(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(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.
afterstudy
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
antidandruff
antidandruff
adj
Countering or preventing dandruff.
antidiffuser
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifeudalist
antifeudalist
adj
Synonym of antifeudal
noun
Somebody opposed to feudalism.
antifeudalistic
antifeudalization
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antifundamentalism
antifundamentalism
noun
Opposition to fundamentalism.
antifundamentalist
antifundamentalist
noun
One who opposes fundamentalism.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
auldfarrantlike
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
beautified
beautified
adj
Having been made beautiful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beautify
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
budgetful
buffeted
buffeted
adj
Battered, especially by strong wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffet
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
cathodofluorescence
caustified
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
chondrofibromatous
cloudcroft
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
confoundment
confoundment
noun
something which is or has been confounded
the state of being confounded
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
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
damnificatus
deafmuteness
dearthfu
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
deathfully
deathfully
adv
In a deathful manner.
deathfulness
deathfulness
noun
An appearance suggestive of death.
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
debatefully
debtful
deceitful
deceitful
adj
Deceptive, two-faced.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
deceitfully
deceitfully
adv
in a deceitful manner
with the intention to deceive
deceitfulness
deceitfulness
noun
The state or quality of being deceitful.
deceitfulnesses
deceitfulnesses
noun
plural of deceitfulness
default
default
noun
(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
(finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
(law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
(obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
(obsolete) Lack; absence.
(often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
verb
(intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
(intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
defaultant
defaultant
noun
Synonym of defaulter
defaulted
defaulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of default
defaulter
defaulter
noun
one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
defaulters
defaulters
noun
plural of defaulter
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defaultless
defaultless
adj
Without failure to meet an obligation; properly fulfilled.
defaults
defaults
noun
plural of default
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of default
defaulture
defeature
defeature
noun
Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.
verb
(rare) To deform.
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectum
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
definitude
definitude
noun
definiteness
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
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
defluent
defluent
adj
Running downward; decurrent.
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defunct
defunct
adj
(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.
(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
(now rare) Deceased, dead.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
The dead person (referred to).
verb
To make defunct.
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.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
delightful
delightful
adj
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
delightfully
delightfully
adv
In a delightful manner.
delightfulness
delightfulness
noun
The state or quality of being delightful.
demulsification
demulsification
noun
The breaking up of an emulsion.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
desertful
desertful
adj
(obsolete) deserving; meritorious
noun
Enough to fill a desert.
desertfully
despiteful
despiteful
adj
(archaic) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
despitefully
despitefully
adv
(archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
despitefulness
despitefulness
noun
The state or quality of being despiteful.
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonful
noun
A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons.
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
destuff
destuffing
destuffs
desulfurate
desulfurate
verb
Alternative form of desulphurate
desulfurated
desulfurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of desulfurate
desulfurating
desulfurating
verb
present participle of desulfurate
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.
dfault
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diatomiferous
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.
difficult
difficult
adj
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
difficulties
difficulties
noun
(colloquial) a series of frustrations
plural of difficulty
difficultly
difficultly
adv
(archaic) With difficulty; not easily.
difficultness
difficultness
noun
The state or quality of being difficult.
difficulty
difficulty
noun
(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.
diffluent
diffluent
adj
Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
diffugient
diffusate
diffusate
noun
(chemistry) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
diffusibility
diffusibility
noun
(figuratively, e.g. of a disease) Capacity for spreading.
(physics, of a gas or other fluid) A measure of the speed of diffusion.
diffusimeter
diffusiometer
diffusionist
diffusionist
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusionism
noun
A proponent of diffusionism
diffusivity
diffusivity
noun
(physics) a coefficient of diffusion; especially the amount of heat that passes through a given area in unit time
A tendency to diffuse
difunctional
difunctional
adj
bifunctional
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
discomfiture
discomfiture
noun
(obsolete) Defeat in battle
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.