(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
aftercause
aftercomer
aftercomer
noun
One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterhatch
afterpiece
afterpiece
noun
(nautical) The heel of a rudder.
(now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(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
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artificers
artificers
noun
plural of artificer
artificial
artificial
adj
(bridge) Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
aschaffite
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beatifical
beatifical
adj
beatific
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
besanctify
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
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brickcroft
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
cafeterias
cafeterias
noun
plural of cafeteria
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
cankerfret
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
cattlefold
caustified
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
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.
certifiers
certifiers
noun
plural of certifier
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chaetifera
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
churnstaff
clarifiant
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloudcroft
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
coafforest
coafforest
verb
(transitive, rare) To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coalfitter
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
coeffluent
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
coffeepots
coffeepots
noun
plural of coffeepot
coffeetime
coffeetime
noun
A time when coffee is drunk.
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.
coinfinite
coinfinity
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
coltsfoots
comforters
comforters
noun
plural of comforter
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
confection
confection
noun
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
verb
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
confessant
confessant
noun
(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
conficient
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confidente
confidente
noun
A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
Misspelling of confidante.
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.
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.
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
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
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.
confrontal
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confronter
confronter
noun
Someone who or something which confronts.
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.
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”)
copyfitter
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfactor
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
counterfix
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
craftsbury
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
creamfruit
creekstuff
cristiform
cristiform
adj
Resembling a crest
cristoforo
crofterize
crowfooted
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
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
defacement
defacement
noun
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
defalcated
defalcated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defalcate
defalcates
defalcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defalcate
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
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.
defectible
defectible
adj
deficient; imperfect
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
defectious
defectious
adj
(obsolete) Defective.
defectives
defectives
noun
plural of defective
defectless
defectless
adj
without a defect
defectuous
defectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of defects; imperfect.
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.