(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
buckfield
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
calcifuge
calcifuge
noun
Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauldrife
caulfield
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
cerulific
choiceful
choiceful
adj
(obsolete) Making choices; fickle.
Having the opportunity to choose or make choices; abounding in choices
chuffiest
circumfer
circumfer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
cocrucify
coiffeurs
coiffeurs
noun
plural of coiffeur
coiffeuse
coiffeuse
noun
A female hairdresser
coiffured
coiffured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coiffure
coiffures
coiffures
noun
plural of coiffure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coiffure
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
configure
configure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confucian
confucian
Adjective
of, pertaining to, or conforming to the teachings of Confucius
Noun
One who follows the teachings of Confucius.
confucius
confucius
Proper noun
Western name of Kong Qiu (孔丘), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 – 479
confusing
confusing
adj
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
verb
present participle of confuse
confusion
confusion
noun
(archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.
A lack of clarity or order.
Lack of understanding due to dementia.
The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
countfish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
crucifers
crucifers
noun
plural of crucifer
crucified
crucified
adj
that has been subject to crucifixion
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crucify
crucifier
crucifier
noun
One who crucifies.
crucifies
crucifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify
crucifige
cruciform
cruciform
adj
Having the shape of a cross.
noun
(genetics) A cross shape in DNA; a Holliday junction.
Any emblem in the shape of a cross.
crustific
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
cuneiform
cuneiform
adj
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
(anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
cuniforms
cuniforms
noun
plural of cuniform
curfewing
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
cutcliffe
deceitful
deceitful
adj
Deceptive, two-faced.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
difficult
difficult
adj
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
difluence
difluence
noun
Opposite of confluence
dulcified
dulcified
adj
sweetened; mollified
dulcifies
dulcifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify
enticeful
enticeful
adj
(rare) That has an ability or tendency to entice.
eruciform
eruciform
adj
Shaped like a caterpillar.
fabricius
facetious
facetious
adj
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
faciendum
faciendum
noun
Something that must be done.
factitude
factitude
noun
The property of being factual.
facultied
facultied
adj
(in combination) Having a faculty or faculties of a specified kind.
faculties
faculties
noun
plural of faculty
facultize
facultize
verb
(obsolete) To make use of one's faculties; to perform skilled work.
To develop as an academic discipline.
To educate in an academic discipline.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fascicule
fascicule
noun
(botany) Alternative form of fascicle
(obsolete) A bundle of nerve fibers; a fasciculus.
An installment of a printed work, a fascicle.
fasciculi
fasciculi
noun
plural of fasciculus
faucalize
faucalize
verb
(phonetics) To simultaneously contract the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which have the effects of: vertically expanding and laterally constricting the pharyngeal cavity, of constricting the oropharyngeal isthmus, and of raising the pharynx relative to the larynx.
faunistic
faunistic
adj
(biology) Relating to the distribution of animals
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
fecundify
fecundify
verb
(transitive) To make fruitful; to fecundate.
fecundity
fecundity
noun
Ability to cause growth or increase.
Ability to produce offspring.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
fecundize
fecundize
verb
(transitive) To make fecund.
fefnicute
fefnicute
noun
(Lancashire) A two-faced, sneaky person.
feracious
feracious
adj
Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful
ferocious
ferocious
adj
Extreme or intense.
Marked by extreme and violent energy.
festucine
festucine
adj
(obsolete) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
noun
(organic chemistry) Loline, an alkaloid with the formula C₈H₁₄N₂O.
fettucine
fettucine
noun
Misspelling of fettuccine.
fettucini
fettucini
noun
Alternative spelling of fettuccini
fidiculae
fiduciary
fiduciary
adj
(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
noun
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
filaceous
filaceous
adj
Composed of threads, filamentous, stringy.
fisticuff
fisticuff
noun
(obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
(rare) A fistfight.
verb
(chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
(obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
fitchburg
fiumicino
flouncier
flouncier
adj
comparative form of flouncy: more flouncy
flouncing
flouncing
noun
A flounce (strip of decorative material).
verb
present participle of flounce
fluencies
fluencies
noun
plural of fluency
fluoboric
fluorotic
fluorotic
adj
Relating to fluorosis.
fluviatic
fluviatic
adj
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.
focussing
focussing
adj
Alternative form of focusing.
verb
present participle of focus
follicule
forficula
formulaic
formulaic
adj
Closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original.
fourchite
fractious
fractious
adj
Given to troublemaking.
Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
fraicheur
franciums
franciums
noun
plural of francium
frangulic
frolicful
frolicful
adj
frolicsome
frouncing
frouncing
verb
present participle of frounce
fructidor
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fruticant
fruticant
adj
(obsolete) Full of shoots.
fruticeta
fruticeta
noun
plural of fruticetum
fruticose
fruticose
adj
(botany) Having woody stems and branches; shrubby
fruticous
fruticous
adj
(botany) fruticose
fucatious
fuchsines
fuchsines
noun
plural of fuchsine
fucoideae
fugacious
fugacious
adj
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
fulciform
fulciment
fulciment
noun
(obsolete) A prop; a fulcrum.
fulgencio
fulicinae
fumacious
fumacious
adj
Fond of smoking tobacco.
Smoky.
fumarolic
fumarolic
adj
Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
functions
functions
noun
plural of function
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of function
fungicide
fungicide
noun
A substance used to kill fungus
funicular
funicular
adj
(botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
(geometry) catenary
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
noun
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
funiculus
funiculus
noun
(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior & lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
(botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta
furacious
furacious
adj
(obsolete) Given to theft; thievish.
furcating
furcating
verb
present participle of furcate
furcation
furcation
noun
The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out.
furciform
furciform
adj
fork-shaped
furnacing
furnacing
verb
present participle of furnace
furnacite
futuramic
futuramic
adj
Of or relating to a futurama.
handicuff
humilific
humorific
impactful
impactful
adj
Having impact.
influence
influence
noun
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
(electricity) Electrostatic induction.
(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
A person or thing exerting such power or action.
An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
verb
(intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
infuscate
infuscate
adj
Clouded with brown.
verb
(transitive) To darken; to make black or obscure.
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
junciform
lactifuge
lactifuge
noun
(medicine) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body
luciferin
luciferin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.
lucifugal
lucifugal
adj
Avoiding light
maliceful
maliceful
adj
Showing malice, malicious.
manificum
mercurify
mercurify
verb
(rare, transitive) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury.
(rare, transitive) To obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).
musciform
musciform
adj
(botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca or family Muscidae.
obfuscity
obfuscity
noun
obfuscation
oculiform
oculiform
adj
Having the shape of an eye
officious
officious
adj
(obsolete) Obliging, attentive, eager to please.
Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
outfacing
outfacing
verb
present participle of outface
outoffice
puckfoist
pulchrify
pulchrify
verb
(informal, rare) To beautify.
quickfoot
recrucify
recrucify
verb
(transitive) To crucify again.
scourfish
scruffier
scruffier
adj
comparative form of scruffy: more scruffy
scruffily
scruffily
adv
In a scruffy way.
scuffling
scuffling
noun
a confused struggle
verb
present participle of scuffle
scurfiest
scurfiest
adj
superlative form of scurfy: most scurfy
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
scutiform
scutiform
adj
Having the shape of a shield; scutate.
noun
(archaeology) A symbol that is shaped like a shield.