In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
airfield
airfield
noun
(aviation) An open field designated for the taking off and landing of aircraft, but which, unlike an airport, does not necessarily have terminals or paved runways.
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
alefzero
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
alfurese
astrofel
awfuller
awfuller
adj
comparative form of awful: more awful
bafflers
bafflers
noun
plural of baffler
balefire
balefire
noun
An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals.
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
beflower
beflower
verb
(obsolete) To cover with flowers.
befouler
befouler
noun
One who befouls.
belfried
belfried
adj
(in combination) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.
Furnished with a belfry or belfries.
belfries
belfries
noun
plural of belfry
berfield
bergfall
bergfall
noun
The fall of a mountain rock.
birdlife
birdlife
noun
The birds (e.g. of an area) collectively.
blaffert
bluefarb
bluffers
bluffers
noun
plural of bluffer
carefull
carefull
adj
Obsolete spelling of careful
cheerful
cheerful
adj
Bright and pleasant.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
chelifer
chelifer
noun
book-scorpion
cliffier
cliffier
adj
comparative form of cliffy: more cliffy
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
cordleaf
crateful
crateful
noun
(informal) As much as a crate would hold
crimeful
crimeful
adj
criminal; wicked; illegal
deerflys
deferral
deferral
noun
A prepayment.
An accrual.
An act of deferring, a deferment.
defilers
defilers
noun
plural of defiler
deflater
deflater
noun
Alternative form of deflator
deflator
deflator
noun
(economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
That which deflates.
deflower
deflower
verb
(transitive) To deprive of flowers.
(transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.
(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
defrayal
defrayal
noun
The act of defraying.
desulfur
desulfur
verb
(transitive) to remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases)
dirgeful
dirgeful
adj
funereal
having the qualities of a dirge; moaning
drakefly
drawfile
dreadful
dreadful
adj
(hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
(obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
Reverential, full of pious awe.
Scared, afraid, frightened.
Timid, easily frightened.
adv
(informal) Dreadfully.
noun
A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
A shocking or sensational crime.
dreamful
dreamful
adj
(poetic) Dreamy
noun
As much as one can dream about.
driftlet
driftlet
noun
A little drift, as of snow.
dseldorf
earflaps
earflaps
noun
plural of earflap
efflower
efflower
verb
(rare) To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.
elfrieda
elmsford
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enfolder
enfolder
noun
One who, or that which, enfolds.
errorful
errorful
adj
(archaic) Full of error; wrong.
(sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
failures
failures
noun
plural of failure
fairdale
fairlead
fairlead
noun
(nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally
fairlike
fairlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
falconer
falconer
noun
A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
falderal
falderal
noun
Alternative spelling of folderol
falderol
falerian
falerian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the city of Falerii (now Civita Castellana and Faleria).
Noun
A native or inhabitant of that city.
Proper noun
The lect spoken in that city.
falernum
falernum
noun
A sweet spiced syrup used in Caribbean and tropical drinks.
faltered
faltered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of falter
falterer
falterer
noun
One who falters.
fardelet
farewell
farewell
adj
Parting, valedictory, final.
intj
Goodbye.
noun
A departure; the act of leaving
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure
verb
To bid farewell or say goodbye.
farleigh
farmable
farmable
adj
(of land) Suitable for farming.
farmdale
farmerly
farmerly
adj
Befitting a farmer.
farnesol
farnesol
noun
(organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene alcohol that is present in many essential oils and is involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol
fatherly
fatherly
adj
Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adv
In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
fattrels
fattrels
noun
(Scotland, archaic) The ends of ribbons.
faulkner
faulkner
noun
Obsolete form of falconer.
faultier
faultier
adj
comparative form of faulty: more faulty
faverole
fearable
fearable
adj
Capable of being feared.
fearedly
fearless
fearless
adj
Without fear.
featlier
featural
featural
adj
(linguistics) A writing system whose symbols encode phonological features of the sounds that they correspond to.
Of or pertaining to features.
federals
federals
noun
plural of federal
feldsher
feldsher
noun
Alternative form of feldscher
feldspar
feldspar
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.
feliform
feliform
adj
Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.
noun
Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
fellator
fellator
noun
(sexuality) One who performs fellatio.
fellfare
felspars
felspars
noun
plural of felspar
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
feltwort
feltwort
noun
mullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.)
felworts
felworts
noun
plural of felwort
femereil
femerell
femerell
noun
(historical) The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
fenagler
fensalir
ferinely
ferlying
ferndale
ferngale
fernland
fernland
noun
An area of land where ferns grow.
fernleaf
fernless
fernless
adj
Lacking ferns.
fernlike
fernlike
adj
Resembling a fern.
ferreled
ferruled
ferruled
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of veruled
Having a ferrule.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ferrule.
ferruler
ferruler
noun
A person employed to make or fit ferrules.
ferrules
ferrules
noun
plural of ferrule.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ferrule
ferulaic
feruling
feruling
noun
Punishment with a ferule.
verb
present participle of ferule
fervidly
fervidly
adv
In a fervid manner.
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.
fibulare
fibulare
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.
fiddlers
fiddlers
noun
plural of fiddler
fiddlery
fielders
fielders
noun
plural of fielder
fiercely
fiercely
adv
In a fierce manner.
extremely; to a large degree
fiercely competitive
filagree
filagree
noun
Alternative form of filigree
filander
filander
noun
(archaic) A pademelon.
filarees
filarees
noun
plural of filaree
filariae
filariae
noun
plural of filaria
filature
filature
noun
A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
A spool or bobbin used for the above.
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
filberte
filberto
filberts
filberts
noun
plural of filbert
filchers
filchers
noun
plural of filcher
filchery
filecard
filecard
noun
Alternative form of file card
filechar
filemark
filemark
noun
(computing) A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.
filigera
filigree
filigree
noun
A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
verb
(transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.
filister
filister
noun
Alternative form of fillister
fillbert
filleter
filleter
noun
One who fillets.
fillmore
filmgoer
filmgoer
noun
(chiefly Britain) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filtered
filtered
adj
Having been filtered (e.g., coffee grounds).
With a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filter
filterer
filterer
noun
A person who, or device that, filters
filthier
filthier
adj
comparative form of filthy: more filthy
filtrate
filtrate
noun
The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride / filtrand
verb
To filter.
finagler
finagler
noun
A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
fiorello
fireable
fireable
adj
Alternative form of firable
fireball
fireball
noun
(astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows.
(figurative) A feisty, strong-willed person.
(heraldry) A charge made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, with four sets of flames, at the top, bottom and on either side.
(military, historical) A ball filled with combustibles to be thrown among enemies.
(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion.
verb
(baseball) To pitch the ball very fast.
(intransitive) To explode in a ball of flame.
(transitive, fantasy) To attack with balls of fire.
firebolt
firebolt
noun
A missile of fire.
verb
(transitive, rare) To strike with a firebolt.
fireclay
fireclay
noun
Alternative spelling of fire clay
firefall
firefall
noun
(historical) A summertime event held in Yosemite National Park from 1872 to 1968, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point to the valley below, giving the appearance of a glowing waterfall.
The phenomenon whereby Horsetail Fall, a seasonal waterfall in Yosemite National Park, is illuminated by the sunset so that it glows orange-red.
firehall
firehall
noun
A fire station.
fireless
fireless
adj
Without fire.
firelike
firelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fire; fiery.
fireling
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.