simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
cathodofluorescence
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrofetal
chondrofibromatous
danforth
dehumidification
dehumidification
noun
The act or process of dehumidifying.
desaccharification
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dinornithiformes
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
doctorfishes
doctorfishes
noun
plural of doctorfish
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
verb
To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
dogfighting
dogfighting
noun
(military, aviation) Close combat between two military aircraft.
A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
verb
present participle of dogfight
dogfights
dogfights
noun
plural of dogfight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogfight
dogfought
dogfought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogfight
doughfeet
doughfoot
doughfoots
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
eighteenfold
eighteenfold
adj
By a factor of eighteen.
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
faldworth
fantoddish
fantoddish
adj
irritable
fasthold
fatherhood
fatherhood
noun
The state of being a father.
fatherhoods
fatherhoods
noun
plural of fatherhood
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
featherdom
featherdom
noun
The world or sphere of birds.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
feldspathization
feldspathization
noun
The process of conversion into feldspar.
feldspathoid
feldspathoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
feldspathoidal
feldspathoidal
adj
(of a rock) Having feldspathoids.
feldspathose
feldspathose
Adjective
Containing feldspar.
fianchettoed
fianchettoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto
fibrochondritis
fibrochondrosteal
flannelmouthed
flannelmouthed
adj
Alternative form of flannel-mouthed
flapmouthed
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
floodlighted
floodlighted
adj
Lit by floodlights; floodlit.
floodlighting
floodlighting
verb
present participle of floodlight
floodlights
floodlights
noun
plural of floodlight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of floodlight
flowcharted
foolhardiest
foolhardiest
adj
superlative form of foolhardy: most foolhardy
footbreadth
footbreadth
noun
The breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
foothold
foothold
noun
(by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
simple past tense and past participle of foregather
foremasthand
foreshortened
foreshortened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten
foresighted
foresighted
adj
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
foresightedly
foresightedly
adv
With foresight; in a foresighted manner.
foresightedness
foresightedness
noun
The prudent exercise of common sense when planning for the future
The quality of having foresight
foresightednesses
forethoughted
forethoughted
adj
(archaic) Provided with forethought.
forgathered
forgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forgather
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
forthfigured
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
fosterhood
fosterhood
noun
The state of being a foster child.
fotched
foulmouthed
foulmouthed
adj
Alternative form of foul-mouthed
foulmouthedly
foulmouthedness
foulmouthedness
noun
The quality or state of being foul-mouthed.
fountainhead
fountainhead
noun
A spring that is the source of a river.
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
fountainheads
fountainheads
noun
plural of fountainhead
frontoethmoid
frontosphenoidal
frothed
frothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of froth
frozenhearted
fullmouthed
fullmouthedly
ghostified
ghostified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ghostify
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
godfathered
godfathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of godfather
godfatherhood
godfatherhood
noun
The role of godfather.
godfathering
godfathering
verb
present participle of godfather
godfathers
godfathers
noun
plural of godfather
godfathership
godfathership
noun
The role or status of a godfather.
grandfatherhood
grandfatherhood
noun
the state of being a grandfather
halleflintoid
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
harefooted
hartford
hartford
Proper noun
Any of a number of placenames in England, variants of Hertford; such as a village in Cheshire.
from these places.
The capital city of the state of Connecticut in the United States of America, located in
A city in Alabama.
A city in Arkansas.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A city in Kansas.
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine.
A city in Michigan.
A town in New York.
A city in South Dakota.
A town in Vermont.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
headforemost
headforemost
adv
headfirst
hertford
hertford
Proper noun
The county town of Hertfordshire, England.
A town in North Carolina, USA
hertfordshire
hertfordshire
Proper noun
An inland county of south-east England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Essex, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
hofstadter
holdfast
holdfast
noun
(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
(biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation.
holdfastness
holdfastness
noun
The ability to serve as a secure basis for attachment.
holdfasts
holdfasts
noun
plural of holdfast
horsfordite
hotfooted
hotfooted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hotfoot
houndsfoot
humidification
humidification
noun
The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
humidityproof
hustisford
hydatidiform
hydatidiform
adj
Resembling a hydatid.
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
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
hydroferrocyanate
hydrofluate
hydrofluate
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A supposed compound of hydrofluoric acid and a base; a fluoride.
hydrofluosilicate
hydrofluosilicate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid.
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
hydrosulfate
hydrosulfate
noun
(chemistry) Any sulfate of an organic base
hydrosulfite
hydrosulfite
noun
(chemistry) dithionite
hyperconfident
hyperconfident
adj
Extremely confident.
hyperconfidently
hyperdeification
hyperfastidious
hyperfastidious
Adjective
Extremely fastidious.
hyperfastidiously
hyperfastidiousness
infanthood
infanthood
noun
Infancy.
lightfooted
lightfooted
adj
Alternative form of light-footed
magnetofluidmechanic
magnetofluidmechanics
metaformaldehyde
metaformaldehyde
noun
(chemistry) 1,3,5-trioxane
mothproofed
mothproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mothproof
nonfeldspathic
nonfeldspathic
adj
Not feldspathic.
northfieldite
osteochondrofibroma
overfreighted
overfreighted
adj
Laden with too much freight.
overfrighted
photoflood
photoflood
noun
(photography) A lamp that produces a broad beam of continuous bright light; used to illuminate a photographic subject
photofloodlamp
photofloods
photofloods
noun
plural of photoflood
pitchford
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pseudofaithful
pseudofaithfully
pseudofatherly
rhabditiform
rhabditiform
adj
Having the form of a nematode of the order Rhabditida.
roughdraft
roughfooted
rutherford
rutherford
noun
An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.
rutherfordine
rutherfordine
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, oxygen, and uranium.
rutherfordite
rutherfordium
rutherfordium
noun
(obsolete) A rejected name for lawrencium.
(obsolete) A rejected name for seaborgium.
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104.