(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
cloverleafs
cloverleafs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloverleaf
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
conferva
conferva
noun
An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.
confervaceae
confervaceous
confervaceous
adj
Belonging to the Confervae.
confervae
conferval
confervales
confervalike
confervas
confervas
noun
plural of conferva
confervoideae
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
consignificative
consignificative
adj
consignificant; jointly significate
cosignificative
cosignificative
adj
(rare) Having the same meaning.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
curryfavour
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
devitrification
devitrification
noun
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
diversification
diversification
noun
(finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
The act, or the result, of diversifying.
diversifications
diversifications
noun
plural of diversification
faciocervical
faciocervical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face and the neck
factoryville
ferroinclave
fibrovascular
fibrovascular
adj
Having both fibrous and vascular tissue
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
fluvioglacial
fluvioglacial
adj
(geology) Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluviovolcanic
forcarve
forcarve
verb
(obsolete) To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off.
forcleave
forcleave
verb
(obsolete) to cut to pieces, hack, chop up.
foreadvice
formicative
formicivora
hovercraft
hovercraft
noun
(vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
hovercrafts
hovercrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of hovercraft
lactoflavin
lactoflavin
noun
(dated, biochemistry) riboflavin
modificative
modificative
adj
modificatory; tending to modify
noun
(grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
naviculaeform
nonaffective
nonaffective
adj
(comparable) Not affective.
nonconfirmative
nonconfirmative
adj
Not confirmative.
nondiffractive
nondiffractive
adj
Not diffractive
nondiffractively
nondiffractiveness
nondiversification
nondiversification
noun
Absence of diversification.
nonfacultative
nonfacultative
adj
Not facultative.
nonfricative
nonfricative
adj
Not fricative.
noun
(phonetics) Any sound that is not a fricative.
nonmodificative
nonrefractive
nonrefractive
adj
Not refractive.
nonrefractively
nonrefractiveness
nonsignificative
nonsignificative
adj
Not significative.
nonverification
nonverification
noun
absence of verification; failure to verify
novelcraft
novelcraft
noun
The art of writing novels.
olfactive
olfactive
adj
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory
outvociferate
outvociferated
outvociferating
overaffect
overaffect
verb
(transitive) To have too great an effect on.
(transitive, obsolete) To care for unduly.
overaffected
overaffected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overaffect
overafflict
overaffliction
overartificial
overartificial
adj
Excessively artificial.
overartificiality
overartificiality
noun
The quality of being overartificial.
overartificially
overcareful
overcareful
adj
Excessively careful.
overcarefully
overcarefully
adv
In an overcareful manner.
overcarefulness
overcertification
overchafe
overchafed
overchafing
overclassify
overclassify
verb
(transitive) To classify excessively
overdiversification
overdiversification
noun
Excessive diversification.
overface
overface
noun
The upper side or upward-facing surface of an object.
overfacile
overfacile
adj
Excessively facile.
overfacilely
overfacility
overfactious
overfactiously
overfactiousness
overfactitious
overfanciful
overfanciful
adj
Excessively fanciful.
overfancifully
overfancifulness
overfancy
overfancy
adj
Excessively fancy.
overfranchised
overgratification
overintensification
overintensification
noun
Excessive intensification.
overmagnification
overmagnification
noun
excessive magnification
overmodification
overmodification
noun
Excessive modification.
overmystification
overobjectification
overobjectification
noun
Excessive objectification.
overpreface
overprolifically
overqualification
overqualification
noun
The quality of being overqualified.
oversacrificial
oversacrificially
oversacrificialness
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
oversolidification
ovification
personificative
personificative
adj
That personifies; anthropomorphic.
preverification
reverification
reverification
noun
verification again
reverifications
reverifications
noun
plural of reverification
reversification
revification
revivification
revivification
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.
The act of reviving; restoration of life.
semivitrification
semivitrification
noun
The quality or state of being semivitrified.
slavification
suffocative
suffocative
adj
Tending or able to choke or stifle.
unconfirmative
unconfutative
unmodificative
unsuffocative
unvouchsafed
unvouchsafed
adj
Not vouchsafed.
vacciniform
vacciniform
adj
(medicine) Resembling vaccinia, or cowpox.
vacouf
validification
validification
noun
validation
vaporific
vaporific
adj
(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.
vapourific
varicelliform
varicelliform
adj
(pathology) That resembles a varicella (chicken pox) rash
variciform
variciform
adj
Resembling a varix.
varificatory
vasculiferous
vasculiferous
adj
(botany) Having its seeds contained in a vessel.
vasculiform
vasculiform
adj
vascular in form; shaped like a vessel
vasofactive
vasofactive
adj
Alternative form of vasifactive
verbification
verbification
noun
The use of a noun as though it were a verb; conversion into a verb.
verification
verification
noun
(law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
Confirmation; authentication.
The act of verifying.
The state of being verified.
verifications
verifications
noun
plural of verification
verificatory
verificatory
adj
Serving to verify something.
versification
versification
noun
(biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses
(poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
versifications
versifications
noun
plural of versification
versificator
versificator
noun
Someone who writes verse; a poet.
versificatory
versificatory
adj
Relating to versification.
vesicofixation
vestrification
vilification
vilification
noun
slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
vilifications
vilifications
noun
plural of vilification
vinification
vinification
noun
The process of vinifying; winemaking.
vinificator
vinificator
noun
A machine used for vinification.
vitrifaction
vitrifaction
noun
Alternative form of vitrification
vitrification
vitrification
noun
(countable) An instance of such conversion.
(countable) The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.
(usually uncountable) The action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into a glass-like amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.