(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
afflation
afflation
noun
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
aflatoxin
aflatoxin
noun
(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
aforetime
aforetime
adj
(archaic) Former.
adv
(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
afortiori
afortiori
adj
Alternative form of a fortiori
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
antifelon
antifrost
antifrost
adj
Preventing, or countering the effects of frost.
autrefois
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
blatiform
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
cactiform
cactiform
adj
Resembling a cactus.
celtiform
christoff
cliftonia
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
coffinite
coffinite
noun
(mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.
cofighter
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
confidant
confidant
noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
confident
confident
adj
(obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Very sure of something; positive.
noun
Obsolete form of confidant.
confinity
confinity
noun
contiguity, adjacency
confitent
confitent
noun
A person who confesses; a confessor or penitent
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
conflicts
conflicts
noun
plural of conflict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflict
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
costiform
costiform
adj
Having the form of a rib.
cottiform
cottiform
adj
Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.
noun
Such a fish
countfish
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cystiform
cystiform
adj
Resembling a cyst
defection
defection
noun
An act or incidence of defecting.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
definitor
definitor
noun
(Catholicism) One who oversees either an ecclesiastical property under a bishop or possesses an office in a religious order.
A person who defines.
deflation
deflation
noun
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
(economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction.
(geology) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.
An act or instance of deflating.
defoliant
defoliant
noun
An agent used to defoliate plants.
defoliate
defoliate
adj
Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
verb
(transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
discomfit
discomfit
adj
(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.
verb
(archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
(rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
(transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
disforest
disforest
verb
To disafforest
disprofit
disprofit
noun
Loss; damage.
verb
(obsolete) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.
dogfights
dogfights
noun
plural of dogfight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogfight
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
driftbolt
driftbolt
noun
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
driftwood
driftwood
noun
A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
efflation
efflation
noun
The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out.
effodient
effodient
adj
(rare) Digging up.
effoliate
eightfoil
eightfoil
noun
(heraldry) An octofoil.
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
exfodiate
exfoliate
exfoliate
verb
(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
To remove the leaves from a plant.
facetious
facetious
adj
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
faciation
factional
factional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.
factorial
factorial
adj
(dated) Of or pertaining to a factory.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial.
Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent.
noun
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.
factories
factories
noun
plural of factory
factoring
factoring
noun
(mathematics) The process of factorization.
A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
verb
present participle of factor
factorist
factorist
noun
A statistician who uses factor analysis.
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
faggoting
faggoting
noun
Alternative spelling of fagoting
fagotings
fagotings
noun
plural of fagoting
fagottino
fagottino
noun
tenoroon
fagottist
fagottist
noun
(dated) One who plays the fagotto, or bassoon.
fairmount
falcation
falcation
noun
The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.
fallation
fallowist
fallowist
noun
One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
fantocine
faroelite
fasciolet
fastgoing
fastgoing
adj
Travelling rapidly.
fathoming
fathoming
verb
present participle of fathom
fatuitous
fatuitous
adj
stupid; fatuous
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favosites
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
fellation
fellation
noun
Alternative form of fellatio
fellatios
fellatios
noun
plural of fellatio
feodality
feodality
noun
Alternative form of feudality
feriation
feriation
noun
(obsolete) The observation of a holiday; cessation from work.
fermorite
fermorite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
festivous
festivous
adj
Pertaining to a feast; festive.
fetations
fetations
noun
plural of fetation
fibration
fibration
noun
(algebraic topology) A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
fibrocyst
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrolite
fibrolite
Noun
Sillimanite.
fibromata
fibromata
noun
plural of fibroma
fibrosity
fibrosity
noun
The quality of being fibrous.
fictation
fictional
fictional
adj
Containing invented elements.
Invented, as opposed to real.
fictioner
fictioner
noun
A writer of fiction.
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
fiftyfold
fiftyfold
adj
By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of fifty.
filiation
filiation
noun
(countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
(countable, law) One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.
(countable, law) The determination of paternity.
(uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
fillowite
fillowite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
fioritura
fioritura
noun
(music) A musical embellishment or ornamentation.
fioriture
fioriture
noun
(music) Little "flowers" of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firespout
firestone
firestone
noun
A flint.
A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.
Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire.
firestorm
firestorm
noun
(figurative) An intense or violent altercation.
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
firethorn
firethorn
noun
A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
firetower
firmation
firstborn
firstborn
adj
Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
noun
The first child to be born to a parent or family.
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishbolts
fishbolts
noun
plural of fishbolt
fishmouth
fishmouth
noun
(colloquial) A chronically open mouth.
(roofing) A half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
(surgery) A horizontal incision on the breast aligned with the nipples made to drain or excise the breast fat as a form of top surgery.
(surgery) A wide incision made to drain fluid from under the fingernail.
fistnotes
fistnotes
noun
plural of fistnote
fistulose
fistulose
adj
Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
fistulous
fistulous
adj
Of or pertaining to a fistula.
Resembling a reed; hollow and tubular
fittstown
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
flatirons
flatirons
noun
plural of flatiron
flections
flections
noun
plural of flection
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flintwood
flintwood
noun
The very hard wood of the blackbutt tree.
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
floatiest
floatiest
adj
superlative form of floaty: most floaty
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
floodtime
floodtime
noun
A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.
floppiest
floppiest
adj
superlative form of floppy: most floppy
florentia
floriated
floriated
adj
(architecture) Having floral ornaments
floridity
floridity
noun
(countable) Something florid.
(uncountable) The property of being florid.
floristic
floristic
adj
Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
Of or pertaining to floristics.
floriston
floristry
floristry
noun
Production, commerce and trade in flowers.
The art of flower arrangement.
flossiest
flossiest
adj
superlative form of flossy: most flossy
flotation
flotation
noun
(Britain, finance) The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
A state of floating, or being afloat.
The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
flotative
flotillas
flotillas
noun
plural of flotilla
flotorial
flowerist
fluorites
fluorites
noun
plural of fluorite
fluorotic
fluorotic
adj
Relating to fluorosis.
flustroid
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
focimeter
focimeter
noun
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.