(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
corviform
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
formicative
formicivora
formicivorous
formicivorous
adj
(entomology) Feeding on ants.
involucriform
modificative
modificative
adj
modificatory; tending to modify
noun
(grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
naviculaeform
nonconfirmative
nonconfirmative
adj
Not confirmative.
nonmodificative
overmagnification
overmagnification
noun
excessive magnification
overmerciful
overmerciful
adj
Excessively merciful.
overmercifully
overmercifulness
overmodification
overmodification
noun
Excessive modification.
overmystification
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
semivitrification
semivitrification
noun
The quality or state of being semivitrified.
unconfirmative
unmodificative
vacciniform
vacciniform
adj
(medicine) Resembling vaccinia, or cowpox.
varicelliform
varicelliform
adj
(pathology) That resembles a varicella (chicken pox) rash
variciform
variciform
adj
Resembling a varix.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
verruciform
verruciform
adj
Having a shape like a wart or warts.
vesiculiform
vesiculiform
adj
Resembling a vesicle.
vorticiform
vorticiform
adj
In the shape of a vortex.
vouchsafement
vouchsafement
noun
That which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.