- estiferous
- Pertaining to something which produces heat
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
estiferous
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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
estiferous — producing heat Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery 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
