simple past tense and past participle of affranchise
africander
africanderism
africanized
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
archdefender
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archfounder
archfriend
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
brazenfaced
brazenfaced
adj
(dated) impudent; shameless
brazenfacedly
brazenfacedness
candleshrift
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
carnified
carnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnify
cathodofluorescence
cauldrifeness
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chondrofetal
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrofibromatous
cofounder
cofounder
noun
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
coinferred
confarreated
confeder
confeder
verb
(obsolete) To confederate.
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederate
confederate
adj
banded together; allied.
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
noun
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
A member of a confederacy.
An accomplice in a plot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.
confederated
confederated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confederate
confederater
confederates
confederates
noun
plural of confederate
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
confederator
confederator
noun
(obsolete) A confederate.
conferred
conferred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confer
conferted
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confervoideae
confidentiary
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conformed
conformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conform
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
conidiiferous
cornfed
cornfed
adj
(informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).
(informal, sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
(not comparable, of an animal) Fed on corn.
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornified
cornified
adj
(informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Converted into horn; horny.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornify
counterdefender
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterdraft
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit
counterfessed
counterreflected
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countrifiedness
countrifiedness
noun
The quality of being countrified.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
cranford
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
crookfingered
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
decertification
decertification
noun
The act or process of decertifying.
decertificaton
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
deference
deference
noun
Great respect.
The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
deferences
deferences
noun
plural of deference
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
defervescence
defervescence
noun
The departure or subsiding of a fever.
defervescent
defervescent
adj
Causing reduction of fever.
noun
Any remedy that reduces a fever.
defervescing
defervescing
verb
present participle of defervesce.
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin
deforcement
deforcement
noun
(law) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
(law, Scotland) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
deforcements
deforcements
noun
plural of deforcement
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.
deforcing
deforcing
verb
present participle of deforce
defrication
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
delirifacient
delirifacient
adj
(medicine) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that tends to cause delirium.
demichamfron
denitrificant
denitrification
denitrification
noun
The process by which a nitrate becomes molecular nitrogen, especially by the action of bacteria.
denitrificator
denitrificator
noun
Synonym of denitrator
dentifrice
dentifrice
noun
Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
dentifrices
dentifrices
noun
plural of dentifrice
dereference
dereference
noun
The act by which something is dereferenced.
verb
(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
(programming) To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
dereferenced
dereferenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dereference
dereferences
dereferences
noun
plural of dereference
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dereference
dereferencing
dereferencing
verb
present participle of dereference
dermoossification
desaccharification
desertification
desertification
noun
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
devitrification
devitrification
noun
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
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.
difference
difference
noun
(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
(countable) A disagreement or argument.
(countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
(countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
(heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
(logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
(obsolete) Choice; preference.
(relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
(uncountable) The quality of being different.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
differenced
differenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of difference
differences
differences
noun
plural of difference
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of difference
differencing
differencing
verb
present participle of difference
differencingly
differency
diffracting
diffracting
verb
present participle of diffract
diffraction
diffraction
noun
(physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
diffractional
diffractional
adj
Relating to, or caused by diffraction
diffractions
diffractions
noun
plural of diffraction
diffractiveness
diffranchise
disaffirmance
disaffirmance
noun
(law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal.
(law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconfirm
disconfirm
verb
(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
disconfirmation
disconfirmation
noun
(chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
(countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
disconfirmed
disconfirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm
disconfirms
disconfirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconfirm