Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affiancing
affiancing
verb
present participle of affiance
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
africander
africanism
africanism
Noun
Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
archfriend
archinfamy
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
beneficial
beneficial
adj
Helpful or good to something or someone.
Relating to a benefice.
noun
Something that is beneficial.
besanctify
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brazenface
brazenface
noun
An impudent or shameless person.
caernarfon
caffeinism
caffeinism
noun
a toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages
addiction to such beverages
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
california
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cankerfret
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
carnifexes
carnifices
carnifices
noun
plural of carnifex
carnifying
carnifying
verb
present participle of carnify
chaffering
chaffering
noun
The act of one who chaffers.
verb
present participle of chaffer
chaffiness
chaffiness
noun
Quality of being chaffy.
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
churnstaff
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
clarifiant
clarifying
clarifying
adj
Providing clarity; making clear.
Removing impurities or particulates.
noun
A clarification.
verb
present participle of clarify
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cofinanced
cofinanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cofinance
cofinances
cofinances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofinance
conchifera
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confessant
confessant
noun
(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
confiscate
confiscate
adj
(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
verb
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
confocally
confocally
adv
In a confocal way.
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
confragose
confrontal
confucians
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
confutator
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
contreface
cornfactor
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cyanformic
defacement
defacement
noun
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
defacingly
defacingly
adv
So as to deface.
defailance
defailance
noun
(obsolete) failure; miscarriage
defaisance
defeasance
defeasance
noun
(US, law) The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment or abrogation.
(now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
verb
(US, law, transitive) To void; to annul.
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
donaciform
effacement
effacement
noun
(medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
effeminacy
effeminacy
noun
The quality of being effeminate.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
enfacement
enfacement
noun
The act, or the result of enfacing
eurafrican
eurafrican
Adjective
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
Of European and African descent.
Noun
An African with European ancestors.
Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
faceharden
facemaking
facesaving
facesaving
adj
That prevents loss of face and maintains one's dignity or prestige.
faceteness
faceteness
noun
(obsolete, rare) The quality of being facete.
facileness
facileness
noun
superficiality, glibness
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
factabling
factfinder
factfinder
noun
(law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
One who finds facts.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factionate
factionate
adj
Showing great loyalty to one's faction; tribal.
verb
Synonym of factionalize
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
factionism
factionist
factionist
noun
One who promotes strife or discord.
faeculence
fairchance
falconbill
falconelle
falconidae
falconinae
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falconnoid
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
fanaticise
fanaticise
verb
Alternative spelling of fanaticize
fanaticism
fanaticism
noun
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
fanaticize
fanaticize
verb
(intransitive) To become fanatical.
(transitive) To make into a fanatic.
fancifully
fancifully
adv
In a fanciful manner.
fantastico
fantastico
adj
(informal, humorous) fantastic
fantoccini
fantoccini
noun
Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
The puppet shows in which they are used.
fasciation
fasciation
noun
(botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue.
(obsolete) A bandage.
The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
The process or state of being fasciated.
fascinated
fascinated
adj
extremely interested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fascinate
fascinates
fascinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fascinate
fascinator
fascinator
noun
(dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
A fascinating person or thing.
fatiscence
fatiscence
noun
The quality of being fatiscent.
fauconnier
fechnerian
fecundated
fecundated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fecundate
fecundates
fecundates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fecundate
fecundator
feminacies
feminacies
noun
plural of feminacy
fernambuck
festinance
festinance
noun
The quality of being festinant.
fianchetti
fianchetti
noun
plural of fianchetto
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.