The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an 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
adffrozen
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adfrozen
adiantiform
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
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
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
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.
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.
afounde
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
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.
allendorf
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
alodification
amidocaffeine
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
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.
archfounder
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
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.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
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
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bettendorf
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
blandford
blandfordia
blanford
blindfold
blindfold
adj
Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
Thoughtless; reckless.
adv
With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
noun
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
verb
To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
To obscure understanding or comprehension.
blindfolded
blindfolded
adj
Wearing a blindfold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
blindfoldedly
blindfoldedness
blindfoldedness
noun
The state or quality of being blindfolded.
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blindfolding
blindfolding
noun
The act of covering with a blindfold.
verb
present participle of blindfold
blindfoldly
blindfolds
blindfolds
noun
plural of blindfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blindfold
bloodfin
bloodfin
noun
Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.
bloodfins
bloodfins
noun
plural of bloodfin
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.
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boldfacedness
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bondfolk
bonfield
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
branford
bransford
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bufonidae
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
cathodofluorescence
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chondrofetal
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrofibromatous
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
closefistedness
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
codefendant
codefendant
noun
(law) Any of several defendants answering the same charge.
codefendants
codefendants
noun
plural of codefendant
codfishing
codification
codification
noun
The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
codifications
codifications
noun
plural of codification
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coffined
coffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffin
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
cofounded
cofounded
adj
Founded at the same time as another, or by two or more people.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofound
cofounder
cofounder
noun
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
coinferred
coldfinch
commodifying
commodifying
verb
present participle of commodify
confabbed
confabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confab
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confarreated
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
confected
confected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confect
confed
confeder
confeder
verb
(obsolete) To confederate.
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
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.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
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.
confederated
confederated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confederate
confederater
confederates
confederates
noun
plural of confederate
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederatio
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
confederationist
adj
(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
noun
(Canada, chiefly historical) A supporter of Canadian Confederation.