Meanings
adjectiveacidiferous (comparative more acidiferous, superlative most acidiferous)
comparative more acidiferous · superlative most acidiferous
- Containing or yielding an acid.
Origin
- Latinacidus“sour, acid”
- Englishacidiferous
From Latin acidus (“sour, acid”) + -ferous.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese acidífero
- acidíferocontaining acid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acidiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferousantheriferous
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Chicago
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