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
caddisfly
caddisfly
noun
Alternative spelling of caddis fly
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
celestify
celestify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
cenospecifically
chlorophylliferous
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
classifically
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
classify
classify
verb
To make classy
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
classifying
classifying
adj
That serves to classify
verb
present participle of classify
closefistedly
coenospecifically
colymbriformes
conchyliferous
confessingly
confessingly
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
confessionally
confessionally
adv
With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
cryptoinflationist
crystalliferous
crystalliferous
adj
Containing or producing crystals
crystalliform
crystalliform
adj
In the form of a crystal.
cycadofilicales
cycadofilices
cycloolefins
cycloolefins
noun
plural of cycloolefin
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cypseliformes
dayflies
dayflies
noun
plural of dayfly
declassify
declassify
verb
to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
defeasibility
defeasibility
noun
State or instance of being defeasible.
defensibility
defensibility
noun
The state or quality of being defensible
defensibly
defensibly
adv
Defendably
In a defensible manner.
defensively
defensively
adv
In a defensive manner.
demulsify
demulsify
verb
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
desilicify
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
diffusedly
diffusedly
adv
In a diffused manner
diffusely
diffusely
adv
In a diffuse manner.
diffusibility
diffusibility
noun
(figuratively, e.g. of a disease) Capacity for spreading.
(physics, of a gas or other fluid) A measure of the speed of diffusion.
diffusibly
diffusively
diffusively
adv
In a diffusive manner
With regard to diffusion
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
disaffectedly
disaffectedly
adv
In a disaffected manner.
disclassify
disclassify
verb
(transitive) To remove from a class or classification; to decategorize.
discomfortably
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
diselectrify
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disglorify
disglorify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disgustfully
disgustfully
adv
(archaic) In a way that inspires disgust.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dismayful
dismayful
adj
(obsolete) terrifying
dismayfully
dismayfully
adv
(rare) In dismay.
disqualify
disqualify
verb
(transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
disregardfully
disregardfully
adv
In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
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.
dissyllabify
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.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
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.
ecospecifically
effervescingly
effervescingly
adv
With effervescence.
efficaciously
efficaciously
adv
in an efficacious manner
effusively
effusively
adv
In an effusive manner.
elfishly
elfishly
adv
In an elfish manner; mischievously.
elytriferous
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsify
emulsify
verb
(transitive) To make into an emulsion.
emulsifying
emulsifying
adj
That emulsifies
verb
present participle of emulsify
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.
faddishly
faddishly
adv
In a faddish way.
fairishly
fairishly
adv
Tolerably well; acceptably.
fairyfloss
fairyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of fairy floss
fairylands
fairylands
noun
plural of fairyland
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.
fallaciously
fallaciously
adv
In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
fallalishly
falsifiability
falsifiability
noun
The quality of being falsifiable.
falsify
falsify
verb
(transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
(transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
(transitive) To misrepresent.
(transitive) To prove to be false.
(transitive, accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
(transitive, obsolete) To baffle or escape.
(transitive, obsolete) To violate; to break by falsehood.
falsifying
falsifying
noun
falsification
verb
present participle of falsify
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.
familiarisingly
familistery
familistery
noun
A community in which many people unite, like a single family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
familyish
familyish
adj
(informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
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.
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farinosely
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
fasciately
fasciately
adv
In a fasciate manner.
fascicularly
fascicularly
adv
Having, or in terms of, fascicles.
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.
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
fastidiously
fastidiously
adv
In a fastidious manner
fastiduously
fastigiately
fastingly
fatalistically
fatalistically
adv
In a fatalistic 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.
feasibly
feasibly
adv
In a feasible manner
featishly
feelinglessly
feelinglessly
adv
In a feelingless manner.
felichthys
felicitously
felicitously
adv
In a felicitous manner.
feloniously
feloniously
adv
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
felsobanyite
felsophyric
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
fertilisability
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.