A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
abbotsford
acetylfluoride
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
adffroze
adffrozen
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adfroze
adfrozen
adiantiform
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
adipofibroma
adolf
adolf
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.
adolfo
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
aecidioform
afdecho
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(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”)
afficionados
afficionados
noun
plural of afficionado
affidation
affodill
affodill
noun
(obsolete) daffodil
afforced
afforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforce
afford
afford
verb
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough.
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afforded
afforded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afford
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
afgod
afgod
noun
(heraldry, historical, obsolete) A kind of dragon associated with such idols or gods.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) A pagan god.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) An idol.
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionadas
aficionadas
noun
plural of aficionada
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.
aficionados
aficionados
noun
plural of aficionado
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
aforesaid
aforesaid
adj
Previously stated; said or named before.
aforeward
afounde
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdrops
aftergood
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterwisdom
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
airproofed
airproofed
adj
That has been made airtight
alford
alfredo
alfredo
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo
allendorf
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
alodification
altdorf
altdorfer
amidocaffeine
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
amphipodiform
amphipodiform
adj
Resembling an amphipod
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifeudalization
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
appledorf
archfounder
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
asafoetida
asafoetida
noun
A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
asafoetidas
asafoetidas
noun
plural of asafoetida
ascidiferous
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
ashford
ashford
Proper noun
A town in Kent.
A town in borough, Surrey (previously in Middlesex).
A village in district, Devon, England
A village in district, Devon
A village in Derbyshire, Ashford-in-the-Water.
assafoetida
assafoetida
noun
Alternative spelling of asafoetida
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
azoformamide
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
backfold
bairdford
ballyllumford
bamford
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
batfowled
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beauford
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
beforehandedness
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
blackford
blandford
blandfordia
blanford
bloodleaf
bloodleaf
noun
A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfacedly
boldfacedness
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bradford
bradford
Proper noun
A city in West Yorkshire, England.
name derived from the surname, of mostly American usage.
bradfordsville
branford
bransford
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
broadford
broadleaf
broadleaf
adj
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
noun
A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
broadwife
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
bufonidae
burglarproofed
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
calfdozer
calfdozer
noun
A small bulldozer.
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
campodeiform
campodeiform
adj
(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling an insect or larva of the genus Campodea.