(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afterband
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
afterdate
afterdated
afterdated
adj
postdated
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterdeal
afterdeal
noun
Disadvantage.
afterdeath
afterdeck
afterdeck
noun
(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterdinner
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterdrain
afterdrops
afterend
afterfeed
afterfriend
afterglide
aftergood
aftergrind
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterrider
aftersend
aftershafted
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstudy
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterward
afterward
adv
(US) Alternative form of afterwards
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwisdom
afterwitted
afterwitted
adj
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
airlifted
airlifted
adj
Having been the subject of an airlift.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airlift
alderliefest
alderliefest
adj
(archaic) Most beloved.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
altdorf
altdorfer
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antidandruff
antidandruff
adj
Countering or preventing dandruff.
antidiffuser
antidraft
antidraft
adj
Opposing the draft (military conscription).
antifederal
antifederal
adj
Alternative form of anti-federal
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
auldfarrantlike
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
bardcraft
bardcraft
noun
The poetic arts of a bard.
barefisted
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
befathered
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
birdcraft
bitripinnatifid
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
breastfeeds
breastfeeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breastfeed
candleshrift
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cathodofluorescence
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
certificated
certificated
adj
That has been subject to certification; certified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certificate
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrofetal
chondrofibromatous
confarreated
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederate
confederate
adj
banded together; allied.
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
noun
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
A member of a confederacy.
An accomplice in a plot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.
confederated
confederated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confederate
confederater
confederates
confederates
noun
plural of confederate
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederatio
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
confederationist
adj
(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
noun
(Canada, chiefly historical) A supporter of Canadian Confederation.
A supporter of confederation.
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confederator
confederator
noun
(obsolete) A confederate.
confidentiary
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
counterdraft
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
croftland
croftland
noun
(Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
daftar
daftar
noun
(India, historical) A record or register consisting of a set of loose sheets filed on a string or tied up in a cloth.
daftardar
daftberry
dafter
dafter
adj
comparative form of daft: more daft
noun
Alternative form of daftar
Obsolete spelling of daughter
danforth
dartford
dartford
Proper noun
a town and borough in Kent, England.
deafforest
deafforest
verb
(transitive) To change the status of (a forest) so that it is no longer legally regarded as forest land.
deafforestation
dearthfu
decertification
decertification
noun
The act or process of decertifying.
decertificaton
dedifferentiate
dedifferentiate
verb
To lose or reverse differentiation
dedifferentiated
dedifferentiated
adj
That has undergone dedifferentiation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dedifferentiate
dedifferentiating
dedifferentiating
verb
present participle of dedifferentiate
dedifferentiation
dedifferentiation
noun
(biology) The biological process whereby cells revert from a specialized function to a simpler or less specialized form.
The loss or reversal of differentiation.
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defalcators
defalcators
noun
plural of defalcator
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defaulter
defaulter
noun
one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
defaulters
defaulters
noun
plural of defaulter
defaulture
defeater
defeater
noun
(logic, philosophy) a belief which, if proved to be true, would imply outright or indirectly that another belief were false.
One who defeats.
defeaters
defeaters
noun
plural of defeater
defeature
defeature
noun
Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
Disfigurement, defacement, deformation.
verb
(rare) To deform.
defecator
defecator
noun
(archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
One who defecates.
defenestrate
defenestrate
verb
(computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a Windows operating system from a computer.
(transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
(transitive) To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
defenestrated
defenestrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate
defenestrates
defenestrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate