(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluniferous
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.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
antifatigue
antifatigue
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fatigue.
antifouling
antifouling
adj
That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
noun
Any substance that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
antifungals
antifungals
noun
plural of antifungal
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
archbuffoon
archfounder
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arsenofuran
austafrican
avifaunally
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
benzdifuran
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
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.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
caustifying
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changchowfu
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
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.
conflictual
conflictual
adj
Characterized by conflict
confusional
confusional
adj
(medicine) Characterized by confusion.
confutation
confutation
noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
cotransfuse
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
counterhaft
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
dreamingful
easefulness
easefulness
noun
State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
endosulfans
endosulfans
noun
plural of endosulfan
enfleurages
enfleurages
noun
plural of enfleurage
entomofauna
entomofauna
noun
insect fauna
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
fainaiguing
fainaiguing
verb
present participle of fainaigue
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
falcinellus
falcunculus
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
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.
fatefulness
fatefulness
noun
The quality of being fateful
fatiguingly
fatiguingly
adv
In a fatiguing manner.
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
fatuousness
fatuousness
noun
The characteristic of being fatuous.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
faustianism
fauxbourdon
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fearfulness
fearfulness
noun
The quality of being fearful.
fecundating
fecundating
verb
present participle of fecundate
fecundation
fecundation
noun
The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
ferruginate
ferruginean
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
feudalising
feudalising
verb
present participle of feudalise
feudalizing
feudalizing
verb
present participle of feudalize
fiducinales
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filicauline
filipendula
fissuration
fissuration
noun
The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure.
The condition of having fissures.
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
flatulences
flatulences
noun
plural of flatulence
flatulently
flatulently
adv
In a flatulent manner or fashion.
flaubertian
flauntiness
flauntiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being flaunty
flauntingly
flauntingly
adv
In a flaunting manner
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flocculants
flocculants
noun
plural of flocculant
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
fluctuating
fluctuating
adj
Subject to irregular changes in quantity or quality.
noun
A fluctuation.
verb
present participle of fluctuate
fluctuation
fluctuation
noun
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
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
fluotitanic
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
folliculina
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
formulation
formulation
noun
(medicine) A medicinal preparation.
A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
fortunately
fortunately
adv
In a fortunate manner.
It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
fortunation
foundations
foundations
noun
plural of foundation
fountaineer
fountaineer
noun
Someone interested in fountains.
Someone who makes fountains.
fountaining
fountaining
verb
present participle of fountain
fountainlet
fountainlet
noun
A small fountain
fountainous
fountainous
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
frangulinic
frankenmuth
frankfurter
frankfurter
noun
(UK, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
fraudulence
fraudulence
noun
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
fraudulency
fraudulency
noun
(dated) fraudulence
freemanspur
frequentage
frequentage
noun
The habit or practice of frequenting.
freudianism
freudianism
Noun
Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
fricandeaus
fricandeaus
noun
plural of fricandeau
fricandeaux
fruitarians
fruitarians
noun
plural of fruitarian
frustrating
frustrating
adj
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
verb
present participle of frustrate
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.
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fulgurantly
fulgurantly
adv
In a fulgurant manner.
fulgurating
fulgurating
verb
present participle of fulgurate
fulguration
fulguration
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface
(medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery
A flash of lightning
fuligulinae
fulminating
fulminating
adj
(medicine) Describing any sudden and severe (often fatal) inflammation
verb
present participle of fulminate
fulmination
fulmination
noun
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
fulminatory
fulminatory
adj
Thundering; striking terror.
fulminurate
fumigations
fumigations
noun
plural of fumigation
funambulant
funambulate
funambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
funambulism
funambulism
noun
The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
funambuloes
funariaceae
functionals
functionals
noun
plural of functional
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.
functionate
functionate
verb
(dated) To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
fundamental
fundamental
adj
Related to a foundation. base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
essential; extremely important
noun
(music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
(physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
(usually in the plural) A main or major principle, rule, law, etc. which serves as the foundation or basis of a system; an essential part