(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.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
cathodofluorescence
chondrofibromatous
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
confoundedness
confoundedness
noun
The state or quality of being confounded.
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confounds
confounds
noun
plural of confound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confound
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.
conidiiferous
counterfessed
countrifiedness
countrifiedness
noun
The quality of being countrified.
countryfiedness
defocussing
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
demifusion
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfurisation
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
deuterofibrinose
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
diffusion
diffusion
noun
(marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
(physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
diffusionism
diffusionism
noun
The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West.
diffusionist
diffusionist
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusionism
noun
A proponent of diffusionism
diffusions
diffusions
noun
plural of diffusion
discontentful
discontentful
adj
Full of discontent.
disfavouring
disfavouring
verb
present participle of disfavour
disfiguration
disfiguration
noun
The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
disfortune
disfunction
disfunction
noun
(now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction
disfunctions
disfunctions
noun
plural of disfunction
disinfeudation
disqualification
disqualification
noun
(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role
The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified
disqualifications
disqualifications
noun
plural of disqualification
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
disulfoton
disulfoton
noun
A highly toxic organothiophosphate insecticide and acaricide, O,O-diethyl S-2-ethylthioethyl phosphorodithioate
disulfotons
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
dolefulness
dolefulness
noun
The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
doomfulness
doubtfulness
doubtfulness
noun
The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
dumbfounders
dumbfounders
noun
plural of dumbfounder
dumbfounds
dumbfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound
dumfounds
dumfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumfound
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
endosulfan
endosulfan
noun
(chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites
endosulfans
endosulfans
noun
plural of endosulfan
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
faradonervous
fastidiousness
fastidiousness
noun
The quality of being fastidious.
fastiduousness
fastiduousnesses
favouredness
favouredness
noun
(chiefly in combination) Quality of being favoured.
fecundations
fecundations
noun
plural of fecundation
feudalisation
feudalisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of feudalization
fidejussion
fidejussion
noun
(law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.
fidejussionary
filipendulous
filipendulous
adj
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
fishpound
fissidentaceous
fissidentaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Fissidentaceae.
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
flounders
flounders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder
fluidisation
fluidisation
noun
Alternative form of fluidization
fluidounces
fluidounces
noun
plural of fluidounce
fluoridations
fluoridations
noun
plural of fluoridation
fluoridisation
fluoridising
fluoridising
verb
present participle of fluoridise
foecunditatis
fondues
fondues
noun
plural of fondue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fondue
fondus
fondus
noun
plural of fondu
footpounds
footpounds
noun
plural of footpound
foregrounds
foregrounds
noun
plural of foreground
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground
foresound
foresound
noun
a sound made in advance
verb
(transitive) to sound in advance
fortitudinous
fortitudinous
adj
Having fortitude; courageous.
foulmouthedness
foulmouthedness
noun
The quality or state of being foul-mouthed.
foundationless
foundationless
adj
Without foundation; unfounded.
foundationlessness
foundationlessness
noun
Absence of a foundation.
foundations
foundations
noun
plural of foundation
founderous
founderous
adj
(archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.
founders
founders
noun
plural of founder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of founder
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
foundlings
foundlings
noun
plural of foundling
foundress
foundress
noun
(dated) A female founder (“one who founds or establishes”).
(metallurgy, obsolete, rare) A female founder (“one who founds or casts metals”).
(zoology, specifically) A female animal which establishes a colony.
foundries
foundries
noun
plural of foundry
foundrous
foundrous
adj
Alternative form of founderous
founds
founds
noun
plural of found
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of found
fountainheads
fountainheads
noun
plural of fountainhead
fourdriniers
fourdriniers
noun
plural of fourdrinier
fourstrand
foxhounds
foxhounds
noun
plural of foxhound
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
frondeurs
frondeurs
noun
plural of frondeur
frondiferous
frondiferous
adj
Producing fronds.
frondigerous
frondivorous
frondous
frondous
adj
(botany) frondose
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
funditores
fungoids
fungoids
noun
plural of fungoid
funipendulous
funipendulous
adj
(rare, obsolete) Hanging from a rope.
furanoside
furanoside
noun
(biochemistry) The furanose form of a glycoside
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
glandiferous
glandiferous
adj
Bearing acorns or other nuts.
glanduliferous
glanduliferous
adj
Bearing glandules.
gonidiferous
groundfishes
groundfishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of groundfish
houndfish
houndfish
noun
A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish.
Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
houndfishes
houndfishes
noun
plural of houndfish
houndsfoot
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hyperfastidiousness
immunodiffusion
immunodiffusion
noun
a technique used to detect the reaction between an antigen and an antibody by observing the behavior of a combination of such species as they diffuse through a gel
inconfused
inconfused
adj
(obsolete) Not confused; distinct.
inconfusedly
indiferous
indigoferous
indusiform
infandous
infandous
adj
(obsolete) Extremely odious
infusorioid
infusorioid
adj
Characteristic of the infusorians
interdiffusion
interdiffusion
noun
The mutual diffusion of two fluids, especially through a membrane
latifundios
lunsford
magnetofluiddynamics
magnetofluidmechanics
misfortuned
misfortuned
adj
(archaic) unlucky, unfortunate
molybdeniferous
molybdeniferous
adj
Containing or producing molybdenum.
multifoldness
multifoldness
noun
The property of being multifold.
nefandous
nefandous
adj
(archaic) Unspeakable, appalling.
nefandousness
nidifugous
nidifugous
adj
(biology, of a bird) That leaves the nest shortly after hatching.