-acious
(Latin: a suffix that forms adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in)
mendacious
1. Not truthful, lying or making false statements; such as, a mendacious story.
2. Given to, or characterized by, deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth: "My friend created mendacious tales of his adventures."
3. Telling lies; especially, habitually.
mordacious, mordaciously
1. Biting or given to biting.
2. Sharp or caustic in style, tone, sarcastic, etc.
3. Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"; barbed, biting, nipping, pungent.
4. Biting or given to biting: "They deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious horse."
multiloquacious
1. Speaking very much.
2. Very talkative; loquacious.
obstinacious
omnivoracious
1. Excessively devouring or craving all kinds of food in great quantities.
2. Mentally striving to find and learn all existing forms of information beyond what is considered a normal acquisition: "He had an omnivoracious desire for knowledge about everything; both past and present."
perspicacious
Penetratingly discerning, perceptive, or astute; perspicaciousness.
perspicaciously
plumacious
A feather-like structure.
predacious
1. Describes animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals.
2. Attacking and stealing from other people.
3. Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
pugnacious
1. Having a quarrelsome, combative disposition, belligerent.
2. An eagerness to fight or to argue issues instead of using calm consideration.
3. Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
4. Inclined to fight or to be aggressive.
rapacious
1. Taking by force, plundering.
2. Ravenous; greedy.
sagacious
Having or showing sound judgment and keen perception, wise; farsightedness.
salacious
1. Sexually appealing or stimulating; lascivious; lecherous.
2. Lustful; bawdy.
scribacious
1. Prone to excessive writing.
2. Given to writing often and in great quantities.
sebacious
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