(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
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.
barefacedly
barefacedly
adv
In a barefaced manner
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
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
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bombyciform
borofluohydric
brachyfacial
brachyfacial
adj
(anatomy) Having a short face.
brazenfacedly
caffrey
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
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.
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.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
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
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
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.
chiefry
chiefry
noun
A chief's territory.
A rent paid to a chief or supreme lord.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
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.
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chylificatory
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
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
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
cocrucify
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
coffeeberry
coffeeberry
noun
A shrub with glossy green leaves and bright red fruits that look like those of the coffee tree, native to the far western edge of North America, from Oregon to Baja California, Frangula californica
coglorify
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourfully
colourfully
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully
colymbiform
colymbriformes
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
comfrey
comfrey
noun
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.
comfreys
comfreys
noun
plural of comfrey
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.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
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
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
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
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
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.
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
copyfitter
cornify
cornify
verb
(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
corporify
corporify
verb
To form into a body.
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
corymbiform
corymbiform
adj
(pathology, of a lesion) clustered
Having the form of a corymb
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
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
countryfiedness
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftly
craftsbury
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crafty
crafty
adj
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Skillful at deceiving others.
Sneaky; surreptitious.
craftype
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
crayfishes
crayfishes
noun
plural of crayfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cretify
cretify
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, medicine) To become impregnated with salts of lime.
cribriformity
cribriformity
noun
The condition of being cribriform
cruciformity
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
crucify
crucify
verb
(hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
(hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.