Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affiancing
affiancing
verb
present participle of affiance
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
africander
africanism
africanism
Noun
Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archfriend
archinfamy
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
beneficing
beneficing
verb
present participle of benefice
beneficium
besanctify
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
caffeinism
caffeinism
noun
a toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages
addiction to such beverages
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
california
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
carnifexes
carnifices
carnifices
noun
plural of carnifex
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
centriffed
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chaffering
chaffering
noun
The act of one who chaffers.
verb
present participle of chaffer
chaffiness
chaffiness
noun
Quality of being chaffy.
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
chuffiness
chuffiness
noun
The quality of being chuffy.
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
chymifying
chymifying
verb
present participle of chymify
ciconiform
cienfuegos
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
clarifiant
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
codfishing
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
cofinances
cofinances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofinance
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofunction
cofunction
noun
(mathematics) The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle.
(programming) A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinferred
coinfinite
coinfinity
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
conchifera
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
confection
confection
noun
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
verb
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confessing
confessing
noun
The act of making a confession.
verb
present participle of confess
confession
confession
noun
(Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
A formal document providing such an admission.
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
conficient
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confidence
confidence
noun
(dated) Boldness; presumption.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Self-assurance.
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confidente
confidente
noun
A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
Misspelling of confidante.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confinedly
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
confirmity
confiscate
confiscate
adj
(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
verb
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
confiserie
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
conformism
conformism
noun
A willingness to conform; conformity
conformist
conformist
adj
Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confucians
confusions
confusions
noun
plural of confusion
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
counterfix
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
cyanformic
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defailance
defailance
noun
(obsolete) failure; miscarriage
defaisance
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
deficience
deficience
noun
(obsolete) Deficiency.
deficiency
deficiency
noun
(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
(geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
(geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
dentifrice
dentifrice
noun
Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
difference
difference
noun
(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
(countable) A disagreement or argument.
(countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
(countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
(heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
(logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
(obsolete) Choice; preference.
(relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
(uncountable) The quality of being different.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
differency
diffidence
diffidence
noun
(obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
diolefinic
disconfirm
disconfirm
verb
(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
disconform
disinfects
disinfects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinfect
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
donaciform
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
duncifying
duncifying
verb
present participle of duncify
echiniform
effeminacy
effeminacy
noun
The quality of being effeminate.
efficience
efficience
noun
Archaic form of efficiency.
efficiency
efficiency
noun
(US) A one-room apartment.
(dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.
The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
enkerchief
eurafrican
eurafrican
Adjective
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.