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
aquafortist
aquafortist
noun
One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
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
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
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
bullmastiff
bullmastiff
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bullmastiff
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
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
confutation
confutation
noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
cutlassfish
cutlassfish
noun
A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.
disfeatured
disfeatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfeature
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
distasteful
distasteful
adj
(figuratively) Unpleasant.
Having a bad or foul taste.
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.
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
faustianism
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.
ferruginate
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
feudalistic
feudalistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of feudalism, feudal.
feudalities
feudalities
noun
plural of feudality
feudatorial
feudatorial
adj
Synonym of feudatory
feudatories
feudatories
noun
plural of feudatory
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
fimetarious
fimetarious
adj
Growing on dung.
fireflaught
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
flirtatious
flirtatious
adj
(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.
Of or pertaining to flirtation.
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.
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
fluotitanic
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
foetiparous
foetiparous
adj
Alternative form of fetiparous
folliculate
forcipulata
forcipulate
forficulate
formularist
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.
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.
fractiously
fractiously
adv
In a fractious manner.
fractuosity
fractuosity
noun
The state of being fractured; superficial fracture
fructuarius
frugalities
frugalities
noun
plural of frugality
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.
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
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
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
fumatoriums
fumigations
fumigations
noun
plural of fumigation
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
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.
fundatorial
fundatrices
fundatrices
noun
plural of fundatrix
funereality
fungistatic
fungistatic
adj
That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
furfuration
furfuration
noun
The falling of dandruff from the head.
fustigating
fustigating
verb
present participle of fustigate
fustigation
fustigation
noun
(by extension) a harsh verbal assault
a beating with a club
fustigatory
fustilarian
fustilarian
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel.
grapefruits
grapefruits
noun
plural of grapefruit
highfalutin
highfalutin
adj
(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
noun
(archaic) Pompous speech or writing.
ineffectual
ineffectual
adj
Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Worthless; ineffective.
infatuating
infatuating
verb
present participle of infatuate
infatuation
infatuation
noun
(obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
Something which infatuates.
infeudation
infeudation
noun
The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment.
influential
influential
adj
Having or exerting influence.
noun
A person who has influence
infortunate
infortunate
adj
(obsolete) Unfortunate, unlucky.
infrasutral
infuriately
infuriating
infuriating
adj
Extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating
verb
present participle of infuriate
infuriation
infuriation
noun
(countable) Something that causes extreme anger; an expression or instance of extreme anger.
(uncountable) Extreme anger.
infuscation
infuscation
noun
A dark patch or marking.
The act of darkening.
The state of being dark; obscurity.
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.
irrefutable
irrefutable
adj
undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
irrefutably
irrefutably
adv
In an irrefutable manner; beyond the possibility of refutation.
justifiable
justifiable
adj
That can be justified.
justifiably
justifiably
adv
in a justifiable manner; with justification
lactiferous
lactiferous
adj
Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid.
lactifluous
lactifluous
adj
flowing with milk
latifolious
latifolious
adj
(botany) Broad-leaved; latifoliate.
latifundian
latifundios
latifundium
latifundium
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.