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.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
borofluohydric
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
caustify
caustifying
cellulifugally
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
chlorophylliferous
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chuffy
chuffy
adj
(archaic) Rough; boorish; surly.
Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
cocrucify
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourfully
colourfully
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully
conchyliferous
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxibility
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.
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.
consentfully
consentfully
adv
With consent; consensually.
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
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.
craftsbury
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.
(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
An awkward situation or quarrel.
An objection.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
discursify
disgracefully
disgracefully
adv
In a disgraceful manner.
disrespectfully
disrespectfully
adv
In a disrespectful manner; with a lack of respect.
dulcify
dulcify
verb
(obsolete) To neutralise the acidity of.
(transitive) To mollify or make peaceful.
To make sweeter or more pleasant.
To sweeten the taste of.
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
duncify
duncify
verb
(transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
duncifying
duncifying
verb
present participle of duncify
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
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.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
effectuality
effectuality
noun
The state or condition of being effectual.
effectually
effectually
adv
In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
efficaciously
efficaciously
adv
in an efficacious manner
effluency
effluency
noun
(archaic) effluence
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
equisufficiency
excusefully
facetiously
facetiously
adv
(dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitiously
factitiously
adv
In a factitious manner.
factuality
factuality
noun
That which is factual.
The state or quality of being factual.
factually
factually
adv
In a factual manner
facultatively
facultatively
adv
In a facultative manner
faculty
faculty
noun
(Church of England) A licence to make alterations to a church.
(Often in the plural): an ability, power, or skill.
(chiefly US) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
A division of a university.
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
The members of a profession.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fallaciously
fallaciously
adv
In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
fascicularly
fascicularly
adv
Having, or in terms of, fascicles.
fasciculately
fasciculately
adv
In a fasciculate manner.
faunistically
faunistically
adv
In terms of the distribution of animals.
fayumic
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
feculency
feculency
noun
Alternative form of feculence
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fecundify
fecundify
verb
(transitive) To make fruitful; to fecundate.
fecundity
fecundity
noun
Ability to cause growth or increase.
Ability to produce offspring.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
felicitously
felicitously
adv
In a felicitous manner.
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
fictitiously
fictitiously
adv
In a fictitious manner
fiducially
fiducially
Adverb
With confidence.
fiduciarily
fiduciarily
adv
In a fiduciary manner
fiduciary
fiduciary
adj
(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
noun
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
fisticuffery
fisticuffery
noun
fisticuffs; fighting with the fists
flatulency
flatulency
noun
(chiefly dated) flatulence
flocculency
flocculency
noun
Quality of being flocculent.
flocculently
flocculently
adv
In a flocculent manner.
floriculturally
floriculturally
adv
In terms of floriculture.
flouncey
flouncey
adj
Dated form of flouncy.
flouncy
flouncy
adj
Gathered and pleated.
fluctuability
fluctuability
noun
The capacity or ability to fluctuate.
fluctuosity
fluency
fluency
noun
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.
The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
The quality of smoothness of flow.
fluidglycerate
fluidglycerate
noun
A plant extract produced by extracting with a mixture of glycerine and water
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
fluoroscopically
fluoroscopically
adv
By means of fluoroscopy.
fluoroscopy
fluoroscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination using a fluoroscope.
forcefully
forcefully
adv
With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formulaically
formulaically
adv
in a formulaic manner; according to an established formula
fractiously
fractiously
adv
In a fractious manner.
fractuosity
fractuosity
noun
The state of being fractured; superficial fracture
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
frequency
frequency
noun
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
(uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
fructiferously
fructify
fructify
verb
(intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
(transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
fructifying
fructifying
verb
present participle of fructify
fructuary
fructuary
noun
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.