(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
afterform
aftermost
aftermost
adj
(nautical) Nearest the stern of a vessel.
(obsolete) Most recent.
adv
(obsolete) At the very back.
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
aveniform
aveniform
adj
Having the appearance of oats.
bloomfell
bromfield
bromfield
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
caeciform
camouflet
camouflet
noun
(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
celliform
celliform
adj
Having the form of a cell; cellular
celtiform
cheliform
cheliform
adj
Having the form of a chela
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
coenflame
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
coffeeman
coffeeman
noun
(dated) A man who keeps a coffeehouse; the owner of a coffeehouse.
A person who makes coffee in an establishment, or on a ship etc.
cofferdam
cofferdam
noun
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.
(nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.
comfiness
comfiness
noun
(informal) comfortableness
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
confirmed
confirmed
adj
(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
(formal) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
verified or ratified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confirm
confirmee
confirmee
noun
A person who is confirmed via religious rite.
One to whom anything is confirmed.
confirmer
confirmer
noun
One who confirms something
conformed
conformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conform
conformer
conformer
noun
(biochemistry) A particular folded state or conformation of a protein, especially an abnormal conformation of a prion
(chemistry) Any of a set of stereoisomers characterised by a conformation that corresponds to a distinct potential energy minimum.
(religion) A Conformist.
A person who conforms; a conformist.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
cuneiform
cuneiform
adj
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
noun
(anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
defoamers
defoamers
noun
plural of defoamer
defoaming
defoaming
verb
present participle of defoam
deformers
deformers
noun
plural of deformer
deforming
deforming
verb
present participle of deform
deformism
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
difformed
doorframe
doorframe
noun
The frame into which a door is fitted.
dufferdom
dufferdom
noun
The realm or sphere of duffers.
elmendorf
eruciform
eruciform
adj
Shaped like a caterpillar.
esociform
fadmonger
fadmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who peddles fads or trends.
fagerholm
farmhouse
farmhouse
noun
(traditionally and archetypally) A farmer's residence.
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.
fathomage
fathomage
noun
(mining) The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fellowmen
fellowmen
noun
plural of fellowman
fennimore
feoffment
feoffment
noun
(law) The grant of a feud or fee.
(law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
(obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
fermentor
fermentor
noun
The vessel in which fermentation takes place
fermorite
fermorite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.
fetometry
fetometry
noun
The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination
feulamort
filmgoers
filmgoers
noun
plural of filmgoer
filoplume
filoplume
noun
(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
firebombs
firebombs
noun
plural of firebomb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of firebomb
firerooms
firerooms
noun
plural of fireroom
firestorm
firestorm
noun
(figurative) An intense or violent altercation.
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
fireworms
fireworms
noun
plural of fireworm
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.
flamencos
flamencos
noun
plural of flamenco
flameouts
flameouts
noun
plural of flameout
flammeous
flammeous
adj
Having the color of fire or flame.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery.
flebotomy
floatsmen
floodtime
floodtime
noun
A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.
flowmeter
flowmeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
fluminose
flummoxed
flummoxed
adj
Confused, perplexed or flustered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flummox
flummoxes
flummoxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flummox
foaminess
foaminess
noun
The state or quality of being foamy.
focimeter
focimeter
noun
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometer
focometer
noun
Alternative form of focimeter
focometry
foeffment
foetalism
foetalism
noun
Alternative form of fetalism
fogramite
folcgemot
folkmoter
folkmotes
folkmotes
noun
plural of folkmote
fomenters
fomenters
noun
plural of fomenter
fomenting
fomenting
verb
present participle of foment
footmaker
forcemeat
forcemeat
noun
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
forcement
forcement
noun
(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
forearmed
forearmed
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of forearm.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forearm
forebooms
forebooms
noun
plural of foreboom
foredooms
foredooms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foredoom
foregleam
foregleam
noun
A gleam or glimpse of the future; foreglimpse.
forelimbs
forelimbs
noun
plural of forelimb
foremarch
foremasts
foremasts
noun
plural of foremast
foremeant
foremeant
adj
(obsolete) Intended beforehand; premeditated.
foremilks
foremilks
noun
plural of foremilk
forenamed
forenamed
adj
previously named; aforementioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forename
forenames
forenames
noun
plural of forename
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forename
foretimed
foretimes
foretimes
noun
plural of foretime
forewoman
forewoman
noun
(law) A female foreman of a jury.
(management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman).
forewomen
forewomen
noun
plural of forewoman
formalise
formalise
verb
Alternative spelling of formalize
formalize
formalize
verb
To act with formality.
To give something a definite form; to shape.
To give something a formal or official standing.
formamide
formamide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide of formic acid HCO-NH₂ or any N-substituted derivative; they are used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
formatted
formatted
adj
(computing, of a storage medium) That has been physically arranged to be in a state ready for the storage of data
That has been given a definite format
verb
simple past tense and past participle of format
formatter
formatter
noun
One who or that which formats.
formature
formfeeds
formfeeds
noun
plural of formfeed
formicate
formicate
adj
ant-like
verb
To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
To move like ants.
formicide
formicide
noun
A substance that kills ants
The killing of ants
formicine
formicine
adj
Of, or pertaining to the subfamily Formicinae of ants.
noun
Any ant of the subfamily Formicinae.
forminate
formolite
formoxime
formulate
formulate
verb
(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
formulise
formulise
verb
Alternative form of formulize
formulize
formulize
verb
(transitive) To formulate.
(transitive) To reduce to a formula.
formylate
formylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a formyl group into a molecule
forthcame
forthcame
verb
simple past tense of forthcome
forthcome
forthcome
noun
(obsolete) A coming forth.
verb
To come forth.
foursomes
foursomes
noun
plural of foursome
foveiform
foveiform
adj
Resembling a fovea.
framboise
framboise
noun
Raspberry liqueur.
frametown
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
freemason
freemason
noun
A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.
freewoman
freewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
freewomen
freewomen
noun
plural of freewoman
fremontia
fremontia
noun
Synonym of flannelbush (“any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron”)
froemming
fromental
fromentin
frothsome
fulsomely
fulsomely
adv
In a fulsome manner
fumaroles
fumaroles
noun
plural of fumarole
galeiform
galeiform
adj
Having the shape of a galea.
gelfomino
gemmiform
germproof
germproof
adj
Resistant to germs.
gumflower
homecraft
homecraft
noun
(countable) A homemade handicraft.
(uncountable) The art of homemaking.
homecroft
homefarer
homefolks
hyeniform
hyperform
informers
informers
noun
plural of informer
leafworms
leafworms
noun
plural of leafworm
leitmotif
leitmotif
noun
(by extension) A recurring theme.
(music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.