(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acidifies
acidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
afflicted
afflicted
adj
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflict
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
becoiffed
becoiffed
adj
Having the hair arranged in a coif.
beneficed
beneficed
adj
(Christianity) Having a benefice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefice
biflected
birdcraft
buckfield
caddisfly
caddisfly
noun
Alternative spelling of caddis fly
cafardise
calcified
calcified
adj
Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
Made unchanging or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcify
canfields
cardiform
cardiform
adj
(of fish teeth) Resembling a series of combs
carnified
carnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnify
caudiform
caudiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a tail.
cauldrife
caulfield
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
chatfield
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chiefland
childwife
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chylified
chylified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chylify
chymified
chymified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chymify
clarified
clarified
adj
Made clear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clarify
cliffside
cliffside
noun
The side of a cliff.
cliffweed
cliffwood
coalfield
coalfield
noun
Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
coalified
coalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coalify
codfisher
codfisher
noun
One who fishes for cod.
codfishes
codfishes
noun
plural of codfish
codifiers
codifiers
noun
plural of codifier
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coiffured
coiffured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coiffure
coldfinch
confidant
confidant
noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
confident
confident
adj
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Very sure of something; positive.
noun
Obsolete form of confidant.
confiders
confiders
noun
plural of confider
confiding
confiding
adj
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
noun
The telling of something in confidence.
verb
present participle of confide
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
cordiform
cordiform
adj
Shaped like a heart; cordate.
cornfield
cornfield
noun
A field of corn, wheat or other cereal crop
cornified
cornified
adj
(informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Converted into horn; horny.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cornify
crisfield
crucified
crucified
adj
that has been subject to crucifixion
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crucify
deacidify
deacidify
verb
To remove or neutralize the acidic content of
decalcify
decalcify
verb
To deprive of calcareous matter.
deceitful
deceitful
adj
Deceptive, two-faced.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
defecting
defecting
verb
present participle of defect
defection
defection
noun
An act or incidence of defecting.
defective
defective
adj
(Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
(chiefly of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
(orthography, of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Having one or more defects.
adv
(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
noun
(chiefly of abjad script) A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
A person or thing considered to be defective.
defencive
defencive
adj
(British) Alternative spelling of defensive
defiances
defiances
noun
plural of defiance
deficient
deficient
adj
(mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n).
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
noun
A person who is deficient.
deforcing
deforcing
verb
present participle of deforce
deviceful
deviceful
adj
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive.
dezincify
dezincify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of zinc.
difficile
difficile
adj
(obsolete) Difficult.
(obsolete) Hard to work with; stubborn.
difficult
difficult
adj
(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
diffracts
diffracts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diffract
difluence
difluence
noun
Opposite of confluence
disaffect
disaffect
verb
(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
disciform
disciform
adj
(botany) Having a flat, rounded shape.
discomfit
discomfit
adj
(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.
verb
(archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
(rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
disinfect
disinfect
verb
To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
dodecafid
dolorific
dolorific
adj
Causing grief or pain.
Of or relating to pain.
dulcified
dulcified
adj
sweetened; mollified
dulcifies
dulcifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify
edificant
edificant
adj
building; constructing
edificate
edificial
edificial
adj
Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
edificing
faciendum
faciendum
noun
Something that must be done.
facticide
facticide
noun
The distortion or concealment of facts.
factitude
factitude
noun
The property of being factual.
facultied
facultied
adj
(in combination) Having a faculty or faculties of a specified kind.
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fairchild
falcidian
falcidian
adj
Alternative form of Falcidian
falconoid
fasciated
fasciated
adj
fasciate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fasciate
fascicled
fascicled
adj
Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster.
fatidical
fatidical
adj
Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.
febricide
febricide
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A substance that destroys a fever.
fecundify
fecundify
verb
(transitive) To make fruitful; to fecundate.
fecundity
fecundity
noun
Ability to cause growth or increase.
Ability to produce offspring.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
fecundize
fecundize
verb
(transitive) To make fecund.
felicidad
feticidal
feticidal
adj
Killing a fetus.
feticides
feticides
noun
plural of feticide
ficoideae
fideistic
fideistic
adj
Pertaining to fideism.
fidicinal
fidicinal
adj
Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.
fidiculae
fiduciary
fiduciary
adj
(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
noun
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
fieldmice
fieldmice
noun
plural of fieldmouse
fiercened
fiercened
verb
simple past tense of fiercen
filicidal
filicidal
adj
Of or pertaining to filicide.
filicides
filicides
noun
plural of filicide
filicoids
filicoids
noun
plural of filicoid
filmcards
filmcards
noun
plural of filmcard
fitchered
flaccidly
flaccidly
adv
In a flaccid manner
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
focalised
focalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of focalise
focalized
focalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of focalize
foeticide
foeticide
noun
Alternative form of feticide
fordcliff
forecited
forecited
adj
Cited or quoted before or above.
formicide
formicide
noun
A substance that kills ants
The killing of ants
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fraidycat
frederica
frederica
Proper noun
name, feminine form of Frederick. Quite rare in English.
A town in Delaware
frederich
frederick
frederick
Proper noun
A town in Colorado
A city in Kansas
A city in Maryland, USA, and county seat of Frederick County.