An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
festivals
festivals
noun
plural of festival
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
flagellative
flagellative
adj
Pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.
flagstaves
flative
flative
adj
(obsolete) Producing wind; flatulent.
flavanthrene
flavanthrene
noun
Synonym of flavanthrone
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
flavescent
flavescent
adj
yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
flavicant
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
floatative
floative
flotative
fluvialist
fluvialist
noun
One who explains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
fluviatic
fluviatic
adj
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.
fluviatile
fluviatile
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial.
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluvioterrestrial
fluvioterrestrial
adj
Relating to land and fresh water, but not the seas.
forerevelation
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
fortravail
fountainville
foveolate
foveolate
adj
Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
foveolated
foveolated
adj
foveolate
fruitvale
fruitvale
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in California
A in Colorado
An unincorporated community in Tennessee
A town in Texas
An unincorporated community in Washington
galvanofaradization
galvanofaradization
noun
Medical therapy using galvanic current.
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
infiltrative
infiltrative
adj
That infiltrates
infinitival
infinitival
adj
Having a function or usage similar to an infinitive.
Of, pertaining to, or formed from an infinitive
infinitivally
infinitivally
adv
In an infinitival manner; with regard to the infinitive
inflammative
inflammative
adj
(archaic) inflammatory
inflative
inflative
adj
(obsolete) Of an inflating quality or tendency.
informatively
informatively
adv
In an informative manner.
infraventral
interfluvial
interfluvial
adj
Between rivers or streams.
invitrifiable
invitrifiable
adj
Not capable of being vitrified.
lactoflavin
lactoflavin
noun
(dated, biochemistry) riboflavin
lavroffite
liquefactive
liquefactive
adj
That causes, or is associated with liquefaction
manifestatively
manifestatively
adv
In a manifestative manner.
minifestival
minifestival
noun
A small festival, especially a small-scale exhibition of theatrical or film works
minifestivals
minifestivals
noun
plural of minifestival
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)
nondiffractively
nonfacultative
nonfacultative
adj
Not facultative.
nonfiguratively
nonformatively
noninformatively
nonrefractively
novelcraft
novelcraft
noun
The art of writing novels.
novemperfoliate
olfactive
olfactive
adj
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
overaffirmatively
overafflict
overaffliction
overartificial
overartificial
adj
Excessively artificial.
overartificiality
overartificiality
noun
The quality of being overartificial.
overartificially
overboastful
overboastful
adj
Excessively boastful.
overboastfully
overboastfulness
overdeferential
overdeferentially
overdefiantly
overfacility
overfactiously
overfaintly
overfaithful
overfaithful
adj
Too faithful.
overfaithfully
overfaithfully
adv
In an overfaithful manner.
overfaithfulness
overfamiliarity
overfamiliarity
noun
The state of being overfamiliar.
overfastidiously
overfastidiously
adv
In an overfastidious manner.
overfault
overflat
overflatly
overflatness
overflatten
overflatten
verb
(transitive) To flatten too much.
overfloat
overfloat
verb
(archaic) To overflow.
To float above
overfrailty
overfrugality
overgrateful
overgrateful
adj
Excessively grateful.
overgratefully
overgratefully
adv
Too gratefully.
overgratefulness
overinflate
overinflate
verb
To inflate excessively; to provide too much inflation
overinflated
overinflated
adj
Inflated; exaggerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overinflate
overinflates
overinflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overinflate
overinflating
overinflating
verb
present participle of overinflate
overinflation
overinflation
noun
Excessive inflation (of vehicle tyres).
overinflationary
overinflative
overinfluential
overinfluential
adj
Too influential.
overmasterful
overmasterful
adj
(rare) Overly masterful; having excessive mastery.
overmasterfully
overmasterfulness
overmasterfulness
noun
Excessive masterfulness.
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
oversolidification
oversteadfastly
parvifoliate
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
prefestival
prefestival
adj
Before a festival.
prefiguratively
prefiguratively
adv
In a prefigurative manner.
proliferative
proliferative
adj
(not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
proliferating; tending to proliferate
noun
Such a cell
qualificative
qualificative
noun
That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
reformatively
reformatively
adv
In a reformative manner.
refractively
refractively
adv
By means of refraction
In a refractive manner
selfpreservatory
semelfactive
semelfactive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the semelfactive aspect.