Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
amelification
amplexifoliate
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
antereformational
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifemale
antifemale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, females.
noun
A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifundamentalism
antifundamentalism
noun
Opposition to fundamentalism.
antifundamentalist
antifundamentalist
noun
One who opposes fundamentalism.
antiinflammatories
antiinflammatories
noun
plural of antiinflammatory
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
atmosphereful
bafflement
bafflement
noun
(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
capitelliform
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
celtiform
chlorofluoromethane
chlorofluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halogenated derivative of methane containing both chlorine and fluorine; but especially CH₂ClF, sometimes used as a refrigerant
chloroformate
chloroformate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of chloroformic acid
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
circumferential
circumferential
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
comfortless
comfortless
adj
(of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
(of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
comfortlessness
comfortlessness
noun
The state or quality of being comfortless.
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cumflutter
decemfoliate
decemfoliolate
defailment
defailment
noun
(obsolete) Failure.
defilement
defilement
noun
(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
The act of defiling.
The state of being defiled.
defilements
defilements
noun
plural of defilement
deflectometer
deflectometer
noun
An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
democratifiable
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
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.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
dualmutef
effeminately
effeminately
adv
In an effeminate manner.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
electroform
electroform
verb
To manufacture by the electroforming process.
electroforming
electroforming
noun
The manufacture of shaped components by electrodeposition on a pattern or mandrel.
electroforms
electroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroform
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsification
emulsification
noun
The process by which an emulsion is formed.
emulsifications
emulsifications
noun
plural of emulsification
enfeeblement
enfeeblement
noun
The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization
enfeeblements
enfeeblements
noun
plural of enfeeblement
enfoldment
enfoldment
noun
The act of enfolding.
engulfment
engulfment
noun
The act of engulfing
engulfments
engulfments
noun
plural of engulfment
epididymodeferential
epileptiform
epileptiform
adj
Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures.
ethmofrontal
ethmofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exemplificator
extrafamilial
extrafamilial
adj
Outside a family
extraformal
fallectomy
falltime
falltime
noun
The period or season of fall or autumn.
famiglietti
familiarities
familiarities
noun
plural of familiarity
familistere
familistery
familistery
noun
A community in which many people unite, like a single family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
famulative
fanglement
fanglomerate
fanglomerate
noun
(geology) A stratigraphic unit in which conglomerates that were deposited in an alluvial fan are common.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fathomlessness
fathomlessness
noun
The state or condition of being fathomless.
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
feltman
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
femalist
femalist
noun
(rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
femality
femality
noun
femaleness
feminality
feminality
noun
The quality of being feminal; femininity.
feminility
feminility
noun
(now rare) femininity.
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
femoropopliteal
femoropopliteal
adj
Relating to the femur and popliteus.
femororotulian
femorotibial
femorotibial
adj
Relating to the femur and tibia.
fermentability
fermentability
noun
The condition of being fermentable
fermentable
fermentable
adj
Able to ferment or be fermented.
noun
Any substance that can be fermented.
fermental
fermental
adj
(obsolete) fermentative
fermentatively
fermentatively
adv
In a fermentative manner
With regard to fermentation
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fermentology
fermentology
noun
The study of fermentation.
fermillet
fermillet
noun
(obsolete) A buckle or clasp.
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
ferthumlungur
fetalism
feuillemorte
feuillemorte
adj
Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown.
feuilletonism
feuilletonism
noun
The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
feulamort
fibroligamentous
fieulamort
figmental
figmental
adj
Of or relating to a figment.
filament
filament
noun
(botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
(textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
A fine thread or wire.
Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
filamentar
filamentar
adj
filamentary
filamentary
filamentary
adj
Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
filamented
filamented
adj
Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
filamentiferous
filamentiferous
adj
(archaic) filiferous
filamentoid
filamentoid
adj
Like a filament.
filamentose
filamentose
adj
Being hair- or thread-like.
Having the form of a thread, as in the thread in clothes.
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filaments
filaments
noun
plural of filament
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filemot
filemot
adj
Synonym of feuillemorte.
noun
Synonym of feuillemorte: the color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filibusterism
filibusterism
noun
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
(dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
fillemot
filmet
filmiest
filmiest
adj
superlative form of filmy: most filmy
filmset
filmset
adj
Created using a process of filmsetting.
verb
To typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
filmsets
filmsets
noun
plural of filmset
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filmset