(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
aluniferous
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
antifatigue
antifatigue
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fatigue.
archfounder
arsenofuran
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
benzdifuran
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bluffnesses
bodefulness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
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
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
cofoundress
cofoundress
noun
A female cofounder.
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
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.
confluences
confluences
noun
plural of confluence
confluently
confluently
adv
In a confluent manner
confluxible
confounders
confounders
noun
plural of confounder
confutative
confutative
adj
That confutes
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
corniferous
corniferous
adj
Horned.
cotransfuse
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
counterfact
counterfact
noun
A counterfactual.
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
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflux
counterfoil
counterfoil
noun
the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
counterfort
counterfort
noun
A buttress built against a wall.
A spur of a mountain range.
countergift
countergift
noun
A gift given in response to a gift received.
counterhaft
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
dangerfully
dangerfully
adv
(obsolete) dangerously
definiendum
definiendum
noun
(semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.
definitudes
definitudes
noun
plural of definitude
defocussing
defraudment
defraudment
noun
(obsolete) Privation by fraud; defrauding
defunctness
defunctness
noun
The state or quality of being defunct.
dentiferous
dentiferous
adj
Bearing teeth.
designfully
designfully
adv
In a designful manner.
desulfuring
desulfuring
verb
present participle of desulfur
diffuseness
diffuseness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being diffuse.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being diffuse.
direfulness
direfulness
noun
Quality of being direful.
disfrequent
dolefulness
dolefulness
noun
The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
doomfulness
dreamingful
dumbfounded
dumbfounded
adj
Shocked and speechless.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound
dumbfounder
dumbfounder
noun
Someone who or that which dumbfounds.
verb
(transitive) To dumbfound.
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.
dutifulness
dutifulness
noun
The state of being dutiful.
easefulness
easefulness
noun
State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
effulgences
effulgences
noun
plural of effulgence
effulgently
effulgently
adv
In an effulgent manner; brilliantly.
emulsifying
emulsifying
adj
That emulsifies
verb
present participle of emulsify
endosulfans
endosulfans
noun
plural of endosulfan
enfleurages
enfleurages
noun
plural of enfleurage
engulfments
engulfments
noun
plural of engulfment
entomofauna
entomofauna
noun
insect fauna
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
falcinellus
farinaceous
farinaceous
adj
Having a floury texture; grainy.
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
fatefulness
fatefulness
noun
The quality of being fateful
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
fatuousness
fatuousness
noun
The characteristic of being fatuous.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
fearfulness
fearfulness
noun
The quality of being fearful.
fecundating
fecundating
verb
present participle of fecundate
fecundation
fecundation
noun
The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
fecundative
fecundative
adj
That fecundates.
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fecundities
fecundities
noun
plural of fecundity
feloniously
feloniously
adv
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
fergusonite
fergusonite
noun
A mineral composed of oxides of various rare earth elements.
ferruginate
ferruginean
ferruginous
ferruginous
adj
rust-colored.
rusty.
ferruminate
ferruminate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To solder or unite, as for example metals.
feudalising
feudalising
verb
present participle of feudalise
feudalizing
feudalizing
verb
present participle of feudalize
feuilletons
feuilletons
noun
plural of feuilleton
fibrousness
fibrousness
noun
The state or quality of being fibrous.
fidejussion
fidejussion
noun
(law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.
fiducinales
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filicauline
filipendula
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
flatulences
flatulences
noun
plural of flatulence
flatulently
flatulently
adv
In a flatulent manner or fashion.
flaubertian
flauntiness
flauntiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being flaunty
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flocculence
flocculence
noun
The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness
flocculency
flocculency
noun
Quality of being flocculent.
florisugent
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
fluidnesses
fluidounces
fluidounces
noun
plural of fluidounce
flukinesses
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
fluorescein
fluorescein
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
fluorescent
fluorescent
adj
Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
Of or relating to fluorescence.
noun
A fluorescent light.
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluorinated
fluorinated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
fluorindine
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluoxetines
flushnesses
flushnesses
noun
plural of flushness
flusterment
flusterment
noun
The condition of being flustered.
flutterment
fluvicoline
forecounsel
foregrounds
foregrounds
noun
plural of foreground
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground