(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
africanism
africanism
Noun
Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
archinfamy
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
beneficium
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
caffeinism
caffeinism
noun
a toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages
addiction to such beverages
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
choreiform
choreiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling chorea.
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
chymifying
chymifying
verb
present participle of chymify
ciconiform
cimiciform
cimicifuga
cimicifuga
noun
Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
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
coffeetime
coffeetime
noun
A time when coffee is drunk.
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comiferous
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
confirmity
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
conformism
conformism
noun
A willingness to conform; conformity
conformist
conformist
adj
Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
creamfruit
cribriform
cribriform
adj
Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
crimeproof
crimeproof
adj
Resistant to criminal activity.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to criminal activity.
cristiform
cristiform
adj
Resembling a crest
cuculiform
cuculiform
noun
Any bird of the order Cuculiformes
cucumiform
cucumiform
adj
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
culiciform
culiciform
adj
(zoology) gnat-shaped
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
discomfits
discomfits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfit
discomfort
discomfort
noun
Mental or bodily distress.
Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance.
verb
(obsolete) To discourage; to deject.
To cause annoyance or distress to.
disconfirm
disconfirm
verb
(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
disconform
donaciform
echiniform
effeminacy
effeminacy
noun
The quality of being effeminate.
facemaking
facsimiled
facsimiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of facsimile
facsimiles
facsimiles
noun
plural of facsimile
factionism
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
familistic
familistic
adj
Pertaining to familism.
fanaticism
fanaticism
noun
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
fasciotomy
fasciotomy
noun
(surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).
feminacies
feminacies
noun
plural of feminacy
feministic
feministic
adj
Of or relating to or in accordance with feminism.
fiddlecome
filiciform
filiciform
adj
Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
filionymic
filmically
filmically
adv
In a filmic manner.
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
fimicolous
fimicolous
adj
Inhabiting dung.
firstcomer
firstcomer
noun
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
flacianism
flaminical
flaminical
adj
Pertaining to a flamen.
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
foeniculum
formagenic
formicaria
formicaria
noun
plural of formicarium
formicated
formicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formicate
formicidae
formicinae
freshmanic
freshmanic
adj
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
frolicsome
frolicsome
adj
Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.
fructiform
fruticetum
fruticetum
noun
A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.
fulcruming
fulminancy
fulminancy
noun
Alternative form of fulminance
fulminuric
fulminuric
adj
Of or pertaining to fulminuric acid or its derivatives.
funambulic
fusicoccum
heliciform
heliciform
adj
Having the form of a helix; spiral.
hemifacial
hemifacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
hemofuscin
hyraciform
idemfactor
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
improlific
improlific
adj
(obsolete) not prolific
incisiform
incisiform
adj
Shaped like an incisor
laciniform
laciniform
adj
Resembling a fringe.
limaciform
limaciform
adj
slug-shaped
machineful
machineful
noun
Enough laundry to fill a washing machine.
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
magnifical
magnifical
adj
magnific
magnificat
magnificos
magnificos
noun
plural of magnifico
maleficent
maleficent
adj
Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
maleficial
maleficial
adj
(archaic) injurious, damaging
maleficium
mercifully
mercifully
adv
In a merciful manner.
thankfully
micrifying
microfarad
microfarad
noun
(physics) One millionth ( 10⁻⁶ ) of a farad, abbreviated as µF.
microfauna
microfauna
noun
The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.
microfiche
microfiche
noun
A device used to magnify and read these sheets.
A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
verb
(transitive) To convert (documents) to microfiche format.
microfilms
microfilms
noun
plural of microfilm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microfilm
microflora
microflora
noun
Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.
microforms
microforms
noun
plural of microform
miscomfort
miscomfort
noun
(now rare) Discomfort
verb
(archaic) Discomfort.
misenforce
misenforce
verb
To enforce incorrectly.
misfocused
misreflect
misreflect
verb
To mirror inaccurately; to reflect a distorted image of.
To present an inaccurate description of; to give an inaccurate impression of.
To think about in a distorted way
modificand
modificand
noun
(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause which is modified.
morbifical
morbifical
adj
Alternative form of morbific
muciferous
muciferous
adj
Producing or secreting mucus.
muckthrift
multifaced
multifaced
adj
Having more than one face; multifaceted.
multifocal
multifocal
adj
(of an eyeglass lens) having several focusing areas that correct for both nearsightedness and farsightedness.
Arising from or occurring in more than one focus or location.
munificent
munificent
adj
(of a gift, donation, etc.) Very generous; lavish.
(of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
munifience
muriciform
musicproof
naticiform
neofascism
neofascism
noun
A right-wing political movement inspired by fascism, especially by that of fascist Italy.
noctuiform
noctuiform
adj
Having the form of a noctuid moth.
nucleiform
nucleiform
adj
(biology) Having the form of a kernel
nuculiform
ocelliform
officemate
officemate
noun
Alternative spelling of office mate
officerism
officerism
noun
The attitudes and behaviour of an officer.
omnifacial
omnifacial
adj
(sculpture) Suitable for viewing from any direction.