AENEOUS | • aeneous adj. Bronze-colored. • æneous adj. Alternative form of aeneous. • AENEOUS adj. (Latin) of a shining bronze colour, also AENEUS. |
AQUEOUS | • aqueous adj. (Chemistry) Consisting mostly of water. • AQUEOUS adj. pertaining to water. |
ATHEOUS | • atheous adj. (Obsolete) atheistic. • atheous adj. (Obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him. • ATHEOUS adj. (Milton) atheistic; impious. |
CASEOUS | • caseous adj. Resembling cheese. • CASEOUS adj. cheese-like. |
CEREOUS | • cereous adj. (Obsolete) waxen; like wax. • CEREOUS adj. waxy. |
DUTEOUS | • duteous adj. (Archaic) dutiful. • duteous adj. (Archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient. • DUTEOUS adj. devoted to duty; obedient. |
GASEOUS | • gaseous adj. Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). • gaseous adj. Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy. • gaseous adj. Tenuous or indefinite. |
HIDEOUS | • hideous adj. Extremely or shockingly ugly. • hideous adj. Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound. • hideous adj. Hateful; shocking. |
HUGEOUS | • hugeous adj. Huge. • hugeous adj. (Of a noise or sound) Loud. • HUGEOUS adj. (archaic) huge. |
IGNEOUS | • igneous adj. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire. • igneous adj. (Geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma. • IGNEOUS adj. of rock, formed by cooling and consolidation of magma. |
LUTEOUS | • luteous adj. Yellowish. • luteous adj. Of or pertaining to mud. • LUTEOUS adj. golden-yellow. |
NIVEOUS | • niveous adj. Snowy; resembling snow. • NIVEOUS adj. resembling snow. |
OSSEOUS | • osseous adj. Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony. • OSSEOUS adj. composed of bone; resembling bone. |
PICEOUS | • piceous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to pitch (“a sticky, dark brown substance obtained from distilling… • piceous adj. (Chiefly entomology) Resembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown. • PICEOUS adj. glossy-black in colour. |
PILEOUS | • pileous adj. (Not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair. • pileous adj. (Comparable) Covered with hair; hairy. • PILEOUS adj. consisting of, or covered with, hair, also PILOSE, PILOUS. |
PITEOUS | • piteous adj. Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy. • piteous adj. (Obsolete) Showing devotion to God. • piteous adj. (Obsolete) Showing compassion. |
RAMEOUS | • rameous adj. (Dated) ramal; relating to a branch or branching. • RAMEOUS adj. of or pertaining to a ramus or branch, also RAMAL, RAMEAL. |
TIMEOUS | • timeous adj. In sufficient time; timely. • TIMEOUS adj. timely; seasonable, also TIMOUS. |