(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
coiffeur
coiffeur
noun
A male hairdresser.
verb
To cut or style hair
coiffure
coiffure
noun
hairstyle
verb
(transitive) to style or arrange hair
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confuser
confuser
noun
One who or that which confuses.
confuses
confuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confuse
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
cosuffer
defamous
defamous
adj
(obsolete) defamatory
defluous
defluous
adj
(obsolete) Flowing down; falling off.
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
dodgeful
dodgeful
adj
Full of dodges or tricks; shifty, evasive.
dolefuls
dolefuls
noun
(informal) A doleful feeling; the blues; the doldrums.
efferous
efferous
adj
(obsolete) Like a wild beast; fierce.
effusion
effusion
noun
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
A liquid outpouring.
enfamous
enfurrow
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
errorful
errorful
adj
(archaic) Full of error; wrong.
(sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
fanhouse
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
faveolus
faveolus
noun
A small pit or cavity, resembling a cell of a honeycomb
favoured
favoured
adj
(dated) Wearing a favour.
(in combination) Having a certain appearance or physical features.
Treated or regarded with partiality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favour
favourer
favourer
noun
Alternative form of favorer
feateous
feateous
adj
(obsolete) dexterous; neat
felonous
felonous
adj
(obsolete) Evil, wicked.
fenurons
ferguson
ferguson
Proper noun
originating in Scotland from Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
A common place name
ferreous
ferreous
adj
Containing or resembling iron.
fervours
fervours
noun
plural of fervour
feverous
feverous
adj
(rare) having a tendency to produce fever
affected with fever or ague
having the nature of fever
fiberous
fiberous
adj
Misspelling of fibrous.
figueroa
filioque
filioque
noun
(theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (“and the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
flameout
flameout
noun
(figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
flexuose
flexuose
adj
Alternative form of flexuous
flexuous
flexuous
adj
winding from side to side; sinuous
floccule
floccule
noun
A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
florulae
floscule
floscule
noun
(botany) A floret.
flounced
flounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounce
flounces
flounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce
flouncey
flouncey
adj
Dated form of flouncy.
flounder
flounder
noun
(Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
verb
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
To be in serious difficulty.
flouters
flouters
noun
plural of flouter
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
fluorane
fluorane
noun
(chemistry) Fluorine hydride or hydrogen fluoride, HF.
fluorate
fluorate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of fluorine FO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion.
fluorene
fluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
fluoride
fluoride
noun
(chemistry) A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example, potassium fluoride.
fluorine
fluorine
noun
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
fluorite
fluorite
noun
(mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
fluviose
focusers
focusers
noun
plural of focuser
focussed
focussed
adj
(Britain) Alternative spelling of focused
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of focus
focusses
focusses
noun
(Britain) plural of focus
verb
(Britain) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focus
foetuses
foetuses
noun
plural of foetus
forceful
forceful
adj
Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
forceput
forebush
foredune
foredune
noun
(geography) A kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
foreruns
foreruns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forerun
foreturn
forgeful
forjudge
forjudge
verb
(transitive, dialectal in Britain) To condemn judicially (to a penalty).
(transitive, obsolete except as a legal term) To exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).
formulae
formulae
noun
plural of formula
fortuned
fortuned
adj
Having a (with a descriptive word, particular kind of) fortune (“destiny; wealth”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fortune
fortunel
fortunes
fortunes
noun
plural of fortune
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fortune
forumize
fossulae
fossulae
noun
plural of fossula
fossulet
foucquet
fouettee
fouettes
fougasse
fougasse
noun
A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
foulness
foulness
noun
The state of being foul.
foulsome
foulsome
adj
Marked by foulness or filth; filthy; (by extension) wretched
founders
founders
noun
plural of founder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of founder
foundery
foundery
noun
Dated form of foundry.
fourchee
fourcher
fourchet
fourmile
fourneau
fourneau
noun
(military) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.
fourness
fourness
noun
The property of being four in number.
fournier
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
fourrier
fourrier
noun
(obsolete) A harbinger.
foursome
foursome
noun
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
A sex act between four people.
fourteen
fourteen
num
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.
fourther
freakout
freakout
noun
(slang) A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
(slang) An occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
froideur
froideur
noun
(usually italicized) A chill in relations.
A cold or indifferent manner.
frondeur
frondeur
noun
A political rebel
fronture
frotteur
frotteur
noun
One who commits an act of frotteurism.
frounced
frounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frounce
frounces
frounces
noun
plural of frounce
frousier
frouzier
fructose
fructose
noun
(biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
fuchsone
fuelwood
fuelwood
noun
wood grown or felled for use as commercial fuel
fumarole
fumarole
noun
An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.
fumeroot
fumewort
fumewort
noun
Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
furanose
furanose
noun
(chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)
furbelow
furbelow
noun
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
A small, showy ornamentation.
verb
(transitive) To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
furgeson
furrowed
furrowed
adj
Marked with furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furrow
furrower
furrower
noun
A tool for creating furrows in the ground.
One who furrows something, such as the brow.
furstone
furzetop
fusarole
fusarole
noun
(architecture) A moulding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
fusetron
honeyful
honeyful
adj
(poetic) Full of honey.
honfleur
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
houseful
houseful
noun
as many as a house will hold
hunfredo
kugelhof
laforgue
lifebuoy
lifebuoy
noun
Alternative spelling of life buoy
lodgeful
lodgeful
noun
Enough to fill a lodge.
monofuel
monofuel
noun
Synonym of monopropellant
mulefoot
neofetus
neurofil
newfound
newfound
adj
Recently found; newly discovered.
noiseful
noiseful
adj
(obsolete) Loud; clamorous.
nonfused
nonfused
adj
Not fused.
oceanful
oceanful
noun
as much as an ocean can hold.
outfable
outfable
verb
(transitive) To surpass as a fable; to be more fabulous or fantastical than.
outfaced
outfaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outface
outfaces
outfaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outface
outfamed
outfamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfame
outfeast
outfeast
verb
(transitive) To provide with a bigger or better feast than.
outfeels
outfeels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfeel
outfence
outfence
verb
(transitive) To fence better than (in the sport of fencing).
outfield
outfield
noun
(Scotland, agriculture) Any open field at a distance from the farmsteading.
(Scotland, agriculture) Arable land continually cropped without being manured.
(baseball, softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence.
(cricket) The region of the field roughly outside of the infield or the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.
The area outside a racetrack or running track.
verb
(baseball, cricket) To perform better in defense (fielding).