(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.
bullfice
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bullflower
bumblebeefish
bumblebeefishes
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
bumfuzzle
bumfuzzle
verb
(transitive, chiefly Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster.
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
burchfield
burfordville
burglarproofed
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
bushelfuls
butterfield
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.
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
cellulofibrous
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
clubfeet
clubfeet
noun
plural of clubfoot
clubfellow
clubfellow
noun
A fellow member of a club.
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
colubriformes
columbiferous
columbiferous
adj
That contains or yields columbium
columbiformes
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
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
confluxible
confluxibleness
confoundable
confoundable
adj
That can be confounded
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
debatefully
debtful
desulfovibrio
diabolifuge
diffusible
diffusible
adj
Able to be diffused
diffusibleness
diffusibleness
noun
diffusibility
disfavourable
disfavourable
adj
Not favourable; unfavourable.
disqualifiable
disqualifiable
adj
Able to be disqualified.
doubleleaf
doubtfulness
doubtfulness
noun
The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
effluviable
effluviable
adj
(rare) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsifiable
emulsifiable
adj
That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion
fabulate
fabulate
noun
(specifically) A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.
A folk story that is not entirely believable.
verb
(intransitive) To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
(intransitive, obsolete) To tell fables, to narrate with fables.
(transitive, archaic) To relate as or in the manner of a fable.
fabulize
fabulize
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To make fabulous, improve.
To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.
fabulousness
fabulousness
noun
The state of being fabulous or fictitious; fabulosity.
The state of being fabulous or wonderful.
fatiguabilities
fatiguable
fatiguable
adj
Alternative form of fatigable
favourable
favourable
adj
Auspicious or lucky.
Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
Useful or helpful.
noun
A favourable person
favourableness
favourableness
noun
The state or condition of being favourable.
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
febrifugal
febrifugal
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or preventing fever.
federalsburg
femorofibular
femorofibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the femur and the fibula.
ferrellsburg
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
feudalizable
fibrilliferous
fibrilliferous
adj
Bearing fibrils.
fibrinocellular
fibrinocellular
adj
Composed of fibrin and cells
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibrocalcareous
fibrocellular
fibrocellular
adj
fibrous and cellular
fibroligamentous
fibronuclear
fibronucleated
fibropurulent
fibroreticulate
fibrotuberculosis
fibulae
fibulae
noun
plural of fibula
fibulare
fibulare
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.
fibulocalcaneal
figurable
figurable
adj
Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filibustered
filibustered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filibuster
filibusterer
filibusterer
noun
A person who filibusters.
filibusterers
filibusterers
noun
plural of filibusterer
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
filibusterism
filibusterism
noun
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
(dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
filibusterous
filibusterous
adj
filibustering
filibusters
filibusters
noun
plural of filibuster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster
fimbrilliferous
flabellarium
flabellum
flabellum
noun
(botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.
A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
flambeau
flambeau
noun
A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
flambeaus
flambeaux
flambeaux
noun
plural of flambeau
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashcubes
flashcubes
noun
plural of flashcube
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flaubert
flaubertian
flaughtbred
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
fleabug
fleabugs
flemingsburg
flemingsburg
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
flensburg
flensburg
Proper noun
Independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
fleshbrush
flibustier
flibustier
noun
(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
flocculable
flocculable
adj
Capable of flocculation.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
flubbed
flubbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flub
flubber
flubber
noun
A rubbery polymer formed by cross-linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound, used as a plaything or to demonstrate physical properties.
One who flubs; a goof, a person who makes errors while speaking.
flubbers
flubbers
noun
plural of flubber
flubdubberies
flubdubbery
flubdubbery
noun
Trivial matters; nonsense.
fluctuable
fluctuable
adj
Able or liable to fluctuate.
fluible
fluidible
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoboride
fluoboride
noun
(chemistry) Any borofluoride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluobromide
fluocarbonate
fluorbenzene
fluorobenzene
fluorobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C₆H₅F (phenyl fluoride)
fluoroborate
fluoroborate
noun
A salt or ester of fluoroboric acid
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
flutebird
flutterable
flutterable
adj
able to flutter or be fluttered
flutterboard
flutterboard
noun
(US) A buoyancy board made of foam, used to support the body when in water.
fluxible
fluxible
adj
Capable of being melted or fused.
fluxibleness
fluxibleness
noun
The state or quality of being fluxible.
focusable
focusable
adj
(graphical user interface) Able to receive the input focus.
Capable of being focused.
fontainebleau
fontainebleau
Proper noun
A town in the metropolitan area of Paris, France, home to a royal French palace