A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
afforest
afforest
verb
(transitive) To make into forest
affronts
affronts
noun
plural of affront
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affront
aftergas
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
airlifts
airlifts
noun
plural of airlift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airlift
amfortas
arsefoot
aseptify
asfetida
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
astrofel
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
batfowls
beanfest
bedstaff
bedstaff
noun
(obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
blastful
blastoff
blastoff
noun
The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
bocstaff
bowstaff
caitiffs
caitiffs
noun
plural of caitiff
camshaft
camshaft
noun
A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
castoffs
castoffs
noun
plural of castoff
catfaces
catfaces
noun
plural of catface
catfalls
catfalls
noun
plural of catfall
caustify
cofaster
colstaff
colstaff
noun
A staff allowing two people to carry a burden on their shoulders.
daffiest
daffiest
adj
superlative form of daffy: most daffy
daftness
daftness
noun
(countable) Something that is daft.
Property of being daft.
defaults
defaults
noun
plural of default
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of default
deflates
deflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate
disfaith
distaffs
distaffs
noun
plural of distaff
draftees
draftees
noun
plural of draftee
drafters
drafters
noun
plural of drafter
dustfall
dustfall
noun
Fine particles deposited by the atmosphere.
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
enfasten
enfasten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To fasten, to bind tightly.
engrafts
engrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft
fableist
fableist
noun
Alternative form of fablist
fabulist
fabulist
noun
(figurative) A liar.
A person who writes or tells fables.
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
factures
factures
noun
plural of facture
faddiest
faddiest
adj
superlative form of faddy: most faddy
faddists
faddists
noun
plural of faddist
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
failsoft
failsoft
adj
(computing, dated) Supporting graceful degradation, so that a partial failure does not bring down the entire system.
fainters
fainters
noun
plural of fainter
faintest
faintest
adj
superlative form of faint: most faint
faintise
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
faitours
faitours
noun
plural of faitour
fallouts
fallouts
noun
plural of fallout
fallston
falsetto
falsetto
noun
(music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
verb
To sing or utter in falsetto.
falstaff
falstaff
Noun
A fat and jolly knight.
familist
familist
noun
(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
fanatics
fanatics
noun
plural of fanatic
fanatism
fanatism
noun
(archaic) excessive intolerance of opposing views
fanciest
fanciest
adj
superlative form of fancy: most fancy
fanestil
fantails
fantails
noun
plural of fantail
fantasia
fantasia
noun
(chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
(music, also figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.
fantasie
fantasie
noun
Obsolete spelling of fantasy
fantasms
fantasms
noun
plural of fantasm
fantasts
fantasts
noun
plural of fantast
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farisita
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthest
farthest
adj
Alternative form of furthest. (See also usage notes at further.)
fasciate
fasciate
adj
(botany) Banded or compacted together.
(botany) Flattened and laterally widened.
(zoology) Broadly banded with colour.
Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
verb
(transitive) To bind.
To apply fascia.
fascista
fascisti
fascists
fascists
noun
plural of fascist
fasinite
fasnacht
fassaite
fassaite
noun
(geology) A variety of augite
fastback
fastback
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear
fastball
fastball
noun
(baseball) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers
(baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
fastened
fastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fasten
fastener
fastener
noun
Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.
Something or someone that fastens.
fasthold
fastigia
fastigia
noun
plural of fastigium
fastings
fastings
noun
plural of fasting
fastland
fastness
fastness
noun
(also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.
(obsolete except Britain, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
(obsolete) The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity.
(specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
fastuous
fastuous
adj
(obsolete) proud; haughty; disdainful
fastwalk
fatalism
fatalism
noun
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
fatalist
fatalist
noun
One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.
fatbacks
fatbacks
noun
plural of fatback
fatbirds
fatheads
fatheads
noun
plural of fathead
fatigues
fatigues
noun
(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
plural of fatigue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fattiest
fattiest
adj
superlative form of fatty: most fatty
fattrels
fattrels
noun
(Scotland, archaic) The ends of ribbons.
faucitis
faucitis
noun
inflammation of the fauces
faustena
faustian
faustian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
faustina
faustine
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
fawniest
fealties
fealties
noun
plural of fealty
feasters
feasters
noun
plural of feaster
feastful
feastful
adj
Festive; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.
noun
A wide selection.
Enough for a feast.
feasting
feasting
noun
A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
verb
present participle of feast
feastraw
feateous
feateous
adj
(obsolete) dexterous; neat
feathers
feathers
noun
plural of feather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feather
featless
featless
adj
without a feat
featness
featness
noun
(archaic) skill; adroitness
features
features
noun
plural of feature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feature
fellates
fellates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fellate
felspath
femalist
femalist
noun
(rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
fenestra
fenestra
noun
(anatomy) An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
fermatas
ferrates
ferrates
noun
plural of ferrate
festally
festally
adv
in a festal or festive manner
festatus
festival
festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
fetalism
fetiales
fetiales
noun
plural of fetialis.
fetialis
fetialis
noun
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A fetial.
fibratus
fibratus
noun
a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations.
filiates
filiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filiate
finalist
finalist
noun
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).
A university student in their final year of study.
Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
finestra
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishtail
fishtail
noun
A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
Short for fishtail palm.
The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
verb
(intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.
(intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
(transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
fishtrap
fistiana
fistiana
noun
Things related to the sport of boxing.
fistical
fistical
adj
Synonym of fistic
fistulae
fistular
fistular
adj
having tubelike parts of this form.
tubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder
fistulas
fistulas
noun
plural of fistula
fixatifs
fixatifs
noun
plural of fixatif
flagstad
flakiest
flakiest
adj
superlative form of flaky: most flaky
flamiest
flamiest
adj
superlative form of flamy: most flamy
flaskets
flaskets
noun
plural of flasket
flasklet
flasklet
noun
A small flask; a phial.
flatbeds
flatbeds
noun
plural of flatbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatbed
flatcaps
flatcaps
noun
plural of flatcap
flatcars
flatcars
noun
plural of flatcar
flatfish
flatfish
noun
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.