(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
aftercomer
aftercomer
noun
One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
ammocoetiform
anticonfederationism
anticonformities
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
archaeopterygiformes
bacteriform
bracteiform
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
capitelliform
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
celtiform
centrisciform
chlorofluoromethane
chlorofluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halogenated derivative of methane containing both chlorine and fluorine; but especially CH₂ClF, sometimes used as a refrigerant
chloroformate
chloroformate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of chloroformic acid
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
circumferent
circumferential
circumferential
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
cirmcumferential
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
cofermentation
cofermentation
noun
The simultaneous fermentation of two materials
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
comforters
comforters
noun
plural of comforter
comfortless
comfortless
adj
(of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
(of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
comfortlessness
comfortlessness
noun
The state or quality of being comfortless.
comfortress
comfortress
noun
(rare) A woman who comforts.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederatism
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conferments
conferments
noun
plural of conferment
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmment
conformate
conformities
conformities
noun
plural of conformity
confricamenta
confricamentum
confrontment
confrontment
noun
Confrontation.
counteraffirm
counteraffirmation
counterfeitment
counterfeitment
noun
counterfeiting
counterferment
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
countermanifesto
countermanifesto
noun
A manifesto opposing another manifesto.
countermanifestoes
counterreform
counterreform
noun
Opposition to reform.
counterreformation
counterreforms
counterreforms
noun
plural of counterreform
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmaster
craftsmaster
noun
One who is skilled in a craft or trade.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crateriform
crateriform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a shallow bowl.
creamfruit
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
cromfordite
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cumflutter
cuneiformist
cuneiformist
noun
A specialist or expert in cuneiform.
cyanformate
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deflectometer
deflectometer
noun
An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
deforcement
deforcement
noun
(law) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
(law, Scotland) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
deforcements
deforcements
noun
plural of deforcement
democratifiable
dermoossification
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
diffractometer
diffractometer
noun
A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.
discomfiter
discomfiture
discomfiture
noun
(obsolete) Defeat in battle
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.
discomfitures
discomfitures
noun
plural of discomfiture
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomforted
discomforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discomfort
discomforter
discomforter
noun
One who causes discomfort.
disconformities
disconformities
noun
plural of disconformity
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
ectocuneiform
ectocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones of the tarsus.
ectocuniform
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
electroform
electroform
verb
To manufacture by the electroforming process.
electroforming
electroforming
noun
The manufacture of shaped components by electrodeposition on a pattern or mandrel.
electroforms
electroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroform
enforcement
enforcement
noun
A giving force to; a putting in execution.
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
enforcements
enforcements
noun
plural of enforcement
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
enterochromaffin
enterochromaffin
adj
(cytology) Describing epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa that contain serotonin; they are stained using chromium salts
entocuneiform
entocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) The outermost of the cuneiform bones
entocuniform
epididymodeferentectomy
exemplificator
extractiform
extractiform
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.
farcemeat
farcemeat
noun
Alternative form of forcemeat
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
ferrimagnetic
ferrimagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferrimagnetism.
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
ferromagnetic
ferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
ferromagneticism
fetichmonger
fibrocement
fibrocement
noun
A composite of cement and cellulose fibres.
fibromyectomy
fibromyomectomy
fictionmonger
fictionmonger
noun
(derogatory) A teller of lies.
(derogatory) A writer of fiction.
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
firstcomer
firstcomer
noun
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
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.
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
flittermice
flittermice
noun
plural of flittermouse, an alternative spelling of flitter-mouse
flittermmice
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
fluorimetric
fluorimetric
adj
Alternative form of fluorometric
fluorometric
fluorometric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
focimeter
focimeter
noun
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometer
focometer
noun
Alternative form of focimeter
focometry
forcemeat
forcemeat
noun
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
forcement
forcement
noun
(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
foreaccustom
foreannouncement
foreannouncement
noun
An announcement made in advance; a notification or declaration beforehand.
forecastleman
forecastleman
noun
A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.