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.
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
avifaunally
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
blissfully
blissfully
adv
In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
borofluohydric
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffability
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.
butteryfingered
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
caustify
caustifying
cellulifugally
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chlorophylliferous
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
cocrucify
conchyliferous
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confluxibility
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterefficiency
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
cruciformity
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
crucify
crucify
verb
(hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
(hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
crucifyfied
crucifyfying
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
crystalliferous
crystalliferous
adj
Containing or producing crystals
cuffyism
cutify
cutify
verb
(informal) To make cute.
To form skin.
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
cystiferous
deceitfully
deceitfully
adv
in a deceitful manner
with the intention to deceive
dehumidify
dehumidify
verb
To reduce the moisture in a body of air; to lower the humidity.
dehumidifying
dehumidifying
verb
present participle of dehumidify
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
demulsify
demulsify
verb
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
despairfully
despairfully
adv
In a despairful manner.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
devicefully
devicefully
adv
In a deviceful manner.
difficultly
difficultly
adv
(archaic) With difficulty; not easily.
difficulty
difficulty
noun
(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
An awkward situation or quarrel.
An objection.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
diffusedly
diffusedly
adv
In a diffused manner
diffusely
diffusely
adv
In a diffuse manner.
diffusibility
diffusibility
noun
(figuratively, e.g. of a disease) Capacity for spreading.
(physics, of a gas or other fluid) A measure of the speed of diffusion.
diffusibly
diffusively
diffusively
adv
In a diffusive manner
With regard to diffusion
diffusivity
diffusivity
noun
(physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time
A tendency to diffuse
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
direfully
direfully
adv
In a direful manner.
discursify
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disgustfully
disgustfully
adv
(archaic) In a way that inspires disgust.
dismayful
dismayful
adj
(obsolete) terrifying
dismayfully
dismayfully
adv
(rare) In dismay.
disqualify
disqualify
verb
(transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
disqualifying
disqualifying
verb
present participle of disqualify
disregardfully
disregardfully
adv
In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
disrespectfully
disrespectfully
adv
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
distastefully
distastefully
adv
In a distasteful manner
distressfully
distressfully
adv
In a distressful way; showing distress
distrustfully
distrustfully
adv
In a distrustful manner
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
disunify
disunify
verb
(transitive) To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.
disunifying
disunifying
verb
present participle of disunify
dreyfusism
dreyfusist
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
dulcify
dulcify
verb
(obsolete) To neutralise the acidity of.
(transitive) To mollify or make peaceful.
To make sweeter or more pleasant.
To sweeten the taste of.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
dullify
duncify
duncify
verb
(transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
duncifying
duncifying
verb
present participle of duncify
duplify
duplifying
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dutifully
dutifully
adv
With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
effectuality
effectuality
noun
The state or condition of being effectual.
efficaciously
efficaciously
adv
in an efficacious manner
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
effusively
effusively
adv
In an effusive manner.
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
elytriferous
embryoniferous
embryoniferous
adj
(biology) Having an embryo.
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsify
emulsify
verb
(transitive) To make into an emulsion.
emulsifying
emulsifying
adj
That emulsifies
verb
present participle of emulsify
emusify
emusifying
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
equisufficiency
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
facetiously
facetiously
adv
(dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitiously
factitiously
adv
In a factitious manner.
factuality
factuality
noun
That which is factual.
The state or quality of being factual.
facultatively
facultatively
adv
In a facultative manner
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
fairbury
fairbury
Proper noun
A city in Illinois, USA.
A city in Nebraska, USA
faithfully
faithfully
adv
(US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.