Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
california
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
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
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
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.
clarifiant
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
coeffluent
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
comournful
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.
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.
counselful
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defailance
defailance
noun
(obsolete) failure; miscarriage
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
diolefinic
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
effluences
effluences
noun
plural of effluence
effulgence
effulgence
noun
A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
facileness
facileness
noun
superficiality, glibness
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
factabling
faeculence
falconbill
falconelle
falconidae
falconinae
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falconnoid
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
feckulence
ferntickle
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
filchingly
filchingly
adv
By means of petty theft.
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
filicineae
filicinean
filicinian
filicornia
filionymic
finchville
finicality
finicality
noun
The quality of being finical.
flacianism
flacianist
flaminical
flaminical
adj
Pertaining to a flamen.
flanconade
flanconade
noun
(fencing) A thrust in the side.
flatulence
flatulence
noun
The release of such gas; breaking wind.
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
flatulency
flatulency
noun
(chiefly dated) flatulence
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
flavescent
flavescent
adj
yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
fleckiness
fleckiness
noun
The quality of being flecky.
flectional
flectional
adj
Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
fleechment
fleeciness
fleeciness
noun
The quality of being fleecy
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
floccipend
flocculant
flocculant
adj
That flocculates
noun
A flocculating agent
flocculent
flocculent
adj
Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
Flaky.
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
noun
(astronomy) diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
florencita
florescent
florescent
adj
Flowering or budding.
florigenic
florigenic
adj
(botany) Promoting flowering or the formation of flowers.
flounciest
flounciest
adj
superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy
fluidounce
fluidounce
noun
Alternative form of fluid ounce
fluocerine
focalising
focalising
verb
present participle of focalise
focalizing
focalizing
verb
present participle of focalize
foeniculum
folliculin
folliculin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein associated with tumour suppression
(biochemistry) oestrone
fonticulus
fonticulus
noun
(anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone.
A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet.
Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”)
footcandle
foreglance
foreglance
noun
A glance that is forward or beforehand.
verb
(transitive) To glance forward or beforehand.
forensical
forensical
adj
(rare) forensic
forinsecal
forinsecal
adj
(obsolete) foreign; alien
fornacalia
fractional
fractional
adj
(chemistry) Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.
Divided; fragmentary; incomplete.
Pertaining to a fraction.
Very small; minute.
noun
(chemistry) Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.
(grammar) An expression of a fractional number.
Partial ownership of a property, such as real estate or a chartered airplane, such that each partial owner has use of the property for only a portion of the time.
franchisal
franchisal
adj
Pertaining to franchises.
francolite
francolite
noun
(mineralogy) A synonym of carbonate-rich fluorapatite; a variety of apatite.
francophil
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
freelanced
freelanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freelance
freelancer
freelancer
noun
one who freelances
freelances
freelances
noun
plural of freelance
frenchless
frenchlick
frenetical
frenetical
adj
Alternative form of frenetic
frictional
frictional
adj
Relating to, or caused by, friction.
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
frolicness
frolicness
noun
(archaic) The quality of being frolic.
fulcruming
fulminancy
fulminancy
noun
Alternative form of fulminance
fulminuric
fulminuric
adj
Of or pertaining to fulminuric acid or its derivatives.
fulvescent
fulvescent
adj
Becoming fulvous; approaching a tawny colour.
funambulic
functional
functional
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
(medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
In good working order.
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
noun
(computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
(mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.