| CALORIFIC | • calorific adj. Relating to calories. • calorific adj. (Physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy. • calorific adj. (US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening. |
| CAPRIFOIL | • caprifoil n. (Obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle. • CAPRIFOIL n. (Spenser) honeysuckle, also CAPRIFOLE. |
| CAPRIFOLE | • caprifole n. (Obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle. • CAPRIFOLE n. honeysuckle, also CAPRIFOIL. |
| CAULIFORM | • cauliform adj. Having the form of a caulis. • CAULIFORM adj. shaped like or resembling a stem. |
| CLAVIFORM | • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped. • claviform n. (Palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base. • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”). |
| FACTORIAL | • factorial n. (Mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1… • factorial adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial. • factorial adj. Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent. |
| FALCIFORM | • falciform adj. Sickle-shaped. • FALCIFORM adj. shaped like a sickle. |
| FLORICANE | • floricane n. (Botany) A stem of some species of Rubus in its second year of growth, when it bears flowers. • FLORICANE n. the fruiting stem of a plant. |
| FORMULAIC | • formulaic adj. Closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original. • FORMULAIC adj. of the nature of a formula. |
| FORTALICE | • fortalice n. (Archaic) A small fortress. • FORTALICE n. (historical) a fortress; a small outwork of a fortification. |
| FRANCOLIN | • francolin n. Any of various terrestrial partridges of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini. • FRANCOLIN n. (French) a bird of the Francolinus genus of partridges. |
| FUMAROLIC | • fumarolic adj. Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles. • FUMAROLIC adj. of or like a fumarole, a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue. |
| LANCIFORM | • lanciform adj. Having the form of a lance. • LANCIFORM adj. shaped like a lance. |
| ORIFICIAL | • orificial adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body. • ORIFICIAL adj. relating to an orifice. |
| TRIFOCALS | • trifocals n. (Optics) Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye. • TRIFOCAL n. a trifocal lens. |
| VARIFOCAL | • varifocal adj. Having a variable focal length, with focus that changes in synchronization. • VARIFOCAL n. of spectacles, having differing focal lengths. |