Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
california
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cattlefold
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chloroform
chloroform
noun
(organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
verb
To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloudcroft
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
clubfellow
clubfellow
noun
A fellow member of a club.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
coalfitter
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cocklewife
coeffluent
coffeeleaf
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colorifics
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
colourific
colourific
adj
Rare spelling of colorific.
coltsfoots
combflower
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comournful
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confinedly
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conflexure
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
confluence
confluence
noun
(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
(computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
confocally
confocally
adv
In a confocal way.
confrontal
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
coreflexed
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counselful
crowflower
crowflower
noun
(obsolete) A kind of campion.
cuculiform
cuculiform
noun
Any bird of the order Cuculiformes
culiciform
culiciform
adj
(zoology) gnat-shaped
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
culverfoot
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
curiolofic
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflectors
deflectors
noun
plural of deflector
diolefinic
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
effloresce
effloresce
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
(intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
falconbill
falconelle
falconidae
falconinae
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falconnoid
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
fallacious
fallacious
adj
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
Deceptive or misleading.
fallectomy
fascioloid
felicitous
felicitous
adj
(linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
Appropriate, apt, fitting.
Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
Causing happiness or pleasure.
femorocele
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
fibrolitic
fibrolitic
adj
Of or relating to fibrolite.
fiddlecome
filiciform
filiciform
adj
Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
filicology
filicology
noun
The botanical study of ferns.
filicornia
filionymic
fimicolous
fimicolous
adj
Inhabiting dung.
flacourtia
flanconade
flanconade
noun
(fencing) A thrust in the side.
flectional
flectional
adj
Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
floccipend
floccosely
floccosely
adv
In a floccose manner.
flocculant
flocculant
adj
That flocculates
noun
A flocculating agent
flocculate
flocculate
adj
Having flock form or forms.
noun
A mass that has suffered flocculation.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
flocculent
flocculent
adj
Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
Flaky.
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
noun
(astronomy) diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
flocculose
flocculose
adj
Having very small wooly tufts
flocculous
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
floorcloth
floorcloth
noun
A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
florencita
florescent
florescent
adj
Flowering or budding.
florigenic
florigenic
adj
(botany) Promoting flowering or the formation of flowers.
floriscope
floristics
floristics
noun
(botany) The scientific study of the distribution of plants, especially on the regional level.
floroscope
flosculose
flosculose
adj
Alternative form of flosculous
flosculous
flosculous
adj
(botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
flounciest
flounciest
adj
superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
fluidounce
fluidounce
noun
Alternative form of fluid ounce
fluocerine
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorboric
fluoresced
fluoresced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce