(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
africana
africans
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
bulfinch
caffeina
caffeine
caffeine
noun
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
caffeins
caffeins
noun
plural of caffein
caffling
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chenfish
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chuffing
chuffing
adj
(England, slang) Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".
noun
A noisy puffing sound, as of a steam locomotive.
verb
present participle of chuff
cinefilm
cinefilm
noun
(countable) A film recorded on this medium.
(countable, uncountable) Any of various obsolete film formats, including 8 mm, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, and Super 8, formerly much used for making home movies to be viewed on a projector.
verb
(transitive) To record onto cinefilm.
cinofoil
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
cliffing
cliffing
noun
The formation of cliffs.
coffined
coffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffin
coffling
coffling
verb
present participle of coffle
coiffing
coiffing
verb
present participle of coiffe, an alternative spelling of coif
coinfers
confetti
confetti
noun
(rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
verb
(transitive) To scatter with confetti.
confided
confided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confide
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confides
confides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide
confined
confined
adj
In childbed.
Limited; narrow; restricted.
Not free to move.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confine
confiner
confiner
noun
A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
confines
confines
noun
Elements that restrain someone.
The borders or limits of an area.
The scope or range of a subject.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine
confirms
confirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confirm
confixed
confixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confix
conflict
conflict
noun
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
verb
(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
confriar
conifers
conifers
noun
plural of conifer
coniform
coniform
adj
Having the form of a cone
cornific
cornific
adj
Producing horns; forming horn.
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
craftint
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
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cuniform
cuniform
noun
Alternative spelling of cuneiform
defacing
defacing
noun
defacement
verb
present participle of deface
defiance
defiance
noun
A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power.
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
effacing
effacing
verb
present participle of efface
encoffin
encoffin
verb
(transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
enfacing
enfacing
verb
present participle of enface
enfatico
enfierce
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
faciends
faciends
noun
plural of faciend
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fackings
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
faiences
faiences
noun
plural of faience
failance
failance
noun
(obsolete) fault; failure; omission
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
faliscan
faliscan
Noun
A member of an ancient Italic people who lived in southern Etruria
Proper noun
The language (related to Latin) of these people
fanatico
fanatics
fanatics
noun
plural of fanatic
fancical
fanciers
fanciers
noun
plural of fancier
fanciest
fanciest
adj
superlative form of fancy: most fancy
fanciful
fanciful
adj
Imaginative or fantastic.
Unreal or imagined.
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
fascines
fascines
noun
plural of fascine
fellinic
fellinic
adj
Of, relating to, or derived from bile or gall.
feminacy
feminacy
noun
(archaic) effeminacy
fencible
fencible
adj
Capable of being defended
noun
A militia unit raised for homeland defense.
A soldier in such a unit.
fencings
fencings
noun
plural of fencing
fernsick
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
fiancees
fiancees
noun
plural of fiancee
fiancing
fiancing
verb
present participle of fiance
fichtean
fictions
fictions
noun
plural of fiction
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
financed
financed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finance
financer
financer
noun
(finance) An entity that provides financing
finances
finances
noun
funds or other financial resources
plural of finance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finance
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
finchley
finecomb
finicism
finickin
finickin
adj
Alternative form of finikin
finnicky
finnicky
adj
Alternative form of finicky
finochio
finochio
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio
fippence
fippence
noun
(Britain, informal, dated) fivepence
firmance
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
flection
flection
noun
Alternative spelling of flexion
fleecing
fleecing
noun
A confidence trick.
verb
present participle of fleece
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flinched
flinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flinch
flincher
flincher
noun
One who flinches.
flinches
flinches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch
flitchen
floccing
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
florican
florican
noun
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
floricin
flywinch
focusing
focusing
adj
Pertaining to the direction of attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or purpose over time.
Used for or pertaining to focusing.
noun
The action of the verb to focus.
verb
present participle of focus.
folacins
folacins
noun
plural of folacin
forensic
forensic
adj
(archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.
(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law.
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
forinsec
forinsec
adj
(obsolete) Describing the service owed to the superior of one's feudal lord.
formenic
formican
formican
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
fornacic
fornacis
fornical
fornical
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix
fornices
fornices
noun
plural of fornix
fraction
fraction
noun
(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternately, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
(chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
A small amount.
verb
To divide or break into fractions.
fradicin
francaix
francine
francisc
francium
francium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.
francize
francois
frenetic
frenetic
adj
(obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
(obsolete, medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
noun
One who is frenetic.
fricando
fricando
noun
Archaic form of fricandeau.
friction
friction
noun
(China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
(figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
(medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
fucation
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fucinita
fucoidin
fucoidin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of fucosan sulfates present in brown algae of the genus Fucus.
fulicine
fulicine
adj
(ornithology, rare) Of, or pertaining to coots.
fulminic
fulminic
adj
Of or pertaining to fulminic acid or its derivatives
function
function
noun
(anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
A professional or official position.
A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
An official or social occasion.
Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
What something does or is used for.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
(intransitive) To have a function.
funicles
funicles
noun
plural of funicle
funicule
funiculi
funiculi
noun
plural of funiculus
furicane
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
incoffin
infarcts
infarcts
noun
plural of infarct
infected
infected
adj
Having an infection.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infect
infecter
infecter
noun
One who, or that which, infects.
infector
infector
noun
Something that infects; that which causes infection.