(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amyliferous
antifelony
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
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.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
boldfacedly
buffaloberry
buffaloberry
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
The edible berry of these plants.
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
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorate
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
cenospecifically
certificatory
certificatory
adj
Serving to certify something.
noun
(archaic) A certificate.
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coefficacy
coefficacy
noun
Joint efficacy; an instance of things working together.
coenospecifically
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
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
crystalliferous
crystalliferous
adj
Containing or producing crystals
cyanformate
cycadofilicale
cycadofilicales
cycadofilices
cycadofilicinean
cymbaeform
cypraeiform
cystoflagellata
cystoflagellate
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
diatrymiformes
dihdroxycholecalciferol
ecospecifically
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
efficaciously
efficaciously
adv
in an efficacious manner
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
efractory
electroaffinity
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
epididymodeferential
ethoxycaffeine
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
facetiously
facetiously
adv
(dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
factoryville
fadmongery
fallectomy
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fangotherapy
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farinosely
farmhousey
farmhousey
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmhouse.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fauntleroy
favoredly
favosely
favosely
adv
In a favose manner.
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
fearsomely
fearsomely
adv
In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fellatory
fellatory
adj
Pertaining to fellatio.
felsobanyite
femorococcygeal
feodality
feodality
noun
Alternative form of feudality
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
fermentatory
fermentatory
adj
Of or relating to fermentation.
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferroalloy
ferroalloy
noun
Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
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.
ferroelectrically
ferroelectrically
adv
In a ferroelectric manner
With regard to ferroelectricity
ferrohydrocyanic
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
fetography
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
fibrinogenically
fibrocrystalline
fideicommissary
fideicommissary
noun
(law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum.
fidejussionary
flagellatory
flagellatory
adj
Relating to flagellation or whipping.
flamboyance
flamboyance
Noun
The condition of being flamboyant.
A group of flamingos.
flamboyances
flamboyances
noun
plural of flamboyance
flamboyantize
flamboyer
flamboyer
noun
(archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.
flatfootedly
flatfootedly
adv
In a flatfooted manner.
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
floyddale
footpaddery
footpaddery
noun
(historical) The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
footweary
forayed
forayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foray
forayer
forayer
noun
One who makes or joins in a foray.
forayers
forayers
noun
plural of forayer
forbearantly
forbearantly
adv
In a forbearant manner.
forbearingly
forbearingly
adv
In a forbearing manner.
forebackwardly
forebay
forebay
noun
(reservoirs) An artificial pool of water ahead of a larger body of water.
The distinctive overhang(s) on a Pennsylvania barn.
forebays
forebays
noun
plural of forebay
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
foreday
foreday
noun
(dialect) The earlier part of the day; the morning or early afternoon.
(in the plural, chiefly poetic, archaic) Past or former days
foredays
foredays
noun
plural of foreday
forefatherly
foregallery
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
forehatchway
forelady
forelady
noun
the female equivalent of a foreman
forelay
forelay
verb
To lay down beforehand
To plan; contrive in advance
To waylay.
simple past tense of forelie
forelaying
forelaying
verb
present participle of forelay
foremartyr
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
forensically
forensically
adv
In a forensic manner.
Regarding forensics, or forensic science.
a forensically thorough search
forepayment
forepayment
noun
payment made in advance
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foreplays
foreplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreplay
foreroyal
foresay
foresay
verb
(transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint.
(transitive, archaic) To say beforehand; predict; foretell.