(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
brachiofaciolingual
caffling
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
carfuffling
cartilaginification
cartilaginification
noun
The formation of cartilage.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chloroforming
chloroforming
verb
present participle of chloroform
choanoflagellata
choanoflagellate
choanoflagellate
noun
(biology) Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
clangful
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
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
cliffhang
cliffhang
verb
(intransitive) To be in suspense.
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
cliffhangers
cliffhangers
noun
plural of cliffhanger
cliffhanging
cliffhanging
adj
Suspenseful.
verb
present participle of cliffhang
cliffing
cliffing
noun
The formation of cliffs.
climbingfish
climbingfishes
clingfish
clingfish
noun
A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
clingfishes
clingfishes
noun
plural of clingfish
closefitting
closefitting
adj
Alternative form of close-fitting
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
coffling
coffling
verb
present participle of coffle
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
confessingly
confessingly
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configurational
configurational
adj
(grammar) Of a language: having a relatively fixed style of grammar where the subject of a sentence is outside the finite verb phrase but the object is inside it.
Of or pertaining to a configuration.
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conflagrating
conflagrating
verb
present participle of conflagrate
conflagration
conflagration
noun
(figuratively) A large-scale conflict.
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
conflagrations
conflagrations
noun
plural of conflagration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conflagrator
conflagrator
noun
(rare) One who starts a fire.
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflicting
conflicting
adj
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
fighting; contending; in conflict
verb
present participle of conflict
conflictingly
conflictingly
adv
In a conflicting fashion.
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
congelifraction
congelifraction
noun
the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water.
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
counterflange
counterflashing
counterflashing
noun
(construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
counterflight
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.
defalcating
defalcating
verb
present participle of defalcate
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
delignification
delignification
noun
The removal of lignin, typically from wood pulp
demiflouncing
differencingly
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disgracefulness
disgracefulness
noun
The state or quality of being disgraceful.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
effervescingly
effervescingly
adv
With effervescence.
efflorescing
efflorescing
verb
present participle of effloresce
effulgence
effulgence
noun
A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
effulgences
effulgences
noun
plural of effulgence
electrifying
electrifying
adj
that electrifies
thrilling or startling
verb
present participle of electrify
electrofishing
electrofishing
noun
a kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
electroforming
electroforming
noun
The manufacture of shaped components by electrodeposition on a pattern or mandrel.
electrorefining
electrorefining
noun
A process, similar to electrowinning, for the removal of impurities from a metal.
enforcingly
enforcingly
adv
So as to enforce.
facelifting
facelifting
verb
present participle of facelift
facilitating
facilitating
verb
present participle of facilitate
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
faciolingual
faciolingual
adj
Relating to the face and tongue.
facsimileing
facsimiling
facsimiling
verb
present participle of facsimile
factabling
fantasmagorically
farreachingly
fascinatingly
fascinatingly
adv
In a fascinating manner
fascintatingly
faunological
faunological
adj
Relating to faunology.
felicitating
felicitating
verb
present participle of felicitate
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fibrinogenically
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fictionalizing
fictionalizing
verb
present participle of fictionalize
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
filchingly
filchingly
adv
By means of petty theft.
finickingly
finickingly
adv
finically
finiglacial
fiscalizing
fiscalizing
verb
present participle of fiscalize
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flagrance
flagrance
noun
flagrancy
flagrancies
flagrancies
noun
plural of flagrancy
flagrancy
flagrancy
noun
The condition of being flagrant.
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
fleeching
fleeching
noun
cajolery; flattery
verb
present participle of fleech
fleecing
fleecing
noun
A confidence trick.
verb
present participle of fleece
flenching
flenching
verb
present participle of flench
fletcherising
fletcherizing
fletcherizing
verb
present participle of fletcherize
fletching
fletching
noun
The fins or feathers so attached.
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
verb
present participle of fletch
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flichtering
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)