(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
biflabellate
biflabellate
adj
(zoology) flabellate on both sides
biflagellate
biflagellate
adj
(biology) Having two flagella.
noun
Any organism that has two flagella.
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bilification
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
brevifoliate
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullmastiffs
bullmastiffs
noun
plural of bullmastiff
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
candleshrift
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
chesterfield
chesterfield
noun
(Canada) Any couch or sofa.
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
chylifactive
chylifactive
adj
(physiology) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
closefitting
closefitting
adj
Alternative form of close-fitting
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
conferential
conferential
adj
Of or pertaining to a conference
confidential
confidential
adj
(dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
(dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
conflictions
conflictions
noun
plural of confliction
conflictless
conflictless
adj
Without conflict.
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
corticifugal
corticifugal
adj
(anatomy) Leading away from the cerebral cortex
counterfoils
counterfoils
noun
plural of counterfoil
curvifoliate
curvifoliate
adj
Having curved leaves.
cuttlefishes
cuttlefishes
noun
plural of cuttlefish
decemfoliate
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defibrillate
defibrillate
verb
(cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
definability
definability
noun
The quality of being definable.
definitional
definitional
adj
Of or relating to a definition.
Used to define something.
definitively
definitively
adv
In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
deflagrating
deflagrating
verb
present participle of deflagrate
deflagration
deflagration
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deflationist
deflationist
noun
A supporter of deflationism.
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
defoliations
defoliations
noun
plural of defoliation
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
differential
differential
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to differentiation or the differential calculus.
Dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive.
Having differences in speed or direction of motion.
Of or pertaining to a difference.
noun
(mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation.
A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
difficulties
difficulties
noun
(colloquial) a series of frustrations
plural of difficulty
difunctional
difunctional
adj
bifunctional
digitaliform
disaffiliate
disaffiliate
verb
To cease to have an affiliation (with); to take steps to break an affiliation or association.
diselectrify
disgustfully
disgustfully
adv
(archaic) In a way that inspires disgust.
disinflating
disinflating
verb
present participle of disinflate
disinflation
disinflation
noun
(economics) A decrease in the inflation rate.
(economics) Deflation
effectuality
effectuality
noun
The state or condition of being effectual.
effectualize
effectualize
verb
(transitive) To make effectual.
effeminately
effeminately
adv
In an effeminate manner.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
eighteenfold
eighteenfold
adj
By a factor of eighteen.
electrifiers
electrifiers
noun
plural of electrifier
electrifying
electrifying
adj
that electrifies
thrilling or startling
verb
present participle of electrify
elytriferous
epileptiform
epileptiform
adj
Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures.
esterifiable
esterifiable
adj
Capable of esterifying.
excalfaction
exfiltration
exfiltration
noun
(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
exsufflicate
exsufflicate
adj
empty, inflated, frivolous
facilitating
facilitating
verb
present participle of facilitate
facilitation
facilitation
noun
(physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
The act of facilitating or making easy.
facilitative
facilitative
adj
Having the effect of making easy; assisting, easing or facilitating.
facilitators
facilitators
noun
plural of facilitator
facilitatory
facilitatory
adj
That serves to facilitate.
factionalism
factionalism
noun
Conflict between factions.
The splitting of a group into factions.
factionalist
factionalist
noun
A supporter of a faction.
factitiously
factitiously
adv
In a factitious manner.
factoryville
factualistic
factualistic
adj
Of or relating to factualism.
factualities
factualities
noun
plural of factuality
fairfieldite
fairfieldite
Noun
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
fairyologist
fairyologist
noun
One who studies fairyology.
faithfulness
faithfulness
noun
The state of being faithful
falsificator
falsificator
noun
(archaic) A falsifier; a person who falsifies or forges something.
familistical
familistical
adj
Alternative form of familistic
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
farthingales
farthingales
noun
plural of farthingale
farthingdeal
farthingless
farthingless
adj
Without a farthing; very poor.
fasciculated
fasciculated
adj
Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fascioplasty
fastidiously
fastidiously
adv
In a fastidious manner
fastiduously
fastigiately
fatherliness
fatherliness
noun
The property of being fatherly.
fatigability
fatigability
noun
(medicine) A medical condition in which fatigue is easily induced.
faultfinders
faultfinders
noun
plural of faultfinder
faultfinding
faultfinding
adj
Tending to find fault
noun
Excessive or petty criticism
faultinesses
faultinesses
noun
plural of faultiness
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
fayetteville
fayetteville
Proper noun
A city in Arkansas
A city in North Carolina
A city in Tennessee
featherlight
featherlight
adj
Alternative form of feather-light
federalistic
federalistic
adj
Relating to or characteristic of federalism.
federational
federational
adj
Federative; pertaining to, characteristic of, or constituting a federation.
federatively
federatively
adv
In a federative way.
feldspathoid
feldspathoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
felicitating
felicitating
verb
present participle of felicitate
felicitation
felicitation
noun
The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
felicitators
felicitators
noun
plural of felicitator
felicitously
felicitously
adv
In a felicitous manner.
felonsetting
felsobanyite
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
femorotibial
femorotibial
adj
Relating to the femur and tibia.
fendillation
fenouillette
ferrocalcite
ferrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.
fertilisable
fertilisable
adj
Alternative spelling of fertilizable
fertilizable
fertilizable
adj
Capable of being fertilized.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
fetalization
fetalization
noun
Alternative form of foetalization
feuillemorte
feuillemorte
adj
Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown.
fibrilations
fibrillating
fibrillating
adj
Of a muscle, especially in the heart: undergoing fibrillation; quivering.
Splitting into fibrils or fibres.
verb
present participle of fibrillate
fibrillation
fibrillation
noun
The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart.
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
noun
A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.
fibroblastic
fibroblastic
adj
of, or relating to a fibroblast
fibroelastic
fibroelastic
adj
(anatomy) fibrous and elastic
fibroplastic
fibroplastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibroplasia
fictionalise
fictionalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fictionalize.
fictionality
fictionality
noun
State or quality of being fictional.
fictionalize
fictionalize
verb
To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work
To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
fictitiously
fictitiously
adv
In a fictitious manner
fiddlesticks
fiddlesticks
intj
(euphemistic) Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.