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.
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adsignify
adsignify
verb
(transitive) To denote additionally.
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affirmant
affirmant
noun
(law) One who affirms of taking an oath.
One who affirms or asserts.
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.
afflation
afflation
noun
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
affluxion
affluxion
noun
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
affraying
affraying
verb
present participle of affray
affusions
affusions
noun
plural of affusion
aflatoxin
aflatoxin
noun
(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
afrikaans
afrikaner
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
ahnfeltia
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
alfaquins
alfaquins
noun
plural of alfaquin
alfoncino
aljofaina
amalfitan
angelfish
angelfish
noun
A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
anglified
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
antefixal
antefixal
adj
Relating to an antefix.
antefixes
antefixes
noun
plural of antefix
antidraft
antidraft
adj
Opposing the draft (military conscription).
antifelon
antiflash
antiflash
adj
Alternative form of anti-flash
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antifrost
antifrost
adj
Preventing, or countering the effects of frost.
antigraft
antigraft
adj
(politics) Opposed to or working against graft
antitheft
antitheft
adj
Against or preventing from being stolen.
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
avifaunae
avifaunal
avifaunal
adj
Of or pertaining to avifauna.
avifaunas
avifaunas
noun
plural of avifauna
axiniform
axiniform
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Shaped like the head of an axe.
bandfiled
basifying
basifying
verb
present participle of basify
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beefiness
beefiness
noun
The characteristic of being beefy.
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
befingers
befingers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befinger
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
befogging
befogging
verb
present participle of befog
befooling
befooling
verb
present participle of befool
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befriends
befriends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
befringed
befringed
adj
Having a fringe
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befringe
befringes
befringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befringe
begulfing
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
biforking
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blindfast
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfold
blindfold
adj
Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
Thoughtless; reckless.
adv
With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
noun
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
verb
To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
To obscure understanding or comprehension.
bloodfins
bloodfins
noun
plural of bloodfin
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
briefings
briefings
noun
plural of briefing
briefness
briefness
noun
The characteristic of being brief.
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.
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).
caffeines
caffeines
noun
plural of caffeine
caffeinic
caffeinic
adj
Related to or containing caffeine.
caffoline
caffoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
canfields
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnified
carnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnify
carnifies
carnifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify
carniform
casefying
casefying
verb
present participle of casefy
catfacing
catfacing
noun
The development of the catface deformity in tomatoes.
chaffinch
chaffinch
noun
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chefrinia
chiefland
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chieftain
chieftain
noun
(by extension) A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
chinafish
chinafish
noun
Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes
chiniofon
chiniofon
Noun
An antiprotozoal agent.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
cliffhang
cliffhang
verb
(intransitive) To be in suspense.
cliffsman
cliftonia
clingfish
clingfish
noun
A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coffering
coffering
verb
present participle of coffer
coffining
coffining
verb
present participle of coffin
coffinite
coffinite
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
cofinance
cofinance
verb
To finance jointly.
coldfinch
comfiness
comfiness
noun
(informal) comfortableness
cominform
conchfish
confidant
confidant
noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
confident
confident
adj
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Very sure of something; positive.
noun
Obsolete form of confidant.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
confiding
confiding
adj
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
noun
The telling of something in confidence.
verb
present participle of confide
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
confiners
confiners
noun
plural of confiner
confining
confining
adj
limiting; restrictive
verb
present participle of confine
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
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.
confitent
confitent
noun
A person who confesses; a confessor or penitent
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confixing
confixing
verb
present participle of confix
conflicts
conflicts
noun
plural of conflict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflict
confrerie
confrerie
noun
brotherhood, association
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
coniferae
coniferin
coniferin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside of coniferol found in conifers