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.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antifertility
antifertility
adj
That reduces fertility
contraceptive
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archinfamy
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
beneficiary
beneficiary
adj
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
noun
(insurance) One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy.
(law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
benzofuryl
benzoylformic
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boyfriend
boyfriend
noun
A male friend.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brandify
brazenfacedly
bronzify
bronzify
verb
(transitive) To turn into bronze.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chlorotrifluoroethylene
chlorotrifluoroethylene
noun
(chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon with chemical formula CF₂CClF, used as a cryogenic refrigerant and in the manufacture of plastics.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
comfortingly
comfortingly
adv
In a comforting manner
conchyliferous
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
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.
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.
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confessory
confessory
adj
That constitutes a confession
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confirmedly
confirmedly
adv
In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
confirmingly
confirmingly
adv
So as to confirm; in a confirming manner.
confirmity
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conflictory
conflictory
adj
(rare) conflicting
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
conformingly
conformingly
adv
In a way that conforms.
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.
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
copurifying
copurifying
verb
present participle of copurify
cornify
cornify
verb
(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterefficiency
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterfeitly
counterfeitly
adv
In a counterfeit way; falsely.
counterfleury
counterfleury
adj
Alternative spelling of counterflory
counterflory
counterflory
adj
(heraldry) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countryfied
countryfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countryfy
countryfiedness
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftsmanly
craftsmanly
adj
Befitting a craftsman.
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
crestfallenly
crestfallenly
adv
In a crestfallen manner.
crucifyfying
crucifying
crucifying
verb
present participle of crucify
cryptoinflationist
cyanformate
cyanformic
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cylindriform
cylindriform
adj
Having the form of a cylinder.
cypriniform
cypriniform
noun
Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
dandriffy
dandruffy
dandruffy
adj
Like dandruff; scurfy.
Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
decertifying
decertifying
verb
present participle of decertify
defensory
defensory
adj
(archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
noun
(archaic) That which defends.
deferentectomy
deferentectomy
noun
surgical severing of the vas deferens
deferentiality
deferentiality
noun
The quality of being deferential.
deferentially
deferentially
adv
In a deferential manner.
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
defraying
defraying
verb
present participle of defray
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
dehydroffrozen
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrofrozen
denitrify
denitrify
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
denitrifying
denitrifying
verb
present participle of denitrify
desertifying
desertifying
verb
present participle of desertify
devitrifying
devitrifying
verb
present participle of devitrify
differencingly
differency
differentiability
differentiability
noun
The ability to be differentiated.
differentially
differentially
adv
(mathematics) With regard to differentiation
In a differential manner
differently
differently
adv
(manner) In a different way.
differingly
differingly
adv
In a differing or different way.
diffrangibility
diffrangibility
noun
Ability to be diffracted.
discomfortingly
discomfortingly
adv
In a discomforting manner
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
disfiguringly
disfiguringly
adv
So as to cause disfigurement.
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dispersonify
dispersonify
verb
To view as impersonal; to see as an object rather than as having personal attributes.
disuniformity
disuniformity
noun
The quality of being disuniform.
diversifying
diversifying
verb
present participle of diversify
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
dufrenoysite
dufrenoysite
noun
(mineralogy) A sartorite mineral with chemical formula Pb₂As₂S₅.
efferently
efferently
adv
Outwardly, away from the center.
effervescency
effervescency
noun
(archaic) effervescence
effervescently
effervescently
adv
In an effervescent manner
effervescingly
effervescingly
adv
With effervescence.
efflorescency
efflorescency
noun
Archaic form of efflorescence.
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.