(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.
afterreckoning
agariciform
agariciform
adj
Having the form of an agaric
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
archaeopterygiformes
brachiofaciolingual
camouflager
camouflager
noun
A person skilled in the art of camouflage.
A person who camouflages things.
camouflagers
camouflagers
noun
plural of camouflager
caprimulgiformes
cartilaginification
cartilaginification
noun
The formation of cartilage.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
chloroforming
chloroforming
verb
present participle of chloroform
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coffeegrower
coffeegrower
noun
One who grows coffee.
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
coffering
coffering
verb
present participle of coffer
cofighter
cofreighter
coglorify
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinferring
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
conferencing
conferencing
verb
present participle of conference
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configurating
configurating
verb
present participle of configurate
configuration
configuration
noun
(algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
(physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
configurational
configurational
adj
(grammar) Of a language: having a relatively fixed style of grammar where the subject of a sentence is outside the finite verb phrase but the object is inside it.
Of or pertaining to a configuration.
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
configurationism
configurationism
noun
(psychology) Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology
configurationist
configurations
configurations
noun
plural of configuration
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
configure
configure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conflagrating
conflagrating
verb
present participle of conflagrate
conflagration
conflagration
noun
(figuratively) A large-scale conflict.
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
conflagrations
conflagrations
noun
plural of conflagration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conflagrator
conflagrator
noun
(rare) One who starts a fire.
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
confragose
confronting
confronting
adj
Causing distress; upsetting.
verb
present participle of confront
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
congelifraction
congelifraction
noun
the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water.
consignificator
contrafagotto
contrafagotto
noun
contrabassoon
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
corticifugal
corticifugal
adj
(anatomy) Leading away from the cerebral cortex
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
counterfeiting
counterfeiting
noun
The act of one who counterfeits.
verb
present participle of counterfeit
counterflange
counterflashing
counterflashing
noun
(construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
counterflight
counterfugue
counterfugue
noun
(music) A fugue in which the answer or imitation to the melody is played in an inverse manner.
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
countershafting
countershafting
verb
present participle of countershaft
cragford
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
crookfingered
crossfiring
crossruffing
crossruffing
verb
present participle of crossruff
deforcing
deforcing
verb
present participle of deforce
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
efflorescing
efflorescing
verb
present participle of effloresce
electrofishing
electrofishing
noun
a kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
electroforming
electroforming
noun
The manufacture of shaped components by electrodeposition on a pattern or mandrel.
electrorefining
electrorefining
noun
A process, similar to electrowinning, for the removal of impurities from a metal.
enforcing
enforcing
verb
present participle of enforce
enforcingly
enforcingly
adv
So as to enforce.
ergocalciferol
ergocalciferol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁ and vitamin D₂.
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
factorage
factorage
noun
The business of a factor.
The commission paid to a factor
factoring
factoring
noun
(mathematics) The process of factorization.
A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
verb
present participle of factor
factorizing
factorizing
noun
factorization
verb
present participle of factorize
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fantasmagoric
fantasmagorically
femorococcygeal
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrocyanogen
ferrocyanogen
noun
(chemistry) The tetravalent radical Fe(CN)₆.
ferromagnetic
ferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
ferromagneticism
fetichmonger
fibrinogenetic
fibrinogenetic
adj
Of or relating to fibrinogenesis.
fibrinogenic
fibrinogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That produces fibrin
fibrinogenically
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilage
noun
A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fibrohemorrhagic
fictioneering
fictioneering
noun
The writing of fiction.
fictionmonger
fictionmonger
noun
(derogatory) A teller of lies.
(derogatory) A writer of fiction.
flagellariaceous
flagellariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Flagellariaceae.
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
florigenic
florigenic
adj
(botany) Promoting flowering or the formation of flowers.
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
fluctigerous
fluorescigenic
fluorescigenous
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluorographic
fluorographic
adj
Relating to fluorography.
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
fogscoffer
forcing
forcing
adj
(bridge) Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
noun
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
(photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
(set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
verb
present participle of force
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
foreaccounting
forecarriage
forecarriage
noun
The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled carriage.
forecasting
forecasting
noun
A forecast or prediction.
verb
present participle of forecast
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
forecatching
forecatharping
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
foreclosing
foreclosing
noun
An act of foreclosure.
verb
present participle of foreclose
forecomingness
foreglance
foreglance
noun
A glance that is forward or beforehand.
verb
(transitive) To glance forward or beforehand.
foreguidance
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
forereaching
forereaching
verb
present participle of forereach
foreschooling
formagenic
formicating
formicating
verb
present participle of formicate
fornicating
fornicating
verb
present participle of fornicate
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.