(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
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.
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
celestify
celestify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
daftberry
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
defiantly
defiantly
adv
In a defiant manner.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
demystify
demystify
verb
(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
demythify
denitrify
denitrify
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
diffinity
doftberry
dustyfoot
dutifully
dutifully
adv
With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.
dyestuffs
dyestuffs
noun
plural of dyestuff
efractory
electrify
electrify
verb
(intransitive) To make electric.
(transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
(transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
(transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
facticity
facticity
noun
(countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact.
(uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
factually
factually
adv
In a factual manner
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fallotomy
fantastry
fantastry
noun
Something fantastical.
farrantly
fastingly
fatefully
fatefully
adv
In a fateful manner.
fatuously
fatuously
adv
With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
fayalites
fayalites
noun
plural of fayalite
fayettism
featishly
featurely
featurely
adj
Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
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.
fellatory
fellatory
adj
Pertaining to fellatio.
feltyfare
femineity
femineity
noun
The condition of being feminine; femininity
feodality
feodality
noun
Alternative form of feudality
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
ferrotype
ferrotype
noun
A photograph produced by this means.
An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
verb
to take a ferrotype photograph
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
fertilely
fertilely
adv
In a fertile manner.
fertility
fertility
noun
(countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
The average number of births per woman within a population.
fervently
fervently
adv
In a fervent manner.
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
festively
festively
adv
In a festive manner
festivity
festivity
noun
(often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
festology
festology
noun
A form of martyrology that lists the feast days.
fetometry
fetometry
noun
The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination
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.
fibrocyst
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrosity
fibrosity
noun
The quality of being fibrous.
fictility
fictility
noun
The quality of being fictile.
fictively
fictively
adv
In a fictive manner.
fidgetily
fidgetily
adv
In a fidgety manner.
fiftyfold
fiftyfold
adj
By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of fifty.
filiality
filiality
noun
The quality of being filial.
fiscality
fiscality
noun
All matters concerning taxation
fissility
fissility
noun
(geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.
The quality of being fissile (in any sense).
fittingly
fittingly
adv
In a fitting manner
fittyfied
fittyways
fittywise
fizelyite
flauntily
flauntily
adv
In a flaunty manner.
flayflint
flebotomy
fleuretty
fleuretty
adj
Alternative form of floretty
flexility
flexility
noun
The quality or degree of being flexile.
flightily
flightily
adv
In a flighty manner.
floridity
floridity
noun
(countable) Something florid.
(uncountable) The property of being florid.
floristry
floristry
noun
Production, commerce and trade in flowers.
The art of flower arrangement.
flunkyite
fluxility
fluxility
noun
(obsolete) The state of being fluxible.
flycaster
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometry
fogramity
foliosity
foliosity
noun
(rare) The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness.
footingly
footmanry
footmanry
noun
(dated) The realm or sphere of footmen; footmen collectively.
footweary
forestays
forestays
noun
plural of forestay
forestery
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
formality
formality
noun
(countable) A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.
(uncountable) The state of being formal.
A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
Something said or done as a matter of form.
formosity
formylate
formylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a formyl group into a molecule
forsythia
forsythia
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
fortyfive
fortyfold
fortyfold
adj
By a multiple of forty; by forty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of forty.
fragility
fragility
noun
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
fraidycat
franticly
franticly
adv
(rare) In a frantic manner.
fratchety
fratchety
adj
(UK, dialect) argumentative
fratority
fratority
noun
(US) A social organization of students at a college or university, like a fraternity or sorority but accepting members of both sexes.
freebooty
freebooty
noun
(obsolete) freebootery
freestyle
freestyle
noun
(by extension, attributive) Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
(music) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
(music) Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.
(skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
(skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
(swimming) A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
(wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
verb
(intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
fretfully
fretfully
adv
In a fretful manner.
freyalite
frigidity
frigidity
noun
Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
frivolity
frivolity
noun
frivolous act
state of being frivolous
frontally
frontally
adv
In a frontal manner
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
fructuary
fructuary
noun
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
fulgently
fulgently
adv
In a fulgent manner; so as to dazzle or glitter.
fulgidity
fulgidity
noun
(obsolete) splendour; resplendence; effulgence
fullymart
fumistery
fungosity
fungosity
noun
A fungal growth.
The quality of being fungous.
furcately
furcately
adv
In a furcate manner.
furiosity
furiosity
noun
(obsolete) furiousness; fury
furtherly
furtherly
adj
Favorable, advanced.
adv
In a further manner.
furtively
furtively
adv
In a furtive manner.
ghostlify
ghostlify
verb
To make ghostly; to haunt
gustfully
gustfully
adv
In a gustful manner.
hatefully
hatefully
adv
In a hateful manner.
historify
historify
verb
To record in or as history.
hurtfully
hurtfully
adv
In a hurtful manner.
infirmity
infirmity
noun
a moral weakness or defect
feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
informity
informity
noun
(obsolete) Absence of regular form; shapelessness.
intensify
intensify
verb
(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
(transitive) To render more intense
lafayette
lafayette
noun
A fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.
The dollarfish.
latensify
lifestyle
lifestyle
noun
(marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
lundyfoot
lustfully
lustfully
adv
In a lustful manner.
magnetify
magnetify
verb
(rare) To magnetize.
metallify
metallify
verb
(transitive) To convert into metal.
monstrify
monstrify
verb
(transitive) To turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.
myrtiform
myrtiform
adj
Resembling myrtle or its berries or leaves.
mystified
mystified
adj
puzzled or confused
state of enchantment as concerns person or event
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mystify
mystifier
mystifier
noun
A person who obscures or muddles information, making something appear to be a mystery.
A situation that is puzzling, or mystifying
mystifies
mystifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mystify