Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetylfluoride
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
aeroflot
aeroflot
Proper noun
The largest airline in Russia.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
afforestable
afforestable
adj
Suitable for being afforested.
afforestational
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
aflutter
aflutter
adj
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
Fluttering.
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
afterblow
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
afterclause
aftercooler
aftercooler
noun
An intercooler located at the end of the supercharging chain.
afterdeal
afterdeal
noun
Disadvantage.
afterfall
afterglide
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterhelp
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterlife
afterlife
noun
(countable, uncountable) The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.
A conscious existence after death.
The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.
The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.
The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlifetime
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterloss
afterlove
aftermeal
aftermilk
afterplanting
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
afterpotential
afterpotential
noun
A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
afterroll
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
afterswell
aftertrial
afterwale
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
airlifted
airlifted
adj
Having been the subject of an airlift.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airlift
alderliefest
alderliefest
adj
(archaic) Most beloved.
alkylarylsulfonate
alligatorfishes
alligatorfishes
noun
plural of alligatorfish
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
altdorfer
alternifoliate
alternifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves that alternate on each side of a stem
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
antereformational
anteroflexion
anterofrontal
anterofrontal
adj
anterior and frontal
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antifederal
antifederal
adj
Alternative form of anti-federal
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antiferroelectric
antiferroelectric
adj
(physics) Describing a state in which dipoles are arranged antiparallel to adjacent ones, resulting in a net zero polarization
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifertilizer
antifertilizer
adj
Opposing the use of fertilizer.
antiflattering
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antiinflammatories
antiinflammatories
noun
plural of antiinflammatory
antireflexive
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
archflatterer
arfillite
artfulness
artfulness
noun
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
artfulnesses
artfulnesses
noun
plural of artfulness
artificialities
artificialities
noun
plural of artificiality
artificialize
artificialize
verb
(transitive) To render artificial.
artificialness
artificialness
noun
The state or quality of being artificial.
artificialnesses
asperifoliate
asperifoliate
adj
Alternative form of asperifolious
astrofel
astrofell
atmosphereful
auldfarrantlike
autofluorescence
autofluorescence
noun
(biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
(biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
autoreflection
bacteriofluorescin
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bathflower
bathoflore
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
beautifuller
beautifuller
adj
(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befluster
belfather
belfort
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bethflower
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blaffert
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blufter
bottleflower
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
brevifoliate
bulletproof
bulletproof
adj
(idiomatic) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant.
(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
(usually of an idea or concept) Unbreakable, very tough.
verb
(slang) to make resistant to failure.
To make proof against bullets.
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bulletproofs
bulletproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulletproof
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
butterfield
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterflies
butterflies
noun
(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
plural of butterfly
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly
butterflower
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
butterflyer
butterflyer
noun
Alternative form of butterflier
butterflyers
butterflyers
noun
plural of butterflyer
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
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.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
calcioferrite
calcioferrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
calefactories
calefactories
noun
plural of calefactory
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calfret
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
calyciflorate
candleshrift
capitelliform
carefullest
carefullest
adj
superlative form of careful: most careful
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
cathodofluorescence
celtiform
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
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