Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
noun
A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affluence
affluence
noun
(obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
A moderate level of wealth.
An abundance of wealth.
An influx.
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
alfoncino
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
archfelon
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
banecroft
beflounce
befrounce
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
caffeines
caffeines
noun
plural of caffeine
caffeinic
caffeinic
adj
Related to or containing caffeine.
caffoline
caffoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
canfields
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnified
carnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnify
carnifies
carnifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify
carniform
cartonful
cartonful
noun
As much as a carton will hold.
casefying
casefying
verb
present participle of casefy
catfacing
catfacing
noun
The development of the catface deformity in tomatoes.
chaffinch
chaffinch
noun
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chamfrons
chamfrons
noun
plural of chamfron
chanceful
chanceful
adj
(obsolete) hazardous
chanfrons
chanfrons
noun
plural of chanfron
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
chefornak
chefrinia
chiefland
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chieftain
chieftain
noun
(by extension) A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
chinafish
chinafish
noun
Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes
chiniofon
chiniofon
Noun
An antiprotozoal agent.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
cliffhang
cliffhang
verb
(intransitive) To be in suspense.
cliffsman
cliftonia
clingfish
clingfish
noun
A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coenflame
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
coffeeman
coffeeman
noun
(dated) A man who keeps a coffeehouse; the owner of a coffeehouse.
A person who makes coffee in an establishment, or on a ship etc.
coffering
coffering
verb
present participle of coffer
coffining
coffining
verb
present participle of coffin
coffinite
coffinite
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
cofinance
cofinance
verb
To finance jointly.
cofounded
cofounded
adj
Founded at the same time as another, or by two or more people.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofound
cofounder
cofounder
noun
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
coldfinch
comfiness
comfiness
noun
(informal) comfortableness
cominform
conchfish
concrfsce
confabbed
confabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confab
confected
confected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confect
conferees
conferees
noun
plural of conferee
conferral
conferral
noun
The act of conferring something; conferment
conferred
conferred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confer
conferree
conferree
noun
Alternative form of conferee (“person on whom something is conferred”)
conferrer
conferrer
noun
A person who confers or bestows something
conferted
confervae
conferval
confervas
confervas
noun
plural of conferva
confessed
confessed
adj
Which one admits or avows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confess
confesser
confesser
noun
Alternative form of confessor
confesses
confesses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confess
confessor
confessor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
confidant
confidant
noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
confident
confident
adj
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Very sure of something; positive.
noun
Obsolete form of confidant.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
confiding
confiding
adj
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
noun
The telling of something in confidence.
verb
present participle of confide
configure
configure
verb
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking
confiners
confiners
noun
plural of confiner
confining
confining
adj
limiting; restrictive
verb
present participle of confine
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmee
confirmee
noun
A person who is confirmed via religious rite.
One to whom anything is confirmed.
confirmer
confirmer
noun
One who confirms something
confirmor
confirmor
noun
(Hong Kong, specifically) A purchaser of real estate who resells the property before the transaction is completed.
(law) One who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
confitent
confitent
noun
A person who confesses; a confessor or penitent
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confixing
confixing
verb
present participle of confix
conflated
conflated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflate
conflates
conflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate
conflicts
conflicts
noun
plural of conflict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflict
confluent
confluent
adj
(biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
(geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle.
(mathematics) Given a binary operation →_𝛽 on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_𝛽 , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_𝛽 a2 and a1 →_𝛽 a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_𝛽 a4 and a3 ↠_𝛽 a4.
(meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
(of two or more objects or shapes) Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
noun
A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.
confluxes
confluxes
noun
plural of conflux
conformal
conformal
adj
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.
(mathematics, of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
conformed
conformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conform
conformer
conformer
noun
(biochemistry) A particular folded state or conformation of a protein, especially an abnormal conformation of a prion
(chemistry) Any of a set of stereoisomers characterised by a conformation that corresponds to a distinct potential energy minimum.
(religion) A Conformist.
A person who conforms; a conformist.
confounds
confounds
noun
plural of confound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confound
confrater
confreres
confreres
noun
plural of confrere
confrerie
confrerie
noun
brotherhood, association
confronte
confronte
verb
Obsolete form of confront.
confronts
confronts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confront
confucian
confucian
Adjective
of, pertaining to, or conforming to the teachings of Confucius
Noun
One who follows the teachings of Confucius.
confucius
confucius
Proper noun
Western name of Kong Qiu (孔丘), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 – 479
confusers
confusers
noun
plural of confuser
confusing
confusing
adj
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
verb
present participle of confuse
confusion
confusion
noun
(archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.
A lack of clarity or order.
Lack of understanding due to dementia.
The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
confusive
confusive
adj
(archaic) Full of confusion; confused or confusing.
confuters
confuters
noun
plural of confuter
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
coniferae
coniferin
coniferin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside of coniferol found in conifers
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfloor
cornfloor
noun
A thrashing floor.
cornflour
cornflour
noun
(Britain) A very fine starch powder derived from maize (US corn) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
cornified
cornified
adj
(informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Converted into horn; horny.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornify
corniform
corniform
adj
Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
countfish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
craftsman
craftsman
noun
A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
cuneiform
cuneiform
adj
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
(anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
cuniforms
cuniforms
noun
plural of cuniform
curfewing
defecting
defecting
verb
present participle of defect
defection
defection
noun
An act or incidence of defecting.
defencive
defencive
adj
(British) Alternative spelling of defensive
deference
deference
noun
Great respect.
The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
defiances
defiances
noun
plural of defiance
deficient
deficient
adj
(mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n).
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.