(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
afroasiatic
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
agariciform
agariciform
adj
Having the form of an agaric
alcyoniform
aminoformic
archpontiff
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bacilliform
bacilliform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped
noun
Such a bacillus
bacteriform
bathofloric
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bombyciform
borofluoric
bracteiform
branchiform
bucciniform
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calathiform
calcariform
calcariform
adj
Having the shape of a spur
calciferols
calciferols
noun
plural of calciferol
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
californian
californian
Adjective
Of or relating to California.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
calorifical
calorifical
adj
Archaic form of calorific.
campaniform
campaniform
adj
In the shape of a bell
capilliform
capilliform
adj
Having the form of a hair
caprifolium
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carboncliff
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
cercariform
cerebriform
cerebriform
adj
Resembling the outer surface of the brain
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chiffoniers
chiffoniers
noun
plural of chiffonier
chiffonnier
chiffonnier
noun
Alternative form of chiffonier
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
choleriform
choleriform
adj
Resembling cholera.
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
christiform
christoffel
christoffer
christoforo
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
ciconiiform
ciconiiform
noun
Any stork of the order Ciconiiformes
ciliiferous
cirriferous
cirriferous
Adjective
Bearing cirri
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cocciferous
cocciferous
adj
Bearing or producing berries.
cochleiform
cochleiform
adj
Having the form of a snail shell
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofavorites
cofavorites
noun
plural of cofavorite
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
cofreighter
coinferring
coliiformes
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
colourifics
colubriform
colubriform
adj
Characteristic of snakes of the family Colubridae; colubrid
Having the form of a snake
noun
Any snake of the clade Colubriformes
columniform
columniform
adj
Having the form of a column.
colymbiform
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmment
confiscator
confiscator
noun
A person who confiscates
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conformisms
conformisms
noun
plural of conformism
conformists
conformists
noun
plural of conformist
confraction
confronting
confronting
adj
Causing distress; upsetting.
verb
present participle of confront
copperfield
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
coraciiform
coraciiform
noun
Any bird of the order Coraciiformes
coralliform
coralliform
adj
Having the shape of coral.
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
corolliform
corolliform
adj
Having the form of a corolla
corticiform
corticiform
adj
Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.
corymbiform
corymbiform
adj
(pathology, of a lesion) clustered
Having the form of a corymb
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
crateriform
crateriform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a shallow bowl.
criniferous
cromfordite
crossfiring
crotaliform
cruciferous
cruciferous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Bearing a cross.
crucifixion
crucifixion
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
(figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
cuculliform
cuculliform
adj
Cowl- or hood-shaped.
culmiferous
culmiferous
adj
(botany) Having jointed stems or culms.
(mineralogy) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
cupriferous
cupriferous
adj
Containing or producing copper.
cypraeiform
cypriniform
cypriniform
noun
Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cystiferous
defrication
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
diffraction
diffraction
noun
(physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
disciferous
disciferous
adj
Bearing discs.
disciflorae
discifloral
discifloral
adj
(botany) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle.
discomfiter
discomforts
discomforts
noun
plural of discomfort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfort
disconfirms
disconfirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconfirm
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
disinfector
disinfector
noun
An apparatus for applying disinfectants.
One who, or that which, disinfects.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
eichendorff
enforcingly
enforcingly
adv
So as to enforce.
enforcively
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fabricators
fabricators
noun
plural of fabricator
facilitator
facilitator
noun
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.
Something that facilitates
factorially
factorially
adv
(mathematics) According to a factorial series or ratio.
factorizing
factorizing
noun
factorization
verb
present participle of factorize
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
factoryship
falconiform
falconiform
noun
(ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
fascinators
fascinators
noun
plural of fascinator
fasciolaria
felicitator
felicitator
noun
One who felicitates, or offers congratulation.
felsophyric
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
ferrocerium
ferrocerium
noun
A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
ferrocyanic
ferrocyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide