(psychology) The belief that anything that exists must have been made by a conscious entity, such as God or a human being
basaltiform
basaltiform
adj
In the form of basalt; columnar.
bullmastiff
bullmastiff
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bullmastiff
bullmastiffs
bullmastiffs
noun
plural of bullmastiff
chloroformist
chloroformist
noun
(medicine, archaic) One who uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.
comfortabilities
comfortabilities
noun
plural of comfortability
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
crystalliform
crystalliform
adj
In the form of a crystal.
defilements
defilements
noun
plural of defilement
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomfortably
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsification
emulsification
noun
The process by which an emulsion is formed.
emulsifications
emulsifications
noun
plural of emulsification
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
facsimilist
facsimilist
noun
One who produces facsimiles.
factionalism
factionalism
noun
Conflict between factions.
The splitting of a group into factions.
factionalisms
factionalisms
noun
plural of factionalism
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
factualisms
factualisms
noun
plural of factualism
familiarisation
familiarisation
noun
Alternative spelling of familiarization
familiarities
familiarities
noun
plural of familiarity
familiarizations
familiarizations
noun
plural of familiarization
familist
familist
noun
(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
familistere
familistery
familistery
noun
A community in which many people unite, like a single family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
familistic
familistic
adj
Pertaining to familism.
familistical
familistical
adj
Alternative form of familistic
fantasmagorically
fatalism
fatalism
noun
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
fatalisms
fatalisms
noun
plural of fatalism
femalist
femalist
noun
(rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fetalism
feuilletonism
feuilletonism
noun
The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
fibroligamentous
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
filamentiferous
filamentiferous
adj
(archaic) filiferous
filamentose
filamentose
adj
Being hair- or thread-like.
Having the form of a thread, as in the thread in clothes.
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filaments
filaments
noun
plural of filament
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filibusterism
filibusterism
noun
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
(dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
filmiest
filmiest
adj
superlative form of filmy: most filmy
filmist
filmist
noun
A filmmaker.
One who watches or studies films.
filmset
filmset
adj
Created using a process of filmsetting.
verb
To typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
filmsets
filmsets
noun
plural of filmset
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filmset
filmsetter
filmsetter
noun
A filmsetting machine.
filmsetters
filmsetters
noun
plural of filmsetter
filmsetting
filmsetting
noun
Photocomposition of type.
verb
present participle of filmset
filmsettings
filmsettings
noun
plural of filmsetting
filmstrip
filmstrip
noun
(computer graphics) A file containing a sequence of images or video frames.
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
fimbristylis
finitesimal
firmisternal
firmisternal
adj
(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused both anteriorly and posteriorly.
firmisternial
fissipalmate
fissipalmation
fistmele
fistmele
noun
(archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
fistulatome
fistuliform
fistuliform
adj
Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
flagellantism
flagellantism
noun
The act of whipping oneself, typically for religious penance or for sexual excitement
flamboyantism
flamiest
flamiest
adj
superlative form of flamy: most flamy
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
flimsiest
flimsiest
adj
superlative form of flimsy: most flimsy
flimsilyst
flittermouse
flittermouse
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A bat (flying mammal).
florentinism
florimanist
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
fluorimeters
fluorimeters
noun
plural of fluorimeter
foetalism
foetalism
noun
Alternative form of fetalism
forisfamiliate
forisfamiliate
verb
(intransitive, law) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
(transitive, law) Of a father: to put (a son or daughter) in possession of land which the son or daughter accepts as their whole portion of the father's property.
forisfamiliation
forisfamiliation
noun
(law) The act of forisfamiliating.
formalisation
formalisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of formalization
formalist
formalist
adj
Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic
noun
An advocate of formalism
An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
formalistic
formalistic
adj
Formalist.
formalistically
formalistically
adv
in a formalistic manner
formalities
formalities
noun
plural of formality
formalizations
formalizations
noun
plural of formalization
formularisation
formularisation
noun
Alternative spelling of formularization
formularist
formularistic
formularistic
adj
Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.
formulations
formulations
noun
plural of formulation
formulisation
formulist
formulist
noun
One who exhibits an excessive reliance on, or adherence to, formulae.
formulistic
formulistic
adj
formulaic
fractionalism
fractionalism
noun
(politics) The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies.
fraternalism
fraternalism
noun
fraternal policies or practices; brotherliness
fulfillments
fulfillments
noun
plural of fulfillment
fulfilments
fulfilments
noun
plural of fulfilment
fulminates
fulminates
noun
plural of fulminate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fulminate
fulminations
fulminations
noun
plural of fulmination
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
funambulists
funambulists
noun
plural of funambulist
functionalism
functionalism
noun
(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
(linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics
(philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
(social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
fundamentalism
fundamentalism
noun
(by extension) A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets.
(finance) The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument.
(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
fundamentalist
fundamentalist
noun
(Christianity) Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles.
(derogatory) A fundamentalist Christian.
(finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
fundamentalistic
fundamentalistic
adj
Fundamentalist.
fundamentalists
fundamentalists
noun
plural of fundamentalist
futilitarianism
futilitarianism
noun
The belief that all human activity is futile.
halftimes
halftimes
noun
plural of halftime
highfalutinism
highfalutinism
noun
highfalutin language or behaviour
immunofluorescent
immunofluorescent
adj
Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
implementiferous
implementiferous
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
impossibilification
infantilism
infantilism
noun
(sexuality) A paraphilia based on the sight or feeling of diapers, or being diapered.
An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.
infantilisms
infantilisms
noun
plural of infantilism
inferentialism
inferentialism
noun
(philosophy) Inferential role semantics: an approach to the theory of meaning that identifies the meaning of an expression with its (typically inferential) relationship to other expressions.
infinitesimal
infinitesimal
adj
(informal) Very small.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
noun
(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
infinitesimalism
infinitesimality
infinitesimally
infinitesimally
adv
In an infinitesimal manner.
To an infinitesimal degree.
infinitesimalness
infinitesimalness
noun
The quality of being infinitesimal.
infinitesimals
infinitesimals
noun
plural of infinitesimal
inflammabilities
inflammabilities
noun
plural of inflammability
inflammations
inflammations
noun
plural of inflammation
inflationism
inflationism
noun
(economics) A policy or belief that encourages inflation.
informalist
informalist
noun
An artist working in the style of informalism.
informalities
informalities
noun
plural of informality
infranaturalism
infrastigmatal
interfilamentous
interfilamentous
adj
Between filaments.
intertransformability
intertransformability
noun
The ability to transform into each other.
intertransformable
intertransformable
adj
Able to transform into each other.
intransformable
intransformable
adj
Not transformable
leftism
leftism
noun
Belief in the principles of left-wing politics.
leftisms
leftisms
noun
plural of leftism
leitmotifs
leitmotifs
noun
plural of leitmotif
lifetimes
lifetimes
noun
plural of lifetime
magnetofluiddynamics
magnetofluidmechanics
malefactions
malefactions
noun
plural of malefaction
malformations
malformations
noun
plural of malformation
malfunctions
malfunctions
noun
plural of malfunction
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malfunction
manifestable
manifestable
adj
Capable of being manifested.
manifestational
manifestational
adj
Relating to manifestation.
manifestatively
manifestatively
adv
In a manifestative manner.
manifestly
manifestly
adv
In a manifest manner; obviously.
materfamilias
materfamilias
noun
The female head of a household
metalliferous
metalliferous
adj
(metallurgy) Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.