(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
antisoporific
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
blenniiformes
boldfacedness
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
centrisciform
chiffonnieres
ciconiiformes
codifications
codifications
noun
plural of codification
coenospecific
coenospecific
adj
Relating to coenospecies.
coffeehousing
coffeehousing
noun
(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
colorfastness
colorfastness
noun
The characteristic of being colorfast.
colourfulness
colourfulness
noun
Alternative form of colorfulness
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
cominformists
confectioners
confectioners
noun
plural of confectioner
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederatism
confervaceous
confervaceous
adj
Belonging to the Confervae.
confessionals
confessionals
noun
plural of confessional
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessionist
confessionist
noun
One professing a certain faith.
confessorship
confessorship
noun
The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
confidentness
confidentness
noun
The state or quality of being confident.
confidingness
confidingness
noun
The state or quality of being confiding.
confirmations
confirmations
noun
plural of confirmation
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
confiscations
confiscations
noun
plural of confiscation
conformations
conformations
noun
plural of conformation
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
conidiiferous
consignifying
consignifying
verb
present participle of consignify
contrafissura
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
convictfishes
costoinferior
counterfessed
counteroffers
counteroffers
noun
plural of counteroffer
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
cushionflower
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
densification
densification
noun
The act or process of making or becoming dense.
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
disaffections
disaffections
noun
plural of disaffection
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
discontentful
discontentful
adj
Full of discontent.
disfiguration
disfiguration
noun
The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
disinfections
disinfections
noun
plural of disinfection
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
efflorescence
efflorescence
noun
(botany) The production of flowers.
(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
(construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
(figurative) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
(geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
(pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
efflorescency
efflorescency
noun
Archaic form of efflorescence.
effortfulness
effortfulness
noun
(psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity
electrofusion
electrofusion
noun
(biology) the fusion of plant protoplasts by electrical stimulation
fusion by means of electricity
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
facetiousness
facetiousness
noun
(countable) The product or result of being facetious.
(uncountable) The state of being facetious
facilitations
facilitations
noun
plural of facilitation
factionalisms
factionalisms
noun
plural of factionalism
factionistism
falconiformes
falsification
falsification
noun
knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
fantasmagoria
fantasmagoria
noun
Alternative form of phantasmagoria
fantasmagoric
faradonervous
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
fasciculation
fasciculation
noun
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
A cluster of fascicules
fashionmonger
fashionmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
fatuitousness
fatuitousness
noun
The quality of being fatuitous.
fatuousnesses
fatuousnesses
noun
plural of fatuousness
favorableness
favorableness
noun
Alternative spelling of favourableness
federationist
federationist
noun
An advocate of federationism.
felicitations
felicitations
intj
Congratulations! Well done!
noun
plural of felicitation
fellowshiping
feloniousness
feloniousness
noun
The quality of being felonious.
feminizations
feminizations
noun
plural of feminization
fermentations
fermentations
noun
plural of fermentation
fermentitious
fermentitious
adj
Exhibiting or relating to fermentation.
ferociousness
ferociousness
noun
The quality of being ferocious; ferocity
ferrotungsten
ferrotungsten
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and tungsten.
fertilisation
fertilisation
noun
(chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of fertilization
fetishization
fetishization
noun
The act or process of fetishizing.
feudalisation
feudalisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of feudalization
feuilletonism
feuilletonism
noun
The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
feuilletonist
feuilletonist
noun
A writer of feuilletons.
fibrillations
fibrillations
noun
plural of fibrillation
fibrinogenous
fibrinogenous
adj
Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
fibrinokinase
fibrospongiae
fictionalizes
fictionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize
filipendulous
filipendulous
adj
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
finalizations
finalizations
noun
plural of finalization
fireproofness
fireproofness
noun
The quality of being fireproof.
firmisternous
fiscalization
fiscalization
noun
The process of fiscalizing.
fissiparation
fissiparation
noun
Alternative form of fissipation
fistulization
fistulization
noun
(medicine) The formation of a fistula.
flagellations
flagellations
noun
plural of flagellation
flamboyantism
flannelmouths
flannelmouths
noun
plural of flannelmouth
flavorfulness
flavorousness
florianopolis
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
fluorescences
fluorescences
noun
plural of fluorescence
fluoridations
fluoridations
noun
plural of fluoridation
fluorinations
fluorinations
noun
plural of fluorination
fluorocarbons
fluorocarbons
noun
plural of fluorocarbon
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
foecunditatis
foolhardiness
foolhardiness
noun
The quality of being foolhardy.
foolishnesses
foolishnesses
noun
plural of foolishness
foolproofness
foolproofness
noun
The state or condition of being foolproof.
forbiddenness
forbiddenness
noun
The state, quality or measure of being forbidden.
forcelessness
forcelessness
noun
The state, condition, or quality of being forceless; lack or absence of force.
foreassurance
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
forecastleman
forecastleman
noun
A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
forecastlemen
forecastlemen
noun
plural of forecastleman
foreconscious
foreconscious
noun
In the psychology of Sigmund Freud, part of the mind that is available to the conscious if mentally summoned, contrasted with the unconscious, which is not directly accessible.
foredestining
foreignership
foreignership
noun
The condition of being a foreigner.
forellenstein
forellenstein
noun
troctolite
foremessenger
foremisgiving
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
foreprovision
foreschooling
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshortened
foreshortened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten
forestallment
forestallment
noun
The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hinderance; prevention; aversion.
forgetfulness
forgetfulness
noun
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.