Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
noun
A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
affirmant
affirmant
noun
(law) One who affirms of taking an oath.
One who affirms or asserts.
affirmers
affirmers
noun
plural of affirmer
affirming
affirming
noun
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
verb
present participle of affirm
affixment
affixment
noun
Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
aforetime
aforetime
adj
(archaic) Former.
adv
(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
afterfame
afterform
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterharm
aftermark
aftermass
aftermast
aftermast
noun
(nautical) A mast located towards the stern of a ship.
aftermath
aftermath
noun
(obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
aftermeal
aftermilk
aftermost
aftermost
adj
(nautical) Nearest the stern of a vessel.
(obsolete) Most recent.
adv
(obsolete) At the very back.
aftertime
aftertime
noun
(music) The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.
A later time; the future.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
airframes
airframes
noun
plural of airframe
amalfitan
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
amplified
amplified
adj
Having been made the subject of amplification; more potent or stronger, louder
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amplify
amplifier
amplifier
noun
(electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
(linguistics) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
(music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
amplifies
amplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
axiniform
axiniform
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Shaped like the head of an axe.
azoformic
bacciform
bacciform
adj
Having the form of a berry.
backframe
bedframes
bedframes
noun
plural of bedframe
befrumple
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
birdfarms
blatiform
bloomfell
bombproof
bombproof
adj
Sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.
noun
An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to bomb blasts.
brimfield
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
bromoform
bromoform
noun
(organic chemistry) The haloform CHBr₃ that is the bromine analogue of chloroform.
bulbiform
bulbiform
adj
Shaped like a bulb.
bulliform
bulliform
adj
(medicine) Having a blistered appearance; bullate.
noun
A bulliform cell
bumfuzzle
bumfuzzle
verb
(transitive, chiefly Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster.
bursiform
bursiform
adj
Shaped like a purse or bag.
cactiform
cactiform
adj
Resembling a cactus.
caeciform
calciform
calciform
adj
Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
cambiform
cambiform
adj
(botany) Resembling the cells of the cambium.
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
campcraft
campcraft
noun
Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
campfires
campfires
noun
plural of campfire
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
capriform
capriform
adj
Having the form of a goat
cardiform
cardiform
adj
(of fish teeth) Resembling a series of combs
carniform
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
celliform
celliform
adj
Having the form of a cell; cellular
celtiform
chamfered
chamfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamfer
chamferer
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chamfrons
chamfrons
noun
plural of chamfron
cheliform
cheliform
adj
Having the form of a chela
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymified
chymified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chymify
ciliiform
ciliiform
adj
Alternative form of ciliform
circumfer
circumfer
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bear or carry around.
cirriform
cirriform
adj
(biology, zoology) Formed like a cirrus or tendril.
claviform
claviform
adj
(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
cliffsman
cobriform
cobriform
adj
Shaped like a cobra.
cocciform
coenflame
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
coffeeman
coffeeman
noun
(dated) A man who keeps a coffeehouse; the owner of a coffeehouse.
A person who makes coffee in an establishment, or on a ship etc.
cofferdam
cofferdam
noun
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.
(nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.
coliforms
coliforms
noun
plural of coliform
colliform
comfiness
comfiness
noun
(informal) comfortableness
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
cominform
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmee
confirmee
noun
A person who is confirmed via religious rite.
One to whom anything is confirmed.
confirmer
confirmer
noun
One who confirms something
confirmor
confirmor
noun
(Hong Kong, specifically) A purchaser of real estate who resells the property before the transaction is completed.
(law) One who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
conformal
conformal
adj
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.
(mathematics, of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
conformed
conformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conform
conformer
conformer
noun
(biochemistry) A particular folded state or conformation of a protein, especially an abnormal conformation of a prion
(chemistry) Any of a set of stereoisomers characterised by a conformation that corresponds to a distinct potential energy minimum.
(religion) A Conformist.
A person who conforms; a conformist.
cordiform
cordiform
adj
Shaped like a heart; cordate.
corflambo
corniform
corniform
adj
Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
corviform
costiform
costiform
adj
Having the form of a rib.
cottiform
cottiform
adj
Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.
noun
Such a fish
craftsman
craftsman
noun
A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
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.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
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
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
cymbiform
cymbiform
adj
(botany) Elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
damnified
damnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damnify
damnifies
damnifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damnify
dampproof
dampproof
adj
Resistant to the effects of damp.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to the effects of damp.
damselfly
damselfly
noun
Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.
defeatism
defeatism
noun
Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
deferment
deferment
noun
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
defluvium
defoamers
defoamers
noun
plural of defoamer
defoaming
defoaming
verb
present participle of defoam
deformers
deformers
noun
plural of deformer
deforming
deforming
verb
present participle of deform
deformism
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
demagnify
demagnify
verb
To reduce the size of an image etc
demideify
demideify
verb
(transitive) To treat as a demigod.
demulsify
demulsify
verb
(intransitive, of an emulsion) To separate into its components.
(transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components.
demystify
demystify
verb
(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
demythify
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
difformed
disaffirm
disaffirm
verb
To deny, contradict or repudiate
disciform
disciform
adj
(botany) Having a flat, rounded shape.
discomfit
discomfit
adj
(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.
verb
(archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
(rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
dismayful
dismayful
adj
(obsolete) terrifying
dolioform
dolioform
adj
(biology) Shaped like a barrel or cask.
doomfully
doomfully
adv
In a doomful manner.
doorframe
doorframe
noun
The frame into which a door is fitted.
draftsman
draftsman
noun
US standard spelling of draughtsman.
draftsmen
draftsmen
noun
plural of draftsman
drumfires
drumfires
noun
plural of drumfire
dryfarmer
dualmutef
dufferdom
dufferdom
noun
The realm or sphere of duffers.
dumbfound
dumbfound
verb
(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
dumfounds
dumfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumfound
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
effingham
effingham
Proper noun
A village in Surrey, England
A city in Illinois, USA, and the county seat of Effingham County.