(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
afterplanting
afterripening
afterswarming
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
anteroflexion
anterofrontal
anterofrontal
adj
anterior and frontal
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antiforeigner
antiforeigner
adj
Opposed to foreigners.
antireflexive
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
benzotrifuran
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrisciform
certificating
certificating
verb
present participle of certificate
certification
certification
noun
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
The act of certifying.
The granting of a certificate.
chieftainries
chieftainries
noun
plural of chieftainry
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
colorfastness
colorfastness
noun
The characteristic of being colorfast.
confarreation
confarreation
noun
(Ancient Rome) A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (spelt)
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confectioners
confectioners
noun
plural of confectioner
confectionery
confectionery
noun
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confidentiary
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
confricamenta
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
contrafacture
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
contraflexure
costoinferior
counteraffirm
countereffect
countereffect
noun
An effect that is the opposite of another (especially another that has the same cause)
countereffort
countereffort
noun
An effort made in opposition to another.
counterfaller
counterfaller
noun
(engineering) A faller that opposes another faller, so that one rises while the other is descending.
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit
counterfeiter
counterfeiter
noun
A person who counterfeits
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfessed
counterflange
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflight
counteroffers
counteroffers
noun
plural of counteroffer
counterreform
counterreform
noun
Opposition to reform.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmenship
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cretification
defenestrated
defenestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate
defenestrates
defenestrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
delirifacient
delirifacient
adj
(medicine) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that tends to cause delirium.
denitrificant
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
diffarreation
diffarreation
noun
(historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
differentials
differentials
noun
plural of differential
differentiant
differentiant
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) A binary invariant
differentiate
differentiate
noun
(geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.
verb
(education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
(mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
(mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
(transitive, intransitive, often in the passive, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
To make different; to change, modify.
To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
To recognize a distinction or difference between two things.
differentness
differentness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being different.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being different.
disfigurement
disfigurement
noun
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured
driftlessness
driftlessness
noun
Quality of being driftless.
ectocuneiform
ectocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones of the tarsus.
effortfulness
effortfulness
noun
(psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity
electrofusion
electrofusion
noun
(biology) the fusion of plant protoplasts by electrical stimulation
fusion by means of electricity
electrorefine
electrorefine
verb
(transitive) To perform electrorefining upon.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
entocuneiform
entocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) The outermost of the cuneiform bones
equidifferent
equidifferent
adj
Having equal differences.
excarnificate
excarnificate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something) of flesh; to excarnate.
fatherlandish
fatherlandish
adj
Relating to or characteristic of the fatherland, especially in the context of Nazi Germany.
feathermonger
featureliness
featureliness
noun
The quality of being featurely.
febricitation
federationist
federationist
noun
An advocate of federationism.
fermentations
fermentations
noun
plural of fermentation
fermentitious
fermentitious
adj
Exhibiting or relating to fermentation.
ferrimagnetic
ferrimagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferrimagnetism.
ferritization
ferritization
noun
(geology) The formation of soil rich in iron and aluminium oxides with the loss of silica
ferroconcrete
ferroconcrete
Noun
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.
ferromagnetic
ferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
ferrotitanium
ferrotitanium
noun
An alloy of iron with 15-45% titanium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferrotungsten
ferrotungsten
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and tungsten.
ferruginating
ferrugination
ferrugination
noun
(pathology) A deposition of minerals (typically containing iron) on the walls of blood vessels
ferruminating
ferruminating
verb
present participle of ferruminate
ferrumination
ferrumination
noun
(obsolete) The soldering or uniting of metals.
ferthumlungur
fertilisation
fertilisation
noun
(chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of fertilization
fertilization
fertilization
noun
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants
The act or process of rendering fertile.
festschriften
festschriften
noun
plural of festschrift
fibropurulent
fictioneering
fictioneering
noun
The writing of fiction.
fictionmonger
fictionmonger
noun
(derogatory) A teller of lies.
(derogatory) A writer of fiction.
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
fingerprinted
fingerprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint
firmisternial
firmisternous
fletcherising
fletcherizing
fletcherizing
verb
present participle of fletcherize
fluocarbonate
fonctionnaire
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
forecastleman
forecastleman
noun
A crew member whose station is the forecastle, or whose quarters are below it.
forecastlemen
forecastlemen
noun
plural of forecastleman
foredestining
foredetermine
foredetermine
verb
(transitive) To determine beforehand; predetermine.
foregathering
foregathering
verb
present participle of foregather
forellenstein
forellenstein
noun
troctolite
forementioned
forementioned
adj
Alternative form of aforementioned
forensicality
forensicality
noun
The quality of being forensic; a forensic approach or attitude.
foreordinated
foreordinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreordinate
forepretended
foreshortened
foreshortened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten
forestallment
forestallment
noun
The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hinderance; prevention; aversion.
forgetfulness
forgetfulness
noun
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
forgottenness
forgottenness
noun
(philosophy) The quality or state of being forgotten
formativeness
fornicatrices
fornicatrices
noun
plural of fornicatrix
fortnightlies
fortnightlies
noun
plural of fortnightly
fortunateness
fortunateness
noun
The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
fortuneteller
fortuneteller
noun
Alternative spelling of fortune-teller.
fractionalize
fractionalize
verb
To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
fractiousness
fractiousness
noun
A peevish or cranky nature.
The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
fragmentalize
fragmentarily
fragmentarily
adv
In a fragmentary manner.
fragmentation
fragmentation
noun
(computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
(computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.