(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.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
arciferous
asciferous
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.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
burchfield
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
carefuller
carefuller
adj
comparative form of careful: more careful
carfuffled
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
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.
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
cheefuller
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
cherubfish
churnstaff
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
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.
craftsbury
creamfruit
creekstuff
cruciferae
crucifixes
crucifixes
noun
plural of crucifix
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
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.
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
Of European and African descent.
Noun
An African with European ancestors.
Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
fascicular
fascicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a fascicle.
fauconnier
feathercut
fecundator
fernambuck
ferocactus
flacourtia
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
fluocerine
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorboric
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
foldcourse
follicular
follicular
adj
Of, pertaining to, having or resembling follicles.
forbecause
forcefully
forcefully
adv
With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.
forechurch
forecourse
forecourse
noun
(nautical) The lowest foresail on a square-rigged foremast.
forecourts
forecourts
noun
plural of forecourt
fortescure
fourchette
fourchette
noun
(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
(card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
The wishbone or furculum of birds
fourscorth
fracturing
fracturing
noun
The act by which something is fractured.
verb
present participle of fracture
fraischeur
fraischeur
noun
(obsolete) freshness; coolness
franciscus
franciskus
fratcheous
fratercula
frenchburg
fricandeau
fricandeau
noun
Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee.
frontcourt
frontcourt
noun
(basketball) The center and forwards of a team
(basketball) The half of the court where a team's offensive basket is located
fructified
fructified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fructify
fructifier
fructifier
noun
Someone or something that fructifies.
fructifies
fructifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fructify
fructiform
fructoside
fructoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of fructose
fruitcakes
fruitcakes
noun
plural of fruitcake
fruitcakey
frutescent
frutescent
adj
Imperfectly resembling a shrub.
fruticeous
fruticetum
fruticetum
noun
A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.
fucivorous
fucivorous
adj
Feeding primarily on seaweeds.
fulcrumage
fulcruming
fulminuric
fulminuric
adj
Of or pertaining to fulminuric acid or its derivatives.
functorial
functorial
adj
(category theory) Of or pertaining to a functor
funiculars
funiculars
noun
plural of funicular
furcellate
furnaceman
furnaceman
noun
One who operates a furnace in metalworking.
furnacemen
furnacemen
noun
plural of furnaceman
furuncular
furuncular
adj
(rare) Pertaining to furuncles or boils.
furunculus
futuristic
futuristic
adj
Of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
gracefully
gracefully
adv
In a graceful manner.
guidecraft
guidecraft
noun
The art or skill of serving as a guide.
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
influencer
influencer
noun
(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, and/or political preferences of their online audience by creating and/or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.
A person who or a thing which influences. [from 17th c.]
luciferase
luciferase
noun
(biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
luciferian
luciferian
Noun
An adherent of Luciferianism.
One of the followers of the fourth-century bishop who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.
Adjective
Of or relating to Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
luciferoid
luciferous
luciferous
adj
(figurative) Illuminating; offering insight.
illuminating; providing light.
manufactor
mercifully
mercifully
adv
In a merciful manner.
thankfully
mesofurcal
mesofurcal
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the mesofurca.
microfauna
microfauna
noun
The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.