The characteristic of being baffling; mysteriousness.
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beneficeless
beneficeless
adj
Without a benefice.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
benzoflavine
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
bioflavinoid
bioflavonoid
bioflavonoid
noun
flavonoid
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blindfolding
blindfolding
noun
The act of covering with a blindfold.
verb
present participle of blindfold
blissfulness
blissfulness
noun
The characteristic of being blissful.
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
brimfullness
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.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
californiana
californians
californicus
californiums
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
cliffhangers
cliffhangers
noun
plural of cliffhanger
cliffhanging
cliffhanging
adj
Suspenseful.
verb
present participle of cliffhang
climbingfish
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
confervalike
confessingly
confessingly
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
confessional
confessional
adj
In the manner or style of a confession.
Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
(reality television) A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
A confession.
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
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
conflictions
conflictions
noun
plural of confliction
conflictless
conflictless
adj
Without conflict.
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
coronofacial
counterfoils
counterfoils
noun
plural of counterfoil
craniofacial
craniofacial
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the cranium and face, as with craniofacial surgery.
cycloolefine
cycloolefins
cycloolefins
noun
plural of cycloolefin
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
daingerfield
daingerfield
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
decalcifying
decalcifying
adj
That is used to decalcify
verb
present participle of decalcify
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
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.
deflexionize
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
defoliations
defoliations
noun
plural of defoliation
demulsifying
demulsifying
verb
present participle of demulsify
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.
diffrangible
diffrangible
adj
Able to be diffracted.
difunctional
difunctional
adj
bifunctional
disdainfully
disdainfully
adv
In a disdainful manner.
disinflating
disinflating
verb
present participle of disinflate
disinflation
disinflation
noun
(economics) A decrease in the inflation rate.
(economics) Deflation
dorsiflexion
dorsiflexion
noun
(medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction
echinuliform
echinuliform
adj
Resembling small spines.
effeminately
effeminately
adv
In an effeminate manner.
efflorescing
efflorescing
verb
present participle of effloresce
eighteenfold
eighteenfold
adj
By a factor of eighteen.
electrifying
electrifying
adj
that electrifies
thrilling or startling
verb
present participle of electrify
excalfaction
exemplifying
exemplifying
verb
present participle of exemplify
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.
facilenesses
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.
faciolingual
faciolingual
adj
Relating to the face and tongue.
facsimileing
factionalism
factionalism
noun
Conflict between factions.
The splitting of a group into factions.
factionalist
factionalist
noun
A supporter of a faction.
faithfulness
faithfulness
noun
The state of being faithful
fallibleness
fallibleness
noun
The quality of being fallible
familiarness
familiarness
noun
Quality of being familiar.
fancifulness
fancifulness
noun
The quality of being fanciful.
farcicalness
farcicalness
noun
The property of being farcical.
farmingville
farnhamville
farthingales
farthingales
noun
plural of farthingale
farthingdeal
farthingless
farthingless
adj
Without a farthing; very poor.
fascinatedly
fascinatedly
adv
In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
fashionables
fashionables
noun
plural of fashionable
fatherliness
fatherliness
noun
The property of being fatherly.
faultfinders
faultfinders
noun
plural of faultfinder
faultfinding
faultfinding
adj
Tending to find fault
noun
Excessive or petty criticism
faultinesses
faultinesses
noun
plural of faultiness
faunological
faunological
adj
Relating to faunology.
feasibleness
feasibleness
noun
feasibility
federalising
federalising
verb
present participle of federalise
federalizing
federalizing
verb
present participle of federalize
federational
federational
adj
Federative; pertaining to, characteristic of, or constituting a federation.
feebleminded
feebleminded
adj
Alternative spelling of feeble-minded
felicitating
felicitating
verb
present participle of felicitate
felicitation
felicitation
noun
The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
felonsetting
felsobanyite
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
fendillation
fenouillette
ferroinclave
ferrosilicon
ferrosilicon
noun
An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking.
fetalization
fetalization
noun
Alternative form of foetalization
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.
fibrinolyses
fibrinolyses
noun
plural of fibrinolysis
fibrinolysin
fibrinolysin
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme derived from plasma of bovine origin, or extracted from cultures of certain bacteria, that attacks and inactivates fibrin.
fibrinolysis
fibrinolysis
noun
The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down.
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
noun
A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.
fibronuclear
ficklenesses
ficklenesses
noun
plural of fickleness
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
fiddlestring
fiddlestring
noun
One of the strings of a fiddle.
figurational
figurational
adj
Relating to figurations.
filibranchia
filipuncture
filipuncture
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of passing wire into an aneurysmal cavity.