(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afterage
afterage
noun
An age occurring afterwards; a later era.
aftergas
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
digestif
digestif
noun
An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
verb
To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
draftage
draftage
noun
(Australia, historical) A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.
drafting
drafting
noun
A method of preparing fibers for weaving.
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
verb
present participle of draft
driftage
driftage
noun
Anything that drifts.
Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
drifting
drifting
adj
Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
Without direction, focus, or goal.
noun
(motorsports) A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.
That which drifts.
The act by which something drifts.
verb
present participle of drift
eggfruit
eggfruit
noun
A fruit, the canistel.
Another fruit, the lucmo.
engrafts
engrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
faggoted
faggoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faggot
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
fagoting
fagoting
noun
A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches.
The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads.
verb
present participle of fagot
fainting
fainting
noun
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
verb
present participle of faint
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fantigue
fantigue
noun
(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.
farragut
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fastigia
fastigia
noun
plural of fastigium
fastings
fastings
noun
plural of fasting
fatagaga
fatigate
fatigate
adj
(obsolete) Wearied; tired; fatigued.
verb
(obsolete) To weary; to tire; to fatigue.
fatigued
fatigued
adj
Tired; weary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fatigue
fatigues
fatigues
noun
(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
plural of fatigue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faultage
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
feasting
feasting
noun
A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
verb
present participle of feast
feinting
feinting
verb
present participle of feint
feltings
feltings
noun
plural of felting
fengtien
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
fetology
fetology
noun
The scientific study of fetuses.
fettling
fettling
noun
(gerund, UK) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
(gerund, UK) Repairing; mending; sorting.
(gerund, UK) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
verb
present participle of fettle
fidgeted
fidgeted
verb
past participle of fidget
fidgeter
fidgeter
noun
One who fidgets, especially habitually.
figeater
figeater
noun
Alternative form of fig-eater
figgiest
figgiest
adj
superlative form of figgy: most figgy
fighters
fighters
noun
plural of fighter
fighting
fighting
adj
Apt to provoke a fight.
Engaged in war or other conflict.
noun
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
verb
present participle of fight
figments
figments
noun
plural of figment
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
figurant
figurant
noun
An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
figurate
figurate
adj
(music) Florid.
Forming a figure.
verb
To shape; to give a figure.
figurato
figurist
figurist
noun
(Christianity, historical) A proponent of figurism.
One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
fileting
fileting
verb
present participle of filet
fittings
fittings
noun
plural of fitting
fitzhugh
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
flagboat
flagonet
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagrate
flagrate
verb
(obsolete) To burn.
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flagstad
flagtown
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
flaughts
fleeting
fleeting
adj
Passing quickly; of short duration.
verb
present participle of fleet
flighted
flighted
adj
(of birds) Capable of flight.
Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flight
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
flinting
flinting
noun
The act of making a flint tool.
verb
present participle of flint
flirting
flirting
noun
A flirtation.
verb
present participle of flirt
flitting
flitting
adj
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
verb
present participle of flit
floatage
floatage
noun
Alternative form of flotage
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
flogster
flogster
noun
(slang, archaic) One who flogs or beats.
flotages
flotages
noun
plural of flotage
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
flutings
flutings
noun
plural of fluting
flytings
flytings
noun
plural of flyting
fogeater
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
foggiest
foggiest
adj
(usually used in the negative) Slightest, faintest, least.
superlative form of foggy: most foggy
foisting
foisting
noun
The act of something being foisted; imposition.
verb
present participle of foist
fontange
fontange
noun
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.
footages
footages
noun
plural of footage
footgear
footgear
noun
sturdy footwear
footgeld
footgeld
noun
(law, historical) An amercement imposed for failure to expeditate a dog.
footgrip
footings
footings
noun
plural of footing
footling
footling
adj
trivial, silly and irritating.
noun
A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
verb
present participle of footle
footslog
footslog
noun
An instance of footslogging.
verb
(intransitive) to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge
foregate
foregate
noun
A main entrance or front gate.
foregift
foregift
noun
(law, chiefly Britain) A payment in advance; an advance payment or premium paid by a lessee on taking or renewing a lease, distinct from the rent.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
forgette
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
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.
fragrant
fragrant
adj
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
frangent
frangent
adj
Causing fracture; breaking.
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fregatae
freights
freights
noun
plural of freight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight
frettage
fretting
fretting
noun
Action of the verb to fret.
verb
present participle of fret
frigates
frigates
noun
plural of frigate
frighted
frighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fright
frighten
frighten
verb
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
frighter
fringent
fringent
adj
Encircling like a fringe; bordering.
fritting
fritting
noun
The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.
verb
present participle of frit
frogfoot
froglets
froglets
noun
plural of froglet
frogwort
frontage
frontage
noun
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
The front part generally.
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
The land between a property and the street.
The length of a property along a street.
fronting
fronting
noun
(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
(slang) An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.
(syntax) The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).
verb
present participle of front
frosting
frosting
noun
(US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
A layer of frost.
The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.
verb
present participle of frost
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
frottage
frottage
noun
(countable, art) An image so made.
(uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.
(uncountable, sexology) The practice of rubbing parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
verb
(sexology) To rub parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
frotting
frotting
verb
present participle of frot
fruitage
fruitage
noun
Fruit, collectively.
Product or result of any action, effect, good, or ill.
fruiting
fruiting
noun
(countable) A fruiting body.
(uncountable) The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification.
(uncountable, aviation) The occurrence of FRUIT (false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time).
verb
present participle of fruit
fugacity
fugacity
noun
(physics) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
fuggiest
fuggiest
adj
superlative form of fuggy: most fuggy
fughetta
fughetta
noun
(music) A short, condensed version of a fugue.
fughette
fugitate
fugitive
fugitive
adj
Elusive or difficult to retain.
Fleeing or running away; escaping.
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
noun
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
fuguists
fuguists
noun
plural of fuguist
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.
fungated
fungated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fungate
gabfests
gabfests
noun
plural of gabfest
gatefold
gatefold
noun
A document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.
gentrify
gentrify
verb
(transitive) To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
gibstaff
gibstaff
noun
(obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.
(obsolete, historical) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff.
giftbook
giftedly
giftedly
adv
In a gifted manner; with talent.
giftless
giftless
adj
Without a gift.
ungifted, untalented
giftlike
giftling
giftling
noun
A little gift.
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
goofiest
goofiest
adj
superlative form of goofy: most goofy
gotthelf
graffiti
graffiti
noun
(archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
(chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
verb
(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.
graffito
graffito
noun
(archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
(rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
graftage
graftage
noun
The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.