fructiferous
| bearing fruit
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frugiferous
| bearing fruit
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furciferous
| bearing a fork
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furciferous
| bearing a forked appendage; rascally
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galactophorous
| bearing or carrying milk
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garnetiferous
| bearing garnets
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gemmiferous
| bearing gems
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glandiferous
| bearing acorns or nuts
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glanduliferous
| bearing glands
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globuliferous
| bearing globules
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glumiferous
| bearing glumes
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granuliferous
| bearing granules
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guaniferous
| bearing dung
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gummiferous
| bearing gum
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guttiferous
| exuding drops
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gypsiferous
| bearing gypsum
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hederiferous
| ivy-bearing
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igniferous
| bearing fire
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jaculiferous
| having arrow-like prickles
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lactiferous
| milk-bearing
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laniferous
| wool-bearing
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lanigerous
| bearing wool
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laticiferous
| containing or conveying latex
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lauriferous
| bearing laurels
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lethiferous
| causing death; carrying or bearing death
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libaniferous
| yielding or bearing incense
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luciferous
| light-bringing; light-giving
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lucriferous
| lucrative; yielding profit
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luminiferous
| bearing or bringing light
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maliferous
| harmful; unhealthy
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mammiferous
| having breasts
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manganiferous
| bearing manganese
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margaritiferous
| pearl-bearing
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mastigophorous
| bearing a whip
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melaniferous
| containing or bearing melanin
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melliferous
| producing or forming honey
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mentatiferous
| telepathic
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metalliferous
| bearing metal
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morbiferous
| disease-bringing
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morigerous
| obsequious or deferent
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mortiferous
| death-bringing; fatal
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moschiferous
| producing musk
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motiferous
| conveying motion
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muciferous
| conveying or secreting mucus
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nectariferous
| producing nectar
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nickeliferous
| bearing nickel
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nubiferous
| cloud-bringing
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nuciferous
| nut-bearing
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odoriferous
| emitting a usually pleasant smell
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oleiferous
| producing oil
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omniferous
| bearing everything
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ossiferous
| bearing bones
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oviferous
| egg-carrying
|
ovigerous
| bearing eggs
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ovuliferous
| bearing ovules
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ozoniferous
| bearing ozone
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papilliferous
| bearing papillae
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papuliferous
| pimply; bearing or pertaining to pimples
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pedigerous
| having or bearing feet
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peltiferous
| bearing a shield
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penniferous
| bearing feathers
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pestiferous
| bringing plague or pestilence
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petaliferous
| bearing petals
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petroliferous
| bearing petroleum
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piliferous
| bearing or growing hair
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placentigerous
| bearing a placenta
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platiniferous
| bearing platinum
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plumbiferous
| bearing or yielding lead
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plumigerous
| plumaged
|
polliniferous
| bearing pollen
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pollinigerous
| pollen-bearing
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pomiferous
| bearing apples
|
poriferous
| having pores
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proligerous
| bearing offspring
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pruniferous
| bearing plums
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pubigerous
| hairy; bearing or growing hair
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pupigerous
| bearing a puparium
|
pyritiferous
| bearing pyrite
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quartziferous
| bearing quartz
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quiniferous
| yielding quinine
|
racemiferous
| bearing clusters or bunches
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ramiferous
| bearing branches
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ramuliferous
| bearing small branches
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resiniferous
| bearing resin
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roriferous
| producing or bearing dew
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rotiferous
| bearing rotifers
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sacchariferous
| bearing sugar
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sacciferous
| bearing a sac or sacs
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saliferous
| salt-bearing
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salutiferous
| conducive to health or well-being
|
sanguiferous
| bearing blood
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scapigerous
| having a scape
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scutigerous
| bearing a shield or scales
|
scyphiferous
| bearing a cup
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sebiferous
| bearing fatty matter
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securigerous
| bearing an axe
|
seminiferous
| seed-bearing
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sensiferous
| conveying sensation
|
septiferous
| having barriers
|
serpentiferous
| bearing a snake; abounding in snakes
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setiferous
| bearing bristles
|
setigerous
| bearing bristles
|
siliciferous
| bearing or containing silica
|
soboliferous
| bearing shoots or suckers
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somniferous
| bearing sleep
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soniferous
| producing sound
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soporiferous
| bearing sleep
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spicigerous
| bearing spikes
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spiniferous
| bearing spines
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spinigerous
| bearing spines
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spinuliferous
| bearing spinules
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sporiferous
| bearing spores
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staminiferous
| bearing stamens
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stanniferous
| bearing tin
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stelliferous
| having many stars
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stigmatiferous
| bearing stigma
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stoloniferous
| bearing or having runners
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stomatiferous
| having an orifice or mouth
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strombuliferous
| bearing spirally coiled organs
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styliferous
| bearing a bristle
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succiferous
| bearing or producing sap
|
succiniferous
| bearing or producing amber
|
sudoriferous
| inducing or secreting sweat
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surculigerous
| producing suckers
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tediferous
| bearing a torch
|
thuriferous
| incense-bearing
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titaniferous
| bearing titanium
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toxiferous
| producing or bearing poison
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trochiferous
| bearing a wheel or wheel-like organ
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tuberiferous
| bearing tubers
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turriferous
| bearing towers
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umbelliferous
| bearing umbels
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umbriferous
| giving or bearing shade
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uraniferous
| bearing uranium
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uriniferous
| bearing urine
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vasiferous
| bearing a vessel or vas
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veliferous
| bearing a sail or membrane
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veneniferous
| carrying poison
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vermigerous
| bearing, containing or infested with worms
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viruliferous
| bearing or containing a virus
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vitiferous
| bearing vines
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yttriferous
| bearing yttrium
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zinciferous
| bearing zinc
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zinkiferous
| bearing zinc
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