Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
(figuratively, e.g. of a disease) Capacity for spreading.
(physics, of a gas or other fluid) A measure of the speed of diffusion.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
disaffectedly
disaffectedly
adv
In a disaffected manner.
discomfortably
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
diselectrify
disgustfully
disgustfully
adv
(archaic) In a way that inspires disgust.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
disrespectfully
disrespectfully
adv
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfiedly
dissatisfyingly
dissatisfyingly
adv
In a dissatisfying manner.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
distastefully
distastefully
adv
In a distasteful manner
distressfully
distressfully
adv
In a distressful way; showing distress
distrustfully
distrustfully
adv
In a distrustful manner
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
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.
effervescently
effervescently
adv
In an effervescent manner
effortlessly
effortlessly
adv
Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.
elytriferous
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
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
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitiously
factitiously
adv
In a factitious manner.
fairyologist
fairyologist
noun
One who studies fairyology.
faithlessly
faithlessly
adv
In a faithless manner
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
fallostomy
falseheartedly
falseheartedly
adv
In a falsehearted manner.
falsifiability
falsifiability
noun
The quality of being falsifiable.
falsity
falsity
noun
(countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
(uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
The falsity of that statement is easily proven.
familistery
familistery
noun
A community in which many people unite, like a single family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
fantasmagorically
fantasticality
fantasticality
noun
Anything that is fantastical.
The quality of being fantastical.
fantastically
fantastically
adv
In a fantastic manner.
To an extent only in fantasy; outrageously; ridiculously.
fantasticly
fantasticly
adv
Obsolete form of fantastically.
fantasyland
fantasyland
noun
Alternative form of fantasy land
fantasylands
fantasylands
noun
plural of fantasyland
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
fasciately
fasciately
adv
In a fasciate manner.
fasciculately
fasciculately
adv
In a fasciculate manner.
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fascinatingly
fascinatingly
adv
In a fascinating manner
fascintatingly
fascioplasty
fascistically
fascistically
adv
In a fascistic way.
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fastidiously
fastidiously
adv
In a fastidious manner
fastiduously
fastigiately
fastingly
fastly
fastly
adv
(nonstandard) quickly
In a secure or firm manner; securely
fastuously
fastuously
adv
In a fastuous manner.
fatalistically
fatalistically
adv
In a fatalistic manner.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fatuously
fatuously
adv
With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
faultlessly
faultlessly
adv
In a faultless manner
faunistically
faunistically
adv
In terms of the distribution of animals.
fayalites
fayalites
noun
plural of fayalite
feasibility
feasibility
noun
The state of being feasible or possible.
feastfully
feastfully
adv
In a feastful manner.
feastly
feastly
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a feast; festive.
featishly
felichthys
felicitously
felicitously
adv
In a felicitous manner.
felsobanyite
fertilisability
festally
festally
adv
in a festal or festive manner
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
festinately
festinately
adv
(obsolete) In a festinate manner; hastily; hurriedly.
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
festively
festively
adv
In a festive manner
festology
festology
noun
A form of martyrology that lists the feast days.
fibrocrystalline
fictitiously
fictitiously
adv
In a fictitious manner
fimbristylis
firstly
firstly
adv
(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.
fiscality
fiscality
noun
All matters concerning taxation
fishability
fishability
noun
The quality or degree of being fishable.
fissidactyl
fissility
fissility
noun
(geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.
The quality of being fissile (in any sense).
fissionability
fissionability
noun
The quality or degree of being fissionable.
flabbergastingly
flabbergastingly
adv
Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly
flagitiously
flagitiously
adv
In a flagitious manner.
flamboyantism
flamboyants
flamboyants
noun
plural of flamboyant
flatuosity
flatuosity
noun
(obsolete) flatulence
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flexuosity
flexuosity
noun
A flexuous point; a sinuous curve.
Quality of being flexuous.
flimsilyst
flirtatiously
flirtatiously
adv
In a flirtatious manner.
floristically
floristically
adv
In a floristic manner; according to flora.
With regard to floristry
floristry
floristry
noun
Production, commerce and trade in flowers.
The art of flower arrangement.
fluctuosity
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flusteredly
flusteredly
adv
In a flustered manner.
flustery
flustery
adj
flustered
fluyts
fluyts
noun
plural of fluyt
flybelts
flybelts
noun
plural of flybelt
flyboats
flyboats
noun
plural of flyboat
flycaster
flycatchers
flycatchers
noun
plural of flycatcher
flypast
flypast
noun
(Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
flypasts
flypasts
noun
plural of flypast
flyswat
flyswat
noun
flyswatter
flyswatter
flyswatter
noun
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
flyswatters
flyswatters
noun
plural of flyswatter
flytes
flytes
noun
plural of flyte
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flyte
flytiers
flytings
flytings
noun
plural of flyting
flytraps
flytraps
noun
plural of flytrap
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
foliosity
foliosity
noun
(rare) The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness.
footlessly
footlessly
adv
(not comparable) Without feet.
In a clumsy or inept way.
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
foremostly
foremostly
adv
In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
foreseeability
foreseeability
noun
The state or characteristic of being foreseeable; predictability.
foresightedly
foresightedly
adv
With foresight; in a foresighted manner.
forestaysail
forestaysail
noun
(nautical) A triangular sail attached to the forestay.
forestology
forestology
noun
(rare) The study of forests.
foretrysail
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formalistically
formalistically
adv
in a formalistic manner
fortuitously
fortuitously
adv
(sometimes proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.
In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.