(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
ammonifier
ammonifier
noun
That which ammonifies
anginiform
anginiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling angina.
antadiform
antiformin
antiformin
noun
sodium hypochlorite
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antireform
antireform
adj
(politics) Opposing reform
araneiform
araneiform
adj
Having the form of a spider
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
ausforming
ausforming
verb
present participle of ausform
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.
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
beforeness
beforeness
noun
The state or quality of being before.
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
bernstorff
bettendorf
boneflower
bonhoeffer
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brantsford
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(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
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
caernarfon
california
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
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
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
ciconiform
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
coinferred
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
comournful
conchifera
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
conference
conference
noun
(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
(Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
(obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
(politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
(sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
(sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
conferrers
conferrers
noun
plural of conferrer
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confervoid
confervoid
adj
Resembling conferva algae.
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessors
confessors
noun
plural of confessor
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
confirmity
confiserie
conflexure
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
conformers
conformers
noun
plural of conformer
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
conformism
conformism
noun
A willingness to conform; conformity
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.
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confragose
confrontal
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confronter
confronter
noun
Someone who or something which confronts.
confutator
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
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”)
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfactor
cornfields
cornfields
noun
plural of cornfield
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
coroniform
coroniform
adj
Having the form of a crown or coronet.
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
counterfix
cyanformic
daneflower
deepfrozen
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
dendriform
dendriform
adj
Having a branched structure similar to a tree.
disconfirm
disconfirm
verb
(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
disconform
disfortune
disuniform
disuniform
Adjective
Not uniform.
donaciform
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
drinkproof
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
echiniform
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enforcedly
enforcedly
adv
In a way that is enforced.
enforcible
enforcible
Adjective
Capable of being enforced.
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
fadmongery
fafaronade
fairground
fairground
noun
A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
farallones
farandoles
farandoles
noun
plural of farandole
farinosely
farlington
farmington
farmington
Proper noun
a small village in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England
an unincorporated settlement in the Peace River Country of British Columbia, Canada.
a communities in and Nova Scotia, Canada.
the name of many places in the United States of America:
a city in Arkansas.
a CDP in California.
a town in Connecticut.
a town in Delaware.
a city in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Kentucky.
a town in Maine
a city in Michigan.
a city in Minnesota.
a town in Mississippi.
a city in Missouri
a town in New Hampshire.
a city in New Mexico.
a town in New York.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Oregon.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Pennsylvania.
a city in Utah
an unincorporated community in Virginia.
a small town in Washington.
a small town in West Virginia.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in the town of Wisconsin.
towns in and Wisconsin.
farnsworth
farreation
farrington
fascinator
fascinator
noun
(dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
A fascinating person or thing.
fashioners
fashioners
noun
plural of fashioner
fauconnier
fauntleroy
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
fazendeiro
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
fecundator
federation
federation
adj
(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
Act of joining together into a single political entity.
Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
fellmonger
fellmonger
noun
(Britain) Someone who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
verb
To prepare animal skin for tanning.
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
feneration
feneration
noun
(obsolete) Lending money at interest; usury.
fenestrato
fenestrone
ferngrower
ferredoxin
ferredoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.
ferroboron
ferroboron
noun
An alloy of iron and boron used in the production of specialist steels