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
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.
efflorescency
efflorescency
noun
Archaic form of efflorescence.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
effortfully
effortfully
adv
In an effortful manner: with effort.
effortlessly
effortlessly
adv
Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
efractory
electroaffinity
elytriferous
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
embryoferous
embryoniferous
embryoniferous
adj
(biology) Having an embryo.
embryoniform
embryoniform
adj
(biology) Like an embryo in form.
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
epididymodeferential
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
eyedropperful
eyedropperful
noun
As much as an eyedropper holds.
facilitatory
facilitatory
adj
That serves to facilitate.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factorability
factorability
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being factorable.
factorially
factorially
adv
(mathematics) According to a factorial series or ratio.
factory
factory
adj
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
noun
(UK, slang) A police station.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
(now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
factoryship
factoryville
fadmongery
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
fagopyrum
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyfloss
fairyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of fairy floss
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
fairyologist
fairyologist
noun
One who studies fairyology.
fairyology
fairyology
noun
The study of fairies.
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fangotherapy
fantasmagorically
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farforthly
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farinosely
farmhousey
farmhousey
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmhouse.
fauntleroy
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
favorably
favorably
adv
In a favorable manner.
favoredly
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
favourably
favourably
adv
(Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fearsomely
fearsomely
adv
In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fellatory
fellatory
adj
Pertaining to fellatio.
fellmongery
fellmongery
noun
A fellmonger's place of work.
The trade of a fellmonger.
felonry
felonry
noun
Felons as a group.
The convict population of a penal colony.
felsophyre
felsophyric
femorococcygeal
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
feretory
feretory
noun
A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
An area of a church where relics are kept.
fermentatory
fermentatory
adj
Of or relating to fermentation.
fermentology
fermentology
noun
The study of fermentation.
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
ferocity
ferocity
noun
The condition of being ferocious.
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferroalloy
ferroalloy
noun
Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
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.
ferroelectrically
ferroelectrically
adv
In a ferroelectric manner
With regard to ferroelectricity
ferroelectricity
ferroelectricity
noun
(physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism
ferrohydrocyanic
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
ferrotype
ferrotype
noun
A photograph produced by this means.
An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
verb
to take a ferrotype photograph
ferrotyped
ferrotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrotype
ferrotyper
ferrotypes
ferrotypes
noun
plural of ferrotype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ferrotype
ferrotyping
ferrotyping
verb
present participle of ferrotype
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
ferryhouse
ferryhouse
noun
A building on the shore beside the departure point of a ferry, where passengers may purchase tickets etc.
festoonery
festoonery
noun
That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
fetography
fetometry
fetometry
noun
The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination
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.
feverously
feverously
adv
In a feverous way.
fibrinogenically
fibrinolyses
fibrinolyses
noun
plural of fibrinolysis
fibrinolysin
fibrinolysin
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme derived from plasma of bovine origin, or extracted from cultures of certain bacteria, that attacks and inactivates fibrin.
fibrinolysis
fibrinolysis
noun
The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down.