Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
fasciculation
fasciculation
noun
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
A cluster of fascicules
feudalisation
feudalisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of feudalization
fistulization
fistulization
noun
(medicine) The formation of a fistula.
flannelmouths
flannelmouths
noun
plural of flannelmouth
fluoridations
fluoridations
noun
plural of fluoridation
fluorinations
fluorinations
noun
plural of fluorination
formulisation
fountainously
fountainously
adv
In a fountainous manner.
functionalism
functionalism
noun
(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
(linguistics) Synonym of functional linguistics
(philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
(social sciences) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
functionalist
functionalist
adj
Relating to functionalism.
noun
One who believes in functionalism.
liquefactions
liquefactions
noun
plural of liquefaction
nonfactiously
nonflagitious
platiniferous
platiniferous
adj
yielding, or containing platinum
polysulfonate
subfractional
subfunctional
subfunctional
adj
Having little or no apparent function
Relating to a subfunction
suffocatingly
suffocatingly
adv
In a suffocating manner, or to a degree that suffocates
sulfatization
sulfobenzoate
sulfobenzoate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric sulfonic acids derived from benzoate (or carboxy derivatives of benzenesulfonic acid); the anion of sulfobenzoic acid
sulfofication
sulfonmethane
sulfonmethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A sedative drug with chemical formula C₇H₁₆O₄S₂; acetone diethyl sulfone.