(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
aciniform
aciniform
adj
Full of small kernels like a grape.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
noun
A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
archchief
archchief
noun
(rare) A supreme, primary leader of any organization.
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
archthief
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artificer
artificer
noun
A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
A savant.
A trickster.
An inventor.
Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
azoformic
bacciform
bacciform
adj
Having the form of a berry.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
birchleaf
birdcraft
blackfire
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
cactiform
cactiform
adj
Resembling a cactus.
caeciform
cafardise
cafeteria
cafeteria
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
cafetiere
cafetiere
noun
Alternative form of cafetière
calciform
calciform
adj
Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
calorific
calorific
adj
(US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening.
(physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy.
cambiform
cambiform
adj
(botany) Resembling the cells of the cambium.
campfires
campfires
noun
plural of campfire
caprifigs
caprifigs
noun
plural of caprifig
caprifoil
caprifoil
noun
(obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
capriform
capriform
adj
Having the form of a goat
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
cardiform
cardiform
adj
(of fish teeth) Resembling a series of combs
carnified
carnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnify
carnifies
carnifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify
carniform
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauldrife
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
celliform
celliform
adj
Having the form of a cell; cellular
celtiform
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
certifier
certifier
noun
A person or entity that provides certification
certifies
certifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of certify
cerulific
chaferies
chaferies
noun
plural of chafery
chairlift
chairlift
noun
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chefrinia
cheliform
cheliform
adj
Having the form of a chela
chiffrobe
chipproof
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
christoff
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
cigarfish
cigarfish
noun
Any of several scad, but especially Decapterus macarellus
ciliiform
ciliiform
adj
Alternative form of ciliform
circumfer
circumfer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
cirriform
cirriform
adj
(biology, zoology) Formed like a cirrus or tendril.
clarified
clarified
adj
Made clear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clarify
clarifier
clarifier
noun
(cartomancy) An additional card used to enhance or explain the primary cards in a spread.
(linguistics) A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance.
A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted.
One who, or that which, clarifies.
clarifies
clarifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify
claviform
claviform
adj
(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
cobriform
cobriform
adj
Shaped like a cobra.
cocciform
cocrucify
codfisher
codfisher
noun
One who fishes for cod.
codifiers
codifiers
noun
plural of codifier
coffering
coffering
verb
present participle of coffer
cofighter
coglorify
coiffeurs
coiffeurs
noun
plural of coiffeur
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
coliforms
coliforms
noun
plural of coliform
colliform
colorific
colorific
adj
(figurative) flowery; ornate
(obsolete, chemistry) That produces coloured precipitates
colourful
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
cominform
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
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
confiners
confiners
noun
plural of confiner
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmee
confirmee
noun
A person who is confirmed via religious rite.
One to whom anything is confirmed.
confirmer
confirmer
noun
One who confirms something
confirmor
confirmor
noun
(Hong Kong, specifically) A purchaser of real estate who resells the property before the transaction is completed.
(law) One who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confrerie
confrerie
noun
brotherhood, association
coniferae
coniferin
coniferin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside of coniferol found in conifers
copaifera
cordiform
cordiform
adj
Shaped like a heart; cordate.
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornified
cornified
adj
(informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Converted into horn; horny.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornify
corniform
corniform
adj
Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
corporify
corporify
verb
To form into a body.
corviform
costiform
costiform
adj
Having the form of a rib.
cottiform
cottiform
adj
Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.
noun
Such a fish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
craftiest
craftiest
adj
superlative form of crafty: most crafty
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
crapefish
crapefish
noun
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
crisfield
crossfire
crossfire
noun
(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.
(military) Lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region
crossfish
crossfish
noun
(archaic) A starfish.
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
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
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.
cymbiform
cymbiform
adj
(botany) Elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
deforcing
deforcing
verb
present participle of deforce
diffracts
diffracts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diffract
disciform
disciform
adj
(botany) Having a flat, rounded shape.
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
dolorific
dolorific
adj
Causing grief or pain.
Of or relating to pain.
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.
enforcing
enforcing
verb
present participle of enforce
enforcive
enforcive
adj
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
eruciform
eruciform
adj
Shaped like a caterpillar.
escoffier
esociform
fabricant
fabricant
noun
One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabricius
factorial
factorial
adj
(dated) Of or pertaining to a factory.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial.
Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent.
noun
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.
factories
factories
noun
plural of factory
factoring
factoring
noun
(mathematics) The process of factorization.
A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
verb
present participle of factor
factorist
factorist
noun
A statistician who uses factor analysis.
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.