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.
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
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
besanctify
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
brazenfacedly
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
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.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
casefying
casefying
verb
present participle of casefy
caustifying
cenospecifically
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
chapfallenly
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.
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chinafy
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.
chylifaction
chylifaction
noun
(biology) The formation of chyle.
chylification
chylification
Noun
The production of chyle
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
chymification
chymification
noun
The conversion of food into chyme
chymifying
chymifying
verb
present participle of chymify
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
classifying
classifying
adj
That serves to classify
verb
present participle of classify
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coefficiently
coefficiently
adv
In a coefficient manner
coenospecifically
coinfinity
cokneyfy
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
commodifying
commodifying
verb
present participle of commodify
conchyliferous
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
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.
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.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confelicity
confelicity
noun
(rare) Pleasure in another's happiness.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own confession.
confessingly
confessingly
adv
So as to confess; by way of confession.
confessionally
confessionally
adv
With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentiary
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confinedly
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
confirmity
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflictingly
conflictingly
adv
In a conflicting fashion.
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxibility
confocally
confocally
adv
In a confocal way.
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confusingly
confusingly
adv
In a confusing manner
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
consentfully
consentfully
adv
With consent; consensually.
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
consignifying
consignifying
verb
present participle of consignify
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
copyfitting
cornify
cornify
verb
(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterefficiency
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflory
counterflory
adj
(heraldry) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy