Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
conference
conference
noun
(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
(Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
(obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
(politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
(sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
(sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conferrers
conferrers
noun
plural of conferrer
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessors
confessors
noun
plural of confessor
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
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
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
confiserie
conflexure
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
conformers
conformers
noun
plural of conformer
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.
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confragose
confrontal
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confronter
confronter
noun
Someone who or something which confronts.
confutator
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
contreface
contrefort
contrefort
noun
Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
copyfitter
coreflexed
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfactor
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
cosufferer
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
coverchief
coverchief
noun
A covering for the head.
crashproof
crashproof
adj
(computing) Resistant to crashes (failure of software programs).
(of a vehicle) Resistant to the damaging effects of a collision.
cribriform
cribriform
adj
Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
crimeproof
crimeproof
adj
Resistant to criminal activity.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to criminal activity.
cristiform
cristiform
adj
Resembling a crest
cristoforo
crofterize
crossfired
crowflower
crowflower
noun
(obsolete) A kind of campion.
crowfooted
crushproof
crushproof
adj
Strong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure.
cuculiform
cuculiform
noun
Any bird of the order Cuculiformes
cucumiform
cucumiform
adj
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
culiciform
culiciform
adj
(zoology) gnat-shaped
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
culverfoot
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
curiolofic
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cymbaeform
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
daneflower
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
deafforest
deafforest
verb
(transitive) To change the status of (a forest) so that it is no longer legally regarded as forest land.
deepfrozen
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
deflectors
deflectors
noun
plural of deflector
deflourish
deflowered
deflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deflower
deflowerer
deflowerer
noun
One who deflowers.
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
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.
deforested
deforested
adj
Of or pertaining to deforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deforest
deforester
deforester
noun
One who clears an area of forest.
deformable
deformable
adj
Capable of being reshaped.
deformedly
deformedly
adv
In a deformed manner.
deformeter
deformeter
noun
An instrument for measuring deformations in a structure.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrosters
defrosters
noun
plural of defroster
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
dendriform
dendriform
adj
Having a branched structure similar to a tree.
detoxifier
detoxifier
noun
Anything that serves to detoxify.
difformity
difformity
noun
(obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
digitiform
digitiform
adj
Having the shape of a finger.
diiodoform
discomfort
discomfort
noun
Mental or bodily distress.
Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
verb
(obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
To cause annoyance or distress to.
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
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
disfavored
disfavored
adj
Not favored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavor
disfavorer
disfavorer
noun
Alternative form of disfavourer
disformity
disformity
noun
Discordance or diversity of form; dissimilarity.
disfortune
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
disglorify
disglorify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
disprofess
disprofess
verb
(obsolete, rare) To give up, renounce.
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
doitrified
dolefuller
dollarfish
dollarfish
noun
Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
dollarleaf
dolorifuge
dolorifuge
noun
Something which mitigates or removes grief.
donaciform
dorsifixed
dorsifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
doveflower
draftproof
draftproof
adj
US standard spelling of draughtproof.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
driftwoods
driftwoods
noun
plural of driftwood
drinkproof
dropflower
dropforged
dropforger
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
dusseldorf
echiniform
edificator
edificator
noun
(rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
effloresce
effloresce
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
(intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
effortless
effortless
adj
Without effort.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
emboliform
emboliform
adj
plug-shaped
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
etheriform
etheriform
adj
Having the form of ether.
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier