A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
abbotsford
acetylfluoride
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
adffroze
adffrozen
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adfroze
adfrozen
adiantiform
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
adipofibroma
adolf
adolf
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.
adolfo
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
aecidioform
afdecho
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
afficionado
afficionado
noun
Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”)
afficionados
afficionados
noun
plural of afficionado
affidation
affodill
affodill
noun
(obsolete) daffodil
afforced
afforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforce
afford
afford
verb
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough.
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afforded
afforded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afford
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
afgod
afgod
noun
(heraldry, historical, obsolete) A kind of dragon associated with such idols or gods.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) A pagan god.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) An idol.
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionadas
aficionadas
noun
plural of aficionada
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
aficionados
aficionados
noun
plural of aficionado
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
aforesaid
aforesaid
adj
Previously stated; said or named before.
aforeward
afounde
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(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.
afterdrops
aftergood
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
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.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterwisdom
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
airproofed
airproofed
adj
That has been made airtight
alford
alfredo
alfredo
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo
allendorf
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
alodification
altdorf
altdorfer
amidocaffeine
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
amphipodiform
amphipodiform
adj
Resembling an amphipod
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifeudalization
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
appledorf
archfounder
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
asafoetida
asafoetida
noun
A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
asafoetidas
asafoetidas
noun
plural of asafoetida
ascidiferous
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
ashford
ashford
Proper noun
A town in Kent.
A town in borough, Surrey (previously in Middlesex).
A village in district, Devon, England
A village in district, Devon
A village in Derbyshire, Ashford-in-the-Water.
assafoetida
assafoetida
noun
Alternative spelling of asafoetida
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
azoformamide
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
backfold
bairdford
ballyllumford
bamford
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
batfowled
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beauford
beckford
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedfellows
bedfellows
noun
plural of bedfellow
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bedflower
bedfoot
bedford
bedford
Proper noun
The county town of Bedfordshire, England.
A truck formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
A city in Indiana, USA
A small city in Iowa, USA
A small city in Kentucky, USA
A town in Massachusetts Commonwealth.
A town in New Hampshire State.
Extremely affluent town in New York State.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A city in Ohio State.
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
A city in Texas State.
A town in Virginia, USA
A in Wyoming State.
bedfordshire
bedfordshire
Proper noun
A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Bed.
beefwood
beefwood
noun
(uncountable) The timber of those trees.
Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef.
beefwoods
beefwoods
noun
plural of beefwood
beflowered
beflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflower
befogged
befogged
adj
(nautical) Caught in fog.
Confused, muddled.
Obscured with fog or smoke; murky.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befog
befooled
befooled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befool
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
beforehandedness
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
beforested
befouled
befouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befoul
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
befrogged
befrogged
adj
Adorned with ornamental braid fasteners.
befurbelowed
befurbelowed
adj
(dated, possibly obsolete) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
belford
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
beresford
beresford
Proper noun
A settlement in British Columbia, Canada
A town in New Brunswick, Canada
A city in South Dakota
bettendorf
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biddeford
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bifluorid
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
bifold
bifold
adj
Of two kinds.
Twofold, double.
noun
(carpentry) A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.
A crease or turn that causes something to double back on itself.
A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center.
A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book.