Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetylfluoride
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acinacifolious
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
addressful
addressful
adj
(archaic) adroit; resourceful
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
aefauld
aeriferous
aeriferous
adj
(of a tube etc) That conveys air
affabrous
affabrous
adj
(rare, poetic) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
affatuate
affatuate
verb
(obsolete) To infatuate.
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectual
affectual
adj
Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
affectum
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
affectus
affettuoso
affettuoso
adv
(music) With feeling; in a loving, tender way.
affettuosos
affixture
affixture
noun
The act of affixing
The condition of being affixed
afflatus
afflatus
noun
A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
afflatuses
afflatuses
noun
plural of afflatus
afflue
affluence
affluence
noun
(obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
A moderate level of wealth.
An abundance of wealth.
An influx.
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
affluents
affluents
noun
plural of affluent
afflux
afflux
noun
(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
An upward rush of fluid.
affluxes
affluxes
noun
plural of afflux
affluxion
affluxion
noun
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
affreux
affreux
adj
(rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening.
noun
A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affuse
affuse
verb
(transitive) To pour out or upon.
affusedaffusing
affusion
affusion
noun
A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
affusions
affusions
noun
plural of affusion
aflatus
aflaunt
aflaunt
adj
In a flaunting state or position.
afluking
aflush
aflush
adj
(archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing
aflutter
aflutter
adj
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
Fluttering.
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
aforethought
aforethought
adj
(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afoul
afoul
adv
(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
afounde
africanthropus
afterburner
afterburner
noun
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
aftercause
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
afterclause
aftercourse
aftercourse
noun
(archaic, regional) The final course of a meal.
(obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
aftercure
afterfruits
afterfruits
noun
plural of afterfruit
afterfuture
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterguns
afterhours
afterpressure
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.
afterstudy
aftersupper
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
afterturn
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
afuu
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
agrufe
agruif
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
ahoufe
aidful
aidful
adj
Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
aimful
aimful
adj
Full of purpose.
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
airiferous
airiferous
adj
Alternative form of aeriferous
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminofibrin
alefnull
alfaqui
alfaqui
noun
(historical) An Islamic cleric, an expert in Islamic law and jurisprudence, especially in medieval and early modern Spain.
alfaquin
alfaquins
alfaquins
noun
plural of alfaquin
alfaquis
alfaquis
noun
plural of alfaqui
alfarabius
alfeus
alfraganus
alfur
alfurese
alfuro
alguifou
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
alikuluf
alikulufan
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
almsful
almsful
adj
(archaic) Likely to give alms; charitable.
alquifou
alquifou
noun
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used to give a green glaze to pottery.
alumiferous
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluminoferric
aluniferous
amazeful
amazeful
adj
(archaic) Full of amazement; astonished.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
ampulliform
ampulliform
adj
Having the shape of a flask.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amyliferous
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
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.
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
anfuso
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguishful
anguishful
adj
Full of anguish.
anguliferous
angustifoliate
angustifoliate
adj
(botany) Having narrow leaves.
angustifolious
angustifolious
Adjective
Having narrow leaves.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
anomaliflorous
anomaloflorous
anopluriform
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects