An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
An unusual mannerism.
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
affricating
affricating
verb
present participle of affricate
affrication
affrication
noun
(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
afroasiatic
afterattack
afterbreach
aftercareer
aftercareer
noun
(dated) The career that follows a particular experience or stage in a person's life; later career.
afterchance
afterchrome
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
afterclause
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.
aftercooler
aftercooler
noun
An intercooler located at the end of the supercharging chain.
aftercourse
aftercourse
noun
(archaic, regional) The final course of a meal.
(obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
aftereffect
aftereffect
noun
Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.
afterpieces
afterpieces
noun
plural of afterpiece
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
aircraftman
aircraftman
noun
A member of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of various other Commonwealth countries.
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
anteflected
antifaction
antifanatic
antifanatic
noun
One who opposes fanaticism.
antifascism
antifascism
noun
Opposition to fascism
antifascist
antifascist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.
noun
A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.
antivenefic
archpontiff
artifactual
artifactual
adj
Of or pertaining to artifact.
Resembling an artifact.
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
austafrican
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
autofocuses
autofocuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus
azofication
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
bacteriform
bathofloric
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beatificate
beatificate
verb
(obsolete, religion) To beatify.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
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.
bilifaction
bracteiform
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
caffeinated
caffeinated
adj
(informal, of a person) Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine.
Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caffeinate
caffetannic
caffetannin
calathiform
calefacient
calefacient
adj
(obsolete) having heating or warming effects
noun
(obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
calefaction
calefaction
noun
The act of warming or heating.
The state or condition of being heated.
calefactive
calefactive
adj
calefactory
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
canafistola
canafistolo
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
canfieldite
canfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.
caprificate
caprificate
verb
Synonym of caprify
carefullest
carefullest
adj
superlative form of careful: most careful
catafalques
catafalques
noun
plural of catafalque
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.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
certificate
certificate
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A motion picture age rating.
(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
(computing) Ellipsis of public key certificate.
(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
A document containing a certified statement.
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
verb
To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
chaffcutter
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
chieftaincy
chieftaincy
noun
The area or population ruled by a chief.
The position or period of rule of a chief.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
churchcraft
cinefaction
cinefaction
noun
(obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
clarificant
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
codefendant
codefendant
noun
(law) Any of several defendants answering the same charge.
Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
In a state of comfort and content.
Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
noun
(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
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.
confarreate
confarreate
adj
Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (spelt).
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.
confidantes
confidantes
noun
plural of confidante
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.
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
conflagrant
conflagrant
adj
brightly burning
conflagrate
conflagrate
verb
(intransitive) To catch fire.
(transitive) To set fire to something.
conflations
conflations
noun
plural of conflation
conflictual
conflictual
adj
Characterized by conflict
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
confutation
confutation
noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
contrafocal
coplaintiff
coplaintiff
noun
(law) Any of several plaintiffs bringing the same charge.
cotransfers
cotransfers
noun
plural of cotransfer
cotransfuse
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
counterhaft
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
crateriform
crateriform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a shallow bowl.
crestfallen
crestfallen
adj
(obsolete, of a horse) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.
Sad because of a disappointment.
crotaliform
cutlassfish
cutlassfish
noun
A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.
cyanformate
defacements
defacements
noun
plural of defacement
defalcating
defalcating
verb
present participle of defalcate
defalcation
defalcation
noun
(law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
embezzlement
defalcators
defalcators
noun
plural of defalcator
defecations
defecations
noun
plural of defecation
deflectable
deflectable
adj
Capable of being deflected.
defrication
deification
deification
noun
(Christianity, theology) Union with God; theosis.
A deified embodiment.
Excessive praise.
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
diffracting
diffracting
verb
present participle of diffract
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.
diffractive
diffractive
adj
(physics) Having the ability to diffract light
disaffected
disaffected
adj
(obsolete) Affected with disease.
Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disaffect
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
edification
edification
noun
(archaic) A building or edifice.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually
edificative
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
effacements
effacements
noun
plural of effacement
effascinate
effascinate
verb
(obsolete) To charm; to bewitch.
effectually
effectually
adv
In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
effectuated
effectuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of effectuate