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.
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
butterflyer
butterflyer
noun
Alternative form of butterflier
butterflyers
butterflyers
noun
plural of butterflyer
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butteryfingered
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
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
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
distressfully
distressfully
adv
In a distressful way; showing distress
distrustfully
distrustfully
adv
In a distrustful manner
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
dreyfusist
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
duftery
duftry
effortfully
effortfully
adv
In an effortful manner: with effort.
elytriferous
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
fauntleroy
featurally
featurally
adv
In a featural manner
featurely
featurely
adj
Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
feudatary
feudatary
adj
Alternative form of feudatory
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.
fibromyomatous
figurability
figurability
noun
The quality of being figurable.
figurately
figurately
adv
In a figurate manner; Using or forming a figure.
figuratively, in a figurative manner.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
fisticuffery
fisticuffery
noun
fisticuffs; fighting with the fists
fleuretty
fleuretty
adj
Alternative form of floretty
flirtatiously
flirtatiously
adv
In a flirtatious manner.
floriculturally
floriculturally
adv
In terms of floriculture.
fluidglycerate
fluidglycerate
noun
A plant extract produced by extracting with a mixture of glycerine and water
fluorimetry
fluorimetry
noun
(chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy
fluorometry
fluorometry
noun
(chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples of substances
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
flusteredly
flusteredly
adv
In a flustered manner.
flustery
flustery
adj
flustered
flutteringly
flutteringly
adv
In a fluttering manner.
fluttery
fluttery
adj
That flutters; fluttering
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
forethoughtfully
forethoughtfully
adv
With forethought.
forgetfully
forgetfully
adv
in a forgetful manner
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formulatory
fortuitously
fortuitously
adv
(sometimes proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.
In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
fortuity
fortuity
noun
(countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.
(uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.
fortunately
fortunately
adv
In a fortunate manner.
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
foudroyant
foudroyant
adj
(medicine) fulminant
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
foundationary
fourteenthly
fourteenthly
adv
In the fourteenth place; fourteenth in a row.
fourthly
fourthly
adv
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
fractiously
fractiously
adv
In a fractious manner.
fractuosity
fractuosity
noun
The state of being fractured; superficial fracture
fraudulently
fraudulently
adv
In a fraudulent manner.
frequently
frequently
adv
(mathematics, of a sequence) For infinitely many terms of the sequence.
At frequent intervals.
fretfully
fretfully
adv
In a fretful manner.
frightfully
frightfully
adv
In a frightful manner.
frousty
fructiferously
fructify
fructify
verb
(intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
(transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
fructifying
fructifying
verb
present participle of fructify
fructuary
fructuary
noun
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.
fructuosity
fructuously
fructuously
adv
(archaic) fruitfully
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
fruitcakey
fruitery
fruitery
noun
(historical) A place where fruit is stored.
fruitfully
fruitfully
adv
In a fruitful manner; productively.
fruitily
fruitily
adv
In a fruity way.
fruitlessly
fruitlessly
adv
In a fruitless manner
fruity
fruity
adj
(Britain, informal) Sexually suggestive.
(informal) Mad, crazy.
(informal, sometimes derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
noun
Alternative form of fruitie (“fruit machine”)
frumenty
frumenty
noun
(chiefly historical) A porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise.
frumety
frustrately
frustrately
adv
(obsolete, rare) in vain
frustratingly
frustratingly
adv
In a frustrating manner; in a manner that causes frustration.
frustratory
frustratory
adj
(obsolete) Making void; rendering null.
frutify
frutify
verb
Alternative form of fructify
fulgurantly
fulgurantly
adv
In a fulgurant manner.
fullymart
fulminatory
fulminatory
adj
Thundering; striking terror.
fumatory
fumatory
adj
Of or relating to smoke, smoking, or fumigation.
noun
A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapour.
fumigatory
fumigatory
adj
Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
fumistery
fumitory
fumitory
noun
Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
funambulatory
funambulatory
adj
Narrow, like a tightrope.
Performing in the manner of a tightrope walker.
functionary
functionary
noun
A paper-pusher, bean counter.
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
funereality
furacity
furacity
noun
(obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
furcately
furcately
adv
In a furcate manner.
furiosity
furiosity
noun
(obsolete) furiousness; fury
furiousity
furmenty
furmety
furmity
furmity
noun
Alternative form of frumenty
furomethyl
furtherly
furtherly
adj
Favorable, advanced.
adv
In a further manner.
furthy
furtively
furtively
adv
In a furtive manner.
fustigatory
futurely
futurely
adv
(obsolete) In time to come.
futuristically
futuristically
adv
In a futuristic manner
futurity
futurity
noun
A future event.
The future.
The state of being in the future.
futurology
futurology
noun
The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
genuflectory
genuflectory
adj
Relating to genuflection.
gratefully
gratefully
adv
In a grateful manner.
heartfully
heartfully
adv
In a heartful manner.
hectocotyliferous
humidityproof
hurtfully
hurtfully
adv
In a hurtful manner.
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydrofluate
hydrofluate
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A supposed compound of hydrofluoric acid and a base; a fluoride.