Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
bacteriofluorescin
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
bateful
bateful
adj
(obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beautifuller
beautifuller
adj
(obsolete, nonstandard) comparative form of beautiful: more beautiful
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
beflout
befluster
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
bellyflaught
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
bluffest
bluffest
adj
superlative form of bluff: most bluff
blufter
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
bottleful
bottleful
noun
as much as a bottle will hold
bottlefuls
bottlesful
bottlesful
noun
plural of bottleful
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
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.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
budgetful
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.
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.
clubfeet
clubfeet
noun
plural of clubfoot
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.
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
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
doubtfulness
doubtfulness
noun
The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
effumability
effumability
noun
(obsolete, rare) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapour.
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
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.
fatiguabilities
fatiguable
fatiguable
adj
Alternative form of fatigable
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibroligamentous
fibronucleated
fibropurulent
fibroreticulate
fibrotuberculosis
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
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.
flibustier
flibustier
noun
(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
fluctuable
fluctuable
adj
Able or liable to fluctuate.
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluocarbonate
fluoroborate
fluoroborate
noun
A salt or ester of fluoroboric acid
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.
fontainebleau
fontainebleau
Proper noun
A town in the metropolitan area of Paris, France, home to a royal French palace
fracturable
fracturable
adj
Capable of being fractured
fracturableness
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
frustrable
frustrable
adj
Capable of being frustrated or defeated
fulbert
funambulate
funambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
funambulated
funambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of funambulate
fusibilities
fusibilities
noun
plural of fusibility
futurable
futurable
adj
Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.
gobletful
gobletful
noun
As much as a goblet will hold.
inconfutable
inconfutable
adj
(obsolete) Not confutable.
infibulate
infibulate
verb
To perform infibulation (on)
influencability
influenceabilities
influenceability
influenceability
noun
The quality or state of being influenceable.
infrustrable
infundibulate
infundibulate
adj
Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular
injustifiable
intransfusible
intransfusible
adj
Not transfusible
irrefutability
irrefutability
noun
Quality of being irrefutable.
irrefutable
irrefutable
adj
undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
irrefutableness
irrefutableness
noun
irrefutability; the state or quality of being irrefutable.
irrefutably
irrefutably
adv
In an irrefutable manner; beyond the possibility of refutation.
justifiable
justifiable
adj
That can be justified.
justifiableness
justifiableness
noun
Justifiability.
liquefiability
manufacturable
manufacturable
adj
Capable of being manufactured.
noun
Something that can be manufactured.
multifibered
nonultrafilterable
nonultrafilterable
adj
Not ultrafilterable.
outbluffed
outbluffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbluff
outfable
outfable
verb
(transitive) To surpass as a fable; to be more fabulous or fantastical than.
outfabled
outfabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfable
outfables
outfables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfable