Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
alfridaric
artificial
artificial
adj
(bridge) Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
basifacial
basifacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lower half of the face
beatifical
beatifical
adj
beatific
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
burchfield
caddicefly
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calcifugal
calcifugal
adj
Of or relating to a calcifuge.
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
california
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
cellifugal
cellifugal
adj
cellulifugal
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
clairfield
clarifiant
clarifiers
clarifiers
noun
plural of clarifier
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
clarkfield
classified
classified
adj
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
Sorted into classes or categories.
noun
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of classify
classifier
classifier
noun
(computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
(linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as Japanese and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
(object-oriented programming) Class which classifies other classes by features.
A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
Someone who classifies.
classifies
classifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of classify
clearfield
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
coalfitter
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cocklewife
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
colorifics
colourific
colourific
adj
Rare spelling of colorific.
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confinedly
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
cuculiform
cuculiform
noun
Any bird of the order Cuculiformes
culiciform
culiciform
adj
(zoology) gnat-shaped
culicifuge
culicifuge
noun
An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
curiolofic
cuttlefish
cuttlefish
noun
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened
declassify
declassify
verb
to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defailance
defailance
noun
(obsolete) failure; miscarriage
defectible
defectible
adj
deficient; imperfect
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflective
deflective
adj
capable of causing deflection.
desilicify
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.
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
diolefinic
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
disulfuric
disulfuric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) pyrosulfuric
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
edificable
effectible
effectible
adj
(dated, 1600s) Capable of being done or achieved.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
epifascial
epifascial
adj
On the surface of a fascia (especially the fascia lata)
fabricable
fabricable
adj
Able to be shaped into a finished product.
facileness
facileness
noun
superficiality, glibness
facilitate
facilitate
verb
To help bring about.
To make easy or easier.
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
facilities
facilities
noun
(euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory.
Synonym of facility in certain contexts.
plural of facility
facsimiled
facsimiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of facsimile
facsimiles
facsimiles
noun
plural of facsimile
factabling
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
factualist
factualist
noun
A proponent of factualism.
factuality
factuality
noun
That which is factual.
The state or quality of being factual.
faculative
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
falconbill
falconidae
falconinae
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falconnoid
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
fallacious
fallacious
adj
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
Deceptive or misleading.
falsidical
falsidical
adj
(logic) Having a false basis.
familistic
familistic
adj
Pertaining to familism.
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
farcialize
farcically
farcically
adv
In a farcical manner
fasciately
fasciately
adv
In a fasciate manner.
fascicular
fascicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a fascicle.
fasciculus
fasciculus
noun
(anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
fascioloid
fatalistic
fatalistic
adj
Of or pertaining to fatalism.
Submissive to fate.
felichthys
felicitate
felicitate
adj
(archaic) Made very happy.
verb
(transitive) To congratulate.
felicities
felicities
noun
plural of felicity
felicitous
felicitous
adj
(linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
Appropriate, apt, fitting.
Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
Causing happiness or pleasure.
fellatrice
fellatrice
noun
(rare) A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix.
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
ferntickle
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fetichlike
fibrolitic
fibrolitic
adj
Of or relating to fibrolite.
fichtelite
fichtelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
ficklewise
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlecome
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
fiducially
fiducially
Adverb
With confidence.
fieldpiece
fieldpiece
noun
A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.