(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
Metaphorically so called.
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
With many figures of speech.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
figurativeness
figurativeness
noun
The property of being figurative.
fivebar
flabellinerved
flabellinerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base.
flashover
flashover
noun
An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
flavanthrene
flavanthrene
noun
Synonym of flavanthrone
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
flaveria
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
flavor
flavor
noun
(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
(informal) A kind or type.
(particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
The characteristic quality of something.
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
verb
(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.
flavored
flavored
adj
US standard spelling of flavoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavor
flavorer
flavorer
noun
One who or that which flavors.
flavorers
flavorers
noun
plural of flavorer
flavorful
flavorful
adj
Full of flavor.
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavorfulness
flavoriness
flavoring
flavoring
noun
(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
verb
present participle of flavor
flavorings
flavorings
noun
plural of flavoring
flavorless
flavorless
adj
(physics) Without flavor.
Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
flavorlessness
flavorlessness
noun
The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
flavorous
flavorous
adj
Having flavour; flavorsome.
flavorousness
flavors
flavors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavor
flavorsome
flavorsome
adj
Characterised or marked by flavor(s); flavorful.
flavorsomeness
flavorsomeness
noun
The quality of being flavorsome.
flavory
flavory
adj
Alternative form of flavoury
flavour
flavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavor.
flavoured
flavoured
adj
(British spelling) Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavour
flavourer
flavourer
noun
One who or that which flavours.
flavourful
flavourful
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorful.
flavourfully
flavourfully
adv
Alternative form of flavorfully
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavourous
flavourous
adj
Alternative spelling of flavorous
flavours
flavours
noun
plural of flavour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavour
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
flavoury
flavoury
adj
Possessing flavour.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviolacustrine
fluviolacustrine
adj
Produced by rivers and lakes (especially alternately)
fluviomarine
fluviomarine
adj
(geology) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea.
fluvioterrestrial
fluvioterrestrial
adj
Relating to land and fresh water, but not the seas.
folkvangr
forcarve
forcarve
verb
(obsolete) To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off.
forcleave
forcleave
verb
(obsolete) to cut to pieces, hack, chop up.
foreadvertise
foreadvice
foreadvise
foreadvise
verb
To advise or counsel beforehand.
forerevelation
forestaves
forestaves
noun
plural of forestaff
forevalue
forgave
forgave
verb
simple past tense of forgive
forgivable
forgivable
adj
(finance, not comparable) Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period if the lender meets certain obligations.
forgivableness
forgivably
forgivably
adv
In a forgivable way.
forgiveable
forgiveable
noun
Misspelling of forgivable.
forgiveably
forleave
forleave
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.
forleaving
forleaving
verb
present participle of forleave
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
formatively
formatively
adv
In a formative manner.
formativeness
formicative
formicivora
fortravail
forvay
foveolar
foveolar
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the foveola
foveolarious
frackville
francesville
franklinville
franksville
frankville
fravashi
freelandville
frequentative
frequentative
adj
(grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.
noun
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
fricative
fricative
adj
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
noun
(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
fricatives
fricatives
noun
plural of fricative
fructificative
frugivora
fruitvale
fruitvale
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in California
A in Colorado
An unincorporated community in Tennessee
A town in Texas
An unincorporated community in Washington
frustrative
frustrative
adj
That frustrates; causing frustration.
fuerteventura
fuerteventura
Proper noun
An island in the Canary Islands, capital city Puerto del Rosario
furivae
furnivall
fydorova
galvanofaradization
galvanofaradization
noun
Medical therapy using galvanic current.
gaviiformes
gravific
harvestfish
harvestfish
noun
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.
harvestfishes
harvestfishes
noun
plural of harvestfish
haverford
heterofermentative
heterofermentative
adj
(biology, of a microorganism) That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
homofermentative
homofermentative
adj
That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
hovercraft
hovercraft
noun
(vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
hovercrafts
hovercrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of hovercraft
infiltrative
infiltrative
adj
That infiltrates
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
inforgiveable
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
informatively
informatively
adv
In an informative manner.
informativeness
informativeness
noun
The condition of being informative; clarity
infraclavicle
infraclavicular
infraclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Below the clavicle.
infravaginal
infraventral
infrigidative
infrigidative
adj
(obsolete) cooling
interfluvial
interfluvial
adj
Between rivers or streams.
invitrifiable
invitrifiable
adj
Not capable of being vitrified.
kefauver
lafargeville
larviform
larviform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva
lavroffite
lifesaver
lifesaver
noun
(figuratively) Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.
Someone or something that saves lives.
lifesavers
lifesavers
noun
plural of lifesaver
liverleaf
liverleaf
noun
liverwort
misinformative
misinformative
adj
Providing incorrect information; misleading.
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)