Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetylfluoride
acinacifoliate
acinacifolious
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
aflcio
afocal
afocal
adj
(optics, of a lens) Neither concave or convex (focal point at infinity)
(optics, of an imaging system) Not focused
aftercooler
aftercooler
noun
An intercooler located at the end of the supercharging chain.
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
alcyoniform
alfoncino
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
allocaffeine
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
alodification
aluminoferric
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
amelification
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
amplificator
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
anglification
antiferroelectric
antiferroelectric
adj
(physics) Describing a state in which dipoles are arranged antiparallel to adjacent ones, resulting in a net zero polarization
antifrictional
antifrictional
adj
Synonym of antifriction
antiscrofulous
antiscrofulous
adj
(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
aquifoliaceae
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
archfelon
archfool
archfool
noun
(archaic) An extremely foolish person.
autofluorescence
autofluorescence
noun
(biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
(biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
autoreflection
bacilliform
bacilliform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped
noun
Such a bacillus
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfold
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
bathofloric
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
bifocal
bifocal
adj
(of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
(optics) Having two focal lengths
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifollicular
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bilifaction
bilification
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfacedly
boldfacedness
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
borowolframic
brachiofacial
brachiofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and the face.
brachiofaciolingual
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
caffeol
caffoline
caffoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
calamiferious
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calamiform
calathiform
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
calcariferous
calcariferous
adj
calciferous
calcariform
calcariform
adj
Having the shape of a spur
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calciferols
calciferols
noun
plural of calciferol
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calcification
calcification
noun
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
calcifications
calcifications
noun
plural of calcification
calciform
calciform
adj
Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
calcifugous
calcifugous
adj
Synonym of calcifugal
calcioferrite
calcioferrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
calefaction
calefaction
noun
The act of warming or heating.
The state or condition of being heated.
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
calefactories
calefactories
noun
plural of calefactory
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
calfdozer
calfdozer
noun
A small bulldozer.
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
califon
california
californian
californian
Adjective
Of or relating to California.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
californiana
californians
californicus
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
californiums
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
calorific
calorific
adj
(US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening.
(physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy.
calorifical
calorifical
adj
Archaic form of calorific.
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorification
calorification
noun
The production of heat, especially animal heat.
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
camouflager
camouflager
noun
A person skilled in the art of camouflage.
A person who camouflages things.
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
camouflages
camouflages
noun
plural of camouflage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camouflage
camouflagic
camouflagic
adj
Providing or relating to camouflage.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
camoufleurs
camoufleurs
noun
plural of camoufleur
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
canafistola
canafistolo
canafistulo
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
cankerflower
capilliform
capilliform
adj
Having the form of a hair
capitelliform
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprifoil
caprifoil
noun
(obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
caprifoliaceae
caprifoliaceous
caprifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
caprifolium
caprimulgiformes
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.