(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
dropflower
dropperful
dropperful
noun
Enough to fill a dropper.
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
felsophyre
fireplough
flameproof
flameproof
adj
Resistant to catching fire.
verb
(transitive) To make flameproof.
flapdoodle
flapdoodle
noun
(countable) A speaker or writer of nonsense.
(countable) Thingamabob.
verb
To con; to deceive with nonsense.
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
floatplane
floatplane
noun
A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
floccipend
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
floppiness
floppiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being floppy
floriscope
floroscope
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
forelooper
forelouper
forepaling
forepoling
glareproof
glareproof
adj
Resistant to glare.
hyperfocal
hyperfocal
adj
(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field
kaempferol
kaempferol
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease
lampflower
lanceproof
leafhopper
leafhopper
noun
Alternative spelling of leaf-hopper
leporiform
leporiform
adj
rabbit-shaped
lipoferous
paddlefoot
paddlefoot
noun
(military, aviation, slang) A member of the groundcrew.
paleofauna
paleofauna
noun
(geology, zoology) The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils
perflation
perflation
noun
(obsolete) The act of perflating, or blowing through.
perfoliate
perfoliate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Appearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
(botany, of leaves) Having the leaf round the stem at the base.
(zoology) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, etc.
perforable
perforable
adj
Capable of being perforated or penetrated.
petaliform
petaliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a petal.
petrolific
petrolific
adj
Yielding petroleum.
philofelon
piliferous
piliferous
adj
Containing or producing hair.
platformed
platformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platform
platformer
platformer
noun
(video games, informal) A platform game.
playfellow
playfellow
noun
(dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
ploceiform
pluteiform
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
poltfooted
poltfooted
adj
clubfooted
polypifera
polypifera
Noun
The marine cnidarians; the Anthozoa
postfoetal
postfoveal
postfoveal
adj
Behind the fovea
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
preflexion
preflexion
adj
(zoology) Before the flexion stage of larval development
prefrontal
prefrontal
adj
Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone.
Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.
noun
A prefrontal bone, scale, etc.
pregolfing
prodefault
profanable
profanable
adj
Able to be profaned.
profitable
profitable
adj
Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
Producing a profit.
profitless
profitless
adj
not yielding profit
proflavine
proflavine
noun
(organic chemistry) A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria
profligate
profligate
adj
(obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
noun
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb
(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
proflogger
profluence
profluence
noun
(obsolete) Onward flow; current.
(rare) The progression or flow (of time, events etc.).
profulgent
profulgent
adj
(obsolete) Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
promiseful
promiseful
adj
Full of promise for the future; promising.
prowessful
pulmonifer
purposeful
purposeful
adj
Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
Having purpose; intentional.
ravelproof
ravelproof
adj
Resistant to raveling; tangleproof.
rebelproof
rifleproof
rifleproof
adj
resistant to rifle fire
riflescope
riflescope
noun
A telescopic sight for a rifle.
scaleproof
scaleproof
adj
Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).
sheepfolds
sheepfolds
noun
plural of sheepfold
shellproof
shellproof
adj
Resistant to shelling.
shoplifted
shoplifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shoplift
shoplifter
shoplifter
noun
A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.