Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confinedly
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
confiscate
confiscate
adj
(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
verb
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
confiserie
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.
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
conformers
conformers
noun
plural of conformer
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.
confounded
confounded
adj
confused, astonished
damned, accursed, bloody
defeated, thwarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confragose
confrontal
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confronter
confronter
noun
Someone who or something which confronts.
confucians
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.
confusions
confusions
noun
plural of confusion
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
confutator
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
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.
contreface
contrefort
contrefort
noun
Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
copyfitter
coreflexed
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfactor
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.
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
cospecific
cospecific
adj
Alternative form of conspecific
cosufferer
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counselful
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
coverchief
coverchief
noun
A covering for the head.
crashproof
crashproof
adj
(computing) Resistant to crashes (failure of software programs).
(of a vehicle) Resistant to the damaging effects of a collision.
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
cristoforo
crofterize
crossfired
crowflower
crowflower
noun
(obsolete) A kind of campion.
crowfooted
crushproof
crushproof
adj
Strong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure.
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.
culverfoot
cumuliform
cumuliform
adj
Having the shape of a cumulus cloud.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
curiolofic
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cymbaeform
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
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
defocusses
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
diolefinic
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
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
donaciform
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
echiniform
edificator
edificator
noun
(rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
effectuous
effectuous
adj
(obsolete) effective
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).
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factionate
factionate
adj
Showing great loyalty to one's faction; tribal.
verb
Synonym of factionalize
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
factionism
factionist
factionist
noun
One who promotes strife or discord.
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitious
factitious
adj
Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.
Created by humans; artificial.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
factorized
factorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factorize
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
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
fantastico
fantastico
adj
(informal, humorous) fantastic
fantoccini
fantoccini
noun
Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
The puppet shows in which they are used.
fasciation
fasciation
noun
(botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue.
(obsolete) A bandage.
The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
The process or state of being fasciated.
fascinator
fascinator
noun
(dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
A fascinating person or thing.
fascioloid
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).
fauconnier
fecundator
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
ferocactus
ferocities
ferocities
noun
plural of ferocity
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
verb
(chess) To play a fianchetto.
fiberscope
fiberscope
noun
(American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas