Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
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
aquafortist
aquafortist
noun
One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
argusfishes
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.
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
austafrican
avifaunally
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
barlafummil
barlafummil
intj
Alternative form of barlafumble
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
benzdifuran
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
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.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
buffability
buffalofish
bullmastiff
bullmastiff
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bullmastiff
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
caffiaceous
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calcifugous
calcifugous
adj
Synonym of calcifugal
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
camouflagic
camouflagic
adj
Providing or relating to camouflage.
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
caprifolium
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carriageful
carriageful
noun
The amount that can fit in a carriage.
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
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.
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
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
crucificial
crucificial
adj
Relating to crucifixion.
culicifugal
culicifugal
adj
That repels culicine mosquitoes.
cupuliferae
cutlassfish
cutlassfish
noun
A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.
defeudalize
defeudalize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of feudal character or form.
diabolifuge
diffusional
diffusional
adj
Of or pertaining to diffusion.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disfeatured
disfeatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfeature
disgraceful
disgraceful
adj
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
dismayfully
dismayfully
adv
(rare) In dismay.
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
dispeaceful
distasteful
distasteful
adj
(figuratively) Unpleasant.
Having a bad or foul taste.
disulfirams
disulfirams
noun
plural of disulfiram
dreamingful
efficacious
efficacious
adj
(formal) Effective; possessing efficacy.
effluviable
effluviable
adj
(rare) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
equisurface
fabricature
facetiously
facetiously
adv
(dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
factualisms
factualisms
noun
plural of factualism
factualists
factualists
noun
plural of factualist
facultative
facultative
adj
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
That grants permission or power to do something.
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
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.
fasciculate
fasciculate
adj
Having fascicles
noun
Synonym of fasciculation
fasciculite
fatigueless
fatigueless
adj
Free from fatigue.
fatiguesome
fatiguesome
adj
fatiguing; tiring
fatiguingly
fatiguingly
adv
In a fatiguing manner.
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
faussebraie
faussebraie
noun
Alternative form of faussebraye
faustianism
favellidium
favellidium
noun
A compound favella in seaweeds.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
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.
fedifragous
fedifragous
adj
Treaty-breaking.
ferruginate
ferruginean
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
feudalising
feudalising
verb
present participle of feudalise
feudalistic
feudalistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of feudalism, feudal.
feudalities
feudalities
noun
plural of feudality
feudalizing
feudalizing
verb
present participle of feudalize
feudatorial
feudatorial
adj
Synonym of feudatory
feudatories
feudatories
noun
plural of feudatory
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
fiduciaries
fiduciaries
noun
plural of fiduciary
fiduciarily
fiduciarily
adv
In a fiduciary manner
fiducinales
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filicauline
filipendula
fimetarious
fimetarious
adj
Growing on dung.
fireflaught
fissiparous
fissiparous
adj
(cytology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.
Causing division or fragmenting something.
Factious, tending to break into pieces.
fissuration
fissuration
noun
The act of dividing or opening; the formation of a fissure.
The condition of having fissures.
fistulatome
fistulatous
fistulatous
adj
Of or relating to a fistula.
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.
flirtatious
flirtatious
adj
(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.
Of or pertaining to flirtation.
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
floriparous
floscularia
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.
flumadiddle
flumadiddle
noun
Alternative form of flummadiddle
fluoridated
fluoridated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate
fluoridates
fluoridates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate
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