(South Africa) Either species of Polyprion, the wreckfishes.
baffed
baffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baff
baffin
baffin
Proper noun
A region of Nunavut
An island in Nunavut, Baffin Island.
Baffin Bay.
baffle
baffle
noun
(US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
verb
(intransitive) To struggle in vain.
(now rare) To foil; to thwart.
(obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
(obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
baftah
baftah
noun
Alternative form of bafta (“fabric”)
bafyot
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
balafo
barfed
barfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barf
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
basify
basify
verb
(chemistry) To make more basic (less acidic)
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
bedaff
bedaff
verb
(transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy.
(transitive) To fall upon; fall all over; overtake
(transitive) To happen to.
befame
beflag
beflag
verb
(transitive) To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.
beflap
beflea
beflea
verb
(transitive) To pester, as fleas do.
befoam
befoam
verb
(transitive) To spatter or cover with foam.
behalf
behalf
noun
(when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
beleaf
bfamus
biafra
biafra
Proper noun
A short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s.
biface
biface
noun
(archaeology) A double-sided stone tool
bifara
biffar
cabful
confab
confab
noun
(informal) Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).
verb
(intransitive, informal) Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).
fabens
faberg
fabian
fabian
adj
Alternative form of Fabian
fabien
fabius
fabius
Proper noun
name, of historical use in English.
fablan
fabled
fabled
adj
Known only in fables; fictitious.
Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fable
fabler
fabler
noun
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
fables
fables
noun
plural of fable
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fable
fabria
fabric
fabric
noun
(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
(now rare) An edifice or building.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
The framework underlying a structure.
The texture of a cloth.
verb
(transitive) To cover with fabric.
fabrin
fabron
fabula
fabula
noun
(narratology) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.
fabyan
famble
famble
noun
(obsolete, slang) A hand.
farber
ferbam
ferbam
Noun
A particular fungicide.
fibula
fibula
noun
(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
finbar
flabby
flabby
adj
(mathematics) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.
(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
(of writing, etc.) overwrought.
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
flabel
flabel
noun
(obsolete) A fan.
flabra
flambe
flambe
adj
Alternative spelling of flambé
foobar
foobar
noun
(programming) A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.
(slang) A serious mistake.
forbad
forbad
verb
Alternative spelling of forbade, the simple past tense of forbid.
forbar
forbar
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bar in; to shut up.
(obsolete, transitive) To bar, fend off, ward off.
(obsolete, transitive) To exclude, deny.
forgab
forgab
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
labefy
labefy
verb
(obsolete, rare) To weaken.
prefab
prefab
adj
prefabricated
noun
(Britain) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
(programming) A reusable object in a video game world.