‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acidus sour + -ferous. ] Containing or yielding an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aër air + -ferous: cf. F. aérifère. ] Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aëriferous tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] The southwest wind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad + ferre to bear. ] (Physiol.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Agate + -ferous. ] Containing or producing agates. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. albumen + -ferous. ] Supplying albumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. Ar. al-fārs knight. ] An ensign; a standard bearer. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -ferous. ] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alumen alum + -ferous: cf. F. aluminifère. ] Containing alum. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins.
Syn. -- group Amentiferae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. amentum + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing catkins. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Ammonite + -ferous. ] Containing fossil ammonites. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Anatifa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anas, anatis, a duck + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Antenna + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Bearing or having antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -ferous. ] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqrax coal + -ferous. ] (Min.) Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.; as, the Oglala aquifer. The water contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such cases is sometimes called
fossil water. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. aqua water + -ferous. ] Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère. ] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argilla white clay + -ferous. ] Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing clay and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. armifer; arma arms + ferre to bear. ] Bearing arms or weapons. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Arsenic + -ferous. ] Containing or producing arsenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundifer; arundo reed + ferre to bear. ] Producing reeds or canes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astrifer; astrum star + ferre to bear. ] Bearing stars. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère. ] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear. ] Producing berries. “ Bacciferous trees.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balanus acorn + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing acorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Balsam + -ferous. ] Producing balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Bed + AS. fera a companion. ] A bedfellow. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + antherigerous. ] (Bot.) Having two anthers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bifer; bis twice + ferre to bear. ] Bearing fruit twice a year. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Generating bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Bismuth + -ferous. ] Containing bismuth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Bitumen + -ferous. ] Producing bitumen. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species. [ PJC ]

pos>n. One who bluffs. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4° - 10° C. (39° - 50°F.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prop a striker. See Buffet a blow. ] 1. (Mech.) (a) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car. (b) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who polishes with a buff. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wheel for buffing; a buff. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Chem.) a substance or mixture of substances which can absorb or neutralize a certain quantity of acid or base and thus keep the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution (as measured by pH) relatively stable. Sometimes the term is used in a medical context to mean antacid. [ PJC ]

6. (Computers) a data storage device or portion of memory used to temporarily store input or output data until the receiving device is ready to process it. [ PJC ]

7. any object or person that shields another object or person from harm, shock, or annoyance; as, the President's staff is his buffer from constant interruptions of his work. [ PJC ]

v. t. (Chem.) to add a buffer{ 5 } to (a solution), so as to reduce unwanted fluctuation of acidity. [ PJC ]

a. (Chem.) containing a buffer{ 5 }; -- of solutions, usually aqueous solutions. [ PJC ]

n. The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ trademark. ] a brand of aspirin tablets coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (a “buffer”); -- sometimes applied generically to any buffered aspirin preparation.
Syn. -- buffered aspirin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Bulb, n.+ -ferous: cf. F. bulbifère. ] (Bot.) Producing bulbs. [ 1913 Webster ]