(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
amidofluoride
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifeudalization
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
blindfolded
blindfolded
adj
Wearing a blindfold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
blindfoldedly
blindfoldedness
blindfoldedness
noun
The state or quality of being blindfolded.
blindfolder
blindfolder
noun
One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
bloomfield
bloomfield
Proper noun
A town in Connecticut
A town in Indiana
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A township in New Jersey
A city in New Mexico
A village in New York
A community in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Vermont
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
bonfield
borofluoride
borofluoride
noun
(chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
bradfordsville
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
brookfield
broomfield
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
burfordville
chloralformamide
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
closefisted
closefisted
adj
Unwilling to spend money; stingy
closefistedly
closefistedness
coalfield
coalfield
noun
Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalified
coalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coalify
cofield
complexified
complexified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complexify
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confidential
confidential
adj
(dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
(dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentialness
confidentialness
noun
The state or quality of being confidential.
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confinedly
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
copperfield
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cotesfield
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
cycadofilicale
cycadofilicales
cycadofilices
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodillies
daffodillies
noun
plural of daffodilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
decalcification
decalcification
noun
The loss of calcium, as from the soil or from teeth or bones.
decemfoliate
decemfoliolate
declassification
declassification
noun
The process of declassifying.
declassifications
declassifications
noun
plural of declassification
defalcation
defalcation
noun
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defibrillation
defibrillation
noun
The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrillator
defibrillator
noun
(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
defibrillatory
defiliation
defiliation
noun
The abstraction of a child from its parents.
definitional
definitional
adj
Of or relating to a definition.
Used to define something.
deflagration
deflagration
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deflation
deflation
noun
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
(economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction.
(geology) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.
An act or instance of deflating.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deflationist
deflationist
noun
A supporter of deflationism.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflectionization
deflectionize
deflections
deflections
noun
plural of deflection
deflexion
deflexion
noun
UK spelling of deflection
deflexionize
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
defloration
defloration
noun
the act of deflowering
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
deflourish
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
defluxion
defluxion
noun
(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.
(obsolete) A flowing down; a running down.
defoil
defoil
verb
To defile or despoil.
defoliage
defoliant
defoliant
noun
An agent used to defoliate plants.
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
defoliate
defoliate
adj
Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
verb
(transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
defoliated
defoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defoliate
defoliates
defoliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoliate
defoliating
defoliating
verb
present participle of defoliate
defoliation
defoliation
noun
The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
defoliations
defoliations
noun
plural of defoliation
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
defoliators
defoliators
noun
plural of defoliator
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformalize
deformalize
Verb
To make informal.
deformalized
deformalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deformalize
deformalizes
deformalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deformalize
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
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.
delignification
delignification
noun
The removal of lignin, typically from wood pulp
deltafication
deltafication
noun
The formation of a delta or deltas.
demiflouncing
demiofficial
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
democratifiable
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
desilicification
desilicification
noun
The removal of impregnated silica
desulfovibrio
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfurisation
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
diabolifuge
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.
dierolf
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
dihdroxycholecalciferol
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dinoflagellata
dinoflagellatae
dinoflagellate
dinoflagellate
noun
Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
dinoflagellida
diolefin
diolefin
noun
(organic chemistry) An olefin that has two double bonds; a diene