(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
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
despairful
despairful
adj
Characterised by despair; hopeless.
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
disputeful
dropflower
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
epifascial
epifascial
adj
On the surface of a fascia (especially the fascia lata)
epulafquen
expenseful
expenseful
adj
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
felsophyre
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
fieldpiece
fieldpiece
noun
A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
filipinize
fireplaces
fireplaces
noun
plural of fireplace
fireplough
fissipedal
fissipedal
adj
(zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flameproof
flameproof
adj
Resistant to catching fire.
verb
(transitive) To make flameproof.
flapdoodle
flapdoodle
noun
(countable) A speaker or writer of nonsense.
(countable) Thingamabob.
verb
To con; to deceive with nonsense.
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
flappering
flapperish
flapperism
flapperism
noun
The behaviour of flappers (young women).
flattercap
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
floatplane
floatplane
noun
A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
floccipend
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
floppiness
floppiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being floppy
floriscope
floroscope
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
flyflapper
flyflapper
noun
Synonym of flyflap
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
forelooper
forelouper
forepaling
forepoling
glareproof
glareproof
adj
Resistant to glare.
hyperfocal
hyperfocal
adj
(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field
kaempferol
kaempferol
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
lampflower
lanceproof
lapidified
lapidified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lapidify
lapidifies
lapidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify
leafhopper
leafhopper
noun
Alternative spelling of leaf-hopper
leporiform
leporiform
adj
rabbit-shaped
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
lipoferous
lumpfishes
lumpfishes
noun
plural of lumpfish
pacifiable
pacifiable
adj
capable of being pacified
paddlefish
paddlefish
noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
paddlefoot
paddlefoot
noun
(military, aviation, slang) A member of the groundcrew.
painfuller
painfuller
adj
comparative form of painful: more painful
paleofauna
paleofauna
noun
(geology, zoology) The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils
palfrenier
parfleshes
parfleshes
noun
plural of parflesh
pausefully
pausefully
adv
In a pauseful manner; with pauses.
peacefully
peacefully
adv
In a peaceful manner.
pearlfruit
pedalferic
peltatifid
perflation
perflation
noun
(obsolete) The act of perflating, or blowing through.
perfoliate
perfoliate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Appearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
(botany, of leaves) Having the leaf round the stem at the base.
(zoology) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, etc.
perforable
perforable
adj
Capable of being perforated or penetrated.
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
persiflate
persiflate
verb
(intransitive) To engage in persiflage; to banter.
persifleur
persifleur
noun
One who participates in light, playful talk or banter or persiflage.
persulfate
persulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several oxyanions (and their associated salts) that have peroxide units linked to one or more sulfur atoms
petaliform
petaliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a petal.
petrolific
petrolific
adj
Yielding petroleum.
philofelon
pictureful
pilferment
piliferous
piliferous
adj
Containing or producing hair.
pinebluffs
pinecliffe
pitcherful
pitcherful
noun
The quantity that a pitcher can hold.
pitchfield
pitifuller
pitifuller
adj
comparative form of pitiful: more pitiful
pittsfield
pittsfield
Proper noun
A city in Massachusetts, USA, and county seat of Berkshire County.
A city in Illinois, USA, and county seat of Pike County.
plainfield
planetfall
planetfall
noun
(science fiction) The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.
platformed
platformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platform
platformer
platformer
noun
(video games, informal) A platform game.
platterful
platterful
noun
As much as a platter will hold.
playfellow
playfellow
noun
(dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
ploceiform
pluperfect
pluperfect
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.
(informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
(mathematics) Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
(mathematics) Synonym of multiperfect
More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
noun
A verb in this tense.
The pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
pluteiform
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
poltfooted
poltfooted
adj
clubfooted
polypifera
polypifera
Noun
The marine cnidarians; the Anthozoa
postfoetal
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
preafflict
predefault
prefearful
prefectual
prefederal
prefederal
adj
Prior to the formation or involvement of a federal government.
preferable
preferable
adj
Better than some other option; preferred.
preferably
preferably
adv
In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.
prefertile
prefertile
adj
Prior to becoming fertile
prefilters
prefilters
noun
plural of prefilter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefilter
prefixable
prefixable
adj
Capable of being added as a prefix.
prefixally
prefixally
adv
In a prefixal manner.
prefixedly
prefixedly
adv
(rare) With a prefix applied.
preflatter
preflexion
preflexion
adj
(zoology) Before the flexion stage of larval development
prefrontal
prefrontal
adj
Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone.
Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.
noun
A prefrontal bone, scale, etc.
prefulfill
prefulgent
prefuneral
prefuneral
adj
Before a funeral.
pregolfing
preinflict
prepainful
prepainful
adj
Before the onset of pain.
prequalify
prequalify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To qualify or be qualified in advance.
prerefusal
presageful
presageful
adj
Full of presages; ominous.
pridefully
pridefully
adv
In a prideful or haughty manner.
prodefault
profanable
profanable
adj
Able to be profaned.
profitable
profitable
adj
Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
Producing a profit.
profitless
profitless
adj
not yielding profit
proflavine
proflavine
noun
(organic chemistry) A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria
profligate
profligate
adj
(obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
noun
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb
(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
proflogger
profluence
profluence
noun
(obsolete) Onward flow; current.
(rare) The progression or flow (of time, events etc.).
profulgent
profulgent
adj
(obsolete) Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
promiseful
promiseful
adj
Full of promise for the future; promising.
prowessful
pulmonifer
purposeful
purposeful
adj
Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
Having purpose; intentional.
ravelproof
ravelproof
adj
Resistant to raveling; tangleproof.
rebelproof
respectful
respectful
adj
Marked or characterized by respect
rifleproof
rifleproof
adj
resistant to rifle fire
riflescope
riflescope
noun
A telescopic sight for a rifle.
scaleproof
scaleproof
adj
Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).