An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
verb
to take a ferrotype photograph
ferryboat
ferryboat
noun
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
fertilely
fertilely
adv
In a fertile manner.
fertility
fertility
noun
(countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
The average number of births per woman within a population.
fervently
fervently
adv
In a fervent manner.
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
festively
festively
adv
In a festive manner
festivity
festivity
noun
(often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
festology
festology
noun
A form of martyrology that lists the feast days.
fetometry
fetometry
noun
The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination
feudality
feudality
noun
The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.
feudatary
feudatary
adj
Alternative form of feudatory
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
feynesses
feynesses
noun
plural of feyness
fibrocyst
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrosity
fibrosity
noun
The quality of being fibrous.
fibrously
fibrously
adv
In a fibrous manner
fictility
fictility
noun
The quality of being fictile.
fictively
fictively
adv
In a fictive manner.
fidgetily
fidgetily
adv
In a fidgety manner.
fiduciary
fiduciary
adj
(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
(nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
noun
(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
fiftyfold
fiftyfold
adj
By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of fifty.
figurally
figurally
adv
in a figural manner
figuredly
filiality
filiality
noun
The quality of being filial.
fillingly
fillingly
adv
(rare) In a manner that fills.
finically
finically
adv
In a finical manner.
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
finlayson
fireclays
fireclays
noun
plural of fireclay
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
fiscalify
fiscality
fiscality
noun
All matters concerning taxation
fishberry
fishberry
noun
The poisonous fruit of Anamirta cocculus.
fisherboy
fisherboy
noun
A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
fishingly
fishingly
adv
In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.
fishyback
fissility
fissility
noun
(geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.
The quality of being fissile (in any sense).
fittingly
fittingly
adv
In a fitting manner
fittyfied
fittyways
fittywise
fivepenny
fivepenny
adj
(dated) Costing fivepence.
fizelyite
flaccidly
flaccidly
adv
In a flaccid manner
flagrancy
flagrancy
noun
The condition of being flagrant.
flamboyer
flamboyer
noun
(archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.
flamingly
flamingly
adv
In a flaming way; extremely obviously; outrageously.
With, or as if with, fire or flames.
flammably
flammably
adv
In a flammable manner.
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flannelly
flannelly
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flannel material.
flaringly
flaringly
adv
In a flaring manner.
flauntily
flauntily
adv
In a flaunty manner.
flayflint
flebotomy
flerrying
fleshlily
fleshlily
adv
In a fleshly or carnal manner.
fleuretty
fleuretty
adj
Alternative form of floretty
flexility
flexility
noun
The quality or degree of being flexile.
flightily
flightily
adv
In a flighty manner.
flippancy
flippancy
noun
A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
floodways
floodways
noun
plural of floodway
floridity
floridity
noun
(countable) Something florid.
(uncountable) The property of being florid.
floristry
floristry
noun
Production, commerce and trade in flowers.
The art of flower arrangement.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
flowerfly
flowerfly
noun
Alternative spelling of flower-fly
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
floyddale
fluidally
fluidally
adv
In a fluidal manner.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
flunkyism
flunkyism
noun
The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
flunkyite
flunkyize
fluorenyl
fluorenyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A radical or cation derived from fluorene
flurrying
flurrying
noun
A brief blast or shower, as of snow.
verb
present participle of flurry
fluxility
fluxility
noun
(obsolete) The state of being fluxible.
flycaster
flyflower
flyleaves
flypapers
flypapers
noun
plural of flypaper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flypaper
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flywheels
flywheels
noun
plural of flywheel
foamingly
foamingly
adv
With foam.
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometry
fogramity
foiningly
foliosity
foliosity
noun
(rare) The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness.
foliously
foolhardy
foolhardy
adj
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
noun
A person who is foolhardy.
foolishly
foolishly
adv
In a foolish manner.
Without good judgment.
footingly
footmanry
footmanry
noun
(dated) The realm or sphere of footmen; footmen collectively.
footweary
foppishly
foppishly
adv
In a foppish way.
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
foreignly
foreignly
adv
In a foreign manner.
foreplays
foreplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreplay
foreroyal
forestays
forestays
noun
plural of forestay
forestery
forestudy
forestudy
noun
Anything studied or requiring study beforehand; a prerequisite.
verb
(transitive, rare) To study beforehand or in advance.
foreyards
foreyards
noun
plural of foreyard
forlornly
forlornly
adv
In a forlorn manner.
formality
formality
noun
(countable) A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.
(uncountable) The state of being formal.
A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
Something said or done as a matter of form.
formicary
formicary
noun
An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
formosity
formulary
formulary
adj
Stated; prescribed; ritual.
noun
(healthcare) A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient.
A collection of formulas in sciences and mathematics.
A list of formulas; a collection of set forms to be followed, especially in religious belief.
A pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
An ancient or medieval collection of models for official writings.
formylate
formylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a formyl group into a molecule
forsythia
forsythia
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
fortyfive
fortyfold
fortyfold
adj
By a multiple of forty; by forty times as much or as many.
adv
By a factor of forty.
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
fossilify
fossilify
verb
(dated) To fossilize
fossilogy
fossilogy
noun
(archaic) The science or study of fossils.
foujdarry
foujdarry
noun
Obsolete form of faujdari.
fourpenny
fourpenny
adj
(dated) Costing fourpence.
noun
A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
fragilely
fragilely
adv
In a fragile way or manner.
fragility
fragility
noun
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
fragrancy
fragrancy
noun
fragrance
fraidycat
francklyn
frankclay
franticly
franticly
adv
(rare) In a frantic manner.
fratchety
fratchety
adj
(UK, dialect) argumentative
fratority
fratority
noun
(US) A social organization of students at a college or university, like a fraternity or sorority but accepting members of both sexes.
frayproof
frayproof
adj
Resistant to fraying.
freebooty
freebooty
noun
(obsolete) freebootery
freestyle
freestyle
noun
(by extension, attributive) Anything done in an improvised or unrestricted way.
(music) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.
(music) Ellipsis of Latin freestyle, a form of electronic dance music.
(skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
(skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
(swimming) A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
(wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
verb
(intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.
(intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
frenchify
frenchify
verb
(intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
(transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way.
(transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
frenchily
frenzying
frenzying
verb
present participle of frenzy
frequency
frequency
noun
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
(uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
fretfully
fretfully
adv
In a fretful manner.
freyalite
fribblery
frigidity
frigidity
noun
Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
frigorify
frivolity
frivolity
noun
frivolous act
state of being frivolous
frolickly
frontally
frontally
adv
In a frontal manner
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
frowardly
frowardly
adv
in a froward manner
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
fructuary
fructuary
noun
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.