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
antifelony
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
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.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
chylification
chylification
Noun
The production of chyle
chymification
chymification
noun
The conversion of food into chyme
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coefficiently
coefficiently
adv
In a coefficient manner
coinfinity
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
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.
confelicity
confelicity
noun
(rare) Pleasure in another's happiness.
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentiary
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
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.
confirmity
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflictingly
conflictingly
adv
In a conflicting fashion.
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxibility
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
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.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
consentfully
consentfully
adv
With consent; consensually.
copyfitting
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.
cryptoinflationist
cyanformate
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
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.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting 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
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
electroaffinity
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
ethoxycaffeine
factionally
factionally
adv
In a factional manner; in terms of factions.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
fangotherapy
fantasmagorically
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fauntleroy
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
felsobanyite
fermentatory
fermentatory
adj
Of or relating to fermentation.
fermentology
fermentology
noun
The study of fermentation.
ferrocyanate
ferrocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
ferrotyping
ferrotyping
verb
present participle of ferrotype
festoonery
festoonery
noun
That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
festoony
festoony
adj
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
noun
A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.
fibrocrystalline
fictionality
fictionality
noun
State or quality of being fictional.
fictionally
fictionally
adv
In a fictional manner.
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.
fissionability
fissionability
noun
The quality or degree of being fissionable.
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flamboyantism
flamboyantize
flamboyantly
flamboyantly
adv
In a flamboyant manner.
flamboyants
flamboyants
noun
plural of flamboyant
floatingly
floatingly
adv
In a floating manner.
flocculently
flocculently
adv
In a flocculent manner.
floutingly
floutingly
adv
With flouting; insultingly.
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
fontenoy
fonteyn
footingly
footmanry
footmanry
noun
(dated) The realm or sphere of footmen; footmen collectively.
forbearantly
forbearantly
adv
In a forbearant manner.
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
foredestiny
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
forepayment
forepayment
noun
payment made in advance
forgettingly
forgettingly
adv
So as to forget.
forlornity
forlornity
noun
The state of being forlorn.
formylating
formylating
verb
present participle of formylate
formylation
formylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction involving the introduction of a formyl group.
fornicatory
fornicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to fornication.
fortifying
fortifying
noun
The process by which something is fortified.
verb
present participle of fortify
fortifyingly
fortifyingly
adv
In a manner that fortifies.
fortnightly
fortnightly
adj
occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
adv
once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
noun
A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).