(obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
affer
affra
afire
afire
adv
On fire (often metaphorically).
afnor
afore
afore
adv
(archaic, dialect) Before.
(nautical) In the fore part of a ship.
conj
In advance of the time when; before.
prep
Before; in advance of the time of.
Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.
afray
afret
afric
afric
Adjective
African
Proper noun
Africa
afrit
afros
afros
noun
plural of afro
after
after
adj
(dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
(nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
adv
Behind; later in time; following.
conj
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
prep
(Ireland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
(dated) According to an author or text.
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
As a result of.
Behind.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
In pursuit of, seeking.
In spite of.
Next in importance or rank.
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
aftra
alfur
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
barff
barfs
barfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barf
barfy
barfy
adj
(informal) Disgusting.
befur
befur
verb
(transitive) To cover or clothe with fur.
bifer
brief
brief
adj
(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
Concise; taking few words.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Of short duration; happening quickly.
adv
(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
noun
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
(English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
(UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
(by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
(law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
(law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
(law) An answer to any action.
(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
(slang) A ticket of any type.
(usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
A short news story or report.
verb
(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
(transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
bsrfs
confr
corfu
craft
craft
noun
(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .
(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .
(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
(figurative) A woman.
(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
(obsolete) Occult art, magic .
(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
verb
(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
To make by hand and with much skill.
crfmp
croft
croft
noun
(archaic) A carafe.
A cave or cavern.
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
verb
(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
(transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
curfs
curfs
noun
plural of curf
daraf
daraf
noun
Non-SI unit of electrical elastance.
defer
defer
verb
(American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
(especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
(intransitive) To delay, to wait.
(transitive) To delay or postpone
(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
To render, to offer.
draff
draff
noun
A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
draft
draft
adj
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
noun
(nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
(politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
(possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
(possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
(possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
(rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
(usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
An act of drinking.
An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
verb
(transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
(transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
(transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
(transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
To draw out; to call forth.
To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
To write a law.
drift
drift
noun
(architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
(mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
(obsolete) A driving; a violent movement.
(uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
(uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Anything driven at random.
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
Slow, cumulative change.
That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
verb
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
(mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
(transitive) To drive into heaps.
(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
(transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
dufur
dwarf
dwarf
adj
(especially in botany) Miniature.
noun
(astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
efram
efrap
efrem
efren
efron
faber
fabre
fabri
facer
facer
noun
(obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
(obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
fader
fader
adj
comparative form of fade: more fade
noun
(computer graphics) A program or algorithm for fading out colors.
A device used to control sound volume.
faery
faery
noun
Obsolete spelling of fairy
fager
faire
faire
adj
Obsolete spelling of fair
fairm
fairs
fairs
noun
plural of fair
fairy
fairy
adj
Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.
noun
(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
(uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
A legendary Chinese immortal.
A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
faker
faker
adj
comparative form of fake: more fake.
noun
(military, by extension) A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.
(obsolete) A peddler of petty things.
A snake oil salesman; one who makes exaggerated claims about a product he sells.
An impostor or impersonator.
One who fakes something.
fakir
fakir
noun
(Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
(derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
faqir
faqir
noun
(Islam) A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
farad
farad
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F
farah
farce
farce
noun
(cooking) Forcemeat, stuffing.
(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
verb
(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
(transitive, figurative) To fill full; to stuff.
(transitive, obsolete) To make fat.
(transitive, obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.
Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”)
farci
farcy
farcy
noun
The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
farde
fardh
fardh
noun
Alternative form of fard (“Islamic commandment”)
fardo
fards
fards
noun
plural of fard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fard
fared
fared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fare
farer
farer
noun
(archaic) One who fares or travels, a traveller, tripper
fares
fares
noun
plural of fare
fargo
fargo
Proper noun
The largest city in North Dakota, USA
farhi
faria
fario
fario
noun
(UK) The brown trout
farle
farls
farls
noun
plural of farl
farly
farms
farms
noun
plural of farm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of farm
farmy
farmy
adj
Resembling or reminiscent of a farm.
farny
faros
farra
farro
farro
noun
Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
farse
farse
noun
A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
verb
(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
farsi
farth
farts
farts
noun
plural of fart
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fart
faruq
fator
faurd
faure
favor
favor
noun
(archaic) A letter, a written communication.
(law) Partiality; bias
(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
A small gift; a party favor.
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
verb
(in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
To encourage, conduce to
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
To treat with care.
To use more often.
fayre
fayre
adj
(archaic) Fair, beautiful.
noun
(dated) A fair, a market.
(dated) Fare.
fchar
fears
fears
noun
plural of fear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fear
fedor
feere
feere
noun
Obsolete form of fere (consort or spouse).
femur
femur
noun
(anatomy) A thighbone.
(arachnology) A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
(entomology) The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.
ferae
feral
feral
adj
(of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.
Deadly, fatal.
Internet slang. Engrossed by a certain thought or behavior.
Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals.
Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.
Wild, untamed.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
(Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
(furry subculture) A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)
A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
ferde
ferdy
feres
feres
noun
plural of fere
feria
feria
noun
A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
ferie
ferie
noun
(obsolete) A holiday.
ferio
ferly
ferme
ferme
noun
(cant) A hole.
fermi
fermi
noun
An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).
ferna
ferne
ferns
ferns
noun
plural of fern
ferny
ferny
adj
Covered in or filled with ferns; flanked or surrounded by ferns.
Of, or pertaining to ferns.
Resembling or characteristic of a fern, in appearance, smell, etc.
ferox
ferri
ferro
ferry
ferry
noun
A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
verb
(intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
(transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
(transitive) To carry; transport; convey.
(transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
ferth
fetor
fetor
noun
An unpleasant smell.
feuar
feuar
noun
(Scotland, property law, historical) One who holds a feu.
fever
fever
noun
(neologism) A group of stingrays.
(usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
A state of excitement or anxiety.
verb
To become fevered.
To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
fevre
fevre
noun
Obsolete form of fever.
fewer
fewer
det
Fewer women wear hats these days.
comparative degree of few; a smaller number.
feyer
feyer
adj
comparative form of fey: more fey
ffrdc
fgrep
fgrid
fhrer
fiard
fiard
noun
Alternative form of fjard
fiars
fiars
noun
plural of fiar
fiber
fiber
noun
(category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
(countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
(figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
(uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
Dietary fiber.
fibra
fibre
fibre
noun
(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
Moral strength and resolve.
fibro
fibro
noun
(Australia) Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
(informal) Fibromyalgia.
fibry
fibry
adj
Alternative form of fibery
fieri
fiery
fiery
adj
Burning or glowing.
Having the colour of fire.
Hot or inflamed.
Inflammable or easily ignited.
Of or relating to fire.
Spirited or filled with emotion.
Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
fifer
fifer
noun
One who plays on a fife.
filar
filar
adj
Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.
filer
filer
noun
(computing) A software program for managing files.
Agent noun of file; one who files something.
finer
finer
adj
comparative form of fine: more fine
noun
One who fines or purifies.
fiora
fiord
fiord
noun
(now chiefly New Zealand) Alternative spelling of fjord
fiore
firca
fired
fired
adj
(ceramics) Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
dismissed, let go from a job.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fire
firer
firer
noun
A person responsible for firing staff; a person who fires another.
A person who fires a weapon; a shooter.
A person who fires pottery.
A pyromaniac.
fires
fires
noun
plural of fire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fire
firma
firmr
firms
firms
noun
(obsolete, architecture) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.
plural of firm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of firm
firns
firns
noun
plural of firn
firry
firry
adj
Abounding in firs.
Made of fir wood.
first
first
adj
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
Of or belonging to a first family.
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
adv
(Hong Kong, nonstandard) Now.
Before anything else; firstly.
For the first time.
noun
(countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
(countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
(countable, baseball) first base
(countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
(in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
(obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.
(uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
firth
firth
noun
(chiefly Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”)
An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
fiver
fiver
noun
(Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
(colloquial) A clenched fist.
(religion) A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
(slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
(slang, by extension) The value in money that this represents.
A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
fixer
fixer
noun
(criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
(journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
(real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.