(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
africana
africans
aircraft
aircraft
noun
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.
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
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
atcliffe
aycliffe
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
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.
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
becafico
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
caffeina
caffeine
caffeine
noun
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
caffeins
caffeins
noun
plural of caffein
caffeism
caffeism
noun
Alternative form of caffeinism
caffling
caitiffs
caitiffs
noun
plural of caitiff
caitifty
calcific
calcific
adj
Of or pertaining to calcification
Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
califate
califate
noun
Alternative form of caliphate
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.
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
capacify
capacify
verb
(archaic) To qualify.
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.
casefied
casefied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casefy
casefies
casefies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of casefy
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
caustify
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
classify
classify
verb
To make classy
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
confriar
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
defacing
defacing
noun
defacement
verb
present participle of deface
defiance
defiance
noun
A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power.
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
deifical
deifical
adj
Alternative form of deific
diffract
diffract
verb
(intransitive) To undergo diffraction
(transitive) To cause diffraction
effacing
effacing
verb
present participle of efface
efficace
efficacy
efficacy
noun
Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
enfacing
enfacing
verb
present participle of enface
enfatico
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
eurafric
facelift
facelift
noun
(by extension) Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.
Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
verb
To perform a facelift upon.
facetiae
facetiae
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) Indecent books.
(rare) Witty or amusing writings or remarks.
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
facially
facially
adv
(law, of a law or regulation's validity) In a facial manner; on its face.
Using or involving the face.
faciends
faciends
noun
plural of faciend
facilely
facilely
adv
In a facile manner.
facility
facility
noun
(Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
(Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
(dated) Affability.
(finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fackings
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
faiences
faiences
noun
plural of faience
failance
failance
noun
(obsolete) fault; failure; omission
faisceau
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
faliscan
faliscan
Noun
A member of an ancient Italic people who lived in southern Etruria
Proper noun
The language (related to Latin) of these people
fallacia
famacide
famacide
noun
A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation
fanatico
fanatics
fanatics
noun
plural of fanatic
fancical
fanciers
fanciers
noun
plural of fancier
fanciest
fanciest
adj
superlative form of fancy: most fancy
fanciful
fanciful
adj
Imaginative or fantastic.
Unreal or imagined.
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
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.
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.
fascicle
fascicle
noun
(anatomy) A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
(botany) A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
(botany) A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
(publishing) A discrete section of a book issued or published separately.
A bundle or cluster.
fascines
fascines
noun
plural of fascine
fasciola
fasciola
noun
(anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
fasciole
fasciole
noun
(zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.
fascisms
fascisms
noun
plural of fascism
fascista
fascisti
fascists
fascists
noun
plural of fascist
faucille
faucitis
faucitis
noun
inflammation of the fauces
fecalith
fecalith
noun
Alternative form of fecolith
fecaloid
fecaloid
adj
Resembling excrement or faeces.
federica
felicdad
felicita
feminacy
feminacy
noun
(archaic) effeminacy
feracity
feracity
noun
(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
ferulaic
fiancees
fiancees
noun
plural of fiancee
fiancing
fiancing
verb
present participle of fiance
fiascoes
ficaries
fichtean
ficoidal
fidicula
fiducial
fiducial
adj
Accepted as a fixed basis of reference.
Based on having trust.
noun
In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components; a fiducial point.
In photography, a familiar reference object used to show size or scale, such as a ruler or a coin; a fiducial marker.
filecard
filecard
noun
Alternative form of file card
filechar
filmcard
filmcard
noun
A card containing microfilm data, used in a microfiche system.
financed
financed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finance
financer
financer
noun
(finance) An entity that provides financing
finances
finances
noun
funds or other financial resources
plural of finance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finance
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
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
firmance
fiscally
fiscally
adv
In a fiscal manner; concerning finance
fishback
fistical
fistical
adj
Synonym of fistic
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flatlick
flicflac
flicflac
noun
A brushing movement of the foot used in ballet as a connecting step.
flipjack
florican
florican
noun
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
focalise
focalise
verb
Alternative spelling of focalize
focalize
focalize
verb
To concentrate on a particular location; to localize