The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
(archaic, transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
affrayed
affrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affray
affrayer
affrayer
noun
One involved in an affray.
affrayers
affrayers
noun
plural of affrayer
affraying
affraying
verb
present participle of affray
affrays
affrays
noun
plural of affray
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affray
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
afray
afterbay
afterbay
noun
(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
aftereye
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
afterstudy
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
airify
airify
verb
Alternative form of aerify
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alcyoniform
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
alfridary
algarsyf
alkylarylsulfonate
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amyliferous
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archinfamy
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
argify
argufy
argufy
verb
(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artificiality
artificiality
noun
(countable) Something artificial.
(uncountable) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
artificially
artificially
adv
By or because of human effort.
In an artificial manner.
artzybasheff
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
bailiffry
ballyllumford
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barfy
barfy
adj
(informal) Disgusting.
baufrey
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
brachyfacial
brachyfacial
adj
(anatomy) Having a short face.
brandify
brazenfacedly
buffaloberry
buffaloberry
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
The edible berry of these plants.
caffrey
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
certificatory
certificatory
adj
Serving to certify something.
noun
(archaic) A certificate.
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
chylificatory
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
clamjamfery
clamjamfry
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarify
clarify
verb
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(obsolete) To glorify.
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
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.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftly
craftsbury
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crafty
crafty
adj
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Skillful at deceiving others.
Sneaky; surreptitious.
craftype
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)