The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backfold
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
barcroft
becafico
beckford
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bocstaff
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
buffcoat
cacafugo
caffeone
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
calorify
carfloat
cariform
castoffs
castoffs
noun
plural of castoff
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
chaffron
chalfont
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
chefdoms
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chirikof
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
ciliform
ciliform
adj
Having the form of cilia
cinofoil
cioffred
cityfolk
clifford
clifford
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
clontarf
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
cloudful
cloudful
adj
(by extension) Dark, dimmed; troubled, turbid.
Abounding with clouds, clouded, cloudy.
noun
The amount contained in a cloud.
clubfoot
clubfoot
noun
(medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
coachful
coachful
noun
As much as a coach will hold.
coalface
coalface
noun
(figurative, UK) A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
(figurative, UK) A place where more tangible, practical, or direct work of an activity is done, as opposed to theoretical or managerial work.
(mining) The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine.
(mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
cobelief
cockloft
cockloft
noun
A small attic or garret
codified
codified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of codify
codifier
codifier
noun
One who or that which codifies.
codifies
codifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of codify
coeffect
coeffect
noun
A joint effect
cofactor
cofactor
noun
(biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
(biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
(mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
A contributing factor.
cofaster
cofather
coffered
coffered
adj
(architecture) Having coffers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffer
cofferer
cofferer
noun
One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
coffined
coffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffin
coffling
coffling
verb
present participle of coffle
coffrets
coffrets
noun
plural of coffret
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
coiffeur
coiffeur
noun
A male hairdresser.
verb
To cut or style hair
coiffing
coiffing
verb
present participle of coiffe, an alternative spelling of coif
coiffure
coiffure
noun
hairstyle
verb
(transitive) to style or arrange hair
coinfers
cokneyfy
coliform
coliform
adj
Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals
noun
Such a bacterium
colorful
colorful
adj
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
A staff allowing two people to carry a burden on their shoulders.
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
comfiest
comfiest
adj
superlative form of comfy: most comfy
comforts
comforts
noun
plural of comfort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comfort
comfreys
comfreys
noun
plural of comfrey
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
confects
confects
noun
plural of confect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confect
confeder
confeder
verb
(obsolete) To confederate.
conferee
conferee
noun
A person on whom something is conferred or bestowed.
A person who participates in a conference.
conferva
conferva
noun
An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.
confetti
confetti
noun
(rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
verb
(transitive) To scatter with confetti.
confetto
confetto
noun
(rare) A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
confided
confided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confide
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confides
confides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide
confined
confined
adj
In childbed.
Limited; narrow; restricted.
Not free to move.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confine
confiner
confiner
noun
A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
confines
confines
noun
Elements that restrain someone.
The borders or limits of an area.
The scope or range of a subject.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine
confirms
confirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confirm
confixed
confixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confix
conflate
conflate
adj
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
noun
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
To mix together different elements.
conflict
conflict
noun
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
verb
(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
confocal
confocal
adj
(optics, mathematics) Having the same foci
noun
Any of a pair of confocal mirrors or lenses
conforms
conforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conform
confound
confound
noun
(statistics) A confounding variable.
verb
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
(sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To perplex or puzzle.
To stun or amaze.
confract
confrere
confrere
noun
A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.
confriar
confront
confront
verb
(intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
(transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
(transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
(transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
(transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confuser
confuser
noun
One who or that which confuses.
confuses
confuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confuse
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
conifers
conifers
noun
plural of conifer
coniform
coniform
adj
Having the form of a cone
cootfoot
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
cordleaf
corfiote
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
cornific
cornific
adj
Producing horns; forming horn.
cornloft
cornloft
noun
A loft for corn; a granary.
cosuffer
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
cragford
cranford
crawfoot
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
crofters
crofters
noun
plural of crofter
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
crowfeet
crowfoot
crowfoot
noun
Any of many plants, mostly of the genus Ranunculus, that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups
cubiform
cubiform
adj
Having the shape of a cube
cuniform
cuniform
noun
Alternative spelling of cuneiform
defector
defector
noun
One who defects.
deforced
deforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deforce
deforcer
deforcer
noun
(obsolete) A deforciant.
deforces
deforces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforce
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
dogfaces
dogfaces
noun
plural of dogface
dollface
dollface
noun
(slang) An attractive woman.
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
ecofreak
ecofreak
noun
(informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
effector
effector
noun
(biology) Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a stimulus from a nerve.
(biology) Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric site.
(biology) The part of a nerve that carries a stimulus to a muscle etc.
An actuator.
elflocks
elflocks
noun
plural of elflock
encoffin
encoffin
verb
(transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
enfatico
enfonced
enfoncee
enforced
enforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enforce
enforcer
enforcer
noun
(ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld.
One who enforces.
The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
enforces
enforces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enforce
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.