| acneiform | (adjective) resembling acne | - |
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| aeriform | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: airlike |
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| (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aerial, aery, airy, ethereal |
| aerofoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: airfoil, control surface, surface |
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| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
| affordable | (adjective) that you have the financial means for | Synonyms: low-cost, low-priced |
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| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| afoot | (adjective) currently in progress | Synonyms: underway |
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| (adjective) traveling by foot | - |
| (adverb) on foot; walking | - |
| aforementioned | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforesaid, said |
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| aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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| aforethought | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: planned, plotted |
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| afoul | (adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc | Synonyms: foul, fouled |
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| airfoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, control surface, surface |
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| airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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| aliform | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, alary, wing-shaped |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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| amygdaliform | (adjective) shaped like an almond | Synonyms: almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal |
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| apoplectiform | (adjective) resembling apoplexy | Synonyms: apoplectoid |
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| arboriform | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| arciform | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arcuate, bowed |
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| asafoetida | (noun) the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: asafetida |
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| auriform | (adjective) having a shape resembling an ear | Synonyms: ear-like, ear-shaped |
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| autofocus | (noun) an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
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| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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| baculiform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped |
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| barefoot | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefooted, shoeless |
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| (adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefooted |
| barefooted | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefoot, shoeless |
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| (adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefoot |
| batfowl | (verb) catch birds by temporarily blinding them | - |
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| befog | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| befogged | (adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink | Synonyms: befuddled |
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| befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
| befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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| before | (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: ahead, in front |
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| (adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: earlier |
| beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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| (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: ahead, in advance |
| befoul | (verb) spot, stain, or pollute | Synonyms: defile, foul, maculate |
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| befouled | (adjective) made dirty or foul | Synonyms: fouled |
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| befoulment | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: defilement, pollution |
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| bifocal | (adjective) having two foci | - |
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| bifocals | (noun) (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
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| bifoliate | (adjective) having two leaves | - |
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| biform | (adjective) having or combining two forms | - |
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| billfold | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: notecase, pocketbook, wallet |
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| blindfold | (adjective) wearing a blindfold | Synonyms: blindfolded |
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| (noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
| (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
| blindfolded | (adjective) wearing a blindfold | Synonyms: blindfold |
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| boffo | (adjective) resoundingly successful and popular | - |
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| botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| buffoon | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: clown |
| buffoonery | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| buffoonish | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: clownish, clownlike, zany |
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| bufo | (noun) any toad of the genus Bufo | - |
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| bursiform | (adjective) shaped like a pouch | Synonyms: pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike |
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| calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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| californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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| cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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| centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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| centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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| chiffon | (noun) a sheer fabric of silk or rayon | - |
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| chiffonier | (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: commode |
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| chloroform | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: trichloromethane |
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| (verb) anesthetize with chloroform | - |
| chlorpyrifos | (noun) a common organophosphate insecticide | - |
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| cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
| clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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| clubfoot | (noun) congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes | Synonyms: talipes |
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| clubfooted | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: taliped |
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| cocksfoot | (noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass | Synonyms: cockspur, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass |
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| cofounder | (noun) one of a group of founders | - |
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| coltsfoot | (noun) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly | Synonyms: Tussilago farfara |
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| (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
| columniform | (adjective) having the form of a column | Synonyms: columnar, columnlike |
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| comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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| (noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
| (noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
| (noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
| (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
| comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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| (adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
| (adjective) having a wide margin | - |
| comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
| comfortably | (adverb) in mental comfort; without stress | - |
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| (adverb) in financial comfort | Synonyms: well |
| (adverb) in physical comfort | - |
| comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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| comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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| (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
| comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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| (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
| comfortingly | (adverb) in a comforting or consoling manner | Synonyms: consolingly |
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| comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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| comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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| conform | (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, adjust |
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| (verb) be similar, be in line with | - |
| conformable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: amenable |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, concordant, consonant |
| (adjective) quick to comply | - |
| conformably | (adverb) in a conformable manner | - |
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| conformance | (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conformation | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformity |
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| (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, contour, form, shape |
| (noun) a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing | - |
| conforming | (adjective) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) | Synonyms: conformist |
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| conformism | (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conformist | (adjective) marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles | - |
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| (adjective) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) | Synonyms: conforming |
| (noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) | - |
| conformity | (noun) acting according to certain accepted standards | Synonyms: abidance, compliance, conformation |
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| (noun) hardened conventionality | Synonyms: ossification |
| (noun) correspondence in form or appearance | Synonyms: conformance |
| (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformism |
| (noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accord, accordance |
| confound | (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confuse |
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| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| confounded | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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| confoundedly | (adverb) in a perplexed manner | Synonyms: perplexedly |
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| confounding | (adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: contradictory |
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| cordiform | (adjective) (of a leaf) shaped like a heart | Synonyms: cordate, heart-shaped |
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| counterfoil | (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, stub |
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| counterreformation | (noun) a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation | - |
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| countryfolk | (noun) people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics | Synonyms: country people |
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| (noun) people living in the same country; compatriots | Synonyms: country people |
| crowfoot | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup |
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| cruciform | (adjective) shaped like a cross | Synonyms: cruciate |
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