An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
canfieldite
canfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.
canfields
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
cathodofluorescence
cauldrifeness
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chiefland
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
chondrofetal
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
clinchfield
closefistedness
coldfinch
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own confession.
confidential
confidential
adj
(dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
(dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
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.
confidentialness
confidentialness
noun
The state or quality of being confidential.
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
confinedly
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conflated
conflated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflate
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterreflected
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
decalcification
decalcification
noun
The loss of calcium, as from the soil or from teeth or bones.
decalcifying
decalcifying
adj
That is used to decalcify
verb
present participle of decalcify
deceitfulness
deceitfulness
noun
The state or quality of being deceitful.
deceitfulnesses
deceitfulnesses
noun
plural of deceitfulness
declassification
declassification
noun
The process of declassifying.
declassifications
declassifications
noun
plural of declassification
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defailance
defailance
noun
(obsolete) failure; miscarriage
defaillance
defalcating
defalcating
verb
present participle of defalcate
defalcation
defalcation
noun
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defectlessness
defectlessness
noun
Absence of defects.
defenceable
defenceless
defenceless
adj
(British spelling) Without defence; undefended.
defencelessly
defencelessly
adv
In a defenceless manner.
defencelessness
defencelessness
noun
The state or condition of being defenceless.
deficiently
deficiently
adv
In a deficient manner.
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflectionization
deflectionize
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
deflocculant
deflocculant
noun
A deflocculating agent.
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
deflocculation
deflocculation
noun
The dispersion of an aggregate to form a stable colloid; the reverse of coagulation or flocculation
deflocculent
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin
defunctionalization
defunctionalization
noun
(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
defunctionalize
defunctionalize
verb
(computing, programming) To subject to defunctionalization.
delignification
delignification
noun
The removal of lignin, typically from wood pulp
delirifacient
delirifacient
adj
(medicine) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that tends to cause delirium.
deltafication
deltafication
noun
The formation of a delta or deltas.
demiflouncing
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
desilicification
desilicification
noun
The removal of impregnated silica
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
diabolification
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
differencingly
difficileness
difficileness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being difficile.
difficultness
difficultness
noun
The state or quality of being difficult.
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
diffractional
diffractional
adj
Relating to, or caused by diffraction
difluence
difluence
noun
Opposite of confluence
difunctional
difunctional
adj
bifunctional
diolefinic
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformable
disconformable
Adjective
Not conformable.
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
discontentful
discontentful
adj
Full of discontent.
diselectrification
disgracefulness
disgracefulness
noun
The state or quality of being disgraceful.
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disrespectfulness
disrespectfulness
noun
The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
dulcification
dulcification
noun
The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
dullification
dullification
noun
The process of making something dull or uninteresting.
duplification
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.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
falcidian
falcidian
adj
Alternative form of Falcidian
falconidae
falconnoid
falconoid
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
ferntickled
fibrochondrosteal
fibronucleated
fictionalized
fictionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fictionalize
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
fidicinal
fidicinal
adj
Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.
fidicinales
fiducinales
flaccidness
flaccidness
noun
The quality of being flaccid.
flancard
flancard
noun
Alternative form of flanchard
flancards
flancards
noun
plural of flancard
flanchard
flanchard
noun
(historical) A piece of armor designed to be attached to the sides of a saddle to protect the flanks of the horse.
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
flanconade
flanconade
noun
(fencing) A thrust in the side.
flanconnade
flaunched
flaunched
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of flanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flaunch
flecnodal
flecnodal
adj
(mathematics) Relating to a flecnode
flecnode
flecnode
noun
(geometry) A double point that is also a point of inflexion of one branch.