Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
antifelony
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bathflower
bathoflore
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
bethflower
blattiform
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
bottlefuls
bottlesful
bottlesful
noun
plural of bottleful
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
bumblefoot
bumblefoot
noun
(countable) A clubfoot.
(uncountable) Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds and rodents.
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cattlefold
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloudcroft
clubfooted
clubfooted
adj
Having a clubfoot.
coalfitter
coeffluent
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
coltsfoots
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
confrontal
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cotesfield
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
culverfoot
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
deflectors
deflectors
noun
plural of deflector
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
defoliated
defoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defoliate
defoliates
defoliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoliate
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
difflation
difflation
noun
(obsolete) A blowing apart or away.
disulfoton
disulfoton
noun
A highly toxic organothiophosphate insecticide and acaricide, O,O-diethyl S-2-ethylthioethyl phosphorodithioate
doubtfully
doubtfully
adv
In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
effortless
effortless
adj
Without effort.
efoliolate
efoliolate
adj
Not foliolate.
efoveolate
efoveolate
adj
Not foveolate.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
enfoldment
enfoldment
noun
The act of enfolding.
entfaoilff
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
exfoliated
exfoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exfoliate
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
fallectomy
fallostomy
farforthly
farlington
fastuously
fastuously
adv
In a fastuous manner.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fauntleroy
felicitous
felicitous
adj
(linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
Appropriate, apt, fitting.
Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
Causing happiness or pleasure.
fellations
fellations
noun
plural of fellation
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
fenouillet
fetologies
fetologist
fetologist
noun
One who studies fetology.
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
feuilleton
feuilleton
noun
A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature.
An article published in such a section.
fiaroblast
fibroblast
fibroblast
noun
A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
fibrolitic
fibrolitic
adj
Of or relating to fibrolite.
fiddletown
fieldstone
fieldstone
noun
A stone found in fields and used for building.
fieulamort
filtration
filtration
noun
(mathematics, set theory, probability theory) A totally ordered collection of subsets.
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
firebolted
firebolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firebolt
flacourtia
flageolets
flageolets
noun
plural of flageolet
flagitious
flagitious
adj
(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
flagstones
flagstones
noun
plural of flagstone
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flammation
flammation
noun
(obsolete) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
flatbottom
flatfooted
flatfooted
adj
Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse.
Having flat feet.
adv
(of drinking) Without pausing between swallows.
Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot.
They were caught flatfooted when Clancy filed to enter the race.
Unprepared to respond; unready.
With one's feet flat on the ground.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flatfoot
flatterous
flatterous
adj
(obsolete) flattering
flatuosity
flatuosity
noun
(obsolete) flatulence
flectional
flectional
adj
Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
flemington
flemington
Proper noun
a locality in western New South Wales, Australia.
a suburb of Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.
a rural locality in South New Zealand.
a rural locality in the region of New Zealand.
a built-up area near Scotland
an unincorporated community in Florida, USA.
a small city in Georgia, USA.
a village in Missouri, USA.
a borough in New Jersey, USA
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a small town in West Virginia, USA.
flexuosity
flexuosity
noun
A flexuous point; a sinuous curve.
Quality of being flexuous.
flightshot
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flintstone
flintstone
noun
A piece of flint.
flirtation
flirtation
noun
An instance of flirting.
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
floatation
floatation
noun
Alternative spelling of flotation
floatative
floatboard
floatboard
noun
A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel.
floatiness
floatiness
noun
The quality of being floaty.
floatingly
floatingly
adv
In a floating manner.
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
floatplane
floatplane
noun
A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
floatstone
floatstone
noun
A kind of calcareous rock, more than 10% of which is made up of grains larger than two millimetres, and which is matrix-supported.
flocculant
flocculant
adj
That flocculates
noun
A flocculating agent
flocculate
flocculate
adj
Having flock form or forms.
noun
A mass that has suffered flocculation.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
flocculent
flocculent
adj
Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
Flaky.
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
noun
(astronomy) diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
flogmaster
floodgates
floodgates
noun
plural of floodgate
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
floodlilit
floodwater
floodwater
noun
The water of a flood.
floorcloth
floorcloth
noun
A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
floorshift
floreating
florencita
florentine
florentine
adj
Cooked or served with spinach.
noun
(obsolete) A kind of durable silk.
(obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
florescent
florescent
adj
Flowering or budding.
floriation
floriation
noun
ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized
florissant
floristics
floristics
noun
(botany) The scientific study of the distribution of plants, especially on the regional level.
flotations
flotations
noun
plural of flotation
flounciest
flounciest
adj
superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy
floutingly
floutingly
adv
With flouting; insultingly.
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
floweriest
floweriest
adj
superlative form of flowery: most flowery
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluoridate
fluoridate
verb
(chemistry, dentistry, transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
fluorinate
fluorinate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
fluormeter
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
flutemouth
flutemouth
noun
The trumpetfish.
fluviation
fluviation
noun
(geology) deposition by the action of a river or stream