(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
amidocaffeine
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
archfounder
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
boldfacedness
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
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
chondrofetal
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
coffined
coffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffin
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
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
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
coinferred
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.
A supporter of confederation.
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confederator
confederator
noun
(obsolete) A confederate.
conferred
conferred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confer
conferted
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confervoideae
confessed
confessed
adj
Which one admits or avows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confess
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own confession.
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
confide
confide
verb
(intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
(intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
(transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
confided
confided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confide
confidence
confidence
noun
(dated) Boldness; presumption.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Self-assurance.
confidences
confidences
noun
plural of confidence
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confident
confident
adj
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Very sure of something; positive.
noun
Obsolete form of confidant.
confidente
confidente
noun
A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
Misspelling of confidante.
confidential
confidential
adj
(dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
(dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentialness
confidentialness
noun
The state or quality of being confidential.
confidentiary
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidentness
confidentness
noun
The state or quality of being confident.
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
confides
confides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide
confidingness
confidingness
noun
The state or quality of being confiding.
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confined
confined
adj
In childbed.
Limited; narrow; restricted.
Not free to move.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confine
confinedly
confinedness
confinedness
noun
The state or condition of being confined; lack of space.
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
confiscated
confiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confiscate
confixed
confixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confix
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conflated
conflated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflate
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
conformed
conformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conform
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
confounded
confounded
adj
confused, astonished
damned, accursed, bloody
defeated, thwarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundedness
confoundedness
noun
The state or quality of being confounded.
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confoundment
confoundment
noun
something which is or has been confounded
the state of being confounded
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confusedness
confusedness
noun
The state or quality of being confused.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
conidiiferous
consignified
consignified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consignify
cornfed
cornfed
adj
(informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).
(informal, sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
(not comparable, of an animal) Fed on corn.
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornified
cornified
adj
(informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Converted into horn; horny.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornify
counterdefender
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterdraft
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit
counterfessed
counterreflected
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countrifiedness
countrifiedness
noun
The quality of being countrified.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
crookfingered
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
deacidification
deacidification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of removing or neutralizing acid
decalcification
decalcification
noun
The loss of calcium, as from the soil or from teeth or bones.
decertification
decertification
noun
The act or process of decertifying.
decertificaton
declassification
declassification
noun
The process of declassifying.
declassifications
declassifications
noun
plural of declassification
defalcation
defalcation
noun
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
defection
defection
noun
An act or incidence of defecting.
defectionist
defectionist
noun
One who advocates or encourages defection.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflectionization
deflectionize
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
deflocculant
deflocculant
noun
A deflocculating agent.
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
deflocculation
deflocculation
noun
The dispersion of an aggregate to form a stable colloid; the reverse of coagulation or flocculation
deflocculent
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin