(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bacteriform
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
bekerchief
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficiaire
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benzoylformic
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
birchleaf
birefracting
birefraction
birefractive
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
brachiferous
bracteiform
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
briefcases
briefcases
noun
plural of briefcase
burchfield
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
cambricleaf
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
cellulofibrous
ceratofibrous
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
cerebriform
cerebriform
adj
Resembling the outer surface of the brain
cerebriformly
cerebriformly
adv
In a cerebriform manner.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
cherubfish
cherubfishes
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
chiffrobe
clarifiable
clarifiable
adj
Able to be made clear.
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
coffeeberries
coffeeberries
noun
plural of coffeeberry
colubriformes
columbiferous
columbiferous
adj
That contains or yields columbium
columbiformes
colymbriformes
comfortabilities
comfortabilities
noun
plural of comfortability
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
crossfertilizable
cubocuneiform
democratifiable
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
disconformable
disconformable
Adjective
Not conformable.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
effervescible
effervescible
adj
Capable of effervescing.
electrifiable
electrifiable
adj
Capable of being electrified (charged with electricity, by rubbing etc)
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
enfranchisable
enfranchisable
adj
Able to be enfranchised.
eocarboniferous
fabricable
fabricable
adj
Able to be shaped into a finished product.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabricated
fabricated
adj
Constructed or assembled.
False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fabricate
fabricates
fabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate
fabricative
fabricative
adj
fabricating; involved in manufacture
fabricatress
fabricature
fabrice
fabroniaceae
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricide
febricide
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A substance that destroys a fever.
febricitant
febricitant
adj
(rare, obsolete) Feverish.
noun
(rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
febricitation
febricities
febricities
noun
plural of febricity
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
febrifacient
febrifacient
adj
(rare, archaic) Producing a fever.
noun
A substance that produces a fever.
febrific
febrific
adj
Feverish, inflamed.
Hot-tempered.
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fiberscope
fiberscope
noun
(American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas
fiberscopes
fiberscopes
noun
plural of fiberscope
fibrinocellular
fibrinocellular
adj
Composed of fibrin and cells
fibrinogenetic
fibrinogenetic
adj
Of or relating to fibrinogenesis.
fibrinogenic
fibrinogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That produces fibrin
fibrinogenically
fibrocalcareous
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilage
noun
A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.
fibrocaseose
fibrocaseous
fibrocaseous
adj
(pathology) Having fibrous, cheesy tissue
fibrocellular
fibrocellular
adj
fibrous and cellular
fibrocement
fibrocement
noun
A composite of cement and cellulose fibres.
fibrochondrosteal
fibrocrystalline
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibroelastic
fibroelastic
adj
(anatomy) fibrous and elastic
fibroenchondroma
fibrohemorrhagic
fibromyectomy
fibromyomectomy
fibronectin
fibronectin
noun
(biochemistry) An adhesive blood glycoprotein that has several cellular functions
fibronectins
fibronectins
noun
plural of fibronectin
fibronuclear
fibronucleated
fibropericarditis
fibroreticulate
fibrotuberculosis
filibranchiate
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
fimbricated
fimbricated
adj
Alternative form of fimbricate
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
foliobranchiate
forbiddance
forbiddance
noun
An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something.
forbiddances
forbiddances
noun
plural of forbiddance
forcible
forcible
adj
(rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.
Able to be forced.
Done by force, forced.
Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.
forcibleness
forcibleness
noun
The quality of being forcible.
forecabin
forecabin
noun
A cabin located toward the front of a vessel.
foredescribe
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.