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
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beautified
beautified
adj
Having been made beautiful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beautify
beautifier
beautifier
noun
A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
beautifies
beautifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beautifuller
beautifuller
adj
(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
beguileful
begulfing
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
belieffulness
belieffulness
adj
(rare) The state or quality of being beliefful; faithfulness.
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
beneficium
benzdifuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
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.
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blackfigured
blissfulness
blissfulness
noun
The characteristic of being blissful.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
bluefield
bluefields
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluefishes
bluefishes
noun
plural of bluefish
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
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.
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
bowieful
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
buckfield
buffalofishes
bufferin
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
buffier
buffier
adj
comparative form of buffy: more buffy
buffiest
buffiest
adj
superlative form of buffy: most buffy
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
buffoonishness
bufonidae
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullfice
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bumblebeefish
bumblebeefishes
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
bushwife
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
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
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.
confluxible
confluxibleness
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
cubocuneiform
desulfovibrio
deuterofibrinose
diabolifuge
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
diffusible
diffusible
adj
Able to be diffused
diffusibleness
diffusibleness
noun
diffusibility
disfavourable
disfavourable
adj
Not favourable; unfavourable.
disqualifiable
disqualifiable
adj
Able to be disqualified.
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
effluviable
effluviable
adj
(rare) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.