In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
clamjamfery
clamjamfry
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarify
clarify
verb
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(obsolete) To glorify.
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
cocrucify
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
coffeeberry
coffeeberry
noun
A shrub with glossy green leaves and bright red fruits that look like those of the coffee tree, native to the far western edge of North America, from Oregon to Baja California, Frangula californica
coglorify
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourfully
colourfully
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully
colymbiform
colymbriformes
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
comfrey
comfrey
noun
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.
comfreys
comfreys
noun
plural of comfrey
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
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
copyfitter
cornify
cornify
verb
(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
corporify
corporify
verb
To form into a body.
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
corymbiform
corymbiform
adj
(pathology, of a lesion) clustered
Having the form of a corymb
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
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.
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftly
craftsbury
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crafty
crafty
adj
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Skillful at deceiving others.
Sneaky; surreptitious.
craftype
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
crayfishes
crayfishes
noun
plural of crayfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cretify
cretify
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, medicine) To become impregnated with salts of lime.
cribriformity
cribriformity
noun
The condition of being cribriform
cruciformity
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
crucify
crucify
verb
(hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
(hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cymbaeform
cymbiform
cymbiform
adj
(botany) Elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
cypraeiform
cypriniform
cypriniform
noun
Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cypseliformes
cystiferous
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
cystofibroma
cystofibroma
noun
(pathology) A fibroma containing cysts
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