The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adiantiform
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
afficionado
afficionado
noun
Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”)
afficionados
afficionados
noun
plural of afficionado
affidation
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionadas
aficionadas
noun
plural of aficionada
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
aficionados
aficionados
noun
plural of aficionado
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
alodification
amidocaffeine
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifeudalization
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
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.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
blandfordia
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.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bufonidae
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
choanoflagellida
choanoflagellidae
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrofibromatous
codification
codification
noun
The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
codifications
codifications
noun
plural of codification
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederatio
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
confederationist
adj
(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
noun
(Canada, chiefly historical) A supporter of Canadian Confederation.
A supporter of confederation.
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confervoideae
confidant
confidant
noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
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.
confidentiary
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confiscated
confiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confiscate
cycadofilicinean
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) daffodil
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
noun
(informal) the daffodil.
daffydowndilly
daffydowndilly
noun
Alternative form of daffadowndilly
damnification
damnification
noun
That which causes damage or loss.
dampproofing
dampproofing
noun
Alternative spelling of damp proofing
dandification
dandification
noun
The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
deacidification
deacidification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of removing or neutralizing acid
deafforestation
decalcification
decalcification
noun
The loss of calcium, as from the soil or from teeth or bones.
decertification
decertification
noun
The act or process of decertifying.
decertificaton
declassification
declassification
noun
The process of declassifying.
declassifications
declassifications
noun
plural of declassification
dedifferentiation
dedifferentiation
noun
(biology) The biological process whereby cells revert from a specialized function to a simpler or less specialized form.
The loss or reversal of differentiation.
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
defamation
defamation
noun
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
defamations
defamations
noun
plural of defamation
defatigation
defatigation
noun
Fatigue; weariness.
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
defedation
defedation
noun
The process of polluting or making filthy; pollution.
defeminisation
defeminisation
noun
Alternative form of defeminization
defeminization
defeminization
noun
The process of defeminizing.
defenestration
defenestration
noun
(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
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.
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
defiliation
defiliation
noun
The abstraction of a child from its parents.
definitional
definitional
adj
Of or relating to a definition.
Used to define something.
definitization
definitization
noun
The process of definitizing.
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
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflectionization
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
defoaming
defoaming
verb
present participle of defoam
defoedation
defoliant
defoliant
noun
An agent used to defoliate plants.
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
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
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
deformations
deformations
noun
plural of deformation
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defrication
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.
degasification
degasification
noun
The removal of gas from something, especially from a liquid
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
deification
deification
noun
(Christianity, theology) Union with God; theosis.
A deified embodiment.
Excessive praise.
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
deifications
deifications
noun
plural of deification
delignification
delignification
noun
The removal of lignin, typically from wood pulp
deltafication
deltafication
noun
The formation of a delta or deltas.
demagnification
demagnification
noun
The act or the result of demagnifying.
demichamfron
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
denazification
denazification
noun
The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.