(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterfermentation
afterimpression
afterimpression
noun
Alternative spelling of after-impression
afterswarming
aftertreatment
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
amentiferae
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
aminotransferase
aminotransferase
noun
(biochemistry) Transaminase.
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
antenniform
antenniform
adj
Having the shape of an antenna
antereformation
antereformational
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
anticonfederationism
anticonformities
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antiferment
antifermentative
antifermentative
adj
Countering or preventing fermentation.
noun
A substance that counters or prevents fermentation.
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antiinflammatories
antiinflammatories
noun
plural of antiinflammatory
antimoniferous
antimoniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing antimony.
antireform
antireform
adj
(politics) Opposing reform
antireformer
antireformer
noun
(politics) One who opposes reform.
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
autofermentation
autofermentation
noun
endogenous fermentation
autotransformer
autotransformer
noun
(electrical engineering) A transformer with a single winding, its output being taken from taps.
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
centrisciform
chlorofluoromethane
chlorofluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halogenated derivative of methane containing both chlorine and fluorine; but especially CH₂ClF, sometimes used as a refrigerant
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
circumferent
circumferential
circumferential
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
cirmcumferential
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
cofermentation
cofermentation
noun
The simultaneous fermentation of two materials
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
comfortlessness
comfortlessness
noun
The state or quality of being comfortless.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederatism
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conferments
conferments
noun
plural of conferment
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmment
conformate
conformities
conformities
noun
plural of conformity
confricamenta
confricamentum
confrontment
confrontment
noun
Confrontation.
counteraffirm
counteraffirmation
counterfeitment
counterfeitment
noun
counterfeiting
counterferment
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
countermanifesto
countermanifesto
noun
A manifesto opposing another manifesto.
countermanifestoes
counterreform
counterreform
noun
Opposition to reform.
counterreformation
counterreforms
counterreforms
noun
plural of counterreform
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cuneiformist
cuneiformist
noun
A specialist or expert in cuneiform.
cyanformate
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deferment
deferment
noun
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
deferments
deferments
noun
plural of deferment
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
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
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
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
demifarthing
dendritiform
dendritiform
adj
Alternative form of dendriform
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
dermoossification
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
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.
dinornithiformes
disafforestment
disafforestment
noun
disafforestation
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
disconformities
disconformities
noun
plural of disconformity
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfeaturement
disfigurement
disfigurement
noun
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured
disfigurements
disfigurements
noun
plural of disfigurement
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
draftsmen
draftsmen
noun
plural of draftsman
dumbfounderment
dumbfounderment
noun
dumbfoundedness
dumfounderment
ectocuneiform
ectocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones of the tarsus.
ectocuniform
efformation
efformation
noun
(obsolete) The act of giving shape or form; formation.
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
electroforming
electroforming
noun
The manufacture of shaped components by electrodeposition on a pattern or mandrel.
enforcement
enforcement
noun
A giving force to; a putting in execution.
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
enforcements
enforcements
noun
plural of enforcement
enframement
enframement
noun
That which enframes; a frame.
enframements
enframements
noun
plural of enframement
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
engraftment
engraftment
noun
The act of engrafting, or something engrafted.
engraftments
engraftments
noun
plural of engraftment
enserfment
enserfment
noun
The act or process of enserfing; enslavement.
enserfments
enserfments
noun
plural of enserfment
enterochromaffin
enterochromaffin
adj
(cytology) Describing epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa that contain serotonin; they are stained using chromium salts
entocuneiform
entocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) The outermost of the cuneiform bones
entocuniform
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
ethmofrontal
ethmofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones
fanglomerate
fanglomerate
noun
(geology) A stratigraphic unit in which conglomerates that were deposited in an alluvial fan are common.
farinometer
farinometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the viscosity of flour.
farmsteading
farmsteading
noun
(Scotland) A farmstead.
featherman
feathermonger
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
femororotulian
fermatian
ferment
ferment
noun
A catalyst.
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
verb
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.