(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterstudy
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
alfridary
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
ballyllumford
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bodysurfs
bodysurfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bodysurf
borofluohydric
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brandify
brazenfacedly
butteryfingered
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
cherryfield
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confidentiary
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
crucifyfied
cycadiform
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffery
daftberry
dandriffy
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
decrassify
decrassify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To clean; to remove dirt from.
(transitive, archaic) To make less crass or coarse.
deerfly
deerfly
noun
Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
deerflys
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defensory
defensory
adj
(archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
noun
(archaic) That which defends.
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
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.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformedly
deformedly
adv
In a deformed manner.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
defray
defray
verb
(archaic) To pay for (something).
(obsolete) To spend (money).
To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
defrayable
defrayable
adj
Capable of being defrayed.
defrayal
defrayal
noun
The act of defraying.
defrayals
defrayals
noun
plural of defrayal
defrayed
defrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defray
defrayer
defrayer
noun
One who defrays; one who pays off expenses.
defrayers
defrayers
noun
plural of defrayer
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
defrays
defrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray
dehydroffroze
dehydroffrozen
dehydrofreeze
dehydrofreeze
verb
To preserve food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrofroze
dehydrofrozen
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
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
derfly
desertfully
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
diatrymiformes
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.
difformity
difformity
noun
(obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
diffractively
diffractively
adv
In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
dihdroxycholecalciferol
direfully
direfully
adv
In a direful manner.
discomfortably
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
discursify
diselectrify
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disformity
disformity
noun
Discordance or diversity of form; dissimilarity.
disglorify
disglorify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
disregardfully
disregardfully
adv
In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
disrespectfully
disrespectfully
adv
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfactory
dissatisfactory
adj
Causing dissatisfaction.
distressfully
distressfully
adv
In a distressful way; showing distress
distrustfully
distrustfully
adv
In a distrustful manner
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
diversify
diversify
verb
(transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
diversifying
diversifying
verb
present participle of diversify
doftberry
draffy
draffy
adj
(obsolete) dreggy; waste; worthless
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
drafty
drafty
adj
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
drakefly
dreadfully
dreadfully
adv
(dated) Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
In a dreadful manner.
dreamfully
dreamfully
adv
In a dreamful manner.
drearfully
dreyfus
dreyfusard
dreyfusism
dreyfusist
dreyfuss
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
drifty
drifty
adj
(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Tending or seeming to drift
dryfarm
dryfarmer
dryfat
dryfat
noun
(obsolete) A dry vat or basket.
dryfist
dryfoos
dryfoot
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.