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.
antifungals
antifungals
noun
plural of antifungal
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arsenofuran
austafrican
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
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
caustifying
confusional
confusional
adj
(medicine) Characterized by confusion.
cotransfuse
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
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
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
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
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
fatefulness
fatefulness
noun
The quality of being fateful
fatuousness
fatuousness
noun
The characteristic of being fatuous.
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
faustianism
fearfulness
fearfulness
noun
The quality of being fearful.
feudalising
feudalising
verb
present participle of feudalise
fiducinales
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
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
flauntiness
flauntiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being flaunty
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flocculants
flocculants
noun
plural of flocculant
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
foundations
foundations
noun
plural of foundation
fountainous
fountainous
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
freemanspur
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
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.
fumigations
fumigations
noun
plural of fumigation
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
functionals
functionals
noun
plural of functional
fundatrices
fundatrices
noun
plural of fundatrix
fundraising
fundraising
adj
(attributive) Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.
noun
The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.
fungistatic
fungistatic
adj
That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
furnariides
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
fusillading
fusillading
verb
present participle of fusillade
fustigating
fustigating
verb
present participle of fustigate
fustigation
fustigation
noun
(by extension) a harsh verbal assault
a beating with a club
fustilarian
fustilarian
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel.
gainfulness
gainfulness
noun
The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
gladfulness
gladfulness
noun
The quality of being gladful.
graniferous
graniferous
adj
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
guaniferous
guaniferous
adj
Yielding guano.
harmfulness
harmfulness
noun
The characteristic of being harmful.
hatefulness
hatefulness
noun
The characteristic of being hateful.
increaseful
increaseful
adj
(archaic) Full of increase; abundant in produce.
infrahumans
infrahumans
noun
plural of infrahuman
infrasutral
infuscation
infuscation
noun
A dark patch or marking.
The act of darkening.
The state of being dark; obscurity.
infusorians
infusorians
noun
plural of infusorian
insufflated
insufflated
adj
Disseminated by blowing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of insufflate
insufflates
insufflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insufflate
insufflator
insufflator
noun
A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace.
Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates.
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
langlaufers
langlaufers
noun
plural of langlaufer
laniflorous
latifundios
lawfullness
manniferous
manniferous
adj
Yielding manna.
microfaunas
nauseaproof
nefariouses
nefariously
nefariously
adv
In a nefarious manner.
nitrofurans
nitrofurans
noun
plural of nitrofuran
nonfabulous
nonfabulous
adj
Not relating to fable or legend.
nonfactious
nonsuffrage
nonsuffrage
adj
Not of or relating to suffrage.
obfuscating
obfuscating
verb
present participle of obfuscate
obfuscation
obfuscation
noun
(computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
(countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
offuscation
offuscation
noun
Obsolete form of obfuscation.
omnifarious
omnifarious
adj
Exceedingly varied.
Of many or all forms, varieties, or kinds.
outfeasting
outfeasting
verb
present participle of outfeast
painfullest
painfullest
adj
superlative form of painful: most painful
painfulness
painfulness
noun
The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
panzerfaust
panzerfaust
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Panzerfaust
planfulness
planfulness
noun
The state or quality of being planful
playfulness
playfulness
noun
The quality of being playful.
pseudofinal
pseudofinal
adj
(electrical engineering) Denoting a kind of steady-state voltage distribution.
quadrifrons
quadrifrons
noun
(architecture) Synonym of tetrapylon
quantifiers
quantifiers
noun
plural of quantifier
ragamuffins
ragamuffins
noun
plural of ragamuffin
refutations
refutations
noun
plural of refutation
resurfacing
resurfacing
noun
The act of coming above the surface again.
The application of a new surface.
verb
present participle of resurface
retransfuse
retransfuse
verb
To transfuse again
ruffianisms
ruffianisms
noun
plural of ruffianism
sandiferous
subaffluent
subaffluent
adj
Between the poverty line and affluence.
subferryman
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
subfreshman
subfreshman
noun
(US, dated) A student preparing for the freshman year.
substantify
substantify
verb
(linguistics) To transform into or treat syntactically as a noun; to make into or use as a substantive.
To endow with a consciousness, will, motivation and independent existence; to give life to; to hypostatize.
To give material form or substance to; to embody.
To reify or hypostatize; to treat something that is fluid or abstract as a static entity without regard to nuance or change in character.
sufferances
sufferances
noun
plural of sufferance
suffixation
suffixation
noun
The process of adding a suffix to a word.
suffocating
suffocating
noun
suffocation
verb
present participle of suffocate
suffocation
suffocation
noun
(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
(uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
A child left unattended may die of suffocation.
suffraganal
suffragancy
sulfatizing
sulfonamide
sulfonamide
noun
(chemistry) Any amide of a sulfonic acid RS(=O)₂NR'₂
(pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics; a sulfa drug
sulfonating
sulfonating
verb
present participle of sulfonate
sulfonation
sulfonation
noun
(chemistry) The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfonic acid (-SO₃H) functional group, often by reaction with sulfuric acid at high temperatures
sulfovinate
sulfurating
sulfurating
verb
present participle of sulfurate
sulfuration
sulfuration
noun
(chemistry) reaction with sulfur
sundayproof
surfaceness
surfactants
surfactants
noun
plural of surfactant
surfboatman
surfcasting
surfcasting
noun
The practice of fishing by casting a line into the sea from the shore.
verb
present participle of surfcast
surfmanship
tactfulness
tactfulness
noun
The state or quality of being tactful.
tanniferous
tanniferous
adj
Containing or yielding tannin.
tearfulness
tearfulness
noun
The quality of being tearful.
teaspoonful
teaspoonful
noun
A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
transfigure
transfigure
verb
(transitive) To glorify or exalt.
(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
transfluent
transfluent
adj
(of water or other liquid) flowing through or across something (such as under a bridge)
transfusers
transfusers
noun
plural of transfuser
transfusing
transfusing
noun
transfusion
verb
present participle of transfuse
transfusion
transfusion
noun
(medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.