(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.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
ballyllumford
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
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.
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
cycadiform
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
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
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
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
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.
diatrymiformes
difformity
difformity
noun
(obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
dihdroxycholecalciferol
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
disformity
disformity
noun
Discordance or diversity of form; dissimilarity.
disglorify
disglorify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
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.
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfactory
dissatisfactory
adj
Causing dissatisfaction.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
doftberry
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.
dryfoos
dryfoot
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
eyedropperful
eyedropperful
noun
As much as an eyedropper holds.
fadmongery
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
favoredly
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
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
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
ferrotyped
ferrotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrotype
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
fideicommissary
fideicommissary
noun
(law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum.
fidejussionary
fidejussory
fidejussory
adj
Of or relating to fidejussion.
floridity
floridity
noun
(countable) Something florid.
(uncountable) The property of being florid.
floridly
floridly
adv
In a florid manner
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
foolhardily
foolhardily
adv
In a foolhardy manner
foolhardy
foolhardy
adj
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
noun
A person who is foolhardy.
footpaddery
footpaddery
noun
(historical) The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
forayed
forayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foray
forbiddenly
forbiddenly
adv
In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
forbiddingly
forbiddingly
adv
in a forbidding manner
forcedly
forcedly
adv
In a manner that is, or seems, forced.
fordays
fordy
fordy
num
Pronunciation spelling of forty.
fordyce
fordyce
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a village in council area, Scotland
forebackwardly
forebodingly
forebodingly
adv
In a foreboding manner.
forebody
forebody
noun
(nautical) The part of the vessel forward of amidships.
(physiology) thorax
The forepart of a vehicle.
foreday
foreday
noun
(dialect) The earlier part of the day; the morning or early afternoon.
(in the plural, chiefly poetic, archaic) Past or former days
foredays
foredays
noun
plural of foreday
foredestiny
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
forelady
forelady
noun
the female equivalent of a foreman
foresightedly
foresightedly
adv
With foresight; in a foresighted manner.
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
foretypified
foretypified
adj
Typified beforehand.
foreyard
foreyard
noun
(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
A yard in front; front yard
foreyards
foreyards
noun
plural of foreyard
forgedly
forkedly
forkedly
adv
In a forked shape or pattern.
formaldehyd
formaldehyde
formaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
formaldehydes
formaldehydes
noun
plural of formaldehyde
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formidability
formidability
noun
The state of being formidable.
formidably
formidably
adv
In a formidable manner.
formylated
formylated
adj
(organic chemistry) That has had one or more formyl groups added
fortyfold
fortyfold
adj
By a multiple of forty; by forty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of forty.
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
foryield
foryield
verb
(dialectal or obsolete) to pay back; recompense.
(obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite.
foudroyant
foudroyant
adj
(medicine) fulminant
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
foujdarry
foujdarry
noun
Obsolete form of faujdari.
foujdary
foujdary
noun
Alternative form of faujdari
foundationary
foundery
foundery
noun
Dated form of foundry.
foundry
foundry
noun
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
foundryman
foundryman
noun
A man who works in a foundry
foundrymen
foundrymen
noun
plural of foundryman
frogeyed
frogeyed
adj
Alternative spelling of frog-eyed
frondosely
frondosely
adv
In a frondose manner.
frowardly
frowardly
adv
in a froward manner
fydorova
fyodor
godeffroy
godfrey
godfry
horrifiedly
horrifiedly
adv
In a horrified manner.
humidityproof
hydatidiform
hydatidiform
adj
Resembling a hydatid.
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
hydriform
hydriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.