(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
airiferous
airiferous
adj
Alternative form of aeriferous
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
aquafortis
aquafortis
noun
Alternative form of aqua fortis
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
arciferous
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
asciferous
auriferous
auriferous
adj
Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
ausforming
ausforming
verb
present participle of ausform
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
biliferous
biliferous
adj
Generating bile.
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
brushproof
brushproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by brushing.
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
bulimiform
bullflower
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cloudcroft
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
colourific
colourific
adj
Rare spelling of colorific.
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comiferous
comournful
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
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
conflexure
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
confutator
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cosufferer
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
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
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
deflourish
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
disfortune
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
dolefuller
dolorifuge
dolorifuge
noun
Something which mitigates or removes grief.
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
dusseldorf
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
fairground
fairground
noun
A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
favourless
favourless
adj
(archaic) unfavoured; having no countenance or support
(archaic) unpropitious; unfavourable
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
fecundator
ferocactus
ferryhouse
ferryhouse
noun
A building on the shore beside the departure point of a ferry, where passengers may purchase tickets etc.
fetiferous
fetiferous
adj
Producing young.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
feverously
feverously
adv
In a feverous way.
fibrillous
fibrillous
adj
Alternative spelling of fibrillose
fidejussor
fidejussor
noun
(law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
fieulamort
figuration
figuration
noun
(art) Representation through visual forms.
(sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
Form, outline or boundaries.
Mixture of concords and discords.
Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
The act of giving figure or determinate form.
figuresome
figuresome
adj
Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape
filiferous
filiferous
adj
Producing threads.
filigerous
firehouses
firehouses
noun
plural of firehouse
fireplough
flacourtia
flatterous
flatterous
adj
(obsolete) flattering
flavourful
flavourful
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorful.
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
flavourous
flavourous
adj
Alternative spelling of flavorous
fleuronnee
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
floribunda
floribunda
noun
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
florideous
florideous
adj
Synonym of floridean
floundered
floundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounder
flouriness
flouriness
noun
The state or condition of being floury.
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoboride
fluoboride
noun
(chemistry) Any borofluoride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluocerine
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorboric
fluoresage
fluoresced
fluoresced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce
fluorescer
fluorescer
noun
A fluorescent substance used for whitening.
fluoresces
fluoresces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce
fluoridate
fluoridate
verb
(chemistry, dentistry, transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
fluoridise
fluoridise
verb
Alternative form of fluoridize
fluoridize
fluoridize
verb
(transitive) To fluoridate.
fluorinate
fluorinate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
fluorindin
fluormeter
fluoroform
fluoroform
noun
(organic chemistry) The haloform CHF₃ that is the fluorine analogue of chloroform
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
fluxionary
fluxionary
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive.
fluxional
foederatus
foederatus
noun
A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
foldcourse
follicular
follicular
adj
Of, pertaining to, having or resembling follicles.
foraminous
foraminous
adj
Covered with holes or foramina.
foraminule
foraminule
noun
A very small foramen
forbecause
forcefully
forcefully
adv
With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.
foreburton
forechurch
forecourse
forecourse
noun
(nautical) The lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.