(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
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.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
aftereye
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
afterstudy
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
alkylarylsulfonate
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artificiality
artificiality
noun
(countable) Something artificial.
(uncountable) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
artificially
artificially
adv
By or because of human effort.
In an artificial manner.
artzybasheff
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
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.
butteryfingered
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calyciflorate
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
certificatory
certificatory
adj
Serving to certify something.
noun
(archaic) A certificate.
certify
certify
verb
(archaic, reflexive) To assure (oneself) of something; to ascertain.
(transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
(transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
(transitive, archaic) To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true.
(transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
chylificatory
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confectionery
confectionery
noun
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confirmity
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
copyfitter
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterefficiency
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflory
counterflory
adj
(heraldry) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftly
craftsbury
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crafty
crafty
adj
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Skillful at deceiving others.
Sneaky; surreptitious.
craftype
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cretify
cretify
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, medicine) To become impregnated with salts of lime.
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cystiferous
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
cystofibroma
cystofibroma
noun
(pathology) A fibroma containing cysts
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daftberry
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
denitrify
denitrify
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
denitrifying
denitrifying
verb
present participle of denitrify
desertfully
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
diatrymiformes
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentially
differentially
adv
(mathematics) With regard to differentiation
In a differential manner
differently
differently
adv
(manner) In a different way.
difformity
difformity
noun
(obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
diffractively
diffractively
adv
In a diffractive manner; by means of, or accompanied by diffraction
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
discomfortably
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.