A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brandify
butteryfingered
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
commodifying
commodifying
verb
present participle of commodify
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentiary
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
confinedly
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) daffodil
daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
noun
(informal) the daffodil.
daffydowndilly
daffydowndilly
noun
Alternative form of daffadowndilly
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
daintifying
daintifying
verb
present participle of daintify
damnify
damnify
verb
(law) To cause injuries or loss to.
(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
damnifying
damnifying
verb
present participle of damnify
dandify
dandify
verb
To dress as, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
dandifying
dandifying
verb
present participle of dandify
dandriffy
deacidifying
deacidifying
verb
present participle of deacidify
deafeningly
deafeningly
adv
In a deafening manner.
decalcifying
decalcifying
adj
That is used to decalcify
verb
present participle of decalcify
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defamingly
defamingly
Adverb
In a defamatory manner.
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.
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
defiantly
defiantly
adv
In a defiant manner.
deficiency
deficiency
noun
(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
(geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
(geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
deficiently
deficiently
adv
In a deficient manner.
defilingly
defilingly
adv
So as to defile something.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
definedly
definitely
definitely
adv
In a definite manner; decisively.
Without question and beyond doubt.
definitively
definitively
adv
In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
defying
defying
verb
present participle of defy
defyingly
defyingly
adv
With defiance.
dehumidifying
dehumidifying
verb
present participle of dehumidify
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
deifying
deifying
verb
present participle of deify
demagnify
demagnify
verb
To reduce the size of an image etc
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
demystifying
demystifying
verb
present participle of demystify
denazify
denazify
verb
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
denazifying
denazifying
verb
present participle of denazify
denitrify
denitrify
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
denitrifying
denitrifying
verb
present participle of denitrify
densify
densify
verb
(intransitive) To become (more) dense.
(transitive) To make (more) dense.
densifying
densifying
verb
present participle of densify
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
dezincify
dezincify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of zinc.
dezincifying
dezincifying
verb
present participle of dezincify
dezinkify
differencingly
differency
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentially
differentially
adv
(mathematics) With regard to differentiation
In a differential manner
differently
differently
adv
(manner) In a different way.
differingly
differingly
adv
In a differing or different way.
diffidently
diffidently
adv
In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.
diffinity
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
dignifiedly
dignifiedly
adv
in a dignified manner
dignify
dignify
verb
(transitive) To exalt in rank.
(transitive) To give distinction to.
(transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
(transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.
dignifying
dignifying
verb
present participle of dignify
disaffinity
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disidentify
disidentify
verb
(intransitive) Not to identify with something; to reject a personal or group identity, etc.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
disintensify
disintensify
verb
To make less intense.
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
dissatisfying
dissatisfying
verb
present participle of dissatisfy
dissatisfyingly
dissatisfyingly
adv
In a dissatisfying manner.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
distinctify
distinctify
verb
(transitive) To make distinct or distinctive.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
disunify
disunify
verb
(transitive) To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.
disunifying
disunifying
verb
present participle of disunify
diversifying
diversifying
verb
present participle of diversify
divinify
divinify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To render divine; to deify.
divinifying
divinifying
verb
present participle of divinify
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
duncify
duncify
verb
(transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
duncifying
duncifying
verb
present participle of duncify
duplifying
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
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.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
edifying
edifying
adj
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
That enlightens or uplifts.
noun
edification
verb
present participle of edify
edifyingly
edifyingly
adv
In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
edifyingness
edifyingness
noun
The quality of being edifying.
endamnify
endamnify
verb
(transitive) To damnify; to injure.
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
faintheartedly
faintheartedly
adv
In a fainthearted manner.
fairyland
fairyland
adj
Having qualities ascribed to fairies and their realm; fanciful, delicate, surreal, or diminutive.
noun
Any place of great natural beauty, or having a magical atmosphere.
The imaginary land or abode of fairies.
fairylands
fairylands
noun
plural of fairyland
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fecundify
fecundify
verb
(transitive) To make fruitful; to fecundate.
fecundity
fecundity
noun
Ability to cause growth or increase.
Ability to produce offspring.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
feeblemindedly
feeblemindedly
adv
Alternative form of feeble-mindedly
feignedly
feignedly
adv
In a way that is feigned.
ferricyanhydric
ferricyanide
ferricyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions.
(inorganic chemistry) Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in making blue pigments.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrohydrocyanic
fidejussionary
fidgetingly
fidgetingly
adv
With fidgeting motions; with impatient inability to keep still.