(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
antifeudalization
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
archfounder
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
ascidiferous
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
ballyllumford
beauford
befouled
befouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befoul
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befurbelowed
befurbelowed
adj
(dated, possibly obsolete) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bifluorid
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
bluford
bodeful
bodeful
adj
Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
bodefully
bodefulness
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
bodysurfers
bodysurfers
noun
plural of bodysurfer
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bodysurfs
bodysurfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bodysurf
borofluohydric
borofluoride
borofluoride
noun
(chemistry) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical.
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bufonidae
buford
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
burford
burfordville
burglarproofed
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
camouflaged
camouflaged
adj
wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of camouflage
cathodofluorescence
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
caudofemoral
caudofemoral
adj
(anatomy) caudal and femoral
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chondrofibromatous
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
cloudcroft
cloudful
cloudful
adj
(by extension) Dark, dimmed; troubled, turbid.
Abounding with clouds, clouded, cloudy.
noun
The amount contained in a cloud.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
coffeehoused
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
cofounded
cofounded
adj
Founded at the same time as another, or by two or more people.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofound
cofounder
cofounder
noun
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
coiffured
coiffured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coiffure
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
confound
confound
noun
(statistics) A confounding variable.
verb
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
(sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To perplex or puzzle.
To stun or amaze.
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
confounded
confounded
adj
confused, astonished
damned, accursed, bloody
defeated, thwarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundedness
confoundedness
noun
The state or quality of being confounded.
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confounding
confounding
noun
(epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
verb
present participle of confound
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confoundment
confoundment
noun
something which is or has been confounded
the state of being confounded
confounds
confounds
noun
plural of confound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confound
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confusedness
confusedness
noun
The state or quality of being confused.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
conidiiferous
counterdefender
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterdraft
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit
counterfessed
counterreflected
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countrifiedness
countrifiedness
noun
The quality of being countrified.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
crossruffed
crossruffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crossruff
danuloff
decemflorous
defamous
defamous
adj
(obsolete) defamatory
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
deflocculant
deflocculant
noun
A deflocculating agent.
deflocculate
deflocculate
verb
To disperse an agglomerate into fine particles and form a colloid
deflocculated
deflocculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deflocculate
deflocculating
deflocculating
verb
present participle of deflocculate
deflocculation
deflocculation
noun
The dispersion of an aggregate to form a stable colloid; the reverse of coagulation or flocculation
deflocculator
deflocculent
deflourish
defluous
defluous
adj
(obsolete) Flowing down; falling off.
defluxion
defluxion
noun
(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.
(obsolete) A flowing down; a running down.
defocus
defocus
noun
(optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
The process of going out of focus.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
defocusses
defocussing
defoul
defoul
verb
(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
(obsolete) To physically crush or break.
(obsolete) To trample underfoot.
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
defunctionalization
defunctionalization
noun
(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
defunctionalize
defunctionalize
verb
(computing, programming) To subject to defunctionalization.
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
demiflouncing
demifusion
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
desulfovibrio
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
desulfurisation
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
deuterofibrinose
devoutful
devoutful
adj
(obsolete) Full of devotion.
(obsolete) Sacred.
diabolifuge
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diamondiferous
diamondiferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding diamond.
diatomiferous
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
diffusiometer
diffusion
diffusion
noun
(marketing) The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.
(physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium.
(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.
The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion.
The movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.
The spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities.
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
diffusionism
diffusionism
noun
The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West.
diffusionist
diffusionist
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusionism
noun
A proponent of diffusionism
diffusions
diffusions
noun
plural of diffusion
diffusor
diffusor
noun
Alternative form of diffuser
diffusors
diffusors
noun
plural of diffusor
difluoride
difluoride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule