(informal) An undesirably large quantity of something.
Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.
bellyfull
bellyfulls
bellyfuls
bellyfuls
noun
plural of bellyful
benzofuryl
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
blamefully
blamefully
adv
In a blameful manner.
blissfully
blissfully
adv
In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
bluffly
bluffly
adv
In a bluff manner
bluffy
bluffy
adj
(poker) Inclined to bluff; bluffing.
Having bluffs, or bold steep banks.
Inclined to be brusque.
blushfully
blushfully
adv
In a blushful manner
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
bodefully
borofluohydric
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
buffability
buffaloberry
buffaloberry
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
The edible berry of these plants.
bullyhuff
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.
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
cellulifugally
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
chlorophylliferous
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourfully
colourfully
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully
conchyliferous
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxibility
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
consentfully
consentfully
adv
With consent; consensually.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
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.
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
desertfully
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
devicefully
devicefully
adv
In a deviceful manner.
difficultly
difficultly
adv
(archaic) With difficulty; not easily.
difficulty
difficulty
noun
(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
An awkward situation or quarrel.
An objection.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
diffusedly
diffusedly
adv
In a diffused manner
diffusely
diffusely
adv
In a diffuse manner.
diffusibility
diffusibility
noun
(figuratively, e.g. of a disease) Capacity for spreading.
(physics, of a gas or other fluid) A measure of the speed of diffusion.
diffusibly
diffusively
diffusively
adv
In a diffusive manner
With regard to diffusion
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
direfully
direfully
adv
In a direful manner.
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disgustfully
disgustfully
adv
(archaic) In a way that inspires disgust.
dismayful
dismayful
adj
(obsolete) terrifying
dismayfully
dismayfully
adv
(rare) In dismay.
disqualify
disqualify
verb
(transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
disregardfully
disregardfully
adv
In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
disrespectfully
disrespectfully
adv
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
distastefully
distastefully
adv
In a distasteful manner
distressfully
distressfully
adv
In a distressful way; showing distress
distrustfully
distrustfully
adv
In a distrustful manner
dolefully
dolefully
adv
In a doleful manner
doomfully
doomfully
adv
In a doomful manner.
doubtfully
doubtfully
adv
In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
dreadfully
dreadfully
adv
(dated) Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
In a dreadful manner.
dreamfully
dreamfully
adv
In a dreamful manner.
drearfully
dulcify
dulcify
verb
(obsolete) To neutralise the acidity of.
(transitive) To mollify or make peaceful.
To make sweeter or more pleasant.
To sweeten the taste of.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
dullify
duplify
duplifying
dutifully
dutifully
adv
With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.
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.
easefully
easefully
adv
In an easeful way.
effectuality
effectuality
noun
The state or condition of being effectual.
effectually
effectually
adv
In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
efficaciously
efficaciously
adv
in an efficacious manner
effluency
effluency
noun
(archaic) effluence
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.
effulgently
effulgently
adv
In an effulgent manner; brilliantly.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.