(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.
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
deedfully
demulsify
demulsify
verb
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
diffusely
diffusely
adv
In a diffuse manner.
direfully
direfully
adv
In a direful manner.
dolefully
dolefully
adv
In a doleful manner
dyestuffs
dyestuffs
noun
plural of dyestuff
easefully
easefully
adv
In an easeful way.
effluency
effluency
noun
(archaic) effluence
fatefully
fatefully
adv
In a fateful manner.
fearfully
fearfully
adv
(UK, dated) very; very much.
In a fearful manner; characterized by fear.
featurely
featurely
adj
Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
feculency
feculency
noun
Alternative form of feculence
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.
feudality
feudality
noun
The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.
feudatary
feudatary
adj
Alternative form of feudatory
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
figuredly
fleuretty
fleuretty
adj
Alternative form of floretty
flunkyite
flunkyize
fluorenyl
fluorenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A radical or cation derived from fluorene
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
fourpenny
fourpenny
adj
(dated) Costing fourpence.
noun
A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
frequency
frequency
noun
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
(uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
fretfully
fretfully
adv
In a fretful manner.
fulgently
fulgently
adv
In a fulgent manner; so as to dazzle or glitter.
fulsomely
fulsomely
adv
In a fulsome manner
fumistery
funerally
furcately
furcately
adv
In a furcate manner.
furtherly
furtherly
adj
Favorable, advanced.
adv
In a further manner.
furtively
furtively
adv
In a furtive manner.
gleefully
gleefully
adv
With glee; joyfully
hatefully
hatefully
adv
In a hateful manner.
heedfully
heedfully
adv
In a heedful manner.
helpfully
helpfully
adv
In a helpful manner.
hopefully
hopefully
adv
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
In a hopeful manner.
hydrofuge
hydrofuge
adj
Describing a hair pile made of very many tiny, closely-spaced hairs, forming a hydrophobic surface on the bodies of certain insects.
infusedly
joyfuller
joyfuller
adj
comparative form of joyful: more joyful
lifefully
mercurify
mercurify
verb
(rare, transitive) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury.
(rare, transitive) To obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).
muffledly
muffledly
adv
In a muffled manner; indistinctly.
musefully
musefully
adv
In a museful manner, musingly, pensively.
myiferous
needfully
needfully
adv
In a needful manner; necessarily.
obstupefy
obstupefy
verb
(obsolete) To stupefy.
perfumery
perfumery
noun
(countable) A factory where perfume is made.
(countable) A shop selling perfumes.
(uncountable) The manufacture of perfume.
prayerful
prayerful
adj
That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent.
profusely
profusely
adv
In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner.
puppyfeet
puppyfeet
noun
plural of puppyfoot
ragefully
ragefully
adv
In a rageful manner.
recrucify
recrucify
verb
(transitive) To crucify again.
refluency
refluency
noun
Alternative form of refluence
refutably
refutably
adv
So as to be refutable.
rejustify
rejustify
verb
(transitive) To justify again.
reliquefy
reliquefy
verb
(transitive) To liquefy again.
renullify
requalify
requalify
verb
To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
restfully
restfully
adv
In a restful manner.
surfacely
tartufery
tearfully
tearfully
adv
In a tearful manner.
teenfully
timefully
tumefying
tumefying
verb
present participle of tumefy
tunefully
tunefully
adv
In a tuneful manner.
unbriefly
unfeastly
unfleshly
unfleshly
adj
Not pertaining to or devoted to the flesh or the body; not physical.
unflowery
unflowery
adj
(of speech or writing) Not flowery; simple, direct, and possibly austere.
Not bearing a flowery motif.
unifiedly
unifiedly
adv
In a unified manner; after unification.
unpetrify
unpetrify
verb
(transitive) To restore (something turned to stone) to its prior form; to undo the petrifaction of.