(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
blindfoldedly
bodefully
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
boldfacedly
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
closefistedly
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
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.
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own 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.
confinedly
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
cycadofilicale
cycadofilicales
cycadofilices
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defectology
defectology
noun
(in the former Soviet Union) The training of teachers of handicapped children.
defensory
defensory
adj
(archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
noun
(archaic) That which defends.
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformedly
deformedly
adv
In a deformed manner.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
dehydroffroze
dehydroffrozen
dehydrofreeze
dehydrofreeze
verb
To preserve food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrofroze
dehydrofrozen
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
deossify
deossify
verb
(intransitive) To undergo deossification.
(transitive) To cause the deossification of.
detoxify
detoxify
verb
To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
diatrymiformes
dihdroxycholecalciferol
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
doftberry
dolefully
dolefully
adv
In a doleful manner
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
eyedropperful
eyedropperful
noun
As much as an eyedropper holds.
fadmongery
favoredly
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
feodality
feodality
noun
Alternative form of feudality
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrohydrocyanic
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
ferrotyped
ferrotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrotype
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
fideicommissary
fideicommissary
noun
(law, ancient Rome) the beneficiary of a fideicommissum.
fidejussionary
fidejussory
fidejussory
adj
Of or relating to fidejussion.
flatfootedly
flatfootedly
adv
In a flatfooted manner.
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
floyddale
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
foldedly
footpaddery
footpaddery
noun
(historical) The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
forayed
forayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foray
forbiddenly
forbiddenly
adv
In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
forcedly
forcedly
adv
In a manner that is, or seems, forced.
fordyce
fordyce
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a village in council area, Scotland
forebackwardly
forebodingly
forebodingly
adv
In a foreboding manner.
forebody
forebody
noun
(nautical) The part of the vessel forward of amidships.
(physiology) thorax
The forepart of a vehicle.
foreday
foreday
noun
(dialect) The earlier part of the day; the morning or early afternoon.
(in the plural, chiefly poetic, archaic) Past or former days
foredays
foredays
noun
plural of foreday
foredestiny
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
forelady
forelady
noun
the female equivalent of a foreman
foresightedly
foresightedly
adv
With foresight; in a foresighted manner.
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
foretypified
foretypified
adj
Typified beforehand.
foreyard
foreyard
noun
(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
A yard in front; front yard
foreyards
foreyards
noun
plural of foreyard
forgedly
forkedly
forkedly
adv
In a forked shape or pattern.
formaldehyd
formaldehyde
formaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
formaldehydes
formaldehydes
noun
plural of formaldehyde
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formylated
formylated
adj
(organic chemistry) That has had one or more formyl groups added
foryield
foryield
verb
(dialectal or obsolete) to pay back; recompense.
(obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite.
foulmouthedly
foundery
foundery
noun
Dated form of foundry.
foundrymen
foundrymen
noun
plural of foundryman
frogeyed
frogeyed
adj
Alternative spelling of frog-eyed
frondosely
frondosely
adv
In a frondose manner.
fullmouthedly
godeffroy
godfrey
horrifiedly
horrifiedly
adv
In a horrified manner.
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydroferricyanic
hydroferricyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroferrocyanate
hydroferrocyanic
hydroferrocyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen.
hydrofluate
hydrofluate
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A supposed compound of hydrofluoric acid and a base; a fluoride.
hydrofluoride
hydrofluoride
noun
(chemistry) A compound of hydrofluoric acid with an organic base such as an amine
hydrofluosilicate
hydrofluosilicate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid.
hydroformer
hydroformer
noun
(organic chemistry) The industrial plant in which hydroforming takes place
hydrofranklinite
hydrofuge
hydrofuge
adj
Describing a hair pile made of very many tiny, closely-spaced hairs, forming a hydrophobic surface on the bodies of certain insects.
hydrosulfate
hydrosulfate
noun
(chemistry) Any sulfate of an organic base
hydrosulfide
hydrosulfide
noun
(chemistry) Any compound formally derived from hydrogen sulfide by replacing one hydrogen atom with a metal or other radical; a thiol or mercaptan.