(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
afforestable
afforestable
adj
Suitable for being afforested.
afterblow
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
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.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
archboutefeu
arteriofibrosis
asbestiform
asbestiform
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.
bacteriform
bacteriofluorescin
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banecroft
barcroft
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
basaltiform
basaltiform
adj
In the form of basalt; columnar.
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bathflower
bathoflore
bathofloric
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
bearfoot
bearfoots
beaufort
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benzothiofuran
benzotrifuran
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
biotransformation
biotransformation
noun
(biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism
biperforate
biperforate
adj
Having two foramina or perforations
birefraction
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blatiform
blattiform
boarstaff
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bracteiform
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
brevifoliate
broomstaff
broomstaff
noun
(obsolete) A broomstick.
brutification
carbonification
carbonification
noun
(geology) The conversion of organic plant matter into coal over time in the absence of air.
ceratofibrous
chondrofibromatous
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
comfortabilities
comfortabilities
noun
plural of comfortability
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
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.
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
crossfertilizable
cystofibroma
cystofibroma
noun
(pathology) A fibroma containing cysts
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.
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
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
democratifiable
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomfortably
disprofitable
disprofitable
adj
(obsolete) unprofitable
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
extraboldface
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fabricational
fabrications
fabrications
noun
plural of fabrication
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier
fabricators
fabricators
noun
plural of fabricator
factorability
factorability
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being factorable.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
febricitation
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
femorotibial
femorotibial
adj
Relating to the femur and tibia.
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
fiaroblast
fiberization
fiberization
noun
The process of fiberizing.
fibration
fibration
noun
(algebraic topology) A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
fibrilation
fibrilations
fibrillation
fibrillation
noun
The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
fibrillations
fibrillations
noun
plural of fibrillation
fibrination
fibrination
noun
(medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
fibrinoplastic
fibrinoplastic
adj
Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
fibrinoplastin
fibrinoplastin
noun
(biochemistry) An albuminous substance in the blood which, in combination with fibrinogen, forms fibrin.
fibroblast
fibroblast
noun
A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
fibroblastic
fibroblastic
adj
of, or relating to a fibroblast
fibroblasts
fibroblasts
noun
plural of fibroblast
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilage
noun
A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fibrochondrosteal
fibrocrystalline
fibrocystoma
fibroelastic
fibroelastic
adj
(anatomy) fibrous and elastic
fibrofatty
fibrofatty
adj
(of tissue) fibrous and fatty
fibrointestinal
fibroligamentous
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fibromata
fibromata
noun
plural of fibroma
fibromatoid
fibromatosis
fibromatosis
noun
(pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
fibromyomatous
fibronucleated
fibropericarditis
fibroplastic
fibroplastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibroplasia
fibroreticulate
fimbriation
fimbriation
noun
(countable, heraldry, flags) Such a stripe.
(uncountable, heraldry, flags) The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
fimbriations
fimbriations
noun
plural of fimbriation
fimbriodentate
fireboat
fireboat
noun
A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
flabbergastation
flabbergastation
noun
(archaic, colloquial, humorous) The act of confounding or bewildering.
(colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
flatbrod
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
floatboard
floatboard
noun
A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel.
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluocarbonate
fluoroborate
fluoroborate
noun
A salt or ester of fluoroboric acid
flutterboard
flutterboard
noun
(US) A buoyancy board made of foam, used to support the body when in water.
foldboater
foldboater
noun
(kayaking) Someone who paddles in a foldboat.
foliobranchiate
footballer
footballer
noun
(Australia) Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae, so named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms.