Word Meanings - MORTIFEROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MORTIFEROUS)
- Pestiferous
- Insalubrious
- pestilential
- deleterious
- mephitic
- virulent
- mortiferous
- infectious
- contagious
- catching
- lethal
- morbific
Related words: (words related to MORTIFEROUS)
- INFECTIOUSLY
In an infectious manner. Shak. - MEPHITIC; MEPHITICAL
1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. 2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. Mephitic air , carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, - CATCHWORK
A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. - CATCHER
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches. - CATCHWORD
The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, - VIRULENT
1. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury. A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott. 2. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective. - CATCH TITLE
A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc. - LETHAL
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. - INFECTIOUS
Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter - CATCHPENNY
Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. - CATCHDRAIN
A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water. - CATCHFLY
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly. - INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in - CATCHPOLL
A bailiff's assistant. - CATCHWATER
A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain. - PESTILENTIALLY
Pestilently. - CATCHWEED
See CLEAVERS - CONTAGIOUSLY
In a contagious manner. - MORBIFIC; MORBIFICAL
Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter. - VIRULENTED
Made virulent; poisoned. - SCATCH
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey. - BEAUCATCHER
A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. - CONY-CATCH
To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak. - WORD-CATCHER
One who cavils at words. - TORPEDO CATCHER
A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. - BIRDCATCHER
One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler. - SCATCHES
Stilts. - COWCATCHER
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. - FLYCATCHER
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American - CONY-CATCHER
A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. Minsheu.