An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
verb
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
afreets
afreets
noun
plural of afreet
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
aftergo
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
airlift
airlift
noun
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Such a flight.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
verb
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
altdorf
anfract
apritif
arefact
artefac
artifex
atafter
barefit
calfret
camfort
cantref
cantref
noun
A mediaeval land division in Wales.
carifta
cartful
cartful
noun
As much as a cart will hold.
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
crafter
crafter
noun
Someone who participates in a particular handicraft, either as a hobby or as a small business
craftly
crafton
dowfart
drafted
drafted
adj
(US) conscripted
(nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draft
draftee
draftee
noun
One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
drafter
drafter
noun
(US) A person who writes a legislative bill.
A person who prepares drafts.
A person who prepares technical drawings and plans.
engraft
engraft
adj
(rare) Engrafted.
verb
To fix firmly into place
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
factors
factors
noun
plural of factor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factor
factory
factory
adj
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
noun
(UK, slang) A police station.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
(now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
factrix
factrix
noun
(obsolete) A factoress, a female factor (agent or representative).
facture
facture
noun
(archaic) The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.
(dated, business) An invoice or bill of parcels.
fagoter
fagoter
noun
(historical) A worker who gathers fuelwood.
fainter
fainter
adj
comparative form of faint: more faint
noun
One who faints.
fairest
fairest
adj
superlative form of fair: most fair
fairton
faitery
faitour
faitour
noun
(archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.
falster
faltere
falters
falters
noun
plural of falter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of falter
fanwort
fanwort
noun
Any of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.
farcist
farcist
noun
A writer of farces.
faretta
fargite
farmost
farmost
adj
(obsolete) Most distant; farthest.
farmout
farmout
noun
The act of subcontracting or outsourcing.
farrant
farther
farther
adj
Alternative form of further. (See also the usage notes at further.)
verb
(uncommon or old-fashioned) Alternative form of further.
farting
farting
noun
The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
verb
present participle of fart
fartlek
fartlek
noun
An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
fatbird
fathers
fathers
noun
plural of father
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of father
fathmur
fattier
fattier
adj
comparative form of fatty: more fatty
faubert
faulter
faulter
noun
(obsolete) One who commits a fault.
verb
Archaic spelling of falter.
fauster
feaster
feaster
noun
One who feasts, who attends a feast.
feather
feather
noun
(hunting, in the plural) Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
(rail transport) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
verb
(aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
(carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
(computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
(intransitive) Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.
(snooker, billiards) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.
(snooker, billiards) To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.
(transitive) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
(transitive) To move softly, like a feather.
(transitive) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
(transitive) To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.
(transitive) To tread, as a cockerel.
(transitive, intransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.
To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch.
feature
feature
noun
(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
(engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
(film) Ellipsis of feature film.
(linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
(obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
(statistics, machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
An important or main item.
Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
verb
(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.
(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
(transitive) To star, to contain.
(transitive, dated) To have features resembling.
feretra
feretra
noun
plural of feretrum
fermata
fermata
noun
(music) The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration; also the notation of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.
fermate
fermate
noun
plural of fermata
fernata
ferrate
ferrate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO₄²⁻ in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state.
filator
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
flatcar
flatcar
noun
(rail transport, US) A railroad freight car without sides and roof.
flatter
flatter
adj
comparative form of flat: more flat
noun
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
verb
To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
To portray someone to advantage.
floater
floater
noun
(Australia) A pie floater.
(India) A sandal.
(US, politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.
(basketball) Early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
(finance) A floating rate bond.
(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.
(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
(politics, US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.
(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.
(slang) A misstep; a faux pas.
(slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” said individual.
(sports) An unaffiliated player.
(surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).
A small suet dumpling put into soup.
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
One who or that which floats.
florate
florate
adj
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.
floreat
floreta
flustra
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
fogarty
foreact
forfalt
formant
formant
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem.
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
formate
formate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.
verb
(aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
formats
formats
noun
plural of format
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of format
forswat
forswat
adj
(obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
fortake
fortake
verb
(transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
fortran
fortuna
forzato
foumart
foumart
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
frabbit
frabbit
adj
(UK, dialect) crabbed; peevish
fractal
fractal
adj
(figurative) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.
(heraldry) Having a broken part
(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal.
noun
(figurative) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property.
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales.
fracted
fracted
adj
(heraldry) Having a part displaced, as if broken; said of an ordinary.
broken
fractur
fractur
noun
Alternative spelling of fraktur.
fractus
fractus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud.
frailty
frailty
noun
(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
fraktur
fraktur
noun
(US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.
(typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries.
frammit
frantic
frantic
adj
(archaic) Insane, mentally unstable.
Extremely energetic
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
noun
(archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
fratchy
fratchy
adj
(UK, informal) Irritable or argumentative.
fraters
fraters
noun
plural of frater
fratery
fratery
noun
A frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.
fraught
fraught
adj
(figuratively, with with) Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing.
(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
(with with) Furnished, equipped.
Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.
noun
(Scotland) A load; a burden.
(Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
(obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
(obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
(obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
(obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To form the cargo of a vessel.
(transitive, obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
fregata
frenate
fretsaw
fretsaw
noun
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
verb
To cut with a fretsaw.
freytag
frigate
frigate
noun
(fiction) A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.
(historical) A escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.
(historical) A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.
(historical) A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.
(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.
A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).
A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.
frontad
frontal
frontal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
(anatomy) Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
(meteorology) Of or relating to a weather front.
(zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
noun
(Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone..
(architecture) The façade of a building.
frutage
frutage
noun
(obsolete) A confection made of fruit.
(obsolete) A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.
furcate
furcate
adj
Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
verb
To fork or branch out.
furiant
furoate
furoate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of furoic acid.
futharc
futhark
futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
futural
futural
adj
(grammar) Having a future tense.
Of or relating to the future.
grafted
grafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of graft
grafter
grafter
noun
(English slang) a hard worker who puts in long hours
(slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
grafton
grafton
Proper noun
Any of various towns across the English-speaking world.
a city in North Dakota, USA
a city in West Virginia, USA
gratify
gratify
verb
(transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
(transitive) To please.
haftara
hafters
hafters
noun
plural of hafter
indraft
indraft
noun
A draft or drawing inward.
infarct
infarct
noun
(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
infract
infract
adj
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
verb
(transitive) To break off.
(transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
ingraft
ingraft
verb
Alternative spelling of engraft
klafter
klafter
noun
A unit of length formerly widely used in Central Europe, derived from the span of a man's outstretched arms, typically defined as six local feet (equivalent to a fathom) or about 1.8 meters.
koftgar
koftgar
noun
A metalworker who produces koftgari.
maftirs
maftirs
noun
plural of maftir
nonfrat
nonfrat
noun
One who is not a frat (fraternity member).
overfat
overfat
adj
Having too much fat as a proportion of body mass.
parfait
parfait
noun
(UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
parfitt
profant
raftage
raftage
noun
(nautical) Rafts considered as a group; the use of rafts
(nautical) The beams used in the rigging of a ship
rafters
rafters
noun
plural of rafter
rafting
rafting
noun
The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
verb
present participle of raft
raftman
raftman
noun
A man who steers a raft.
ratafee
ratafee
noun
Obsolete form of ratafia.
ratafia
ratafia
noun
(countable) A kind of biscuit made with ratafia essence and almond or apricot kernels.
A liqueur or cordial flavored with peach or cherry kernels, bitter almonds, or other fruits.
ratfink
ratfink
noun
(also attributive) A dislikable or contemptible person.
An informer or spy; a traitor.
verb
(transitive) To inform on; to betray.
ratfish
ratfish
noun
A Pacific fish, Hydrolagus colliei, that has a long rat-like tail
A chimaera
A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae.
ratifia
redraft
redraft
noun
(finance) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
A second or subsequent draft
verb
To draft again
reflate
reflate
verb
(economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
To reinflate, to inflate again.
refloat
refloat
noun
The process of getting something to float again.
verb
(transitive) To cause to float again.
refract
refract
verb
(intransitive, of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium
(transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
refutal
refutal
noun
A refutation.
regraft
regraft
noun
A second or subsequent graft.
verb
(transitive) To graft again or anew.
restaff
restaff
verb
(transitive) To staff again or anew; to supply with new employees.