Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
arciferous
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
asciferous
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
beccaficos
beccaficos
noun
plural of beccafico
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
brickcroft
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
california
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
choreiform
choreiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling chorea.
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
ciconiform
cienfuegos
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cimiciform
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
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
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
coalfitter
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklewife
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
codfishing
coefficacy
coefficacy
noun
Joint efficacy; an instance of things working together.
coffeetime
coffeetime
noun
A time when coffee is drunk.
cofferfish
cofferfish
noun
boxfish
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
cofinances
cofinances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofinance
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofunction
cofunction
noun
(mathematics) The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle.
(programming) A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
coiffeuses
coiffeuses
noun
plural of coiffeuse
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinferred
coinfinite
coinfinity
colorifics
colourific
colourific
adj
Rare spelling of colorific.
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comiferous
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
conchifera
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
confection
confection
noun
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
verb
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confessing
confessing
noun
The act of making a confession.
verb
present participle of confess
confession
confession
noun
(Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
A formal document providing such an admission.
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
conficient
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confidence
confidence
noun
(dated) Boldness; presumption.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Self-assurance.
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confidente
confidente
noun
A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
Misspelling of confidante.
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
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confinedly
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
confirmity
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.
confiserie
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
conformism
conformism
noun
A willingness to conform; conformity
conformist
conformist
adj
Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confucians
confusions
confusions
noun
plural of confusion
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
copyfitter
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
cospecific
cospecific
adj
Alternative form of conspecific
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counterfix
coverchief
coverchief
noun
A covering for the head.
cribriform
cribriform
adj
Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
crimeproof
crimeproof
adj
Resistant to criminal activity.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to criminal activity.
cristiform
cristiform
adj
Resembling a crest
cristoforo
crofterize
crossfired
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.
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
curiolofic
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
diolefinic
discomfits
discomfits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfit
discomfort
discomfort
noun
Mental or bodily distress.
Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
verb
(obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
To cause annoyance or distress to.
disconfirm
disconfirm
verb
(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.