(poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.
(religion) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching.
A system of government that proportionally distributes political and institutional power among religious and ethnic communities.
confessionalist
confessionalist
noun
A person who confesses
A priest who hears confession
An advocate of confessionalism
confessionally
confessionally
adv
With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
confessionals
confessionals
noun
plural of confessional
confessionaries
confessionaries
noun
plural of confessionary
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.
confessions
confessions
noun
plural of confession
confessorship
confessorship
noun
The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
confidences
confidences
noun
plural of confidence
confidentialness
confidentialness
noun
The state or quality of being confidential.
confidentness
confidentness
noun
The state or quality of being confident.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
confides
confides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide
confidingness
confidingness
noun
The state or quality of being confiding.
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confinedness
confinedness
noun
The state or condition of being confined; lack of space.
confineless
confineless
adj
Boundless.
confinements
confinements
noun
plural of confinement
confiners
confiners
noun
plural of confiner
confines
confines
noun
Elements that restrain someone.
The borders or limits of an area.
The scope or range of a subject.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
confiscable
confiscable
adj
That can be confiscated.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
confiscate
confiscate
adj
(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
verb
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
confiscated
confiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confiscate
confiscates
confiscates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confiscate
confiserie
conflictless
conflictless
adj
Without conflict.
confluxibleness
conformities
conformities
noun
plural of conformity
confraternities
confraternities
noun
plural of confraternity
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
confusticate
confusticate
verb
(transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
conidiiferous
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
conifers
conifers
noun
plural of conifer
consignificate
consignificative
consignificative
adj
consignificant; jointly significate
consignified
consignified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consignify
conspecific
conspecific
adj
(taxonomy) relating to the same species
noun
An organism belonging to the same species as another.
conspecifics
conspecifics
noun
plural of conspecific
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
copaliferous
copaliferous
adj
Yielding copal.
coraciiformes
coralliferous
coralliferous
Adjective
Producing coral
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornetfishes
cornetfishes
noun
plural of cornetfish
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
corolliferous
corolliferous
adj
Bearing a corolla.
corticiferous
corticiferous
adj
Producing bark or something resembling bark.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
cosignificative
cosignificative
adj
(rare) Having the same meaning.
cospecific
cospecific
adj
Alternative form of conspecific
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
costoinferior
cotesfield
counterclassification
counterclassifications
counterfeisance
counterfeisance
noun
(obsolete) Deception, dissimulation.
counterfeiters
counterfeiters
noun
plural of counterfeiter
counterfeitness
counterfeitness
noun
The state or quality of being counterfeit.
counterfeits
counterfeits
noun
plural of counterfeit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterfeit
counterfires
counterflashing
counterflashing
noun
(construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
counterfoils
counterfoils
noun
plural of counterfoil
counterinfluences
counterinfluences
noun
plural of counterinfluence
countermanifesto
countermanifesto
noun
A manifesto opposing another manifesto.
countermanifestoes
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
countershafting
countershafting
verb
present participle of countershaft
countrifiedness
countrifiedness
noun
The quality of being countrified.
countryfiedness
cowfishes
cowfishes
noun
plural of cowfish
craftiest
craftiest
adj
superlative form of crafty: most crafty
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
craftinesses
craftinesses
noun
plural of craftiness
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crapefish
crapefish
noun
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crawfordsville
crayfishes
crayfishes
noun
plural of crayfish
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
creekfishes
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
criniferous
crisfield
crossfertilizable
crossfire
crossfire
noun
(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.
(military) Lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region
crossfired
cruciferous
cruciferous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Bearing a cross.
crucifers
crucifers
noun
plural of crucifer
crucifies
crucifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify
crucifixes
crucifixes
noun
plural of crucifix
crystalliferous
crystalliferous
adj
Containing or producing crystals
cuculiformes
culmiferous
culmiferous
adj
(botany) Having jointed stems or culms.
(mineralogy) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
cuneiformist
cuneiformist
noun
A specialist or expert in cuneiform.
cupriferous
cupriferous
adj
Containing or producing copper.
cupuliferous
cupuliferous
adj
(botany) Bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
cushionflower
cutlassfishes
cutlassfishes
noun
plural of cutlassfish
cuttlefish
cuttlefish
noun
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened
cuttlefishes
cuttlefishes
noun
plural of cuttlefish
cycadofilicales
cycadofilices
cycloolefins
cycloolefins
noun
plural of cycloolefin
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cypseliformes
cystiferous
deacidifies
deacidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deacidify
decaffeinates
decaffeinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decaffeinate
decalcifies
decalcifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify
deceitfulness
deceitfulness
noun
The state or quality of being deceitful.
deceitfulnesses
deceitfulnesses
noun
plural of deceitfulness
decertifies
decertifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decertify
declassification
declassification
noun
The process of declassifying.
declassifications
declassifications
noun
plural of declassification
declassified
declassified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of declassify
declassifies
declassifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declassify
declassify
declassify
verb
to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
decrassified
decrassified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decrassify
decrassify
decrassify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To clean; to remove dirt from.
(transitive, archaic) To make less crass or coarse.
defaisance
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
defectionist
defectionist
noun
One who advocates or encourages defection.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectiveness
defectiveness
noun
The state or quality of being defective.
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
defervescing
defervescing
verb
present participle of defervesce.
defiances
defiances
noun
plural of defiance
deficiencies
deficiencies
noun
plural of deficiency
deficits
deficits
noun
plural of deficit
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
defocussing
degasification
degasification
noun
The removal of gas from something, especially from a liquid
deifications
deifications
noun
plural of deification
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.