-aceous
/ˈeɪʃəs/suffix
1 Botany Forming adjectives from family names ending in -aceae (such as ericaceous from Ericaceae).
2chiefly Biology & Geology Forming adjectives describing similarity, especially in shape, texture, or colour: arenaceous olivaceous
Origin
From Latin -aceus 'of the nature of' + -ous.
- theatricalise
- theatricalism
- theatricality
- theatricalization
- theatricalize
- theatrically
- theatrics
- the Australian dream
- the Axis
- the ayes have it
- the Azoic
- the back of an envelope
- the back of beyond
- the back of one's mind
- the Backs
- the Balearics
- the ball is in your court
- the ball of the foot
- the ball of the thumb
- Theban
- the Bank of Mum and Dad
- the Bar
- the Bard
- the Bard of Avon
- the bare bones