(law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affrication
affrication
noun
(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
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.
aftervision
airproofing
airproofing
verb
present participle of airproof
alcyoniform
alifanfaron
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluniferous
aminoformic
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
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.
antenniform
antenniform
adj
Having the shape of an antenna
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
antiforeign
antiforeign
adj
Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
antiformant
apoferritin
apoferritin
noun
(biochemistry) Part of the ferritin that is not combined with iron
archbuffoon
archfounder
archpontiff
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arsenofuran
azoparaffin
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
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.
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
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.
blandfordia
branchiform
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
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
defloration
defloration
noun
the act of deflowering
deformation
deformation
noun
A transformation; change of shape.
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
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.
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
drepaniform
drepaniform
adj
sickle-shaped
efformation
efformation
noun
(obsolete) The act of giving shape or form; formation.
enforceable
enforceable
adj
Capable of being enforced.
fablemonger
fablemonger
noun
One who tells or composes fables.
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
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
falconiform
falconiform
noun
(ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fanfaronade
fanfaronade
noun
Empty, self-assertive boasting.
verb
To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting.
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
farinometer
farinometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the viscosity of flour.
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
fascinators
fascinators
noun
plural of fascinator
fauxbourdon
favoredness
favoredness
noun
(obsolete) appearance
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
federations
federations
noun
plural of federation
ferrocyanic
ferrocyanic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide
ferromagnet
ferromagnet
noun
(physics) a ferromagnetic material
a magnet made from such material
fibrilation
fibrination
fibrination
noun
(medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
fibroadenia
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
filtrations
filtrations
noun
plural of filtration
fimbriation
fimbriation
noun
(countable, heraldry, flags) Such a stripe.
(uncountable, heraldry, flags) The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
fingerboard
fingerboard
noun
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
A miniature skateboard that is driven with the fingers.
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.
fissuration
fissuration
noun
The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure.
The condition of having fissures.
flavoriness
flirtations
flirtations
noun
plural of flirtation
florianolis
floriations
floriations
noun
plural of floriation
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
florimanist
fluorinated
fluorinated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
foliobranch
foraminated
foraminated
adj
Having a small opening, or foramina.
foraminifer
foraminifer
noun
Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.
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
foreappoint
foreappoint
verb
(transitive) To appoint beforehand.
forebearing
forebearing
verb
present participle of forebear
forecasting
forecasting
noun
A forecast or prediction.
verb
present participle of forecast
forehandsel
foreimagine
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
forepayment
forepayment
noun
payment made in advance
forereading
forereading
verb
present participle of foreread
forestation
forestation
noun
The act of planting a forest.
The conversion of a habitat to forest.
forestlands
forestlands
noun
plural of forestland
foretalking
foretasting
foretasting
verb
present participle of foretaste
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forfication
formalazine
formalazine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₂H₄N₂, obtainable from formaldehyde by the addition of hydrazine.
formalising
formalising
verb
present participle of formalise
formalizing
formalizing
verb
present participle of formalize
formamidine
formamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound NH=CH-NH₂ that is the amidine of formic acid
Any of a group of acaricidal compounds derived from this compound
formanilide
formanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) The anilide of formic acid C₆H₅-NH-CHO