(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
africanderism
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afterplanting
afterripening
afterswarming
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
amelification
amidocaffeine
angelinformal
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
anteroflexion
anterofrontal
anterofrontal
adj
anterior and frontal
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antideflation
antideflation
adj
(economics) Preventing or countering deflation.
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifeudalist
antifeudalist
adj
Synonym of antifeudal
noun
Somebody opposed to feudalism.
antiflatulent
antiflatulent
adj
(pharmacology) Serving to prevent flatulence.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug with this function.
antiforeigner
antiforeigner
adj
Opposed to foreigners.
antireflexive
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
aschaffenburg
autoinfection
autoinfection
noun
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
balloonflower
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
befittingness
befittingness
noun
The state or quality of being befitting.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
belieffulness
belieffulness
adj
(rare) The state or quality of being beliefful; faithfulness.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
birefringence
birefringence
noun
(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blenniiformes
blindfoldedly
bloomfieldian
bloomfieldian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Noun
A supporter of Leonard Bloomfieldian's linguistic theories.
boldfacedness
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brazenfacedly
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
brieflessness
brieflessness
noun
Absence of a legal brief.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
candlesnuffer
candlesnuffer
noun
Alternative form of candle snuffer
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carefulnesses
carefulnesses
noun
plural of carefulness
cauldrifeness
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrisciform
certificating
certificating
verb
present participle of certificate
certification
certification
noun
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
The act of certifying.
The granting of a certificate.
chancefulness
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
chieftaincies
chieftaincies
noun
plural of chieftaincy
chieftainries
chieftainries
noun
plural of chieftainry
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chiffonnieres
ciconiiformes
circumference
circumference
noun
(geometry) The length of such a line
(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
(graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph
(obsolete) The surface of a round or spherical object
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To include in a circular space; to bound.
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
circumfluence
circumfluence
noun
A flowing round on all sides; an enclosing with fluid.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
coefficiently
coefficiently
adv
In a coefficient manner
coeffluential
coenospecific
coenospecific
adj
Relating to coenospecies.
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
coffeehousing
coffeehousing
noun
(by extension) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.
The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
colorfastness
colorfastness
noun
The characteristic of being colorfast.
colourfulness
colourfulness
noun
Alternative form of colorfulness
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
confarreation
confarreation
noun
(Ancient Rome) A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (spelt)
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confectioners
confectioners
noun
plural of confectioner
confectionery
confectionery
noun
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
confederacies
confederacies
noun
plural of confederacy
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confervaceous
confervaceous
adj
Belonging to the Confervae.
confervoideae
confessionals
confessionals
noun
plural of confessional
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessionist
confessionist
noun
One professing a certain faith.
confessorship
confessorship
noun
The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
confidentiary
confidentness
confidentness
noun
The state or quality of being confident.
confidingness
confidingness
noun
The state or quality of being confiding.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
confiscatable
confiscatable
Adjective
That can be confiscated.
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
confricamenta
conidiiferous
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
contrafacture
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
contraflexure
convictfishes
costoinferior
counteraffirm
countereffect
countereffect
noun
An effect that is the opposite of another (especially another that has the same cause)
countereffort
countereffort
noun
An effort made in opposition to another.
counterfaller
counterfaller
noun
(engineering) A faller that opposes another faller, so that one rises while the other is descending.
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit
counterfeiter
counterfeiter
noun
A person who counterfeits
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfessed
counterflange
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflight
counteroffers
counteroffers
noun
plural of counteroffer
counterreform
counterreform
noun
Opposition to reform.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftsmenship
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
cretification
crookfingered
cubocuneiform
cushionflower
cyclodiolefin
cycloolefinic
decaffeinated
decaffeinated
adj
From which caffeine has been removed (e.g. decaffeinated coffee).
decaffeinates
decaffeinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decaffeinate