containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amidofluoride
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amyliferous
antimoniferous
antimoniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing antimony.
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
atomiferous
auriflamme
auriflamme
noun
Obsolete spelling of oriflamme
autofermentation
autofermentation
noun
endogenous fermentation
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calamiferious
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
caprimulgiformes
casuariiformes
ceruminiferous
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
chromiferous
chromiferous
adj
Containing, or yielding chromium.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
circumfer
circumfer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
circumference
circumference
noun
(geometry) The length of such a line
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
(graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
circumferences
circumferences
noun
plural of circumference
circumferent
circumferential
circumferential
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumflexes
circumflexes
noun
plural of circumflex
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
circumfluence
circumfluence
noun
A flowing round on all sides; an enclosing with fluid.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumforaneous
circumforaneous
adj
(by extension) Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex.
Wandering from place to place or market to market.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
circumfused
circumfused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse
circumfuses
circumfuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumfuse
circumfusile
circumfusile
adj
(nonce word) Capable of being poured or spread around.
cirmcumferential
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
colubriformes
columbiferous
columbiferous
adj
That contains or yields columbium
columbiformes
columelliform
columelliform
adj
Having the form of a columella.
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comiferous
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
confricamentum
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
counteraffirm
counteraffirmation
counterfeitment
counterfeitment
noun
counterfeiting
countermanifesto
countermanifesto
noun
A manifesto opposing another manifesto.
countermanifestoes
counterreformation
creamfruit
crimeful
crimeful
adj
criminal; wicked; illegal
cubocuneiform
cuculiformes
culmiferous
culmiferous
adj
(botany) Having jointed stems or culms.
(mineralogy) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
cuneiform
cuneiform
adj
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
(anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
cuneiformist
cuneiformist
noun
A specialist or expert in cuneiform.
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
dehumidifier
dehumidifier
noun
A device for removing the moisture content from air
dehumidifiers
dehumidifiers
noun
plural of dehumidifier
demifigure
demulsifier
demulsifier
noun
(chemistry) Any substance used to break an emulsion into its constituent liquids.
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
diatomiferous
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.
diffusimeter
diffusiometer
discomfiture
discomfiture
noun
(obsolete) Defeat in battle
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.
discomfitures
discomfitures
noun
plural of discomfiture
disfeaturement
disfigurement
disfigurement
noun
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured
disfigurements
disfigurements
noun
plural of disfigurement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
dreamingful
dreyfusism
drumfire
drumfire
noun
Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
drumfires
drumfires
noun
plural of drumfire
drumfishes
drumfishes
noun
plural of drumfish
dumfries
dumfries
Proper noun
A town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and the former county town of
A town in Virginia.
dumfriesshire
dumfriesshire
Proper noun
a historic county in Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Region. Its county town was
dunfermline
dunfermline
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
echinuliform
echinuliform
adj
Resembling small spines.
ectocuneiform
ectocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones of the tarsus.
ectocuniform
effusiometer
effusiometer
noun
A device that measures the rate of effusion of a gas.
embryoniferous
embryoniferous
adj
(biology) Having an embryo.
emulsifier
emulsifier
noun
A substance that helps an emulsion form, or helps keep an emulsion from separating.
emulsifiers
emulsifiers
noun
plural of emulsifier
entocuneiform
entocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) The outermost of the cuneiform bones
entocuniform
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
eruciform
eruciform
adj
Shaped like a caterpillar.
excipuliform
facioscapulohumeral
facioscapulohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy.
femorofibular
femorofibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the femur and the fibula.
femororotulian
fermentitious
fermentitious
adj
Exhibiting or relating to fermentation.
fermium
fermium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
fermiums
ferroaluminum
ferroaluminum
noun
Alternative form of ferroaluminium
ferrocerium
ferrocerium
noun
A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
ferrochromium
ferrochromium
noun
An alloy of iron and chromium
ferrotitanium
ferrotitanium
noun
An alloy of iron with 15-45% titanium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadium
noun
An alloy of iron and up to 55% vanadium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferrozirconium
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
ferruminated
ferruminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferruminate
ferruminating
ferruminating
verb
present participle of ferruminate
ferrumination
ferrumination
noun
(obsolete) The soldering or uniting of metals.
feuillemorte
feuillemorte
adj
Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown.
fibroligamentous
fibromembranous
fibroneuroma
fieulamort
figuresome
figuresome
adj
Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape
filamentiferous
filamentiferous
adj
(archaic) filiferous
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.
fimbrilliferous
fimetarious
fimetarious
adj
Growing on dung.
firmisternous
firmitude
firmitude
noun
(obsolete) strength; stability
flabellarium
flammiferous
flammiferous
adj
Producing flame.
flammigerous
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.