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.
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antisoporific
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
aschaffenburg
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
boldfacedness
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carefulnesses
carefulnesses
noun
plural of carefulness
cauldrifeness
centrisciform
chancefulness
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
chieftaincies
chieftaincies
noun
plural of chieftaincy
chieftainries
chieftainries
noun
plural of chieftainry
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chiffonnieres
ciconiiformes
codifications
codifications
noun
plural of codification
coenospecific
coenospecific
adj
Relating to coenospecies.
coffeehousing
coffeehousing
noun
(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
colorfastness
colorfastness
noun
The characteristic of being colorfast.
colourfulness
colourfulness
noun
Alternative form of colorfulness
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
cominformists
confectioners
confectioners
noun
plural of confectioner
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederatism
confervaceous
confervaceous
adj
Belonging to the Confervae.
confessionals
confessionals
noun
plural of confessional
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessionist
confessionist
noun
One professing a certain faith.
confessorship
confessorship
noun
The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
confidentness
confidentness
noun
The state or quality of being confident.
confidingness
confidingness
noun
The state or quality of being confiding.
confirmations
confirmations
noun
plural of confirmation
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
confiscations
confiscations
noun
plural of confiscation
conformations
conformations
noun
plural of conformation
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
conidiiferous
consignifying
consignifying
verb
present participle of consignify
contrafissura
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
convictfishes
costoinferior
counterfessed
counteroffers
counteroffers
noun
plural of counteroffer
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmenship
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cushionflower
decaffeinates
decaffeinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decaffeinate
deceitfulness
deceitfulness
noun
The state or quality of being deceitful.
declassifying
declassifying
verb
present participle of declassify
defectiveness
defectiveness
noun
The state or quality of being defective.
defencelessly
defencelessly
adv
In a defenceless manner.
defervescence
defervescence
noun
The departure or subsiding of a fever.
deflorescence
deflorescence
noun
(pathology) disappearance of an eruption of the skin
densification
densification
noun
The act or process of making or becoming dense.
devicefulness
devicefulness
noun
The quality of being deviceful.
difficileness
difficileness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being difficile.
difficultness
difficultness
noun
The state or quality of being difficult.
disaffections
disaffections
noun
plural of disaffection
disaffirmance
disaffirmance
noun
(law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal.
(law) The act of disaffirming; denial.
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
discontentful
discontentful
adj
Full of discontent.
disfranchised
disfranchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise
disfranchiser
disfranchiser
noun
One who disfranchises.
disfranchises
disfranchises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise
disinfectants
disinfectants
noun
plural of disinfectant
disinfections
disinfections
noun
plural of disinfection
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.
effectiveness
effectiveness
noun
The capacity or potential for achieving results.
The degree to which something achieves results.
The property of being effective, of achieving results.
effectualness
effectualness
Noun
The state or condition of being effectual.
effervescence
effervescence
noun
Foment.
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
Vivacity.
effervescency
effervescency
noun
(archaic) effervescence
efflorescence
efflorescence
noun
(botany) The production of flowers.
(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
(construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
(figurative) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
(geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
(pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
efflorescency
efflorescency
noun
Archaic form of efflorescence.
electrofusion
electrofusion
noun
(biology) the fusion of plant protoplasts by electrical stimulation
fusion by means of electricity
enfranchising
enfranchising
verb
present participle of enfranchise
facetiousness
facetiousness
noun
(countable) The product or result of being facetious.
(uncountable) The state of being facetious
facilitations
facilitations
noun
plural of facilitation
factionalisms
factionalisms
noun
plural of factionalism
factionistism
falconiformes
falsification
falsification
noun
knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
fanaticalness
fanaticalness
noun
fanaticism
fantasmagoric
fantastically
fantastically
adv
In a fantastic manner.
To an extent only in fantasy; outrageously; ridiculously.
fantasticness
fantasticness
noun
(obsolete) fantasticalness
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
fasciculation
fasciculation
noun
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
A cluster of fascicules
fascinatingly
fascinatingly
adv
In a fascinating manner
faticableness
faunistically
faunistically
adv
In terms of the distribution of animals.
feinschmecker
felicitations
felicitations
intj
Congratulations! Well done!
noun
plural of felicitation
fencelessness
fencelessness
noun
Lack of fences.
ferociousness
ferociousness
noun
The quality of being ferocious; ferocity
festschriften
festschriften
noun
plural of festschrift
fictionalizes
fictionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize
finickingness
finickingness
noun
The quality of being finicking.
fiscalization
fiscalization
noun
The process of fiscalizing.
fletcherising
fluorescences
fluorescences
noun
plural of fluorescence
fluorocarbons
fluorocarbons
noun
plural of fluorocarbon
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
foecunditatis
forcelessness
forcelessness
noun
The state, condition, or quality of being forceless; lack or absence of force.
foreassurance
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
forecastleman
forecastleman
noun
A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
forecastlemen
forecastlemen
noun
plural of forecastleman
foreconscious
foreconscious
noun
In the psychology of Sigmund Freud, part of the mind that is available to the conscious if mentally summoned, contrasted with the unconscious, which is not directly accessible.
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
foreschooling
fornicatrices
fornicatrices
noun
plural of fornicatrix
fractionalism
fractionalism
noun
(politics) The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies.
fractionising
fractionising
verb
present participle of fractionise
fractiousness
fractiousness
noun
A peevish or cranky nature.
The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
franciscanism
francophilism
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
freemasonical
frontispieced
frontispieced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frontispiece
frontispieces
frontispieces
noun
plural of frontispiece
fructuousness
fructuousness
noun
fruitfulness
frumentaceous
frumentaceous
adj
Resembling or pertaining to grain, especially wheat.
fugaciousness
fugaciousness
noun
(obsolete) fugacity
functionalism
functionalism
noun
(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
(linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics
(philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
(social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.