To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
acidifying
acidifying
verb
present participle of acidify
actify
actify
verb
Synonym of activate
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alcyoniform
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antiscientifically
antiscientifically
adv
In an antiscientific manner.
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archinfamy
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artificiality
artificiality
noun
(countable) Something artificial.
(uncountable) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
artificially
artificially
adv
By or because of human effort.
In an artificial manner.
aycliffe
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
beatifically
beatifically
adv
In a beatific manner.
befancy
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficency
beneficency
noun
beneficence
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benzoylformic
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
besanctify
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
boldfacedly
bombyciform
borofluohydric
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
brachyfacial
brachyfacial
adj
(anatomy) Having a short face.
brazenfacedly
caddicefly
caddisfly
caddisfly
noun
Alternative spelling of caddis fly
caffoy
caffrey
cafoy
caitifty
calcify
calcify
verb
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calefy
calefy
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot
(transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
capacify
capacify
verb
(archaic) To qualify.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
casefy
casefy
verb
To make or become cheeselike.
casefying
casefying
verb
present participle of casefy
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
caustify
caustifying
cavafy
celestify
celestify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
cellulifugally
cenospecifically
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
cerebriformly
cerebriformly
adv
In a cerebriform manner.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
certificatory
certificatory
adj
Serving to certify something.
noun
(archaic) A certificate.
certify
certify
verb
(archaic, reflexive) To assure (oneself) of something; to ascertain.
(transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
(transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
(transitive, archaic) To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true.
(transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chaffy
chaffy
adj
Like or containing chaff.
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
chapfallenly
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
chayefsky
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
cherryfield
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chiefly
chiefly
adj
of or relating to a chief
adv
(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
chiefry
chiefry
noun
A chief's territory.
A rent paid to a chief or supreme lord.
chieftaincy
chieftaincy
noun
The area or population ruled by a chief.
The position or period of rule of a chief.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chiefty
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chifley
chinafy
chlorophylliferous
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chuffy
chuffy
adj
(archaic) Rough; boorish; surly.
Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
chylifactive
chylifactive
adj
(physiology) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chylific
chylific
adj
That produces chyle
chylification
chylification
Noun
The production of chyle
chylificatory
chylified
chylified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chylify
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chylify
chylify
verb
(biochemistry, intransitive) To be converted into chyle.
(biochemistry, transitive) To make chyle of.
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
chymification
chymification
noun
The conversion of food into chyme
chymified
chymified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chymify
chymify
chymify
verb
(physiology) To form into chyme.
chymifying
chymifying
verb
present participle of chymify
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
citify
citify
verb
(intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
(transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
(transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
cityfied
cityfied
adj
Alternative spelling of citified.
cityfolk
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
clamjamfery
clamjamfry
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarify
clarify
verb
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(obsolete) To glorify.
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
classifically
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
classify
classify
verb
To make classy
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
classifying
classifying
adj
That serves to classify
verb
present participle of classify
cliffy
cliffy
adj
Abounding in cliffs.
noun
(slang) A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story).
clifty
clifty
adj
(obsolete) Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
closefistedly
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.