(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdrops
aftergood
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterwisdom
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
altdorf
altdorfer
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cathodofluorescence
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrofetal
chondrofibromatous
confarreated
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.
confidentiary
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
counterdraft
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
danforth
dartford
dartford
Proper noun
a town and borough in Kent, England.
deafforest
deafforest
verb
(transitive) To change the status of (a forest) so that it is no longer legally regarded as forest land.
deafforestation
decertification
decertification
noun
The act or process of decertifying.
decertificaton
dedifferentiation
dedifferentiation
noun
(biology) The biological process whereby cells revert from a specialized function to a simpler or less specialized form.
The loss or reversal of differentiation.
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defalcators
defalcators
noun
plural of defalcator
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defecator
defecator
noun
(archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
One who defecates.
defenestration
defenestration
noun
(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillation
defibrillation
noun
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrillator
defibrillator
noun
(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
defibrillatory
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
deflagration
deflagration
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deflagrator
deflagrator
noun
(historical) An electrical device for producing rapid combustion.
Something which deflagrates.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deflator
deflator
noun
(economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
That which deflates.
deflators
deflators
noun
plural of deflator
deflocculator
deflorate
deflorate
adj
(botany) Past the flowering state.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To take the virginity of; to deflower.
(transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from.
defloration
defloration
noun
the act of deflowering
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
defoliators
defoliators
noun
plural of defoliator
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
deformations
deformations
noun
plural of deformation
deformative
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defrication
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
democratifiable
denitrification
denitrification
noun
The process by which a nitrate becomes molecular nitrogen, especially by the action of bacteria.
denitrificator
denitrificator
noun
Synonym of denitrator
dermoossification
desaccharification
desertification
desertification
noun
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfurisation
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
devitrification
devitrification
noun
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diatomiferous
diatrymiformes
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.
diffareation
diffarreation
diffarreation
noun
(historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
differentiation
differentiation
noun
(biology) The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
(biology, evolution) The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
(geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
(mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
The process of developing distinct components.
differentiations
differentiations
noun
plural of differentiation
differentiator
differentiator
noun
Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature.
differentiators
differentiators
noun
plural of differentiator
diffraction
diffraction
noun
(physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
diffractional
diffractional
adj
Relating to, or caused by diffraction
diffractions
diffractions
noun
plural of diffraction
diffractometer
diffractometer
noun
A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter.
digitaliform
disaffirmation
disaffirmation
noun
Repudiation of self or other.
The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
disafforest
disafforest
verb
(UK, law) To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land
To deforest
disafforestation
disafforestation
noun
(law, now historical) The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
(now rare) Deforestation.
disafforestment
disafforestment
noun
disafforestation
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomfortably
disconfirmation
disconfirmation
noun
(chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
(countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
diselectrification
disfiguration
disfiguration
noun
The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
disforestation
disforestation
noun
Archaic form of deforestation.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
disinformation
disinformation
noun
Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content. Intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
verb
(transitive) To use disinformation.
dispersonification
dispersonification
noun
The process of dispersonifying.
disprofitable
disprofitable
adj
(obsolete) unprofitable
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfactoriness
dissatisfactoriness
noun
The state or condition of being dissatisfactory.
dissatisfactory
dissatisfactory
adj
Causing dissatisfaction.
diversification
diversification
noun
(finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
The act, or the result, of diversifying.
diversifications
diversifications
noun
plural of diversification
diversiflorate
diversifoliate
dowfart
downdraft
downdraft
noun
(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.