(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
afterworking
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
antireformer
antireformer
noun
(politics) One who opposes reform.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
birefraction
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
chondrofetal
codefendants
codefendants
noun
plural of codefendant
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confabulates
confabulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confabulate
confarreated
confederated
confederated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confederate
confederater
confederates
confederates
noun
plural of confederate
confederatio
confederator
confederator
noun
(obsolete) A confederate.
conferential
conferential
adj
Of or pertaining to a conference
confidential
confidential
adj
(dated) Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
(dated) Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
confraternal
confraternal
adj
Of or pertaining to a confraternity
confusticate
confusticate
verb
(transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
congelifract
congelifract
noun
(geology) A fragment of rock broken off by the action of frost
countercraft
countercraft
noun
Strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.
counterdraft
countershaft
countershaft
noun
Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”)
verb
Synonym of jackshaft
craftsperson
craftsperson
noun
A person who produces arts and crafts.
Someone who is highly skilled at their trade; an artificer.
cretefaction
defalcations
defalcations
noun
plural of defalcation
defatigation
defatigation
noun
Fatigue; weariness.
defiguration
defiguration
noun
(obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
definitional
definitional
adj
Of or relating to a definition.
Used to define something.
deflagration
deflagration
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
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.
deflationist
deflationist
noun
A supporter of deflationism.
deflectional
deflectional
adj
Of or pertaining to deflection.
deflocculant
deflocculant
noun
A deflocculating agent.
deflorations
deflorations
noun
plural of defloration
defoliations
defoliations
noun
plural of defoliation
deformations
deformations
noun
plural of deformation
defraudation
defraudation
noun
(obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
deifications
deifications
noun
plural of deification
diffareation
disaffection
disaffection
noun
Alienation; loss of loyalty.
Discontent; unrest.
draftsperson
draftsperson
noun
A draftsman or draftswoman.
edifications
edifications
noun
plural of edification
effectuation
effectuation
noun
An act of effectuating.
effemination
effemination
noun
(obsolete) effeminacy; womanishness
effiguration
engraftation
engraftation
noun
The act of engrafting; engraftment.
entification
entification
noun
(rare) The action of giving objective existence to something
entomofaunae
entomofaunas
entomofaunas
noun
plural of entomofauna
ethmofrontal
ethmofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones
excalfaction
exfiguration
exfiltration
exfiltration
noun
(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
factionaries
factionaries
noun
plural of factionary
factiousness
factiousness
noun
The state of being factious.
fanglomerate
fanglomerate
noun
(geology) A stratigraphic unit in which conglomerates that were deposited in an alluvial fan are common.
fangotherapy
fantasticoes
fashionative
fastuousness
fastuousness
noun
(obsolete) haughtiness; pride
featherstone
fecundations
fecundations
noun
plural of fecundation
federational
federational
adj
Federative; pertaining to, characteristic of, or constituting a federation.
felicitation
felicitation
noun
The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
felsobanyite
feminisation
feminisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of feminization
feminization
feminization
noun
(biology) The development of female sex characteristics.
The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
fendillation
fenestration
fenestration
noun
(architecture) The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building.
(botany) Either a translucent area in a structure such as a leaf or flower petal, or an opening in a structure.
(nautical) The practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship.
(surgery, anatomy) An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing.
(surgery, anatomy) An opening that occurs naturally or is created surgically, as through a biological membrane.
fermentation
fermentation
noun
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
fermentatory
fermentatory
adj
Of or relating to fermentation.
ferrocyanate
ferrocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
ferromagnets
ferromagnets
noun
plural of ferromagnet
ferronatrite
fetalization
fetalization
noun
Alternative form of foetalization
fianchettoed
fianchettoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto
fiberization
fiberization
noun
The process of fiberizing.
fictionalise
fictionalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fictionalize.
fictionalize
fictionalize
verb
To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work
To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
flabellation
flabellation
noun
The act of keeping cool by use of a fan or fan-like instrument.
flagellation
flagellation
noun
(botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
flaggelation
flannelmouth
flannelmouth
noun
(informal, dated) One who speaks in a glib manner with the intent of deceiving or manipulating others.
(informal, dated) One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
fluoarsenate
fluoranthene
fluoranthene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion
fluotitanate
flusteration
flusteration
noun
(colloquial, dated) The state of being flustered; agitation.
flutteration
flutteration
noun
A state of agitation or uncertainty.
fomentations
fomentations
noun
plural of fomentation
foraminulate
forbearantly
forbearantly
adv
In a forbearant manner.
foreacquaint
foreacquaint
verb
(transitive) To make familiar (with something) in advance.
forecatching
foremasthand
foreordinate
foreordinate
verb
(transitive) To foreordain.
foreplanting
forestalling
forestalling
noun
The act of one who forestalls.
verb
present participle of forestall
forestalment
forestalment
noun
Alternative form of forestallment
forestarling
forestations
forestations
noun
plural of forestation
foretriangle
foretriangle
noun
(nautical) A triangular space on a sailing ship between the deck, foremast, and forestay.
forgathering
forgathering
noun
A gathering together; an assembly.
verb
present participle of forgather
formentation
fornicatress
fornicatress
noun
(obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
fotheringhay
foundationed
foundationed
adj
Wearing foundation (cosmetic cream).
foundationer
foundationer
noun
(UK) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
fountainhead
fountainhead
noun
A spring that is the source of a river.
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
fountainless
fountainless
adj
Without fountains.
fountainlike
fountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fountain.
fountainwise
fountainwise
adv
In the manner of a fountain.
fractionated
fractionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fractionate
fractionates
fractionates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fractionate
fractionised
fractionised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fractionise
fractionized
fractionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fractionize
frankforters
fraternation
frictionable
frontalities
frontalities
noun
plural of frontality
frontiersman
frontiersman
noun
A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization.
frontomental
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
frumentation
frumentation
noun
(historical) The distribution of corn to the people (especially to appease them during agitation for social or political change)
frustraneous
frustraneous
adj
(formal) Useless.
fucoxanthine
functionated
functionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of functionate
gelatiniform
gelatiniform
adj
Having the form of gelatin.
godfathering
godfathering
verb
present participle of godfather
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
hohenstaufen
holdfastness
holdfastness
noun
The ability to serve as a secure basis for attachment.
inconfutable
inconfutable
adj
(obsolete) Not confutable.
infeijdation
infestations
infestations
noun
plural of infestation
inflectional
inflectional
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to inflection.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.
infotainment
infotainment
noun
A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment; also known as soft news, the information in infotainment programming consists of mostly celebrity news and human drama.