Bearing and Carrying

BEARING AND CARRYING

The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in "ferous" or "gerous" (from the Latin ferre and gerere, both meaning 'to bear).

ALIGEROUS — winged

AURIFEROUS — bearing gold

BELLIFEROUS — bringing war

BRACHIFEROUS — bearing or having branches or arms

BRANCHIFEROUS — having or bearing gills

CALCIFEROUS -• bearing lime

CARBONIFEROUS — bearing carbon

CARNIFEROUS — bearing flesh; fleshy

CLAVIGEROUS — keeping keys

CONCHIFEROUS — bearing a shell

CONIFEROUS — bearing cones

CRUCIFEROUS — bearing a cross

DIAMANTIFEROUS — bearing diamonds

FLORIFEROUS — bearing flowers

FRIGIFEROUS — bearing or bringing cold

FRUCTIFEROUS — bearing fruit

FRUGIFEROUS — bearing fruit

LUCIFEROUS — light-bringing; light-giving

MORTIFEROUS — death-bringing; fatal

ODORIFEROUS — emitting a usually pleasant smell

SACCHARIFEROUS — bearing sugar

SACCIFEROUS — bearing a sac or sacs

TOXIFEROUS — producing or bearing poison

VASIFEROUS — bearing a vessel or vas