Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
aquafortist
aquafortist
noun
One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
argusfishes
artifactual
artifactual
adj
Of or pertaining to artifact.
Resembling an artifact.
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
atomiferous
austafrican
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
barlafummil
barlafummil
intj
Alternative form of barlafumble
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
belliferous
belliferous
adj
(rare, formal) Bringing war.
benzdifuran
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
borofluoric
borofluorin
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
brotuliform
bucciniform
bulbiferous
bulbiferous
adj
(botany) Producing bulbs or bulbils.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
butterfield
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butterflies
butterflies
noun
(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
plural of butterfly
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
caprifolium
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carfuffling
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carriageful
carriageful
noun
The amount that can fit in a carriage.
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
cheerfulize
cheerfulize
verb
(transitive, dated) To make cheerful.
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
churchified
churchified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of churchify
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
ciliiferous
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumfused
circumfused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse
circumfuses
circumfuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumfuse
cirriferous
cirriferous
Adjective
Bearing cirri
clusterfist
cocciferous
cocciferous
adj
Bearing or producing berries.
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
colourifics
colubriform
colubriform
adj
Characteristic of snakes of the family Colubridae; colubrid
Having the form of a snake
noun
Any snake of the clade Colubriformes
columniform
columniform
adj
Having the form of a column.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
configuring
configuring
verb
present participle of configure
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
costiferous
costiferous
adj
(anatomy) Bearing ribs.
counterfeit
counterfeit
adj
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Inauthentic.
noun
(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
A non-genuine article; a fake.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
verb
(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
(transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
(transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfire
counterfire
noun
(military) firing of weapons in response
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterlife
counterlife
noun
A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
countrified
countrified
adj
Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countrify
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
criniferous
cruciferous
cruciferous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Bearing a cross.
crucificial
crucificial
adj
Relating to crucifixion.
crucifixion
crucifixion
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
(figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
cruciformly
cruciformly
adv
In a cruciform manner.
crucifyfied
cuculliform
cuculliform
adj
Cowl- or hood-shaped.
culmiferous
culmiferous
adj
(botany) Having jointed stems or culms.
(mineralogy) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
cupriferous
cupriferous
adj
Containing or producing copper.
cupuliferae
cystiferous
demulsifier
demulsifier
noun
(chemistry) Any substance used to break an emulsion into its constituent liquids.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
desulfurise
desulfurise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desulfurize.
desulfurize
desulfurize
verb
(American spelling, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).
direfulness
direfulness
noun
Quality of being direful.
disciferous
disciferous
adj
Bearing discs.
disfavoured
disfavoured
adj
Not favoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfavour
disfavourer
disfavourer
noun
One who disfavours.
disfeatured
disfeatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfeature
disfiguring
disfiguring
verb
present participle of disfigure
disfrequent
disgraceful
disgraceful
adj
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
distressful
distressful
adj
Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.
(passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust.
disulfirams
disulfirams
noun
plural of disulfiram
dorsiferous
dorsiferous
adj
(biology) Bearing, or producing, on the back; applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, whose ova become attached to the skin of the parent's back, where they develop.
dreamingful
drupiferous
dunfermline
dunfermline
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (which superseded the historic county) between 1975 and 1996.
emulsifiers
emulsifiers
noun
plural of emulsifier
equiformity
equiformity
noun
The quality of being equiform.
equisurface
fabricature
fairgrounds
fairgrounds
noun
Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
plural of fairground
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
farinacious
farinacious
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of farinaceous
farraginous
farraginous
adj
(now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
faussebraie
faussebraie
noun
Alternative form of faussebraye
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
febriferous
febriferous
adj
Causing fever.
fedifragous
fedifragous
adj
Treaty-breaking.
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
ferriferous
ferriferous
adj
Containing iron.
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
ferrocerium
ferrocerium
noun
A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
ferruginate
ferruginean
ferruginous
ferruginous
adj
rust-colored.
rusty.
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
feudatorial
feudatorial
adj
Synonym of feudatory
feudatories
feudatories
noun
plural of feudatory
fibromatous
fibromatous
adj
Of or relating to a fibroma.
fibromucous
fibroserous
fibrousness
fibrousness
noun
The state or quality of being fibrous.
fidejussory
fidejussory
adj
Of or relating to fidejussion.
fiduciaries
fiduciaries
noun
plural of fiduciary
fiduciarily
fiduciarily
adv
In a fiduciary manner
figurations
figurations
noun
plural of figuration
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
filibusters
filibusters
noun
plural of filibuster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster