(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
arciferous
asciferous
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.
beneficium
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
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
burchfield
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calcifugal
calcifugal
adj
Of or relating to a calcifuge.
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
carefuller
carefuller
adj
comparative form of careful: more careful
carfuffled
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
caustified
cellifugal
cellifugal
adj
cellulifugal
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.
ceriferous
ceriferous
adj
Containing or producing cerium.
chaochowfu
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
chauffeuse
chauffeuse
noun
(dated) female equivalent of chauffeur
cheefuller
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
cherubfish
chuffiness
chuffiness
noun
The quality of being chuffy.
churnstaff
cienfuegos
ciliferous
ciliferous
adj
Bearing cilia.
cimicifuga
cimicifuga
noun
Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
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.
cloudcroft
clubfellow
clubfellow
noun
A fellow member of a club.
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
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
coeffluent
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
coffeebush
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
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
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.
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comiferous
comournful
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
configural
configural
adj
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
conflexure
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.
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
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.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cosufferer
counselful
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
craftsbury
creamfruit
creekstuff
cruciferae
crucifixes
crucifixes
noun
plural of crucifix
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
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
culicifuge
culicifuge
noun
An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.
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
cymiferous
cymiferous
adj
(botany) Producing cymes.
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
defocusses
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.
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
discordful
discordful
adj
(rare) Full of discord; contentious, quarrelsome.
discursify
disulfonic
disulfonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two sulfonic groups
disulfuric
disulfuric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) pyrosulfuric
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
dulcifying
dulcifying
verb
present participle of dulcify
duncifying
duncifying
verb
present participle of duncify
effectuate
effectuate
verb
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).
effectuous
effectuous
adj
(obsolete) effective
effluences
effluences
noun
plural of effluence
effulgence
effulgence
noun
A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
eurafrican
eurafrican
Adjective
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
Of European and African descent.
Noun
An African with European ancestors.
Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
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
faeculence
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
fallacious
fallacious
adj
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
Deceptive or misleading.
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
fascicular
fascicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a fascicle.
fasciculus
fasciculus
noun
(anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
fauconnier
feathercut
feckulence
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.