(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
brushproof
brushproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by brushing.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
bufferrers
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
buffoonism
buffoonism
noun
(rare, archaic) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bulimiform
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
bullflower
bumbailiff
bumbailiff
noun
(UK, obsolete) A bound bailiff.
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
burchfield
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
bushelfuls
butterfats
butterfats
noun
plural of butterfat.
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
butterwife
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
cherubfish
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
clubfellow
clubfellow
noun
A fellow member of a club.
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
coffeebush
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
combflower
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
craftsbury
cribriform
cribriform
adj
Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
cymbaeform
debriefing
debriefing
noun
The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.
verb
present participle of debrief
defaceable
defaceable
adj
Able to be defaced.
defeasible
defeasible
adj
(law, logic) Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
defectible
defectible
adj
deficient; imperfect
defendable
defendable
adj
Capable of being defended.
defensible
defensible
adj
(of an argument etc) capable of being justified
(of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
defensibly
defensibly
adv
Defendably
In a defensible manner.
deferrable
deferrable
adj
That can be deferred.
noun
Something that can be deferred.
deflexible
deformable
deformable
adj
Capable of being reshaped.
defrayable
defrayable
adj
Capable of being defrayed.
diffusible
diffusible
adj
Able to be diffused
diffusibly
disbeliefs
disbeliefs
noun
plural of disbelief
doubleleaf
doubtfully
doubtfully
adv
In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
dumbfounds
dumbfounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound
edificable
effaceable
effaceable
adj
Capable of being effaced.
effectible
effectible
adj
(dated, 1600s) Capable of being done or achieved.
emboliform
emboliform
adj
plug-shaped
enfeebling
enfeebling
adj
Causing enfeeblement.
verb
present participle of enfeeble
enfeeblish
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
fablemaker
fablemaker
noun
One who invents fables.
fabricable
fabricable
adj
Able to be shaped into a finished product.
fabricated
fabricated
adj
Constructed or assembled.
False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fabricate
fabricates
fabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
fabulously
fabulously
adv
In a fabulous manner.
In fables.
factabling
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
falconbill
fassbinder
fatbrained
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fatiguable
fatiguable
adj
Alternative form of fatigable
fattenable
fattenable
adj
(rare) Able to be fattened.
favourable
favourable
adj
Auspicious or lucky.
Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
Useful or helpful.
noun
A favourable person
favourably
favourably
adv
(Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
febrifugal
febrifugal
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or preventing fever.
febrifuges
febrifuges
noun
plural of febrifuge
februaries
februarius
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
feebleness
feebleness
noun
The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
fernambuck
ferrisburg
ferroboron
ferroboron
noun
An alloy of iron and boron used in the production of specialist steels
ferryboats
ferryboats
noun
plural of ferryboat
ferrysburg
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
feverberry
fiaroblast
fiberboard
fiberboard
noun
(American spelling) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture.
fiberglass
fiberglass
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of fibreglass
fiberizing
fiberizing
verb
present participle of fiberize
fiberscope
fiberscope
noun
(American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas
fibreboard
fibreboard
noun
Britain and Canada standard spelling of fiberboard.
fibreglass
fibreglass
noun
A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin.
Ellipsis of fibreglass wool.
Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.
verb
To apply fibreglass to.
fibrilated
fibrillary
fibrillary
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrils, or nanoscale fibers
fibrillate
fibrillate
verb
(intransitive) To make rapid irregular movements.
fibrillose
fibrillose
adj
Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens.
fibrillous
fibrillous
adj
Alternative spelling of fibrillose
fibrinemia
fibrinogen
fibrinogen
noun
A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
fibrinosis
fibrinuria
fibroblast
fibroblast
noun
A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
fibrocytic
fibrocytic
adj
Relating to fibrocytes
fibrofatty
fibrofatty
adj
(of tissue) fibrous and fatty
fibrolitic
fibrolitic
adj
Of or relating to fibrolite.
fibromyoma
fibromyoma
noun
(pathology) A benign uterine tumour; a fibroid.
fibrositis
fibrositis
noun
fibromyalgia
fibrovasal
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filterable
filterable
adj
Able to be separated by filtration
That can pass through a specified filter
fimbriated
fimbriated
adj
(biology) Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
(heraldry) Having a narrow borderline, typically of a specified tincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fimbriate
fimbriatum
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
fimbrillae
fingerable
fingerable
adj
Able to be touched or manipulated with the fingers.
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
fireblende
fireblende
noun
Synonym of pyrostilpnite
firebolted
firebolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firebolt
firebombed
firebombed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firebomb
firebrands
firebrands
noun
plural of firebrand
firebreaks
firebreaks
noun
plural of firebreak
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
flabbiness
flabbiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flabby
flabellate
flabellate
adj
(botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flareboard
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.