(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.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterstudy
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
alfridary
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
ballyllumford
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
brandify
brazenfacedly
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
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.
confidentiary
cycadiform
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffery
daftberry
dandriffy
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
decrassify
decrassify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To clean; to remove dirt from.
(transitive, archaic) To make less crass or coarse.
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
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
defray
defray
verb
(archaic) To pay for (something).
(obsolete) To spend (money).
To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
defrayable
defrayable
adj
Capable of being defrayed.
defrayal
defrayal
noun
The act of defraying.
defrayals
defrayals
noun
plural of defrayal
defrayed
defrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defray
defrayer
defrayer
noun
One who defrays; one who pays off expenses.
defrayers
defrayers
noun
plural of defrayer
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
defrays
defrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
diatrymiformes
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentially
differentially
adv
(mathematics) With regard to differentiation
In a differential manner
diffractively
diffractively
adv
In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
dihdroxycholecalciferol
discomfortably
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
disregardfully
disregardfully
adv
In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfactory
dissatisfactory
adj
Causing dissatisfaction.
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
draffy
draffy
adj
(obsolete) dreggy; waste; worthless
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
drafty
drafty
adj
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
drakefly
dreadfully
dreadfully
adv
(dated) Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
In a dreadful manner.
dreamfully
dreamfully
adv
In a dreamful manner.
drearfully
dreyfusard
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
dryfarm
dryfarmer
dryfat
dryfat
noun
(obsolete) A dry vat or basket.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfy
dwarfy
adj
Much undersized; dwarfish.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
epididymodeferential
fadmongery
faeryland
faeryland
noun
Alternative form of fairyland
faintheartedly
faintheartedly
adv
In a fainthearted manner.
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
fairyland
fairyland
adj
Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
noun
Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
fairylands
fairylands
noun
plural of fairyland
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
falseheartedly
falseheartedly
adv
In a falsehearted manner.
faraday
faraday
noun
(chemistry, physics) The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately −96,487 coulombs.
faradays
faradays
noun
plural of faraday
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farmyard
farmyard
noun
The area around a farm, excluding the fields.
farmyards
farmyards
noun
plural of farmyard
farmyardy
farmyardy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmyard.
farrandly
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
faussebrayed
favoredly
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
faydra
fearedly
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
federacy
federacy
noun
A form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority.
federally
federally
adv
In a federal manner.
federary
federary
noun
(obsolete) A confederate; an accomplice.
federatively
federatively
adv
In a federative way.
feebleheartedly
feldsparphyre
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
ferricyanhydric
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.
ferriday
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrohydrocyanic
feudary
feudary
adj
Held by, or relating to, feudal tenure.
noun
A feodary.
A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory.
feudatary
feudatary
adj
Alternative form of feudatory
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.
fideicommissary
fideicommissary
noun
(law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum.
fidejussionary
fiduciarily
fiduciarily
adv
In a fiduciary manner
fiduciary
fiduciary
adj
(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
noun
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
fishyard
fluidglycerate
fluidglycerate
noun
A plant extract produced by extracting with a mixture of glycerine and water
foolhardily
foolhardily
adv
In a foolhardy manner
foolhardy
foolhardy
adj
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
noun
A person who is foolhardy.
footpaddery
footpaddery
noun
(historical) The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
forayed
forayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foray
fordays
forebackwardly
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
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
forelady
forelady
noun
the female equivalent of a foreman
foreyard
foreyard
noun
(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
A yard in front; front yard
foreyards
foreyards
noun
plural of foreyard
formaldehyd
formaldehyde
formaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
formaldehydes
formaldehydes
noun
plural of formaldehyde
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formidability
formidability
noun
The state of being formidable.
formidably
formidably
adv
In a formidable manner.
formylated
formylated
adj
(organic chemistry) That has had one or more formyl groups added