(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.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
caustified
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
churnstaff
cloudcroft
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
coeffluent
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
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.
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
confutator
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
craftsbury
creamfruit
creekstuff
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
difficulty
difficulty
noun
(sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
An awkward situation or quarrel.
An objection.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
effectuate
effectuate
verb
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).
effectuous
effectuous
adj
(obsolete) effective
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitious
factitious
adj
Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.
Created by humans; artificial.
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
factualist
factualist
noun
A proponent of factualism.
factuality
factuality
noun
That which is factual.
The state or quality of being factual.
faculative
feathercut
fecundated
fecundated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fecundate
fecundates
fecundates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fecundate
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.
ferocactus
fettuccine
fettuccine
noun
Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.
fictitious
fictitious
adj
Invented; contrived.
fisticuffs
fisticuffs
noun
(plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
(plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.
plural of fisticuff
flacourtia
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
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
flounciest
flounciest
adj
superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy
fluctuable
fluctuable
adj
Able or liable to fluctuate.
fluctuated
fluctuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluctuate
fluctuates
fluctuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluctuate
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
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”)
forecourts
forecourts
noun
plural of forecourt
fortescure
fourchette
fourchette
noun
(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
(card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
The wishbone or furculum of birds
fourscorth
fracturing
fracturing
noun
The act by which something is fractured.
verb
present participle of fracture
fratcheous
fratercula
frontcourt
frontcourt
noun
(basketball) The center and forwards of a team
(basketball) The half of the court where a team's offensive basket is located
fructified
fructified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fructify
fructifier
fructifier
noun
Someone or something that fructifies.
fructifies
fructifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fructify
fructiform
fructoside
fructoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of fructose
fruitcakes
fruitcakes
noun
plural of fruitcake
fruitcakey
frutescent
frutescent
adj
Imperfectly resembling a shrub.
fruticeous
fruticetum
fruticetum
noun
A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.
fugacities
fugacities
noun
plural of fugacity
fulvescent
fulvescent
adj
Becoming fulvous; approaching a tawny colour.
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.
functioned
functioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of function
functorial
functorial
adj
(category theory) Of or pertaining to a functor
fungitoxic
fungitoxic
adj
That is toxic to fungi.
funiculate
funiculate
adj
Forming a narrow ridge.
furcellate
fuscescent
fuscescent
adj
Somewhat fuscous
futuristic
futuristic
adj
Of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
genuflects
genuflects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genuflect
guidecraft
guidecraft
noun
The art or skill of serving as a guide.
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
infectious
infectious
adj
(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
(of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
(pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
infectuous
infuscated
infuscated
adj
(zoology) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
manufactor
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.
neglectful
neglectful
adj
Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
neufchatel
noctuiform
noctuiform
adj
Having the form of a noctuid moth.
nondefunct
nonfactual
nonfactual
adj
Not factual; false or fictional.
nonfaculty
nonfaculty
adj
Not of or pertaining to faculty.
obfuscated
obfuscated
adj
(archaic, slang) Drunk.
Having undergone obfuscation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of obfuscate
obfuscates
obfuscates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obfuscate
obfuscator
obfuscator
noun
(computing) A software program that modifies another program to make it harder to decompile or reverse-engineer.
Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
outfencing
outfencing
verb
present participle of outfence
outfiction
pictureful
pitcherful
pitcherful
noun
The quantity that a pitcher can hold.
pluperfect
pluperfect
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.
(informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
(mathematics) Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
(mathematics) Synonym of multiperfect
More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
noun
A verb in this tense.
The pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
postfurcal
postfurcal
adj
Relating to a postfurca
praefectus
prefectual
prefecture
prefecture
noun
The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
The office or position of a prefect.
profaculty
punctiform
punctiform
adj
Having the form of a point.
purificant
queencraft
queencraft
noun
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen; kingcraft as practised by a female sovereign.
refracture
refracture
noun
(surgery) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
verb
To fracture again.
refunction
refunction
verb
(transitive) To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
respectful
respectful
adj
Marked or characterized by respect
satchelful
satchelful
noun
As much as a satchel will hold.
scoutcraft
scoutcraft
noun
(Scouting) A set of outdoor skills learned in scouting that include camping, hiking and pioneering
(rare, science fiction, ufology) A spacecraft used for scouting.