Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
verb
(obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
To cause annoyance or distress to.
discomfortable
discomfortable
adj
(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness
(obsolete) uncomfortable
discomfortableness
discomfortableness
noun
The quality of being discomfortable.
discomfortably
discomforted
discomforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discomfort
discomforter
discomforter
noun
One who causes discomfort.
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
discomforts
discomforts
noun
plural of discomfort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfort
disconfirmation
disconfirmation
noun
(chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
(countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
disconformities
disconformities
noun
plural of disconformity
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfeaturement
disfigurement
disfigurement
noun
The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured
disfigurements
disfigurements
noun
plural of disfigurement
disformity
disformity
noun
Discordance or diversity of form; dissimilarity.
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
disinformation
disinformation
noun
Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content. Intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
verb
(transitive) To use disinformation.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
draftsman
draftsman
noun
US standard spelling of draughtsman.
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
draftsmen
draftsmen
noun
plural of draftsman
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
ecofeminist
ecofeminist
adj
Of or relating to ecofeminism.
noun
One who subscribes to ecofeminism.
ecofeminists
ecofeminists
noun
plural of ecofeminist
effacements
effacements
noun
plural of effacement
effeminateness
effeminateness
noun
effeminacy
effeminates
effeminates
noun
plural of effeminate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effeminate
effeminisation
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
effusiometer
effusiometer
noun
A device that measures the rate of effusion of a gas.
eisteddfodism
electroforms
electroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroform
emulsifiability
emulsifiability
noun
The quality or degree of being emulsifiable.
emulsification
emulsification
noun
The process by which an emulsion is formed.
emulsifications
emulsifications
noun
plural of emulsification
enfeeblements
enfeeblements
noun
plural of enfeeblement
enfeoffments
enfeoffments
noun
plural of enfeoffment
enforcements
enforcements
noun
plural of enforcement
enframements
enframements
noun
plural of enframement
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
engraftments
engraftments
noun
plural of engraftment
engulfments
engulfments
noun
plural of engulfment
enserfment
enserfment
noun
The act or process of enserfing; enslavement.
enserfments
enserfments
noun
plural of enserfment
entomofaunas
entomofaunas
noun
plural of entomofauna
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
facsimilist
facsimilist
noun
One who produces facsimiles.
factionalism
factionalism
noun
Conflict between factions.
The splitting of a group into factions.
factionalisms
factionalisms
noun
plural of factionalism
factionism
factionistism
factotums
factotums
noun
plural of factotum
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
factualisms
factualisms
noun
plural of factualism
faineantism
faineantism
noun
faineant attitudes or behaviour
fallostomy
famagusta
familiarisation
familiarisation
noun
Alternative spelling of familiarization
familiarities
familiarities
noun
plural of familiarity
familiarizations
familiarizations
noun
plural of familiarization
familist
familist
noun
(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
familistere
familistery
familistery
noun
A community in which many people unite, like a single family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
familistic
familistic
adj
Pertaining to familism.
familistical
familistical
adj
Alternative form of familistic
famishment
famishment
noun
(now literary) The state or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
famishments
famishments
noun
plural of famishment
fanaticism
fanaticism
noun
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
fanaticisms
fanaticisms
noun
plural of fanaticism
fanatism
fanatism
noun
(archaic) excessive intolerance of opposing views
fantasm
fantasm
noun
Alternative spelling of phantasm
fantasmagoria
fantasmagoria
noun
Alternative form of phantasmagoria
fantasmagoric
fantasmagorically
fantasmal
fantasmal
adj
Alternative spelling of phantasmal
fantasms
fantasms
noun
plural of fantasm
fantasticism
fantasticism
noun
The quality of being fantastical; whimsicality.
fantoms
fantoms
noun
plural of fantom
farmerettes
farmerettes
noun
plural of farmerette
farmost
farmost
adj
(obsolete) Most distant; farthest.
farmstead
farmstead
noun
A farm, including its buildings.
The main building of a farm.
farmsteading
farmsteading
noun
(Scotland) A farmstead.
farmsteads
farmsteads
noun
plural of farmstead
farthermost
farthermost
adj
superlative form of far: most far; most remote or distant; furthermost.
fasciotomy
fasciotomy
noun
(surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).
fastidium
fastidium
noun
(medicine, archaic) repugnance toward food; unwillingness to eat
fastigium
fastigium
noun
(architecture) A pediment or gable end.
(pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.
An apex or summit; culmination.
fastigiums
fatalism
fatalism
noun
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
fatalisms
fatalisms
noun
plural of fatalism
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fathomlessness
fathomlessness
noun
The state or condition of being fathomless.
fathoms
fathoms
noun
plural of fathom
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fathom
fatiguesome
fatiguesome
adj
fatiguing; tiring
fatuism
fatuism
noun
(obsolete) fatuity
faultsman
faustianism
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
fayettism
femalist
femalist
noun
(rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
femininities
femininities
noun
plural of femininity
feminisation
feminisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of feminization
feminist
feminist
adj
Hypernym: egalitarian
relating to or in accordance with feminism.
noun
a member of a feminist political movement
an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life
feministic
feministic
adj
Of or relating to or in accordance with feminism.
feministics
feministics
noun
feminism
feminists
feminists
noun
plural of feminist
feminities
feminities
noun
plural of feminity
feminizations
feminizations
noun
plural of feminization
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
femtosecond
femtosecond
noun
A unit of time equal to 0.000 000 000 000 001 seconds (i.e. 1×10⁻¹⁵ seconds) and with symbol fs.
femtoseconds
femtoseconds
noun
plural of femtosecond
fermatas
fermentations
fermentations
noun
plural of fermentation
fermentativeness
fermentativeness
noun
The property of being fermentative.
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fermentitious
fermentitious
adj
Exhibiting or relating to fermentation.
ferments
ferments
noun
plural of ferment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ferment
ferrimagnetism
ferrimagnetism
noun
(physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature)
ferrimagnets
ferrimagnets
noun
plural of ferrimagnet
ferromagneticism
ferromagnetism
ferromagnetism
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.
ferromagnets
ferromagnets
noun
plural of ferromagnet
fersmite
fersmite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, tantalum, thorium, titanium, and yttrium.
festerment
festerment
noun
A festering.
fetalism
fetichism
fetichism
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
fetishism
fetishism
noun
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
fetishmonger
feuilletonism
feuilletonism
noun
The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
fewmets
fewmets
noun
plural of fewmet
fibrocystoma
fibroligamentous
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fibromatosis
fibromatosis
noun
(pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
fibromyitis
fibromyomatous
fibromyositis
fichteanism
figments
figments
noun
plural of figment
filamentiferous
filamentiferous
adj
(archaic) filiferous
filamentose
filamentose
adj
Being hair- or thread-like.
Having the form of a thread, as in the thread in clothes.
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.