A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
archfire
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
arcifera
arciform
arciform
adj
Having the form of a bow (weapon)
artifact
artifact
noun
(archaeology) An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
(biology) An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
(computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm.
(museology) Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.
A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
artifice
artifice
noun
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
A crafty but underhanded deception.
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
A tactical move to gain advantage.
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
verb
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
calorify
campfire
campfire
noun
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
capefair
caprifig
caprifig
noun
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
cariform
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chelifer
chelifer
noun
book-scorpion
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chirikof
chuffier
ciliform
ciliform
adj
Having the form of cilia
cioffred
cliffier
cliffier
adj
comparative form of cliffy: more cliffy
clifford
clifford
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
codifier
codifier
noun
One who or that which codifies.
coiffeur
coiffeur
noun
A male hairdresser.
verb
To cut or style hair
coiffure
coiffure
noun
hairstyle
verb
(transitive) to style or arrange hair
coinfers
coliform
coliform
adj
Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals
noun
Such a bacterium
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confiner
confiner
noun
A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
confirms
confirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confirm
confriar
conifers
conifers
noun
plural of conifer
coniform
coniform
adj
Having the form of a cone
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
corfiote
cornific
cornific
adj
Producing horns; forming horn.
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
craftier
craftier
adj
comparative form of crafty: more crafty
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
craftint
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
crimeful
crimeful
adj
criminal; wicked; illegal
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
crucifer
crucifer
noun
(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
(botany) A member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
crucifix
crucifix
noun
(gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.
cubiform
cubiform
adj
Having the shape of a cube
cuniform
cuniform
noun
Alternative spelling of cuneiform
diffract
diffract
verb
(intransitive) To undergo diffraction
(transitive) To cause diffraction
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
effierce
enfierce
eurafric
fanciers
fanciers
noun
plural of fancier
faradaic
faradaic
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction
farcical
farcical
adj
(veterinary medicine, obsolete, rare) Pertaining to farcy.
Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
febrific
febrific
adj
Feverish, inflamed.
Hot-tempered.
fecifork
federica
federico
feracity
feracity
noun
(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
fernsick
ferocity
ferocity
noun
The condition of being ferocious.
ferritic
ferritic
adj
Relating to a ferrite.
ferulaic
fetichry
fibrotic
fibrotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting fibrosis.
ficaries
ficiform
ficiform
adj
fig-shaped
fiercely
fiercely
adv
In a fierce manner.
extremely; to a large degree
fiercely competitive
fiercest
fiercest
adj
superlative form of fierce: most fierce.
filchers
filchers
noun
plural of filcher
filchery
filecard
filecard
noun
Alternative form of file card
filechar
filmcard
filmcard
noun
A card containing microfilm data, used in a microfiche system.
financer
financer
noun
(finance) An entity that provides financing
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
fircrest
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
fireclay
fireclay
noun
Alternative spelling of fire clay
firecoat
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
firmance
firmicus
fitchery
fleckier
fleecier
fleecier
adj
comparative form of fleecy: more fleecy
flichter
flickers
flickers
noun
plural of flicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flincher
flincher
noun
One who flinches.
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
florican
florican
noun
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
floricin
fluerics
fluerics
noun
A subfield of fluidics, dealing with fluid components that perform functions not requiring the use of moving parts.
forcaria
forcible
forcible
adj
(rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.
Able to be forced.
Done by force, forced.
Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.
forcibly
forcibly
adv
In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
forcipes
forensic
forensic
adj
(archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.
(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law.
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
forinsec
forinsec
adj
(obsolete) Describing the service owed to the superior of one's feudal lord.
formenic
formican
formican
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
formicid
formicid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the ant family Formicidae.
fornacic
fornacis
fornical
fornical
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix
fornices
fornices
noun
plural of fornix
fractile
fractile
adj
Describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing.
noun
(statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
fraction
fraction
noun
(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternately, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
(chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
A small amount.
verb
To divide or break into fractions.
fradicin
francaix
francine
francisc
francium
francium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.
francize
francois
frascati
frederic
fredrich
fredrick
fredrick
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Frederick.
frenetic
frenetic
adj
(obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
(obsolete, medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
noun
One who is frenetic.
frerichs
fricando
fricando
noun
Archaic form of fricandeau.
friction
friction
noun
(China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
(figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
(medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
frigoric
frigoric
noun
A hypothetical fluid medium of cold.
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
frohlich
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
frolicly
frolicly
adv
(obsolete) In a frolicsome manner; with gaiety and mirth.
fructify
fructify
verb
(intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
(transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
frutices
frutices
noun
plural of frutex
furacity
furacity
noun
(obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
furcilia
furicane
fusteric
fusteric
noun
The colouring matter of fustet.
gravific
horrific
horrific
adj
Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
icecraft
icecraft
noun
The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.
infarcts
infarcts
noun
plural of infarct
infecter
infecter
noun
One who, or that which, infects.
infector
infector
noun
Something that infects; that which causes infection.
infracts
infracts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract
kerchief
kerchief
noun
(dated) A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.