Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
beautifier
beautifier
noun
A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
beautifuller
beautifuller
adj
(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
befoulier
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
benzdifuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
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
biliferous
biliferous
adj
Generating bile.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blackfigured
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
borofluoride
borofluoride
noun
(chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
brachiferous
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
bufferin
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buffier
buffier
adj
comparative form of buffy: more buffy
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
burchfield
burfordville
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterflies
butterflies
noun
(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
plural of butterfly
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butterwife
butteryfingered
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
cellulofibrous
ceratofibrous
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
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.
cherubfish
cherubfishes
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
colubriformes
columbiferous
columbiferous
adj
That contains or yields columbium
columbiformes
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
cubocuneiform
desulfovibrio
deuterofibrinose
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
disfavourable
disfavourable
adj
Not favourable; unfavourable.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
embryoniferous
embryoniferous
adj
(biology) Having an embryo.
eocarboniferous
fabricature
fabrique
faussebraie
faussebraie
noun
Alternative form of faussebraye
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
febriferous
febriferous
adj
Causing fever.
febrifugal
febrifugal
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or preventing fever.
febrifuge
febrifuge
noun
(pharmacology) Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”)
febrifuges
febrifuges
noun
plural of febrifuge
februaries
februarius
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
femorofibular
femorofibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the femur and the fibula.
ferrisburg
fiberous
fiberous
adj
Misspelling of fibrous.
fibrilliferous
fibrilliferous
adj
Bearing fibrils.
fibrinocellular
fibrinocellular
adj
Composed of fibrin and cells
fibrinogenous
fibrinogenous
adj
Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibrocalcareous
fibrocaseous
fibrocaseous
adj
(pathology) Having fibrous, cheesy tissue
fibrocellular
fibrocellular
adj
fibrous and cellular
fibroligamentous
fibromembranous
fibroneuroma
fibronuclear
fibronucleated
fibropurulent
fibroreticulate
fibroserous
fibrotuberculosis
fibrousness
fibrousness
noun
The state or quality of being fibrous.
fibulare
fibulare
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.
figurable
figurable
adj
Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filibustered
filibustered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filibuster
filibusterer
filibusterer
noun
A person who filibusters.
filibusterers
filibusterers
noun
plural of filibusterer
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
filibusterism
filibusterism
noun
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
(dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
filibusterous
filibusterous
adj
filibustering
filibusters
filibusters
noun
plural of filibuster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster
fimbrilliferous
firebaugh
firebug
firebug
noun
(slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
firebugs
firebugs
noun
plural of firebug
fireburn
flabellarium
flaubertian
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.
flemingsburg
flemingsburg
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
flibustier
flibustier
noun
(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
flubdubberies
fluoboride
fluoboride
noun
(chemistry) Any borofluoride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.