A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archinfamy
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benzoylformic
brazenfacedly
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
conchyliferous
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confectionery
confectionery
noun
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
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.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
confirmity
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
cornify
cornify
verb
(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterefficiency
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflory
counterflory
adj
(heraldry) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
crucifyfying
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
cryptoinflationist
cyanformate
cyanformic
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cypriniform
cypriniform
noun
Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
differencingly
differency
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
effervescency
effervescency
noun
(archaic) effervescence
effervescently
effervescently
adv
In an effervescent manner
effervescingly
effervescingly
adv
With effervescence.
efflorescency
efflorescency
noun
Archaic form of efflorescence.
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
electrifying
electrifying
adj
that electrifies
thrilling or startling
verb
present participle of electrify
electroaffinity
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
enforcingly
enforcingly
adv
So as to enforce.
enforcively
epididymodeferentectomy
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fantasmagorically
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farreachingly
fascinery
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
ferricyanate
ferricyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.
ferricyanhydric
ferricyanic
ferricyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferricyanide
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.
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
ferrocyanate
ferrocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanic
ferrocyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrocyanogen
ferrocyanogen
noun
(chemistry) The tetravalent radical Fe(CN)₆.
ferrohydrocyanic
fervency
fervency
noun
The state of being fervent.
fibrinogenically
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
noun
A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.
fibrocrystalline
fictionary
fictionary
adj
Fictional.
noun
(countable, rare) A dictionary with contrived entries.
A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition.
financiery
financiery
noun
The work of a financier; the field of finance.
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
flagrancy
flagrancy
noun
The condition of being flagrant.
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
forensically
forensically
adv
In a forensic manner.
Regarding forensics, or forensic science.
a forensically thorough search
fornicatory
fornicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to fornication.
fractionally
fractionally
adv
In a fractional manner
fractionary
fractionary
adj
(obsolete) fractional
fragrancy
fragrancy
noun
fragrance
francklyn
francy
francyne
frankclay
frantically
frantically
adv
In a frantic way.
franticly
franticly
adv
(rare) In a frantic manner.
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
frenchify
frenchify
verb
(intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
(transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way.
(transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
frenchifying
frenchifying
verb
present participle of frenchify
frenchily
frenchly
frenchly
Adjective
French.
Adverb
In the manner of the French or their language.
frenchy
frenchy
Noun
A native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.
Proper noun
A short form for various names: Francine, Franchelle, Francoise, etc., e.g. Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis.
frenetically
frenetically
adv
In a frenetic manner
frequency
frequency
noun
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
(uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.