Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
antifashion
antifashion
adj
Opposed to fashion.
noun
Any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.
antofagasta
antofagasta
Proper noun
A city in northern Chile.
The Antofagasta Province.
The Antofagasta Region.
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arsenofuran
balloonfish
balloonfish
noun
The pufferfish; blowfish
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
canafistola
canafistolo
canafistulo
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
confervales
confessable
confessable
adj
That can be confessed.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
confirmands
confirmands
noun
plural of confirmand
confiscable
confiscable
adj
That can be confiscated.
confiscated
confiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confiscate
confiscates
confiscates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confiscate
confiscator
confiscator
noun
A person who confiscates
conflations
conflations
noun
plural of conflation
confrontals
confusional
confusional
adj
(medicine) Characterized by confusion.
cotransfers
cotransfers
noun
plural of cotransfer
cotransfuse
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
defamations
defamations
noun
plural of defamation
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
disfavoring
disfavoring
verb
present participle of disfavor
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
dragonflies
dragonflies
noun
plural of dragonfly
endosulfans
endosulfans
noun
plural of endosulfan
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
fasciations
fasciations
noun
plural of fasciation
fascination
fascination
noun
(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting
Something which fascinates.
The state or condition of being fascinated.
fascinators
fascinators
noun
plural of fascinator
fashionable
fashionable
adj
(archaic) genteel; well-bred
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
noun
A fashionable person; a fop.
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
fashionista
fashionista
noun
A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
fashionless
fashionless
adj
Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
fatuousness
fatuousness
noun
The characteristic of being fatuous.
favoredness
favoredness
noun
(obsolete) appearance
federations
federations
noun
plural of federation
festination
festination
noun
An involuntary quickening of speech in some speech disorders.
The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
fianchettos
fianchettos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
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.
filtrations
filtrations
noun
plural of filtration
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fissionable
fissionable
adj
Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
noun
Any fissile or fissionable substance.
fissuration
fissuration
noun
The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure.
The condition of having fissures.
flamboyants
flamboyants
noun
plural of flamboyant
flavoriness
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flirtations
flirtations
noun
plural of flirtation
floatations
floatations
noun
plural of floatation
floatplanes
floatplanes
noun
plural of floatplane
flocculants
flocculants
noun
plural of flocculant
floodplains
floodplains
noun
plural of floodplain
florianolis
floriations
floriations
noun
plural of floriation
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
florimanist
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
foaminesses
fontanelles
fontanelles
noun
plural of fontanelle
footcandles
footcandles
noun
plural of footcandle
footmanship
footmanship
noun
(archaic) The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).
(historical) The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
forecasting
forecasting
noun
A forecast or prediction.
verb
present participle of forecast
forehandsel
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremastman
foremastman
noun
Any sailor below the rank of petty officer.
foremastmen
foremastmen
noun
plural of foremastman
foreordains
foreordains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreordain
foreparents
foreparents
noun
plural of foreparent
forestation
forestation
noun
The act of planting a forest.
The conversion of a habitat to forest.
forestlands
forestlands
noun
plural of forestland
foretasting
foretasting
verb
present participle of foretaste
formalising
formalising
verb
present participle of formalise
fornicators
fornicators
noun
plural of fornicator
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
fortepianos
fortepianos
noun
plural of fortepiano
forwardness
forwardness
noun
The quality of being forward.
fossilation
foundations
foundations
noun
plural of foundation
fountainous
fountainous
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
fractionise
fractionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize.
francestown
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
freemasonic
freemasonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Freemasonry.
freemasonry
freemasonry
noun
(figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.
(figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.
Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
frontonasal
frontonasal
adj
(anatomy) relating to the frontal bone and the nose
frowardness
frowardness
noun
The quality of being froward.
frustration
frustration
noun
(law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
A thing that frustrates.
Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
The feeling of annoyance at impassibility from resistance.
fumigations
fumigations
noun
plural of fumigation
funambuloes
functionals
functionals
noun
plural of functional
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
fustigation
fustigation
noun
(by extension) a harsh verbal assault
a beating with a club
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
graniferous
graniferous
adj
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
guaniferous
guaniferous
adj
Yielding guano.
hoffmannist
infarctions
infarctions
noun
plural of infarction
infestation
infestation
noun
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
infixations
infixations
noun
plural of infixation
informalism
informalism
noun
A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
An art movement based on abstract and gestural tendencies rather than definite form.
informalist
informalist
noun
An artist working in the style of informalism.
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
infraposing
infrasonics
infrasonics
noun
The study and the application of infrasound.
infuscation
infuscation
noun
A dark patch or marking.
The act of darkening.
The state of being dark; obscurity.
infusorians
infusorians
noun
plural of infusorian
insufflator
insufflator
noun
A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace.
Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates.
isografting
isografting
verb
present participle of isograft
isoparaffin
isoparaffin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any branched-chain isomer of a straight-chain alkane
jeffersonia
jeffersonia
noun
Any of several herbs of the genus Jeffersonia (Berberidaceae), especially (Jeffersonia diphylla).
Any of the trilobites of the genus Jeffersonia (Bathyuridae)
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
laniflorous
lansfordite
lansfordite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft monoclinic hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral.
latifundios
loafishness
magnificoes
manifestoed
manifestoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manifesto
manifestoes
manifestoes
noun
plural of manifesto
manniferous
manniferous
adj
Yielding manna.
microfaunas
nannofossil
nannofossil
noun
Alternative spelling of nanofossil
nasofrontal
nasofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the nasal and frontal bones.