(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
alcyoniform
aminoformic
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
archbuffoon
archfounder
archpontiff
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
branchiform
californian
californian
Adjective
Of or relating to California.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
campaniform
campaniform
adj
In the shape of a bell
cannonproof
cannonproof
adj
impenetrable by cannonballs
carboncliff
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
confarreate
confarreate
adj
Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (spelt).
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.
confederate
confederate
adj
banded together; allied.
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
noun
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
A member of a confederacy.
An accomplice in a plot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.
conferrable
conferrable
adj
Capable of being conferred
confervales
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
confirmable
confirmable
adj
Capable of being checked, verifiable.
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confiscator
confiscator
noun
A person who confiscates
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conforbably
conformable
conformable
adj
Having the same shape or form; very similar.
Suitable; compliant.
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformance
conformance
noun
The act of conforming; conformity.
conformator
conformator
noun
An apparatus used to take the conformation of part of the body in order to produce something that will fit it (especially of the head, for a hat)
confraction
confrontals
contrafocal
cotransfers
cotransfers
noun
plural of cotransfer
cotransfuse
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
counterhaft
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
cyanformate
defrication
diffraction
diffraction
noun
(physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
(quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
enforceable
enforceable
adj
Capable of being enforced.
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
factorizing
factorizing
noun
factorization
verb
present participle of factorize
falconiform
falconiform
noun
(ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
fascinators
fascinators
noun
plural of fascinator
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
ferrocyanic
ferrocyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide
foliobranch
forbearance
forbearance
noun
A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
forbiddance
forbiddance
noun
An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something.
forcipation
forcipation
noun
torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
forecasting
forecasting
noun
A forecast or prediction.
verb
present participle of forecast
forfication
formicarian
formicarian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
formicating
formicating
verb
present participle of formicate
formication
formication
noun
(medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
fornicating
fornicating
verb
present participle of fornicate
fornication
fornication
noun
(colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
fornicators
fornicators
noun
plural of fornicator
fornicatory
fornicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to fornication.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
fractionary
fractionary
adj
(obsolete) fractional
fractionate
fractionate
verb
(chemistry) To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc.
(cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
(radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
fractioning
fractioning
verb
present participle of fraction
fractionise
fractionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize.
fractionize
fractionize
verb
To separate into fractions
fractionlet
francestown
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francomania
francomania
Noun
An obsession with the French culture, language, or people.
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
francophobe
francophone
francophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Francophone
freemasonic
freemasonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Freemasonry.
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
functionary
functionary
noun
A paper-pusher, bean counter.
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
honorifical
honorifical
adj
Or or pertaining to honorifics.
honorific.
infarctions
infarctions
noun
plural of infarction
infomercial
infomercial
noun
A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
informatica
informatics
informatics
noun
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.
infracostal
infracostal
adj
(anatomy) Below the ribs.
infractions
infractions
noun
plural of infraction
infraocular
infraocular
adj
(anatomy, zoology) Situated below the eyes.
infrasonics
infrasonics
noun
The study and the application of infrasound.
intraoffice
intraoffice
adj
Within a single office.
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
manufactory
manufactory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to manufacture.
noun
(archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
(archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.
microfaunae
microfaunae
noun
plural of microfauna
microfaunal
microfaunal
adj
Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
microfaunas
microfungal
microfungal
adj
Relating to microfungi.
nonfarcical
nongraceful
nongraceful
adj
Not graceful.
oceanfronts
oceanfronts
noun
plural of oceanfront
overchafing
performance
performance
noun
(art) A live show or concert.
(linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
prodefiance
profanchise
rancorproof
rarefaction
rarefaction
noun
A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.
reaffection
refectorian
refectorian
noun
one in charge of a refectory
refractions
refractions
noun
plural of refraction
reification
reification
noun
(linguistics) The transformation of a natural-language statement into a form in which its actions and events are quantifiable variables.
(programming) A process that makes a computable/addressable object out of a non-computable/addressable one; or a concrete class out of a generic one.
The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object.
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
rifacimento
rifacimento
noun
A literary work or musical composition recast to adapt it to a change in the circumstances of the time.
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
ruficornate
sciaeniform
snatchproof
snatchproof
adj
Resistant to being snatched.
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components