(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
befoulier
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
begulfing
beliefful
beliefful
adj
(rare) Having belief or faith; faithful.
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifluorid
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bishopful
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfide
bisulfide
noun
(chemistry) The anion HS⁻.
(chemistry, dated) Disulfide, the anion ⁻S–S⁻.
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bluefield
boilerful
boilerful
noun
Enough to fill a boiler.
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
buckfield
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
bufonidae
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bulbiform
bulbiform
adj
Shaped like a bulb.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
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).
bulliform
bulliform
adj
(medicine) Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
noun
A bulliform cell
bursiform
bursiform
adj
Shaped like a purse or bag.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
calcifuge
calcifuge
noun
Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauldrife
caulfield
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
cerulific
choiceful
choiceful
adj
(obsolete) Making choices; fickle.
Having the opportunity to choose or make choices; abounding in choices
chuffiest
circumfer
circumfer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
cocrucify
coiffeurs
coiffeurs
noun
plural of coiffeur
coiffeuse
coiffeuse
noun
A female hairdresser
coiffured
coiffured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coiffure
coiffures
coiffures
noun
plural of coiffure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coiffure
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
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
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
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
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.
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
countfish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
crucifers
crucifers
noun
plural of crucifer
crucified
crucified
adj
that has been subject to crucifixion
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crucify
crucifier
crucifier
noun
One who crucifies.
crucifies
crucifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify
crucifige
cruciform
cruciform
adj
Having the shape of a cross.
noun
(genetics) A cross shape in DNA; a Holliday junction.
Any emblem in the shape of a cross.
crustific
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
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
cutcliffe
deceitful
deceitful
adj
Deceptive, two-faced.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
defluvium
defluxion
defluxion
noun
(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.
(obsolete) A flowing down; a running down.
demulsify
demulsify
verb
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
designful
designful
adj
Full of designs; scheming.
desireful
desireful
adj
Filled with desire; eager.
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
difficult
difficult
adj
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
diffluent
diffluent
adj
Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
difflugia
diffusate
diffusate
noun
(chemistry) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
diffusely
diffusely
adv
In a diffuse manner.
diffusers
diffusers
noun
plural of diffuser
diffusing
diffusing
adj
(of a category) broken down so that its elements are placed in its most specific subset available
verb
present participle of diffuse
diffusion
diffusion
noun
(marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
(physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
diffusive
diffusive
adj
(sciences) Pertaining to diffusion.
Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.
That diffuses something; disseminating.
That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
diffusors
diffusors
noun
plural of diffusor
difluence
difluence
noun
Opposite of confluence
dipperful
dipperful
noun
(US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
direfully
direfully
adv
In a direful manner.
disfavour
disfavour
noun
A state of being out of favour.
An unkindness; a disobliging act.
Lack of favour; displeasure.
verb
(British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
disfigure
disfigure
verb
to change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
dismayful
dismayful
adj
(obsolete) terrifying
disulfate
disulfate
noun
Alternative form of disulphate
disulfide
disulfide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of sulfur and another element in the ratio 2:1 (formula XS₂).
(inorganic chemistry) The anion ⁻S–S⁻.
(organic chemistry) A functional group with two sulfur atoms bonded to one another, described by the following formula: R–S–S–R'.
disulfids
disulfids
noun
plural of disulfid
drumfires
drumfires
noun
plural of drumfire
dufrenite
dufrenite
noun
(mineralogy) A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
dulcified
dulcified
adj
sweetened; mollified
dulcifies
dulcifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify
duplified
dutifully
dutifully
adv
With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.
effluvial
effluvial
adj
Of or pertaining to effluvia.
effluvias
effluvium
effluvium
noun
A condition causing the shedding of hair.
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
effluxion
effluxion
Noun
The process of flowing out.
That which has flowed out.
effulging
effulging
verb
present participle of effulge
effusions
effusions
noun
plural of effusion
effuviate
emusified
emusifies
engulfing
engulfing
verb
present participle of engulf
enticeful
enticeful
adj
(rare) That has an ability or tendency to entice.
epifaunae
epifaunae
noun
plural of epifauna
epifaunal
epifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to epifauna.
epifaunas
eruciform
eruciform
adj
Shaped like a caterpillar.
euflavine
fabricius
fabritius
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
facetious
facetious
adj
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
faciendum
faciendum
noun
Something that must be done.
factitude
factitude
noun
The property of being factual.
facultied
facultied
adj
(in combination) Having a faculty or faculties of a specified kind.
faculties
faculties
noun
plural of faculty
facultize
facultize
verb
(obsolete) To make use of one's faculties; to perform skilled work.
To develop as an academic discipline.
To educate in an academic discipline.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fahlunite
fahlunite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydration of iolite.
fainaigue
fainaigue
verb
(card games) To renege (“break one's commitment to follow suit when capable”).
To achieve or obtain (something) by complicated or deceitful methods; to finagle, to wangle.