(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
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.
afterstudy
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
aidful
aidful
adj
Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
antidandruff
antidandruff
adj
Countering or preventing dandruff.
antidiffuser
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifeudalist
antifeudalist
adj
Synonym of antifeudal
noun
Somebody opposed to feudalism.
antifeudalistic
antifeudalization
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antifundamentalism
antifundamentalism
noun
Opposition to fundamentalism.
antifundamentalist
antifundamentalist
noun
One who opposes fundamentalism.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
archfounder
argufied
argufied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argufy
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
ascidiferous
auldfarrantlike
aurified
aurified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aurify
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
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.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
ballyllumford
beadflush
beauford
beautified
beautified
adj
Having been made beautiful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beautify
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
benzdifuran
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
blackfigured
bluffdale
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
buffleheaded
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bufonidae
burglarproofed
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
carfuffled
cathodofluorescence
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
caudofemoral
caudofemoral
adj
(anatomy) caudal and femoral
cauldrife
cauldrifeness
caulfield
caustified
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chauffeured
chauffeured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chauffeur
chondrofibromatous
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
counterdraft
dainful
damnificatus
dandruff
dandruff
noun
scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
verb
To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
dandruffs
dandruffs
noun
plural of dandruff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandruff
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerful
dangerful
adj
(obsolete) Fraught with danger; hazardous.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
danuloff
dareful
dareful
adj
Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.
darfur
darfur
Proper noun
A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
dauerlauf
dauerschlaf
dauerschlaf
noun
a prolonged sleep therapy
deafmuteness
dearthfu
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
deathfully
deathfully
adv
In a deathful manner.
deathfulness
deathfulness
noun
An appearance suggestive of death.
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
debatefully
defamous
defamous
adj
(obsolete) defamatory
default
default
noun
(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
(finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
(law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
(obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
(obsolete) Lack; absence.
(often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
verb
(intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
(intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
defaultant
defaultant
noun
Synonym of defaulter
defaulted
defaulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of default
defaulter
defaulter
noun
one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
defaulters
defaulters
noun
plural of defaulter
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defaultless
defaultless
adj
Without failure to meet an obligation; properly fulfilled.
defaults
defaults
noun
plural of default
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of default
defaulture
defeature
defeature
noun
Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.
verb
(rare) To deform.
defeudalize
defeudalize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of feudal character or form.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
deflocculant
deflocculant
noun
A deflocculating agent.
deflocculate
deflocculate
verb
To disperse an agglomerate into fine particles and form a colloid
deflocculated
deflocculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deflocculate
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
deflocculator
defraud
defraud
verb
(archaic) To deprive.
(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defrauded
defrauded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defraud
defrauder
defrauder
noun
One who defrauds.
defrauders
defrauders
noun
plural of defrauder
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defrauds
defrauds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud
defunctionalization
defunctionalization
noun
(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
defunctionalize
defunctionalize
verb
(computing, programming) To subject to defunctionalization.
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
delayful
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
desulfurate
desulfurate
verb
Alternative form of desulphurate
desulfurated
desulfurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desulfurate
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfurisation
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
dfault
diabolifuge
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
diatomiferous
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
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.
difflugia
diffusate
diffusate
noun
(chemistry) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
difunctional
difunctional
adj
bifunctional
disdainful
disdainful
adj
Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.