(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
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
demystification
demystification
noun
The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea.
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
dissyllabification
dissyllabification
noun
A division into two syllables.
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
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
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
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane