Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
avifauna
avifauna
noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
avifaunae
avifaunal
avifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to avifauna.
avifaunally
avifaunas
avifaunas
noun
plural of avifauna
avifaunistic
burfordville
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
counteroffensive
counteroffensive
noun
US spelling of counter-offensive
counteroffensives
counteroffensives
noun
plural of counteroffensive
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
defluvium
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
desulfovibrio
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
devicefully
devicefully
adv
In a deviceful manner.
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
diffusive
diffusive
adj
(sciences) Pertaining to diffusion.
Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.
That diffuses something; disseminating.
That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
diffusively
diffusively
adv
In a diffusive manner
With regard to diffusion
diffusiveness
diffusiveness
noun
The state or quality of being diffusive.
diffusivity
diffusivity
noun
(physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time
A tendency to diffuse
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
disfavourable
disfavourable
adj
Not favourable; unfavourable.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disfavouring
disfavouring
verb
present participle of disfavour
disfigurative
disfigurative
adj
disfiguring
diversiflorous
diversifolious
effluvia
effluviable
effluviable
adj
(rare) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
effluvial
effluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to effluvia.
effluvias
effluviate
effluviate
verb
(intransitive) To give forth effluvium.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
effluvious
effluvium
effluvium
noun
A condition causing the shedding of hair.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
effluviums
effluviums
noun
plural of effluvium
effluvivia
effluviviums
effusive
effusive
adj
(archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.
(geology, of igneous rock) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.
Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
effusively
effusively
adv
In an effusive manner.
effusiveness
effusiveness
noun
The state of being effusive.
effuviate
euflavine
faculative
facultative
facultative
adj
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
That grants permission or power to do something.
facultatively
facultatively
adv
In a facultative manner
famulative
fauvism
fauvism
noun
An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.
fauvisms
fauvist
fauvist
adj
Of or pertaining to fauvism.
noun
An artist who used this style.
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
favaginous
favaginous
adj
(obsolete) Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.
favelidium
favellidium
favellidium
noun
A compound favella in seaweeds.
faveoluli
favianus
favillous
favillous
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
favonius
favonius
Proper noun
The god of the west wind. He is also the husband of Flora and the father of Karpos. He is the Roman counterpart of Zephyrus.
favouring
favouring
verb
present participle of favour
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadium
noun
An alloy of iron and up to 55% vanadium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
festivous
festivous
adj
Pertaining to a feast; festive.
feudovassalism
fibrovascular
fibrovascular
adj
Having both fibrous and vascular tissue
figurative
figurative
adj
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
Metaphorically so called.
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
With many figures of speech.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
figurativeness
figurativeness
noun
The property of being figurative.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
flammivomous
flammivomous
adj
(poetic) Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.
flavius
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
fluavil
fluavil
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha as a yellow resinous substance.
fluavile
fluvial
fluvial
adj
Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
fluvialist
fluvialist
noun
One who explains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
fluviatic
fluviatic
adj
Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile.
fluviatile
fluviatile
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial.
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream
fluvicoline
fluvio
fluvioglacial
fluvioglacial
adj
(geology) Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluviology
fluviology
noun
The study of rivers.
fluviomarine
fluviomarine
adj
(geology) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
fluviose
fluvioterrestrial
fluvioterrestrial
adj
Relating to land and fresh water, but not the seas.
fluvious
fluviovolcanic
fluxive
fluxive
adj
flowing; lacking solidity
formicivorous
formicivorous
adj
(entomology) Feeding on ants.
fountainville
foveolarious
frequentative
frequentative
adj
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
frivolous
frivolous
adj
(law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
frivolously
frivolously
adv
In a frivolous manner
frivolousness
frivolousness
noun
(countable) The result of being frivolous.
(uncountable) The quality of being frivolous.
frondivorous
fructificative
fructivorous
fructivorous
adj
fruit-eating
frugivora
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
fruitive
fruitive
adj
(obsolete) enjoying; possessing
fruitvale
fruitvale
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in California
A in Colorado
An unincorporated community in Tennessee
A town in Texas
An unincorporated community in Washington
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
fucivorous
fucivorous
adj
Feeding primarily on seaweeds.
fugitive
fugitive
adj
Elusive or difficult to retain.
Fleeing or running away; escaping.
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
noun
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
fugitively
fugitively
adv
In a fugitive manner.
fugitiveness
fugitiveness
noun
The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
fugitives
fugitives
noun
plural of fugitive
fugitivism
fugitivity
fugitivity
noun
The state of being a fugitive.
fultonville
fulvi
fulvia
fulviah
fulvid
fulvid
adj
Fulvous; tawny-coloured.
fulvidness
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furivae
furnivall
furtive
furtive
adj
Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving.
Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily.
furtively
furtively
adv
In a furtive manner.
furtiveness
furtiveness
noun
The quality of being furtive.
furtivenesses
furtivenesses
noun
plural of furtiveness
griseofulvin
griseofulvin
noun
(pharmacology) An antifungal drug C₁₇H₁₇ClO₆ obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals against fungal infections of the hair and skin.
indifulvin
indifulvin
noun
(organic chemistry) A reddish resinous substance obtained from indican.
influencive
influencive
adj
(rare) influential
influxive
influxive
adj
(obsolete) Having influence; influential.
Having a tendency to flow inward.
infraclavicular
infraclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Below the clavicle.
infusive
infusive
adj
Having the power of infusion; inspiring; influencing.
interdiffusive
interdiffusiveness
interfluve
interfluve
noun
(geology) The region of higher land between two connected river valleys.