(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
butterflyer
butterflyer
noun
Alternative form of butterflier
butterflyers
butterflyers
noun
plural of butterflyer
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butterwife
butteryfingered
ceratofibrous
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
crossfertilizable
daftberry
defibrillate
defibrillate
verb
(cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
defibrillated
defibrillated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrillate
defibrillating
defibrillating
verb
present participle of defibrillate
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.
defibrillative
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
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
defibrinated
defibrinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defibrinate
defibrinates
defibrinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defibrinate
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
democratifiable
deuterofibrinose
devitrifiable
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentiable
differentiable
adj
(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
(comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
disprofitable
disprofitable
adj
(obsolete) unprofitable
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
doftberry
draftable
draftable
adj
Capable of being drafted.
dumbfounderment
dumbfounderment
noun
dumbfoundedness
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
electrifiable
electrifiable
adj
Capable of being electrified (charged with electricity, by rubbing etc)
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
esterifiable
esterifiable
adj
Capable of esterifying.
extraboldface
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
fabricated
fabricated
adj
Constructed or assembled.
False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fabricate
fabricates
fabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate
fabricative
fabricative
adj
fabricating; involved in manufacture
fabricatress
fabricature
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fannettsburg
fastballers
fastballers
noun
plural of fastballer
fatbrained
faubert
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
featherbedded
featherbedded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of featherbed
featherbedding
featherbedding
noun
(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
verb
present participle of featherbed
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed
featherbird
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
featherbrain
featherbrain
noun
Alternative spelling of feather-brain.
featherbrained
featherbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of feather-brained
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricitant
febricitant
adj
(rare, obsolete) Feverish.
noun
(rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
febricitation
febricities
febricities
noun
plural of febricity
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrifacient
febrifacient
adj
(rare, archaic) Producing a fever.
noun
A substance that produces a fever.
febrilities
febrilities
noun
plural of febrility
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
feeblehearted
feebleheartedly
feebleheartedness
femorotibial
femorotibial
adj
Relating to the femur and tibia.
ferberite
ferberite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
fermentability
fermentability
noun
The condition of being fermentable
fermentable
fermentable
adj
Able to ferment or be fermented.
noun
Any substance that can be fermented.
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
fertilisability
fertilisable
fertilisable
adj
Alternative spelling of fertilizable
fertilizability
fertilizability
noun
The condition of being, or the extent to which something is fertilizable
fertilizable
fertilizable
adj
Capable of being fertilized.
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
fiberization
fiberization
noun
The process of fiberizing.
fibrilated
fibrillate
fibrillate
verb
(intransitive) To make rapid irregular movements.
fibrillated
fibrillated
adj
Having fibrils
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fibrillate
fibrillates
fibrillates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fibrillate
fibrinate
fibrinogenetic
fibrinogenetic
adj
Of or relating to fibrinogenesis.
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilage
noun
A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.
fibrocement
fibrocement
noun
A composite of cement and cellulose fibres.
fibrochondrosteal
fibrocrystalline
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibroelastic
fibroelastic
adj
(anatomy) fibrous and elastic
fibroferrite
fibroferrite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
fibrointestinal
fibroligamentous
fibrolite
fibrolite
Noun
Sillimanite.
fibromyectomy
fibromyomectomy
fibronectin
fibronectin
noun
(biochemistry) An adhesive blood glycoprotein that has several cellular functions
fibronectins
fibronectins
noun
plural of fibronectin
fibronucleated
fibropericarditis
fibropurulent
fibroreticulate
fibrosities
fibrosities
noun
plural of fibrosity
fibrositises
fibrotuberculosis
fibster
fibster
noun
One who fibs.
filbert
filbert
noun
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
The hazel tree.
The hazelnut.
filberte
filberto
filberts
filberts
noun
plural of filbert
filibranchiate
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filibustered
filibustered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filibuster
filibusterer
filibusterer
noun
A person who filibusters.
filibusterers
filibusterers
noun
plural of filibusterer
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
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.
filibusterous
filibusterous
adj
filibustering
filibusters
filibusters
noun
plural of filibuster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster
fillbert
filterability
filterability
noun
The state or condition of being filterable.
filterable
filterable
adj
Able to be separated by filtration
That can pass through a specified filter
filterableness
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
filtratable
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
fimbriated
fimbriated
adj
(biology) Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
(heraldry) Having a narrow borderline, typically of a specified tincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fimbriate
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
fimbricated
fimbricated
adj
Alternative form of fimbricate
fimbrillate
fimbriodentate
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.