(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluniferous
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
antifatigue
antifatigue
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fatigue.
antifouling
antifouling
adj
That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
noun
Any substance that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
antifungals
antifungals
noun
plural of antifungal
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
archbuffoon
archfounder
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arsenofuran
austafrican
avifaunally
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
benzdifuran
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
biofoulings
biofoulings
noun
plural of biofouling
bluffnesses
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
borofluorin
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
bucciniform
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bumfuzzling
bumfuzzling
verb
present participle of bumfuzzle
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
caustifying
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changchowfu
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
cimicifugin
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofunctions
cofunctions
noun
plural of cofunction
columniform
columniform
adj
Having the form of a column.
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
conflictful
conflictful
adj
Tending towards conflict
conflicting
conflictual
conflictual
adj
Characterized by conflict
confluences
confluences
noun
plural of confluence
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxible
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
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
confusional
confusional
adj
(medicine) Characterized by confusion.
confutation
confutation
noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
cotransfuse
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflux
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
counterfort
counterfort
noun
A buttress built against a wall.
A spur of a mountain range.
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterhaft
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
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
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
criniferous
crucifixion
crucifixion
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
(figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
definiendum
definiendum
noun
(semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
defocussing
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
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.
direfulness
direfulness
noun
Quality of being direful.
disfiguring
disfiguring
verb
present participle of disfigure
disfrequent
disfunction
disfunction
noun
(now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction
disulfotons
disunifying
disunifying
verb
present participle of disunify
dolefulness
dolefulness
noun
The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
doomfulness
dreamingful
dumbfounded
dumbfounded
adj
Shocked and speechless.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound
dumbfounder
dumbfounder
noun
Someone who or that which dumbfounds.
verb
(transitive) To dumbfound.
dumfounding
dumfounding
verb
present participle of dumfound
dunfermline
dunfermline
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
dutifulness
dutifulness
noun
The state of being dutiful.
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
easefulness
easefulness
noun
State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
effulgences
effulgences
noun
plural of effulgence
effulgently
effulgently
adv
In an effulgent manner; brilliantly.
emulsifying
emulsifying
adj
That emulsifies
verb
present participle of emulsify
endosulfans
endosulfans
noun
plural of endosulfan
enfleurages
enfleurages
noun
plural of enfleurage
engulfments
engulfments
noun
plural of engulfment
entomofauna
entomofauna
noun
insect fauna
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
fainaiguing
fainaiguing
verb
present participle of fainaigue
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
falcinellus
falcunculus
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
fatefulness
fatefulness
noun
The quality of being fateful
fatiguingly
fatiguingly
adv
In a fatiguing manner.
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
fatuousness
fatuousness
noun
The characteristic of being fatuous.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
faustianism
fauxbourdon
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fearfulness
fearfulness
noun
The quality of being fearful.
fecundating
fecundating
verb
present participle of fecundate
fecundation
fecundation
noun
The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fecundities
fecundities
noun
plural of fecundity
feloniously
feloniously
adv
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.