(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
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
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
afrikanderdom
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
angelinformal
antenniferous
antenniferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having antennae.
anteroflexion
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antiforeigner
antiforeigner
adj
Opposed to foreigners.
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
antisoporific
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
autoformation
benzotrifuran
benzoylformic
blenniiformes
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brutification
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.
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
caprification
caprification
noun
A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner designed to replicate the way they are pierced by certain insects, which was once thought to aid in their reproduction.
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
carnification
carnification
noun
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
centrisciform
certification
certification
noun
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
The act of certifying.
The granting of a certificate.
chiffonnieres
chloroforming
chloroforming
verb
present participle of chloroform
ciconiiformes
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
clarification
clarification
noun
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
The act of freeing from obscurities.
coaffirmation
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
cominformists
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
confervoideae
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessorship
confessorship
noun
The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
confidentiary
configurating
configurating
verb
present participle of configurate
configuration
configuration
noun
(algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
(physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
configurative
configurative
adj
Of or pertaining to configuration
confirmations
confirmations
noun
plural of confirmation
confirmedness
confirmedness
noun
The quality of being confirmed.
conflagrating
conflagrating
verb
present participle of conflagrate
conflagration
conflagration
noun
(figuratively) A large-scale conflict.
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
conflagrative
conflagrative
adj
That produces conflagration
conformations
conformations
noun
plural of conformation
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
confricamenta
confrontation
confrontation
noun
A conflict between armed forces.
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
conidiiferous
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
contrafissura
contrafissure
contrafissure
noun
(medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
cornification
cornification
noun
A general hardening of the skin.
Conversion into, or formation of, horn.
costoinferior
counteraffirm
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.
counterflight
crescentiform
crescentiform
adj
Having a crescent shape.
cretification
crookfingered
cubocuneiform
cushionflower
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
defibrination
defibrination
noun
The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
deflagrations
deflagrations
noun
plural of deflagration
deforestation
deforestation
noun
(computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
desulfuration
desulfuration
noun
desulfurization
diffarreation
diffarreation
noun
(historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
diffractional
diffractional
adj
Relating to, or caused by diffraction
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
disfiguration
disfiguration
noun
The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
drownproofing
drownproofing
verb
present participle of drownproof
ectocuneiform
ectocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) One of the bones of the tarsus.
electrofusion
electrofusion
noun
(biology) the fusion of plant protoplasts by electrical stimulation
fusion by means of electricity
electrorefine
electrorefine
verb
(transitive) To perform electrorefining upon.
enforcibility
enforcibility
noun
Alternative form of enforceability
entocuneiform
entocuneiform
noun
(anatomy) The outermost of the cuneiform bones
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
fabricational
factorization
factorization
noun
(mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
(mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
A list of factors.
falconiformes
fanfaronading
fanfaronading
verb
present participle of fanfaronade
fantasmagoria
fantasmagoria
noun
Alternative form of phantasmagoria
fantasmagoric
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
fashionmonger
fashionmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
febricitation
federationist
federationist
noun
An advocate of federationism.
fellmongering
fellmongering
verb
present participle of fellmonger
fermentations
fermentations
noun
plural of fermentation
fermentitious
fermentitious
adj
Exhibiting or relating to fermentation.
ferociousness
ferociousness
noun
The quality of being ferocious; ferocity
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferritization
ferritization
noun
(geology) The formation of soil rich in iron and aluminium oxides with the loss of silica
ferroaluminum
ferroaluminum
noun
Alternative form of ferroaluminium
ferromagnetic
ferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
ferrotitanium
ferrotitanium
noun
An alloy of iron with 15-45% titanium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadium
noun
An alloy of iron and up to 55% vanadium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferrugination
ferrugination
noun
(pathology) A deposition of minerals (typically containing iron) on the walls of blood vessels
ferrumination
ferrumination
noun
(obsolete) The soldering or uniting of metals.
fertilisation
fertilisation
noun
(chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of fertilization
fertilization
fertilization
noun
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants
The act or process of rendering fertile.
fibrillations
fibrillations
noun
plural of fibrillation
fibrinogenous
fibrinogenous
adj
Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
fibrinokinase
fibromembrane
fibropurulent
fibrospongiae
fictioneering
fictioneering
noun
The writing of fiction.
fictionmonger
fictionmonger
noun
(derogatory) A teller of lies.
(derogatory) A writer of fiction.
fireproofness
fireproofness
noun
The quality of being fireproof.
firmisternous
firnification
firnification
noun
The production of firn by recrystallization of old snow
fissiparation
fissiparation
noun
Alternative form of fissipation
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
florianopolis
florification
florification
noun
The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
fluoridations
fluoridations
noun
plural of fluoridation
fluorinations
fluorinations
noun
plural of fluorination
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
fonctionnaire
foolhardiness
foolhardiness
noun
The quality of being foolhardy.
foraminiferal
foraminiferal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous
foraminiferan
foraminiferan
noun
(zoology, paleontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.
forbiddenness
forbiddenness
noun
The state, quality or measure of being forbidden.
forecastingly
forecastingly
adv
So as to forecast or predict.
foreconscious
foreconscious
noun
In the psychology of Sigmund Freud, part of the mind that is available to the conscious if mentally summoned, contrasted with the unconscious, which is not directly accessible.