(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
afficionado
afficionado
noun
Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”)
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
aficionadas
aficionadas
noun
plural of aficionada
aficionados
aficionados
noun
plural of aficionado
africanized
afterdinner
afterfriend
anteflected
antifederal
antifederal
adj
Alternative form of anti-federal
antifideism
antifideism
noun
Opposition to fideism.
archfounder
bedeafening
bedeafening
verb
present participle of bedeafen
befriending
befriending
noun
The process of making friends with somebody.
verb
present participle of befriend
benzdifuran
bergenfield
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
blandfordia
blindfishes
blindfishes
noun
plural of blindfish
blindfolded
blindfolded
adj
Wearing a blindfold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blindfoldly
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
caffeinated
caffeinated
adj
(informal, of a person) Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine.
Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caffeinate
canfieldite
canfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
clinchfield
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
codefendant
codefendant
noun
(law) Any of several defendants answering the same charge.
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confederate
confederate
adj
banded together; allied.
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
noun
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
A member of a confederacy.
An accomplice in a plot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own confession.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
confidences
confidences
noun
plural of confidence
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confiscated
confiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confiscate
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confounding
confounding
noun
(epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
verb
present participle of confound
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
daffinesses
daintifying
daintifying
verb
present participle of daintify
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
deadlifting
deadlifting
verb
present participle of deadlift
deafeningly
deafeningly
adv
In a deafening manner.
debriefings
debriefings
noun
plural of debriefing
defacements
defacements
noun
plural of defacement
defaillance
defalcating
defalcating
verb
present participle of defalcate
defalcation
defalcation
noun
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
defamations
defamations
noun
plural of defamation
defeasanced
defeasanced
adj
(law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
defeasances
defeasances
noun
plural of defeasance
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
defeminised
defeminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defeminise
defeminized
defeminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defeminize
defeminizes
defeminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defeminize
defenceable
defenceless
defenceless
adj
(British spelling) Without defence; undefended.
defensative
defensative
noun
(archaic) That which serves to protect or defend.
defenseless
defenseless
adj
Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.
defensively
defensively
adv
In a defensive manner.
deferential
deferential
adj
(anatomy, not comparable) Of, or relating to the vas deferens.
Based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions.
Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
deferrizing
defiantness
defiantness
noun
The state or quality of being defiant.
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
defibrinize
defibrinize
verb
(transitive) To remove fibrin from; to defibrinate
deficiently
deficiently
adv
In a deficient manner.
defiledness
defiledness
noun
The quality of being defiled.
defilements
defilements
noun
plural of defilement
defiliation
defiliation
noun
The abstraction of a child from its parents.
definements
definements
noun
plural of definement
definiendum
definiendum
noun
(semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.
definientia
definientia
noun
plural of definiens
definitions
definitions
noun
plural of definition
definitised
definitives
definitives
noun
plural of definitive
definitized
definitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of definitize
definitizes
definitizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of definitize
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
defloration
defloration
noun
the act of deflowering
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
defocussing
defoedation
defoliating
defoliating
verb
present participle of defoliate
defoliation
defoliation
noun
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
deforcement
deforcement
noun
(law) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
(law, Scotland) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
deforesting
deforesting
verb
present participle of deforest
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defrication
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
deification
deification
noun
(Christianity, theology) Union with God; theosis.
A deified embodiment.
Excessive praise.
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
demigriffin
denazifying
denazifying
verb
present participle of denazify
denitrified
denitrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denitrify
denitrifier
denitrifier
noun
(biology, soil science) An organism that engages in denitrification, the removal of nitrates from the environment
denitrifies
denitrifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denitrify
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dentifrices
dentifrices
noun
plural of dentifrice
dereference
dereference
noun
The act by which something is dereferenced.
verb
(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
dezincified
dezincified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dezincify
diefenbaker
differenced
differenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of difference
differences
differences
noun
plural of difference
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of difference
differentia
differentia
noun
(semantics, logic, taxonomy) A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.
differently
differently
adv
(manner) In a different way.
differingly
differingly
adv
In a differing or different way.
diffidation
diffidences
diffidences
noun
plural of diffidence
diffidently
diffidently
adv
In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.
diffracting
diffracting
verb
present participle of diffract
diffraction
diffraction
noun
(physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
diffuseness
diffuseness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being diffuse.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being diffuse.
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
dignifiedly
dignifiedly
adv
in a dignified manner
direfulness
direfulness
noun
Quality of being direful.
disaffinity
disbenefits
disbenefits
noun
plural of disbenefit
disconfirms
disconfirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconfirm
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
disfiguring
disfiguring
verb
present participle of disfigure
disfrequent
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
disfunction
disfunction
noun
(now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction
disidentify
disidentify
verb
(intransitive) Not to identify with something; to reject a personal or group identity, etc.
disinfected
disinfected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinfect
disinfecter
disinfecter
noun
Alternative form of disinfector
disinfector
disinfector
noun
An apparatus for applying disinfectants.
One who, or that which, disinfects.
disinfested
disinfested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinfest
disinflated
disinflated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinflate
disinformed
disinformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disinform
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
distinctify
distinctify
verb
(transitive) To make distinct or distinctive.
disulfotons
disunifying
disunifying
verb
present participle of disunify
divinifying
divinifying
verb
present participle of divinify
dobsonflies
dobsonflies
noun
plural of dobsonfly
dogfighting
dogfighting
noun
(military, aviation) Close combat between two military aircraft.
A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.