(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.
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
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
auldfarrantlike
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.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
benzdifuran
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
blumenfeld
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bufidin
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bufonidae
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butteryfingered
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
cathodofluorescence
cauldrifeness
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
chondrofibromatous
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
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
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confound
confound
noun
(statistics) A confounding variable.
verb
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
(sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To perplex or puzzle.
To stun or amaze.
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
confounding
confounding
noun
(epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
verb
present participle of confound
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confoundment
confoundment
noun
something which is or has been confounded
the state of being confounded
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.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
conidiiferous
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
cundiff
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
deafmuteness
deathfulness
deathfulness
noun
An appearance suggestive of death.
deceitfulness
deceitfulness
noun
The state or quality of being deceitful.
deceitfulnesses
deceitfulnesses
noun
plural of deceitfulness
defaultant
defaultant
noun
Synonym 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
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
definiendum
definiendum
noun
(semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.
definitude
definitude
noun
definiteness
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
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
defluent
defluent
adj
Running downward; decurrent.
defluxion
defluxion
noun
(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.
(obsolete) A flowing down; a running down.
defocussing
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defunct
defunct
adj
(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.
(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
(now rare) Deceased, dead.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
The dead person (referred to).
verb
To make defunct.
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
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.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
defusing
defusing
verb
present participle of defuse
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.
defuzing
defuzing
verb
present participle of defuze
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
dehumidifying
dehumidifying
verb
present participle of dehumidify
delightfulness
delightfulness
noun
The state or quality of being delightful.
demiflouncing
demifusion
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dernful
dernful
adj
(obsolete) secret; lonely, sad, mournful
designful
designful
adj
Full of designs; scheming.
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
designfulness
designfulness
noun
The state or quality of being designful.
desirefulness
desirefulness
noun
The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.
despairfulness
despairfulness
noun
The quality of being despairful.
despitefulness
despitefulness
noun
The state or quality of being despiteful.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
destuffing
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
desulfurisation
desulfurising
desulfurising
verb
present participle of desulfurise
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
desulfurizing
desulfurizing
verb
present participle of desulfurize
deuterofibrinose
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
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.