Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetylfluoride
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acinacifolious
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
africanthropus
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
aluminoferric
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
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.
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
antifeudalistic
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antiscrofulous
antiscrofulous
adj
(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
aquifoliaceae
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
arciferous
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
artifactitious
artifactitious
adj
artifactual
artifactual
artifactual
adj
Of or pertaining to artifact.
Resembling an artifact.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
ascidiferous
asciferous
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
aurific
aurific
adj
That produces gold
aurification
aurification
noun
Any of several processes, especially in dentistry, that involve working with gold.
austafrican
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autoinfection
autoinfection
noun
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
autoreflection
avifaunistic
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beneficium
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bifollicular
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.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
blackfigured
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
borofluohydric
borofluoric
brachiferous
brachiofaciolingual
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brutification
bucciniform
buckfield
bulfinch
bullfice
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
burchfield
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
caffiaceous
calamiferious
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
calcariferous
calcariferous
adj
calciferous
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calcifugal
calcifugal
adj
Of or relating to a calcifuge.
calcifuge
calcifuge
noun
Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
calcifugous
calcifugous
adj
Synonym of calcifugal
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
calculifrage
calculifrage
noun
(surgery) An instrument inserted into the bladder in order to break up calculi.
californicus
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
californiums
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
camouflagic
camouflagic
adj
Providing or relating to camouflage.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprifoliaceous
caprifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
caprifolium
caprimulgiformes
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carriageful
carriageful
noun
The amount that can fit in a carriage.
casuariiformes
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauldrife
cauldrifeness
caulfield
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflorous
cauliflorous
adj
(botany) Having flowers on the stem.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
caustification
caustification
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The production of caustic soda (or caustic potash) by treatment of sodium carbonate (or potassium carbonate) with quicklime
caustified
caustify
caustifying
cellfalcicula
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
cellifugal
cellifugal
adj
cellulifugal
celluliferous
celluliferous
adj
Bearing or producing little cells.
cellulifugal
cellulifugal
adj
That carries nerve impulses away from a neuron
cellulifugally
cellulofibrous
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
ceratofibrous
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.