(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.
buffon
buffon
noun
Synonym of buffont
cofane
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
confab
confab
noun
(informal) Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).
verb
(intransitive, informal) Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”).
confed
confer
confer
verb
(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
(obsolete) To compare.
(obsolete) To contribute; to conduce.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
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
cuinfo
elfont
enfoil
enfold
enfold
verb
Alternative form of infold
enfork
enform
enform
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To form; to fashion.
enfort
enfoul
fabron
faison
falcon
falcon
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
(historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
verb
To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
fallon
fandom
fandom
noun
The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
The state, quality, or condition of being a fan.
The subculture of fans.
fangio
fangot
fangot
noun
A quantity of wares, such as raw silk, of approximately one to three hundredweights.
fanion
fanion
noun
A small flag used for marking positions, especially by soldiers and surveyors.
fannon
fanons
fanons
noun
plural of fanon
fanout
fanout
noun
(computing, electronics) The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.
fantod
fantod
noun
(chiefly in the plural, dated) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
An irritable outburst.
fantom
fantom
adj
Archaic form of phantom.
faraon
farron
farson
fasano
fellon
felons
felons
noun
plural of felon
felony
felony
noun
(US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.
felton
fenton
fenton
Proper noun
A town in Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries.
ferino
ferron
feston
ficino
figone
filion
findon
finnoc
finnoc
noun
Alternative spelling of finnock
fionna
fiorin
fiorin
noun
(botany) A species of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera}).
fitton
fixion
flacon
flacon
noun
A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume.
flagon
flagon
noun
(archaic) A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.
A flagon and its contents; as much as fills such a vessel.
A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion.
The amount that such a bottle holds, about 1.13 litres.
flongs
flongs
noun
plural of flong
floran
floran
noun
(mining) tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone
(mining) tin ore stamped very fine
florin
florin
noun
A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
foehns
foehns
noun
plural of foehn
foeman
foeman
noun
(archaic) An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon
foemen
foemen
noun
plural of foeman
fogman
fogman
noun
(rail transport, historical) A railwayman who placed fog signals (detonators) on the track at distant signals during thick fogs (and falling snow) to warn train drivers.
fogmen
fogmen
noun
plural of fogman
foined
foined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foin
foison
foison
noun
(archaic) An abundance, a rich supply of.
(archaic) Harvest.
(chiefly Scotland) Strength, power.
fokine
folden
folden
verb
(obsolete) past participle of fold
foment
foment
noun
Fomentation.
verb
(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
fondak
fondea
fonded
fonded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fond
fonder
fonder
adj
comparative form of fond: more fond
fondle
fondle
verb
To grasp.
To touch or stroke lovingly.
fondly
fondly
adv
(dated) Foolishly.
In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
fondon
fondon
noun
A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.
fondue
fondue
noun
A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
verb
To prepare or serve as a fondue.
fonduk
fonduk
noun
A North African or Arabian inn or hotel.
fondus
fondus
noun
plural of fondu
fonsie
fontal
fontal
adj
Of or relating to a font (used in baptisms).
Of, relating to, or being a source for something.
Of, relating to, or from a spring or fountain.
fonted
fonted
adj
(in combination) In a particular typographical font.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of font
fontes
fonzie
fooner
forane
forgan
forgan
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A ghost hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
forint
forint
noun
The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
forman
formin
formin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament
fornax
forney
fornix
fornix
noun
(neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
fornof
forsan
fortin
fortin
noun
(obsolete) A little fort; a fortlet.
fortna
foshan
foshan
Proper noun
A large sub-provincial city in the south-east of China, in the province of Guangdong.
fotina
founce
founds
founds
noun
plural of found
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of found
founte
founts
founts
noun
plural of fount
fovent
fowent
foxing
foxing
noun
(printing) The discoloration of printed material with brown marks.
A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
Crafty or wily behavior.
verb
present participle of fox
foxton
foysen
franco
franco
noun
(historical) The currency issued between 1805 and 1808 of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy.
Alternative letter-case form of Franco.
franko
fresno
friona
frison
frodin
frohna
frohne
frokin
fronda
fronde
fronds
fronds
noun
plural of frond
fronia
fronts
fronts
noun
plural of front
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of front
fronya
froren
frowns
frowns
noun
plural of frown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frown
frowny
frowny
adj
(informal or childish) Frowning.
She made a frowny face.
noun
Short for frowny face.
frozen
frozen
adj
(grammar) Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
(of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
Immobilized.
verb
past participle of freeze
fulton
fulton
Proper noun
A town in Alabama.
A town/city in Arkansas.
A in California.
A city in Illinois.
A town and county in Indiana.
A city in Kansas.
A city and county in Kentucky.
A in Maryland.
A city and county seat in Mississippi.
A city in Missouri, and county seat of Callaway County.
A city, a town and a county in New York.
A village in Ohio.
A town in South Dakota.
A town in Texas.
A town in Wisconsin.
funori
funori
noun
A kind of glue produced from agar.
furoin
furoin
noun
(organic chemistry) The heterocyclic hydroxy-ketone 1,2-bis(2-furyl)-2-hydroxy-ethanone, analogous to benzoin
fusion
fusion
noun
(cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
(fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
(genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
(music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae.
(physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
verb
(nonstandard) to combine; to fuse
futons
futons
noun
plural of futon
ganofs
gdinfo
gonefs
gonefs
noun
plural of gonef
goniff
gonifs
gonifs
noun
plural of gonif
gonofs
gonofs
noun
plural of gonof
guinfo
halfon
infeof
inflow
inflow
noun
(figurative) Influence from outside.
Anything which flows in or into
The act or process of flowing in or into
verb
To flow in.
infold
infold
verb
(transitive) To clasp with the arms; embrace.
(transitive) To fold inwards.
(transitive) To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop.
inform
inform
adj
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
(archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
(intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
(obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
To act as an informer; denounce.
konfyt
konfyt
noun
(South Africa) A South African jam or fruit preserve.