The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
circumfluous
circumfluous
adj
circumfluent
clarification
clarification
noun
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
The act of freeing from obscurities.
clarifications
clarifications
noun
plural of clarification
classificator
classificator
noun
Synonym of classifier
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
claviform
claviform
adj
(chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
(chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”).
Key-shaped.
noun
(palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base.
clifford
clifford
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
clitelliferous
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
clontarf
cloudcroft
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
cloverleafs
cloverleafs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloverleaf
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coalfitter
cobaltiferous
cobaltiferous
adj
Containing or yielding cobalt.
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cocculiferous
cochlearifoliate
cochleariform
cochleariform
adj
spoon-shaped
cochleiform
cochleiform
adj
Having the form of a snail shell
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coformulator
coglorify
coldproof
coldproof
adj
Resistant to cold.
coliform
coliform
adj
Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals
noun
Such a bacterium
coliforms
coliforms
noun
plural of coliform
coliiformes
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
colliform
colorfast
colorfast
adj
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
colorfastness
colorfastness
noun
The characteristic of being colorfast.
colorful
colorful
adj
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortableness
comfortableness
noun
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
comfortless
comfortless
adj
(of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
(of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
comfortlessness
comfortlessness
noun
The state or quality of being comfortless.
comournful
conchyliferous
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
conferential
conferential
adj
Of or pertaining to a conference
conferrable
conferrable
adj
Capable of being conferred
conferral
conferral
noun
The act of conferring something; conferment
conferval
confervales
confervalike
configurable
configurable
adj
Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configurational
configurational
adj
(grammar) Of a language: having a relatively fixed style of grammar where the subject of a sentence is outside the finite verb phrase but the object is inside it.
Of or pertaining to a configuration.
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
confirmational
confirmational
adj
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conflagrating
conflagrating
verb
present participle of conflagrate
conflagration
conflagration
noun
(figuratively) A large-scale conflict.
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
conflagrations
conflagrations
noun
plural of conflagration
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conflagrator
conflagrator
noun
(rare) One who starts a fire.
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflexure
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformable
conformable
adj
Having the same shape or form; very similar.
Suitable; compliant.
conformableness
conformableness
noun
The state or quality of being conformable.
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformal
conformal
adj
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.
(mathematics, of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
conformational
conformational
adj
Of or pertaining to a conformation
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
confraternal
confraternal
adj
Of or pertaining to a confraternity
confrontal
confrontals
confrontational
confrontational
adj
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
congelifraction
congelifraction
noun
the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water.
contraflexure
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
contrafocal
copaliferous
copaliferous
adj
Yielding copal.
copperfield
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
coralflower
coralliferous
coralliferous
Adjective
Producing coral
coralliform
coralliform
adj
Having the shape of coral.
cordleaf
coreflexed
corflambo
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornfloor
cornfloor
noun
A thrashing floor.
cornflour
cornflour
noun
(Britain) A very fine starch powder derived from maize (US corn) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
cornloft
cornloft
noun
A loft for corn; a granary.
corolliferous
corolliferous
adj
Bearing a corolla.
corollifloral
corollifloral
adj
(botany) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx.
corolliform
corolliform
adj
Having the form of a corolla
coronofacial
coronofrontal
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.