ventricousadj.
rare.
= ventricose adj., in various senses.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of
great-wombedc1325
wombedc1325
big-bellied?c1475
gorbellieda1529
tunnisha1529
bellieda1533
gorbelly1532
tun-bellied1551
out-bellied1570
paunch-bellied1586
paunchyc1586
big-bellied1592
round-bellied1606
gutty1607
tun-gutted1607
ventripotent1611
swag-bellieda1616
tun-grown1628
bottle-bellied1646
pot-bellied1647
belly-mountained1654
pauncheda1657
sag-bellied1665
barrel-bellied1694
ventricous1702
poke pudding1705
paunch-gutted1726
pot-gutted1731
paunchfula1763
pottle-bellied1777
tunnified1806
tun-likea1813
shad-bellied1832
ventricose1843
bow-windowed1849
bloated-bellied1871
barrel-stomached1884
stomachy1888
well-stomached1896
jelly-bellied1899
narrow-gutted1903
pus-gutted1915
great-stomached1944
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > protuberant or swollen
proud1597
ventriose1725
ventricose1751
torulous1752
torose1760
torulose1806
ventricous1828
papillary1874
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1702 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 341 Such Children..are usually ventricous, and not so agil and nimble as other Children.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ventricous, in botany, bellied; distended; swelling out in the middle; as, a ventricous perianth.
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Ventricous,..in conchology, applied to shells which are inflated, or which swell in the middle.
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