Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z confarreation A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (emmer) confated Fated or decreed with something else. confect To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. confection A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake. confectionary Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. confectioner A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items). confectioneress A female confectioner. confectionery Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. confectionist A confectioner. confectory Relating to the art of making confectionery. confecture confiture Confed The Confederations Cup confeder To confederate. confederacy An alliance. Confederado A Confederate expatriate who fled the southern United States for Brazil during Reconstruction; or a descendant of such a person. confederal Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation. confederalism A system of government in which individual states or regions retain most of the power, with a central government that has limited authority for specific purposes. confederalist A member of a confederation. confederally In a confederal manner. confederate Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy confederately In the manner of confederates. confederateship confederacy confederation A union or alliance of states or political organizations. confederational Relating to a confederation. confederationism The advocacy of confederation as a means of government. confederationist A supporter of confederation. confederatism The nature or practice of a confederate; confederacy. confederative Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation. confederator A confederate. confelicity Pleasure in another person's happiness. confer To grant as a possession; to bestow. conferee A person who participates in a conference. conference The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. conferencee One who attends a conference. conferencegoer A person who is attending a conference conferencelike Resembling or characteristic of a conference. conferencewide Throughout a conference. conferencier A person who organizes a conference, or is a leading member of one conferencing Communication among multiple participants for serious discussion. conferential Of or pertaining to a conference conferment The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal. conferrable Capable of being conferred conferral The act of conferring something; conferment. conferralism A philosophy in which attributes are conferred on objects conferralist An advocate of conferralism. conferrer A person who confers or bestows something conferring The act of one who confers. conferruminate To unite into a solid mass conferrumination The act or result of conferruminating; union into a solid mass. conferted Closely packed or crowded. conferva Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema confervaceous Belonging to the Confervae, a former group of various freshwater algae. confervoid Resembling conferva algae. confervous Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae. confess To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. confessable That can be confessed. confessant One who confesses to a priest. confessarius A person appointed to hear confessions. confessary One who makes a confession. confessed Which one admits or avows. confessedly Admittedly; by one's own confession. confessee One who undergoes religious confession. confessing The act of making a confession. confessingly So as to confess; by way of confession. confessio A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt. confession The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). confessional In the manner or style of a confession. confessionalism A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. confessionalist A person who confesses confessionalistic Of or relating to confessionalism. confessionality The degree or quality of being confessional. confessionalization The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma. confessionalize To fix religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma. confessionally With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously. confessionary A manual or guide to making confession. confessionist One professing a certain faith. confessionless Having no confession (formal creed) confessionlessness Absence of confession. confessive Confessing; constituting a confession or admission. confessor One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred. Confessore A surname from Italian. confessoress A woman who hears confession confessorial Of or pertaining to a confessor. confessorship The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution. confessory That constitutes a confession confetti Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations. confettilike Resembling or characteristic of confetti. confetto A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti. confidable Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information. confidant A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend. confidante A female confidant. confidantly Among confidants. confide To trust or have faith (in). confidee The person in whom one confides. confidence Self-assurance. confidency Confidence. confident Very sure of something; positive. confidente A particular kind of 18th-century sofa. confidential Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly. confidentialised Made confidential confidentiality The property of being confidential. confidentially In a confidential manner. confidentialness The state or quality of being confidential. confidently In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively. confidentness The state or quality of being confident. confider One who confides. confiding Having or showing confidence or trust in another person. confidingly In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides. confidingness The state or quality of being confiding. config Configuration. configurability The property of being configurable. configurable Capable of being configured; customisable; permitting rearrangement or adjustment. configurably In a manner which can be configured. configural Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features. configurality The condition of being configural configurally Synonym of configurationally. configurate To configure; to arrange or shape. configuration The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape. configurational Of or pertaining to a configuration. configurationality The quality of being configurational. configurationally With regard to a configuration configurationism Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology configurationist A proponent of configurationism. configurative Of or pertaining to configuration configurator A small software application intended to assist in the configuration of a particular part of the system. configure To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking configurer One who or that which configures. confinable Able to be confined confination The quality of being confined. confine To have a common boundary with; to border on. confined Not free to move. confinedly In a confined manner. confinedness The state or condition of being confined; lack of space. confinee a person confined; a person held in confinement. confineless Boundless. confinement The act of confining or the state of being confined. confiner One who, or that which, limits or restrains. confines The borders or limits of an area. confining Limiting; restrictive. confiningly In a confining manner. confiningness The quality of being confining. confinity contiguity, adjacency confirm To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. confirmability The state or property of being capable of being confirmed. confirmable Capable of being checked, verifiable. confirmably In a way that can be confirmed; verifiably. confirmance confirmation confirmand A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism. confirmation An official indicator that things will happen as planned. confirmational Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.