Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
aftercomer
aftercomer
noun
One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
arciferous
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
asciferous
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beccaficos
beccaficos
noun
plural of beccafico
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
brickcroft
caernarfon
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
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
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
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
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
chaddsford
chaochowfu
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
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
choreiform
choreiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling chorea.
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
ciconiform
cienfuegos
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cimiciform
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
coafforest
coafforest
verb
(transitive, rare) To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
coalfitter
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklewife
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
codfishing
coefficacy
coefficacy
noun
Joint efficacy; an instance of things working together.
coeffluent
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
coffeebush
coffeecake
coffeecake
noun
Alternative form of coffee cake
coffeeleaf
coffeepots
coffeepots
noun
plural of coffeepot
coffeeroom
coffeeroom
noun
A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
coffeetime
coffeetime
noun
A time when coffee is drunk.
coffeeweed
coffeewood
cofferdams
cofferdams
noun
plural of cofferdam
cofferfish
cofferfish
noun
boxfish
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
cofferwork
cofferwork
noun
(masonry) rubblework faced with stone
coffinless
coffinless
adj
Without a coffin.
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
cofinances
cofinances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofinance
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
cofunction
cofunction
noun
(mathematics) The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle.
(programming) A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
coiffeuses
coiffeuses
noun
plural of coiffeuse
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinferred
coinfinite
coinfinity
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
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
combflower
comforters
comforters
noun
plural of comforter
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comiferous
comournful
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.
conchifera
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
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.
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
confection
confection
noun
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
verb
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
conference
conference
noun
(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
(Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
(obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
(politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
(sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
(sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conferrers
conferrers
noun
plural of conferrer
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
confessant
confessant
noun
(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessing
confessing
noun
The act of making a confession.
verb
present participle of confess
confession
confession
noun
(Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
A formal document providing such an admission.
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
confessors
confessors
noun
plural of confessor
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
conficient
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confidence
confidence
noun
(dated) Boldness; presumption.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.