(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
afluking
alguifou
amafingo
aquifuge
aquifuge
noun
(geology) An aquiclude.
argufied
argufied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argufy
argufier
argufier
noun
One who argufies.
argufies
argufies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy
axifugal
axifugal
adj
(archaic) Centrifugal. [from 18th c.]
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bifanged
bifanged
adj
Having two fangs.
brainfag
caffling
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
caprifig
caprifig
noun
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
daffling
defacing
defacing
noun
defacement
verb
present participle of deface
defaming
defaming
noun
defamation
verb
present participle of defame
degasify
degasify
verb
(transitive) To liquefy; to change (a gas) back to liquid form.
(transitive) To remove gas from.
drafting
drafting
noun
A method of preparing fibers for weaving.
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
verb
present participle of draft
driftage
driftage
noun
Anything that drifts.
Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
dwarfing
dwarfing
noun
The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.
verb
present participle of dwarf
effacing
effacing
verb
present participle of efface
effigial
effigial
adj
Relating to an effigy.
enfacing
enfacing
verb
present participle of enface
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fackings
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
fagoting
fagoting
noun
A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches.
The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads.
verb
present participle of fagot
failings
failings
noun
plural of failing
fainting
fainting
noun
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
verb
present participle of faint
fairgoer
fairgoer
noun
A person who is attending a fair.
fairings
fairings
noun
plural of fairing
fairling
fairling
noun
(archaic) A fairing; a present brought from a fair.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fallings
fallings
noun
plural of falling
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fannings
fannings
noun
plural of fanning
fantigue
fantigue
noun
(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.
fargoing
fargoing
adj
Having significant implications or repercussions.
farleigh
farmings
farmings
noun
plural of farming
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fastigia
fastigia
noun
plural of fastigium
fastings
fastings
noun
plural of fasting
fatigate
fatigate
adj
(obsolete) Wearied; tired; fatigued.
verb
(obsolete) To weary; to tire; to fatigue.
fatigued
fatigued
adj
Tired; weary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fatigue
fatigues
fatigues
noun
(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
plural of fatigue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
favoring
favoring
verb
present participle of favor
feasting
feasting
noun
A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
verb
present participle of feast
feazings
feazings
noun
(nautical) The unlaid or ragged end of a rope.
ferriage
ferriage
noun
(countable) The fee paid for a ferry ride.
(uncountable) Transportation by ferry.
fiancing
fiancing
verb
present participle of fiance
figeater
figeater
noun
Alternative form of fig-eater
figueroa
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
figurant
figurant
noun
An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
figurate
figurate
adj
(music) Florid.
Forming a figure.
verb
To shape; to give a figure.
figurato
figurial
figurial
adj
Represented by figure or delineation.
filagree
filagree
noun
Alternative form of filigree
filigera
finagled
finagled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finagle
finagler
finagler
noun
A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
finagles
finagles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle
finnegan
finnegan
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
finnigan
firefang
firefang
verb
Alternative form of fire-fang
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
fjarding
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flagarie
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggier
flaggier
adj
comparative form of flaggy: more flaggy
flaggily
flaggily
adv
In a flaggy manner.
flagging
flagging
adj
Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling.
noun
(television) The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
The process by which something flags or tires.
Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
verb
present participle of flag
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flaglike
flaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flailing
flailing
noun
A flailing action or motion.
verb
present participle of flail
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flamming
flamming
verb
present participle of flam
flanging
flanging
noun
(architecture) A flange.
(music) A time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
flanigan
flanking
flanking
verb
present participle of flank
flanning
flanning
noun
(architecture) The internal flare of a window jamb, or of a fireplace; an embrasure; coving.
verb
present participle of flan
flapping
flapping
adj
that flaps or flap
noun
(computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
(phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
(uncountable) The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
An instance where one flaps.
verb
present participle of flap
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
floriage
floriage
noun
(obsolete) bloom; blossom
fluigram
fluigram
noun
(archaic, medicine) A cubic centimetre.
foliaged
foliaged
adj
Having foliage, or in compounds, a defined type of foliage.
foliages
foliages
noun
plural of foliage
foraging
foraging
noun
The act of searching for food.
verb
present participle of forage
foraying
foraying
verb
present participle of foray
fowliang
fragaria
fragging
fragging
noun
(US, military, slang) The pre-meditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.
verb
present participle of frag
fraising
fraising
verb
present participle of fraise
framings
framings
noun
plural of framing
franking
franking
noun
(Australia, finance, uncountable) A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution.
(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
verb
present participle of frank
frapping
frapping
noun
(nautical, usually in the plural) Rope lashed tightly over the rigging or other area.