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
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
budgetful
buffet
buffet
noun
(aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
(countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
A small low stool; a hassock.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
(transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
buffeted
buffeted
adj
Battered, especially by strong wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffet
buffeter
buffeter
noun
(archaic) A boxer or fighter.
Someone who eats at a buffet.
buffeters
buffeters
noun
plural of buffeter
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
buffets
buffets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffet
buffiest
buffiest
adj
superlative form of buffy: most buffy
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bulletproof
bulletproof
adj
(idiomatic) Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant.
(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
(usually of an idea or concept) Unbreakable, very tough.
verb
(slang) to make resistant to failure.
To make proof against bullets.
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bulletproofs
bulletproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulletproof
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
butterfat
butterfat
noun
The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
butterfats
butterfats
noun
plural of butterfat.
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterfishes
butterfishes
noun
plural of butterfish
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterflies
butterflies
noun
(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
plural of butterfly
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly
butterflower
butterfly
butterfly
noun
(alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
(finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
(in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
(medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
(now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
(sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A person who changes partners frequently.
Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
verb
(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
butterflyer
butterflyer
noun
Alternative form of butterflier
butterflyers
butterflyers
noun
plural of butterflyer
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butterwife
butteryfingered
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
carefullest
carefullest
adj
superlative form of careful: most careful
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
catafalques
catafalques
noun
plural of catafalque
cathodofluorescence
caustified
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
ceratofibrous
chaetiferous
chaetiferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing chaetae.
chaffcutter
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
characterful
characterful
adj
Full of character.
cheefullest
cheerfullest
cheerfullest
adj
superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chestfuls
chestfuls
noun
plural of chestful
chlorofluoromethane
chlorofluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halogenated derivative of methane containing both chlorine and fluorine; but especially CH₂ClF, sometimes used as a refrigerant
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
chuffest
chuffiest
circumferent
circumferential
circumferential
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a circumference.
Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
cirmcumferential
clitelliferous
closetful
closetful
noun
As much as a closet can hold.
clubfeet
clubfeet
noun
plural of clubfoot
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
clusterfist
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
coeffluent
coeffluential
cofeature
cofeature
noun
An auxiliary or secondary feature.
verb
(intransitive) To be presented as a cofeature.
(transitive) To feature alongside; to present as a cofeature.
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
colliquefaction
colliquefaction
noun
(obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confabulates
confabulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confabulate
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confluent
confluent
adj
(biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
(geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle.
(mathematics) Given a binary operation →_𝛽 on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_𝛽 , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_𝛽 a2 and a1 →_𝛽 a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_𝛽 a4 and a3 ↠_𝛽 a4.
(meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
(of two or more objects or shapes) Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
noun
A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confoundment
confoundment
noun
something which is or has been confounded
the state of being confounded
confricamentum
confusticate
confusticate
verb
(transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
confute
confute
verb
(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confuters
confuters
noun
plural of confuter
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
consentfully
consentfully
adv
With consent; consensually.
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
contrafacture
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
contraflexure
corticiferous
corticiferous
adj
Producing bark or something resembling bark.
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
coteful
cotransfuse
counteraffirm
counteraffirmation
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
counterclassification
counterclassifications
countercraft
countercraft
noun
Strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.
counterdefender
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.