Words ending with dus

Ceratodus means: A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.

Enchodus means: A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

Exodus means: A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

Exodus means: The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

Fondus means: A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other.

Fundus means: The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.

Georgium Sidus means: The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel.

Gradus means: A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.

Gymnocladus means: A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

Gyrodus means: A genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.