(comparable, chemistry) Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(⃑x)=A⃑x+⃑b (where A is a linear transformation and ⃑b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
noun
(anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage.
verb
To refine.
affing
baffin
baffin
Proper noun
A region of Nunavut
An island in Nunavut, Baffin Island.
Baffin Bay.
beefin
befind
befind
verb
(passive, obsolete) To be found; be.
(transitive, archaic) To find; discover.
(transitive, obsolete) To invent; contrive.
biffin
biffin
noun
A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.
Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk.
binful
binful
noun
Enough to fill a bin.
boffin
boffin
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal, by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person.
bonify
bonify
verb
(archaic, transitive) To convert into, or make, good.
bowfin
bowfin
noun
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
buffin
buffin
noun
(obsolete) A sort of coarse material.
caniff
coffin
coffin
noun
(archaic) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
(cartomancy) The eighth Lenormand card.
(obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
A storage container for nuclear waste.
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
verb
(transitive) To place in a coffin.
colfin
confit
confit
noun
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
verb
(transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
confix
confix
noun
(linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
(linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
verb
(obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
cuffin
cuffin
noun
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A man.
cuinfo
define
define
noun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
verb
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
(obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.)
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
To express the essential nature of something.
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
disfen
elfins
elfins
noun
plural of elfin
elfkin
elfkin
noun
A little elf.
enfief
enfile
enfile
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thread onto, or hang up on, a string or cord.
enfire
enfire
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To set on fire.
enfirm
enfoil
enfrai
enlief
enlife
entify
entify
verb
To make into an entity, attribute objective existence to.
fabian
fabian
adj
Alternative form of Fabian
fabien
fabrin
facing
facing
adj
(rail transport, of points and crossovers) Diverging in the direction of travel.
Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction)
noun
(metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
(military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
(military, usually in the plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
(sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
The most external portion of exterior siding.
verb
present participle of face
fading
fading
noun
(obsolete) An Irish dance.
(obsolete) The burden of a song.
The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
verb
present participle of fade.
fafnir
fafnir
Proper noun
a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar, who killed his father, transformed into a dragon, and was subsequently slain by Regin and Sigurd.
fagine
fagins
fagins
noun
plural of fagin
fainer
fainer
adv
comparative form of fain: more fain
fainly
fainly
adv
(archaic) fain; gladly; by choice or preference
faints
faints
noun
Alternative form of feints (“product of distillation”)
plural of faint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faint
fainty
fainty
adj
feeble; languid; inclined to faint
faisan
faison
faking
faking
verb
present participle of fake
faline
famine
famine
noun
(countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
(dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
Severe shortage or lack of something.
faming
faming
verb
present participle of fame
fancia
fancie
fancie
adj
Obsolete spelling of fancy
fangio
fanion
fanion
noun
A small flag used for marking positions, especially by soldiers and surveyors.
fannia
fannie
fannie
Proper noun
A diminutive of Frances, also used as a formal female given name.
fannin
farcin
farcin
noun
Obsolete form of farcy (“disease of horses”).
farina
farina
noun
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
farine
faring
faring
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of fairing (something edible; fare)
An adventure, trek, journey.
verb
present participle of fare
fating
fating
verb
(rare) present participle of fate
faunia
faunie
favian
favien
fawnia
faxing
faxing
verb
present participle of fax
fayina
faying
faying
verb
present participle of fay
fazing
fazing
verb
present participle of faze
feeing
feeing
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The hiring of servants for a fee
verb
present participle of fee
feigin
feigns
feigns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feign
feints
feints
noun
(alcohol production) The weak spirit produced at the end of distillation (the weak feints); sometimes also the impure spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (the strong feints), much impregnated with fusel oil.
plural of feint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feint
feline
feline
adj
Of or pertaining to cats.
catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
noun
(formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
(formal) Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae.
fendig
fenian
fenian
Noun
An Irish nationalist or republican.
A member of the Fenian Brotherhood or the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish republican organizations active in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A Catholic, especially one of Irish ethnicity or descent.
A supporter of Scottish association football club Celtic F.C.
fenite
fenite
noun
(mineralogy) A metasomatic rock often containing carbonatite intrusions
fennie
fennig
fenrir
fenrir
Proper noun
A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring; bit off Tyr's right hand, remains bound by the gods until the events of Ragnarok, where he will attack Odin.
A moon of Saturn.
ferine
ferine
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
ferino
ferkin
fermin
festin
feting
feting
verb
present participle of fete
feuing
feuing
verb
present participle of feu
fiance
fiance
noun
Alternative spelling of fiancé
verb
(obsolete) To betroth; to affiance.
fianna
fiants
fiants
noun
(obsolete) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.
fiaunt
fiaunt
noun
(obsolete) commission; fiat; order; decree
fibrin
fibrin
noun
A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood.
An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.
An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
verb
To apply fibrin sealant to a surgical site to either stop bleeding or for surgical flap closure.
ficino
ficins
fiends
fiends
noun
plural of fiend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fiend
fifine
fifing
fifing
verb
present participle of fife
figent
figent
adj
(obsolete) fidgety; restless.
figone
fijian
fiking
fiking
verb
present participle of fike
filing
filing
noun
Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
verb
present participle of file
filion
finale
finale
noun
(narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
finals
finals
noun
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
(aviation) Clipping of final approach.
plural of final
finary
finary
noun
(ironworking) Alternative form of finery
finbar
finbur
fincas
fincas
noun
plural of finca
findal
finder
finder
noun
A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
One who finds or discovers something.
findon
fineen
fineer
fineer
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To acquire goods fraudulently by having them specially made so as to be unsuitable for other customers, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.
(UK regional, botany, usually in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
(UK slang) A person.
(US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
(US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
(US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
(anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
(aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
(computing theory) A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
(cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
(figurative) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
(informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
(informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
(nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
(obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
(originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
(radio) Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
(vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
(zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
Something similar in shape to the human finger
Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
verb
(obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
(transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
(transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
(transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
(transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
finial
finial
noun
(architecture) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
(by extension) Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fencepost, newel post of a staircase etc.
finick
finick
verb
To display extreme daintiness or refinement.
To trifle.
finify
finify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make fine; to dress finically.
fining
fining
noun
(Cambridge University slang) The activity of fining in general, as part of a meal or drinking game; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to sconcing at Oxford University.
verb
present participle of fine
finish
finish
noun
(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
An end; the end of anything.
The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
verb
(intransitive) To come to an end.
(intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
(transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
(transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
(transitive) To complete (something).
(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
finist
finite
finite
adj
(grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
finity
finity
noun
(countable) Something which is limited in number or scope.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
finjan
finjan
noun
In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, held instead in a zarf.
finked
finked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fink
finkel
finlay
finlay
Proper noun
a spelling variant of Finley.
name transferred from the surname.
finlet
finlet
noun
(ichthyology) Small non-retractable fins, generally on the caudal peduncle between the last dorsal or anal fin and the caudal fin of some fishes. In some groups, such as tuna, finlets are rayless.
finley
finley
Proper noun
derived from the Gaelic name Fionnlagh meaning "fair warrior"; a variant of Finlay
name transferred from the surname.
A town in New South Wales, Australia.
A small city in North Dakota, USA, and the county seat of Steele County.
A in Washington.
A town/village in Wisconsin.
finnac
finnan
finnan
noun
Short for finnan haddie (“cold-smoked haddock”).
finned
finned
adj
Having fins, or a particular type of fins.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fin
finner
finner
noun
A finback whale.
finney
finnic
finnic
Noun
A subset of the family of Finno-Ugric languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, Ingrian, Veps, Karelian, Livonian, Meänkieli and Kven.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Finnic languages.
Finnish.
finnie
finnip
finnoc
finnoc
noun
Alternative spelling of finnock
finsen
finzer
fionna
fiorin
fiorin
noun
(botany) A species of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera}).
firing
firing
noun
(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
Cauterization.
The act of adding fuel to a fire.
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
The dismissal of someone from a job.
The fuel for a fire.
verb
present participle of fire
firkin
firkin
noun
(Britain) A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
(US) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc.
A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds.
firman
firman
noun
A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.