(Christianity, historical) An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.
filmgoer
filmgoer
noun
(chiefly Britain) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filmogen
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flambage
flamberg
flamberg
noun
Alternative spelling of flamberge
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flamming
flamming
verb
present participle of flam
flemings
flemming
fluigram
fluigram
noun
(archaic, medicine) A cubic centimetre.
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
fogyisms
fogyisms
noun
plural of fogyism
foregame
foregame
noun
An initial game plan.
forgeman
forgeman
noun
A person who works at a forge. A blacksmith on a large scale.
forgemen
forgemen
noun
plural of forgeman
formagen
fragment
fragment
noun
(Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
verb
(intransitive) To break apart.
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
(transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
framings
framings
noun
plural of framing
frogmore
fromages
fromages
noun
plural of fromage
fromberg
fugleman
fugleman
noun
(by extension) A political leader, or a ringleader.
The member of a military group who leads the way or demonstrates drill; hence, someone who keeps the beat or timing, and/or demonstrates motions in other contexts.
fuglemen
fuglemen
noun
plural of fugleman
fumagine
fumbling
fumbling
noun
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
verb
present participle of fumble
fumigant
fumigant
noun
Any substance used, in the gaseous state, to fumigate or disinfect.
fumigate
fumigate
verb
(transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
fumingly
fumingly
adv
In a rage.
gaffsman
gaffsman
noun
Alternative form of gaffman
gasiform
gasiform
adj
Having the form of a gas; gaseous.
germfree
germfree
Adjective
Having no microorganisms living in or on it.
gloomful
gloomful
adj
(archaic or poetic) gloomy
graftdom
gruiform
gruiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Gruiformes, an order of birds including the crane.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Gruiformes.
guelfism
gumfield
gumfield
noun
(New Zealand, historical) A site where kauri gum was dug up by the gumdiggers.
hogframe
hogframe
noun
(nautical) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.
igniform
mafeking
magerful
magnific
magnific
adj
(obsolete) Magnificent, splendid; illustrious.
mcguffey
mightful
mightful
adj
(now literary, archaic) Mighty, powerful.
misfeign
misgraff
misgraft
misgraft
verb
To graft wrongly.
muffling
muffling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which muffles; heavy clothing.
verb
present participle of muffle
refugium
refugium
noun
(aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.
Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.