(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
austafrican
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bucciniform
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
caustifying
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changchowfu
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
cimicifugin
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofunctions
cofunctions
noun
plural of cofunction
columniform
columniform
adj
Having the form of a column.
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
conflictful
conflictful
adj
Tending towards conflict
conflicting
conflictual
conflictual
adj
Characterized by conflict
confluences
confluences
noun
plural of confluence
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxible
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confounding
confounding
noun
(epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
verb
present participle of confound
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
confusional
confusional
adj
(medicine) Characterized by confusion.
confutation
confutation
noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
cotransfuse
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflux
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
counterfort
counterfort
noun
A buttress built against a wall.
A spur of a mountain range.
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterhaft
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
criniferous
crucifixion
crucifixion
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
(figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
defocussing
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
disfunction
disfunction
noun
(now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction
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.
effulgences
effulgences
noun
plural of effulgence
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
falcinellus
falcunculus
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
fecundating
fecundating
verb
present participle of fecundate
fecundation
fecundation
noun
The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fecundities
fecundities
noun
plural of fecundity
fiducinales
filicauline
flatulences
flatulences
noun
plural of flatulence
flocculants
flocculants
noun
plural of flocculant
flocculence
flocculence
noun
The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness
flocculency
flocculency
noun
Quality of being flocculent.
fluctuating
fluctuating
adj
Subject to irregular changes in quantity or quality.
noun
A fluctuation.
verb
present participle of fluctuate
fluctuation
fluctuation
noun
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
fluidounces
fluidounces
noun
plural of fluidounce
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
fluorescein
fluorescein
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
fluorescent
fluorescent
adj
Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
Of or relating to fluorescence.
noun
A fluorescent light.
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluotitanic
fluvicoline
folliculina
forecounsel
forfouchten
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
frangulinic
fraudulence
fraudulence
noun
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
frequencies
frequencies
noun
plural of frequency
fricandeaus
fricandeaus
noun
plural of fricandeau
fricandeaux
frontcourts
frontcourts
noun
plural of frontcourt
frounceless
fructescent
fructifying
fructifying
verb
present participle of fructify
frutescence
frutescence
noun
the quality of being frutescent
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fulmicotton
funariaceae
functionals
functionals
noun
plural of functional
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.
functionate
functionate
verb
(dated) To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
functioning
functioning
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.
Functional, working
noun
Action of the verb function.
Manner by which something functions; the workings.
verb
present participle of function
functionize
fundatrices
fundatrices
noun
plural of fundatrix
funfkirchen
fungicolous
fungicolous
adj
(mycology) growing on other fungi
fungistatic
fungistatic
adj
That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
funiculitis
funiculitis
noun
inflammation of a funiculus, especially of the spermatic cord
furciferine
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
furtherance
furtherance
noun
Advancement or progress.
Promotion.
The act of furthering or helping forward
furunculoid
furunculous
furunculous
adj
furuncular
genuflected
genuflected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of genuflect
genuflector
genuflector
noun
One who genuflects.
handcuffing
handcuffing
noun
The act by which somebody is handcuffed.
verb
present participle of handcuff
inconfusion
inconfusion
noun
(obsolete) Freedom from confusion; distinctness.
increaseful
increaseful
adj
(archaic) Full of increase; abundant in produce.
ineffectual
ineffectual
adj
Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Worthless; ineffective.
infecundity
infecundity
noun
Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness
influencing
influencing
noun
(obsolete) influence
verb
present participle of influence
influencive
influencive
adj
(rare) influential
infrabuccal
infrabuccal
adj
(anatomy) Beneath, or at the bottom of the cheek
infracaudal
infraocular
infraocular
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Situated below the eyes.
infrequence
infrequence
noun
Dated form of infrequency.
infrequency
infrequency
noun
The characteristic of being infrequent.
The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
infructuose
infructuose
adj
(figuratively) unfruitful; unprofitable
Not yielding fruit.
infructuous
infructuous
adj
(obsolete or Pakistan, India) Not fruitful.
infuscation
infuscation
noun
A dark patch or marking.
The act of darkening.
The state of being dark; obscurity.
inofficious
inofficious
adj
(obsolete) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
(obsolete) Not officious; not civil or attentive.
(obsolete, law) Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
insectifuge
insectifuge
noun
A substance that protects against insects.
insufficent
insufficent
adj
Misspelling of insufficient.
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
malfunction
malfunction
noun
Failure to function.
Faulty functioning.
verb
To fail to function.
To function improperly.
manufaction
manufactory
manufactory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to manufacture.
noun
(archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
(archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.