The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
affably
affably
adv
in an affable manner
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affirmably
affirmably
adv
In an affirmable manner
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
affirmingly
affirmingly
adv
in an affirming manner
affirmly
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
afley
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
albify
albify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
alcyoniform
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
alfridary
alfy
alfy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred and Alfonso.
algarsyf
alkalify
alkalify
verb
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
alkalifying
alkalifying
verb
present participle of alkalify
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
aloofly
aloofly
adv
In an aloof manner.
altify
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amplify
amplify
verb
(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amyliferous
anglify
anglify
Verb
To convert into English; to anglicise.
anglifying
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
antifelony
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
antiscientifically
antiscientifically
adv
In an antiscientific manner.
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.
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beatifically
beatifically
adv
In a beatific manner.
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
beetfly
beetfly
noun
Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.
befittingly
befittingly
adv
In a befitting manner
behoovefully
belfry
belfry
noun
(architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.
(dialectal) A shed.
(obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
(obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.
bellyfish
bellyflaught
bellyful
bellyful
noun
(informal) An undesirably large quantity of something.
Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.
bellyfull
bellyfulls
bellyfuls
bellyfuls
noun
plural of bellyful
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficially
beneficially
adv
In a beneficial manner
benzofuryl
benzoylformic
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifidly
bifidly
adv
In a bifid manner.
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bilify
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blamefully
blamefully
adv
In a blameful manner.
blindfoldedly
blindfoldly
blissfully
blissfully
adv
In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blowfly
blowfly
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
bluffly
bluffly
adv
In a bluff manner
bluffy
bluffy
adj
(poker) Inclined to bluff; bluffing.
Having bluffs, or bold steep banks.
Inclined to be brusque.
blushfully
blushfully
adv
In a blushful manner
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
bobfly
bobfly
noun
(fishing) The fly at the end of the leader.
bodefully
boldfacedly
borofluohydric
botfly
botfly
noun
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
brachyfacial
brachyfacial
adj
(anatomy) Having a short face.
brazenfacedly
brieflessly
brieflessly
adv
(law) Lacking briefs (clients).
briefly
briefly
adv
(duration) For a brief period.
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
To be brief, in short.
brimfully
brimfully
adv
In a brimful manner
buffability
buffaloberry
buffaloberry
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
The edible berry of these plants.
bullyhuff
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.
byfield
caddicefly
caddisfly
caddisfly
noun
Alternative spelling of caddis fly
calcify
calcify
verb
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
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
calefy
calefy
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot
(transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
carefully
carefully
adv
(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.