(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.
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.
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
cycadofilicinean
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) daffodil
daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
noun
(informal) the daffodil.
daffydowndilly
daffydowndilly
noun
Alternative form of daffadowndilly
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
daintifying
daintifying
verb
present participle of daintify
damnify
damnify
verb
(law) To cause injuries or loss to.
(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
damnifying
damnifying
verb
present participle of damnify
dandify
dandify
verb
To dress as, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
dandifying
dandifying
verb
present participle of dandify
dandriffy
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
deacidifying
deacidifying
verb
present participle of deacidify
deafeningly
deafeningly
adv
In a deafening manner.
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.
defamingly
defamingly
Adverb
In a defamatory manner.
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
defiantly
defiantly
adv
In a defiant manner.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
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.
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
demagnify
demagnify
verb
To reduce the size of an image etc
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
denazify
denazify
verb
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
denazifying
denazifying
verb
present participle of denazify
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentially
differentially
adv
(mathematics) With regard to differentiation
In a differential manner
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
disaffinity
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
dissatisfying
dissatisfying
verb
present participle of dissatisfy
dissatisfyingly
dissatisfyingly
adv
In a dissatisfying manner.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
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.
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.
endamnify
endamnify
verb
(transitive) To damnify; to injure.
epididymodeferential
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fadednyess
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
fadmongery
faeryland
faeryland
noun
Alternative form of fairyland
faintheartedly
faintheartedly
adv
In a fainthearted manner.
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
fantasyland
fantasyland
noun
Alternative form of fantasy land
fantasylands
fantasylands
noun
plural of fantasyland
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farrandly
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fedayeen
fedayeen
noun
plural of fedayee
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.
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
fidejussionary
findability
findability
noun
(information science) The quality of a particular object being locatable.
(information science) The quality of a whole system being navigable.
The ability to be found.
findlay
findlay
Proper noun
a city in Ohio, USA
fleyland
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
foudroyant
foudroyant
adj
(medicine) fulminant
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
foundationally
foundationally
adv
In a foundational manner.
foundationary
foundryman
foundryman
noun
A man who works in a foundry
frankheartedly
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
fraudulently
fraudulently
adv
In a fraudulent manner.
frayedness
frayedness
noun
The quality of being frayed.
freehandedly
freehandedly
adv
In a freehanded manner.
frydman
fundamentality
fundamentality
noun
The state or quality of being fundamental.
fundamentally
fundamentally
adv
In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
fungicidally
fungicidally
adv
In a fungicidal manner; as a fungicide.
grandfatherly
grandfatherly
adj
Having the characteristics of a grandfather.
In the manner of a grandfather.
handfastly
handfastly
adv
(obsolete) In a handfast manner
handycuff
handyfight
handyframe
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydroferricyanic
hydroferricyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroferrocyanate
hydroferrocyanic
hydroferrocyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen.
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
hydrofranklinite
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane
hyperdeification
hyperfastidiousness
identifiability
identifiability
noun
(uncountable) The quality of being identifiable.
identifiably
identifiably
adv
In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
indefatigability
indefatigability
noun
Tirelessness; persistence; stamina.
indefatigably
indefatigably
adv
In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner
indefeasibility
indefeasibility
noun
The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated
indefeasibly
indefeasibly
adv
In an indefeasible manner.
indefinability
indefinability
noun
The quality of being indefinable.
indefinably
indefinably
adv
In an indefinable manner
indemnificatory
indemnificatory
adj
That serves to indemnify
infatuatedly
infatuatedly
adv
In an infatuated manner.
inflamedly
inflamedly
adv
In an inflamed manner.
inflatedly
inflatedly
adv
In an inflated manner.
infracotyloid
infradentary
infradentary
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the dentary bone
noun
A riblike bone beneath the dentary of some fish
infrahyoid
infrahyoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Below the hyoid bone in the neck.
infraordinary
infuriatedly
infuriatedly
adv
In an infuriated manner.
ladifying
ladifying
verb
present participle of ladify
ladyfern
ladyfern
noun
Alternative form of lady fern
ladyfinger
ladyfinger
noun
A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.
A type of small banana.
A variety of small firecracker.
Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.