A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
candyflosses
candyflosses
noun
plural of candyfloss
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
commodifying
commodifying
verb
present participle of commodify
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confessedly
confessedly
adv
(archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
Admittedly; by one's own confession.
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confidentiality
confidentiality
noun
(countable) Something told in confidence; a secret.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
confidentially
confidentially
adv
In a confidential manner.
Spoken of in a private manner.
confidentiary
confidently
confidently
adv
In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
confidingly
confidingly
adv
In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
confinedly
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confoundedly
confoundedly
adv
In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
Used as a mild oath: damnably.
confoundingly
confoundingly
adv
In a confounding way.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
cycadofilicinean
cyclodiolefin
cyclodiolefine
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) daffodil
daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
noun
(informal) the daffodil.
daffydowndilly
daffydowndilly
noun
Alternative form of daffadowndilly
defensory
defensory
adj
(archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
noun
(archaic) That which defends.
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
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.
dehydroffrozen
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrofrozen
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
dobsonfly
dobsonfly
noun
Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
dofunny
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
dysfunction
dysfunction
noun
(chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
verb
(nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
dysfunctional
dysfunctional
adj
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.
Not performing its proper or intended function.
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
dysfunctions
dysfunctions
noun
plural of dysfunction
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
fadmongery
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferrocyanhydric
ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
ferrohydrocyanic
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
fidejussionary
flindosy
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
fondlingly
fondlingly
adv
In a fondling manner.
fondly
fondly
adv
(dated) Foolishly.
In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
forbiddenly
forbiddenly
adv
In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
forbiddingly
forbiddingly
adv
in a forbidding manner
forebodingly
forebodingly
adv
In a foreboding manner.
foredestiny
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
foudroyant
foudroyant
adj
(medicine) fulminant
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
foundationally
foundationally
adv
In a foundational manner.
foundationary
foundery
foundery
noun
Dated form of foundry.
foundry
foundry
noun
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
foundryman
foundryman
noun
A man who works in a foundry
foundrymen
foundrymen
noun
plural of foundryman
frondosely
frondosely
adv
In a frondose manner.
goldfinny
goldfinny
noun
One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydroferricyanic
hydroferricyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroferrocyanate
hydroferrocyanic
hydroferrocyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen.
hydrofluozirconic
hydroforming
hydroforming
noun
(engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
(organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
hydrofranklinite
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane
hyperconfidence
hyperconfident
hyperconfident
adj
Extremely confident.
hyperconfidently
hyperdeification
hyperfastidiousness
inconfusedly
indemnificatory
indemnificatory
adj
That serves to indemnify
informedly
informedly
adv
In an informed manner.
infracotyloid
infrahyoid
infrahyoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Below the hyoid bone in the neck.