(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afterage
afterage
noun
An age occurring afterwards; a later era.
aftergas
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
draftage
draftage
noun
(Australia, historical) A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.
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.
drifting
drifting
adj
Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
Without direction, focus, or goal.
noun
(motorsports) A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.
That which drifts.
The act by which something drifts.
verb
present participle of drift
eggfruit
eggfruit
noun
A fruit, the canistel.
Another fruit, the lucmo.
engrafts
engrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
farragut
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.
fidgeter
fidgeter
noun
One who fidgets, especially habitually.
figeater
figeater
noun
Alternative form of fig-eater
fighters
fighters
noun
plural of fighter
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
figurist
figurist
noun
(Christianity, historical) A proponent of figurism.
One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagrate
flagrate
verb
(obsolete) To burn.
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
flirting
flirting
noun
A flirtation.
verb
present participle of flirt
flogster
flogster
noun
(slang, archaic) One who flogs or beats.
fogeater
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
footgear
footgear
noun
sturdy footwear
footgrip
foregate
foregate
noun
A main entrance or front gate.
foregift
foregift
noun
(law, chiefly Britain) A payment in advance; an advance payment or premium paid by a lessee on taking or renewing a lease, distinct from the rent.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
forgette
fragment
fragment
noun
(Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
verb
(intransitive) To break apart.
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
(transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
fragrant
fragrant
adj
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
frangent
frangent
adj
Causing fracture; breaking.
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fregatae
freights
freights
noun
plural of freight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight
frettage
fretting
fretting
noun
Action of the verb to fret.
verb
present participle of fret
frigates
frigates
noun
plural of frigate
frighted
frighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fright
frighten
frighten
verb
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
frighter
fringent
fringent
adj
Encircling like a fringe; bordering.
fritting
fritting
noun
The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.
verb
present participle of frit
frogfoot
froglets
froglets
noun
plural of froglet
frogwort
frontage
frontage
noun
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
The front part generally.
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
The land between a property and the street.
The length of a property along a street.
fronting
fronting
noun
(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
(slang) An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.
(syntax) The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).
verb
present participle of front
frosting
frosting
noun
(US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
A layer of frost.
The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.
verb
present participle of frost
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
frottage
frottage
noun
(countable, art) An image so made.
(uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.
(uncountable, sexology) The practice of rubbing parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
verb
(sexology) To rub parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
frotting
frotting
verb
present participle of frot
fruitage
fruitage
noun
Fruit, collectively.
Product or result of any action, effect, good, or ill.
fruiting
fruiting
noun
(countable) A fruiting body.
(uncountable) The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification.
(uncountable, aviation) The occurrence of FRUIT (false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time).
verb
present participle of fruit
gentrify
gentrify
verb
(transitive) To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
graffiti
graffiti
noun
(archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
(chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
verb
(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.
graffito
graffito
noun
(archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
(rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
graftage
graftage
noun
The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.
graftdom
grafters
grafters
noun
plural of grafter
grafting
grafting
noun
(carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
(nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
(surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
verb
present participle of graft
grateful
grateful
adj
(obsolete) Pleasing, welcome.
Appreciative; thankful.
griffith
griffith
Proper noun
name used in Wales, Anglicized from
grifters
grifters
noun
plural of grifter
grifting
grifting
verb
present participle and gerund of grift
gruffest
gruffest
adj
superlative form of gruff: most gruff
gulfport
guttifer
guttifer
noun
(botany) A plant that exudes gum or resin.
ingrafts
ingrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft
isograft
isograft
noun
A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically identical individuals (i.e. monozygotic twins).
koftgari
koftgari
noun
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
misgraft
misgraft
verb
To graft wrongly.
prefight
prefight
adj
Occurring before a fight.
refights
refights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refight
reforget
refought
refought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of refight
refuting
refuting
verb
present participle of refute
regrafts
regrafts
noun
plural of regraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regraft
rightful
rightful
adj
By right; by law.
spitfrog
strafing
strafing
noun
The act of one who strafes.
verb
present participle of strafe
telegraf
trifling
trifling
adj
(African-American Vernacular) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
Idle or frivolous.
Trivial, or of little importance.
noun
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
verb
present participle of trifle
unforget
unforget
verb
(transitive, informal) To not forget; also, to remember again after forgetting.
unforgot
unforgot
adj
Archaic form of unforgotten.
verb
simple past tense of unforget
zoograft
zoograft
noun
A surgical graft of tissue from an animal to a human.