a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped;
a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alveolus + -form. ] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form;
a. [ L. bacillum little staff + -form. ] Rod-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. shaped like a rod.
a. [ L. botulus sausage + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Zool.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called
A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Of or pertaining to California. --
a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. capillus hair + -form. ] In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. caulis + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Columella + -form. ] Shaped like a little column, or columella. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. corallum coral + -form. ] resembling coral in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cotyle + -form. ] (Zool.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. cypselus a kind of swallow, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; + -form. ] (Zool.) Like or belonging to the swifts (
a. [ L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme. ] Having the shape of a thread or filament;
a. [ Fistula + -form. ] Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme. ] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flagellum a whip + -form. ] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shaped like a small fungus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. funis rope + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Like the Gallinae (or
a. [ Granule + -form. ] (Min.) Having a granular structure; granular;
a. [ Hyperbola + -form. ] Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme. ]
a. [ Julus + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Kali + -form. ] Formed like kali, or glasswort. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Lamella + -form : cf. F. lamelliforme. ] Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Lirella + -form. ] (Bot.) Like a lirella.
a. [ Mammilla + -form. ] Having the form of a mammilla. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Maxilla + -form: cf. F. maxilliforme. ] Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. metallum metal + -form: cf. F. métalliforme. ] Having the form or structure of a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. monile necklace + -form: cf. F. moniliforme. ] (Biol.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads;
a. [ L. oculus the eye + form: cf. F. oculiforme. ] In the form of an eye; resembling an eye;
a. [ L. operculum a cover + -form: cf. F. operculiforme. ] Having the form of a lid or cover. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Oval + -form. ] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Resembling a palus;
a. [ Papilla + -form. ] Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Parabola + -form. ] Resembling a parabola in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Patella + form: cf. F. pattelliforme. ]