Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify
acrestaff
aerocraft
aerocraft
noun
(dated or nonstandard) An aircraft.
affectate
affecters
affecters
noun
plural of affecter
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affectual
affectual
adj
Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
afflicted
afflicted
adj
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflict
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
aftercare
aftercare
noun
(BDSM) Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
(business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.
aftercast
aftercast
noun
(art) A reproduction work made by reusing a cast.
A throw of dice after the game is ended.
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
aftercost
aftercost
noun
(accounting) A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
(by extension) A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
aftercure
afterdeck
afterdeck
noun
(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
archthief
artefacts
artefacts
noun
plural of artefact
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artificer
artificer
noun
A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
A savant.
A trickster.
An inventor.
Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
banecroft
bardcraft
bardcraft
noun
The poetic arts of a bard.
biflected
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
birdcraft
blackfeet
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
cactiform
cactiform
adj
Resembling a cactus.
cafeteria
cafeteria
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
cafetiere
cafetiere
noun
Alternative form of cafetière
calctufas
calctuffs
califates
califates
noun
plural of califate
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
campcraft
campcraft
noun
Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
cartonful
cartonful
noun
As much as a carton will hold.
catafalco
catafalco
noun
Alternative form of catafalque
catalufas
catalufas
noun
plural of catalufa
catfacing
catfacing
noun
The development of the catface deformity in tomatoes.
catfishes
catfishes
noun
plural of catfish
catfooted
celestify
celestify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
celtiform
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
certifier
certifier
noun
A person or entity that provides certification
certifies
certifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of certify
chaffiest
chaffiest
adj
superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
chairlift
chairlift
noun
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
chatfield
chestfuls
chestfuls
noun
plural of chestful
chieftain
chieftain
noun
(by extension) A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
chieftess
chieftess
noun
Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain.
christoff
chuffiest
citifying
citifying
verb
present participle of citify
cliffiest
cliffiest
adj
superlative form of cliffy: most cliffy
cliftonia
closetful
closetful
noun
As much as a closet can hold.
cockcroft
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cocksfoot
cocksfoot
noun
Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
coeffects
coeffects
noun
plural of coeffect
cofactors
cofactors
noun
plural of cofactor
cofeature
cofeature
noun
An auxiliary or secondary feature.
verb
(intransitive) To be presented as a cofeature.
(transitive) To feature alongside; to present as a cofeature.
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
coffeepot
coffeepot
noun
Alternative spelling of coffee pot
coffinite
coffinite
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
cofighter
colorfast
colorfast
adj
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
coltsfoot
coltsfoot
noun
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East.
Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).
Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
confected
confected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confect
conferted
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.
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
confitent
confitent
noun
A person who confesses; a confessor or penitent
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
conflated
conflated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflate
conflates
conflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate
conflicts
conflicts
noun
plural of conflict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflict
confluent
confluent
adj
(biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
(geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle.
(mathematics) Given a binary operation →_𝛽 on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_𝛽 , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_𝛽 a2 and a1 →_𝛽 a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_𝛽 a4 and a3 ↠_𝛽 a4.
(meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
(of two or more objects or shapes) Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
noun
A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.
confrater
confronte
confronte
verb
Obsolete form of confront.
confronts
confronts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confront
confuters
confuters
noun
plural of confuter
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
costiform
costiform
adj
Having the form of a rib.
cottiform
cottiform
adj
Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.
noun
Such a fish
countfish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
cowlstaff
cowlstaff
noun
A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
craftiest
craftiest
adj
superlative form of crafty: most crafty
craftless
craftless
adj
Without craft; boatless, etc.
Without craft; unskilled.
craftsman
craftsman
noun
A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
crakefeet
crawfoots
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
crossfoot
crowfoots
crowfoots
noun
plural of crowfoot
crustific
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cutcliffe
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
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.
defaecate
defaecate
verb
Alternative form of defecate
defalcate
defalcate
verb
(intransitive) To misappropriate funds; to embezzle.
To cut off (a part of something).
To deduct or take away (a part of income, money, rents, etc.).
defecated
defecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defecate
defecates
defecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defecate
defecator
defecator
noun
(archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
One who defecates.
defecters
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.
defectors
defectors
noun
plural of defector
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.
deflected
deflected
adj
(botany) Bent abruptly downward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deflect
deflector
deflector
noun
(science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
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
disaffect
disaffect
verb
(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
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.
disinfect
disinfect
verb
To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
edificant
edificant
adj
building; constructing
edificate
effecters
effecters
noun
plural of effecter
effectful
effectful
adj
(computing) Implementing effects.
Synonym of effectual
effecting
effecting
adj
Causative, effective.
verb
present participle of effect
effective
effective
adj
(geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
(physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
Actually in effect.
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.