A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antiscientifically
antiscientifically
adv
In an antiscientific manner.
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archinfamy
befancy
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
besanctify
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
brazenfacedly
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
casefying
casefying
verb
present participle of casefy
caustifying
cenospecifically
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
chapfallenly
chieftaincy
chieftaincy
noun
The area or population ruled by a chief.
The position or period of rule of a chief.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chinafy
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
chylification
chylification
Noun
The production of chyle
chymification
chymification
noun
The conversion of food into chyme
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
classifying
classifying
adj
That serves to classify
verb
present participle of classify
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coenospecifically
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessionally
confessionally
adv
With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
confocally
confocally
adv
In a confocal way.
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cryptoinflationist
cyanformate
cyanformic
cycadofilicinean
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
deacidifying
deacidifying
verb
present participle of deacidify
decalcifying
decalcifying
adj
That is used to decalcify
verb
present participle of decalcify
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
effeminacy
effeminacy
noun
The quality of being effeminate.
electroaffinity
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
ethoxycaffeine
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
factionally
factionally
adv
In a factional manner; in terms of factions.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
faineancy
faineancy
noun
Synonym of faineance
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
fallency
fallency
noun
(obsolete, rare) An exception.
fanatically
fanatically
adv
In a fanatical manner; with extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm.
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
fancify
fancify
verb
(transitive) To make fancy.
fancily
fancily
adv
In a fancy manner
fancy
fancy
adj
(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
Executed with skill.
Of a superior grade.
adv
(nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
noun
(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
A whim.
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
Love or amorous attachment.
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
The imagination.
The object of inclination or liking.
verb
(Britain) would like
(Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
(dated or in a set phrase) To imagine, suppose.
(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
(transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fancysick
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fantasmagorically
fantasticality
fantasticality
noun
Anything that is fantastical.
The quality of being fantastical.
fantastically
fantastically
adv
In a fantastic manner.
To an extent only in fantasy; outrageously; ridiculously.
fantasticly
fantasticly
adv
Obsolete form of fantastically.
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farreachingly
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fascinatingly
fascinatingly
adv
In a fascinating manner
fascinery
fascintatingly
faunistically
faunistically
adv
In terms of the distribution of animals.
fayence
fayence
noun
Alternative form of faience
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
feminacy
feminacy
noun
(archaic) effeminacy
fenceplay
ferricyanate
ferricyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.
ferricyanhydric
ferricyanic
ferricyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferricyanide
ferricyanide
ferricyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions.
(inorganic chemistry) Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in making blue pigments.
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
ferrocyanate
ferrocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanic
ferrocyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrocyanogen
ferrocyanogen
noun
(chemistry) The tetravalent radical Fe(CN)₆.
ferrohydrocyanic
fibrinogenically
fibrocrystalline
fictionality
fictionality
noun
State or quality of being fictional.
fictionally
fictionally
adv
In a fictional manner.
fictionary
fictionary
adj
Fictional.
noun
(countable, rare) A dictionary with contrived entries.
A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition.