(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
(transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
(transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
costful
costful
adj
(archaic) Expensive; sumptuous
Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly
cutoffs
cutoffs
noun
plural of cutoff
trousers (most often jeans) that have been shortened by cutting off part or most of the legs
defocus
defocus
noun
(optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
The process of going out of focus.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
floccus
floccus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds.
focused
focused
adj
Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of focus
focuser
focuser
noun
A device which allows one to adjust the focus of an instrument such as a telescope.
focuses
focuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focus
fucoids
fucoids
noun
plural of fucoid
fucosan
fucosan
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide (of fucose) present in brown algae of the genus Fucus