(ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld.
One who enforces.
The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
enforces
enforces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enforce
enforest
enforest
verb
(transitive) To turn into a forest.
enfurrow
ensiform
ensiform
adj
shaped like a sword blade
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
errorful
errorful
adj
(archaic) Full of error; wrong.
(sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
fabledom
fabledom
noun
(qualified by the name of a subculture) The legends of a particular subculture.
All fables, collectively, and the worlds depicted in them.
Cultural beliefs that are not grounded in fact.
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
factored
factored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factor
faeroese
faggoted
faggoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faggot
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
fairgoer
fairgoer
noun
A person who is attending a fair.
fairhope
fairsome
fairsome
adj
Characterised by fairness or beauty; characteristically fair; attractive
falconer
falconer
noun
A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
falcones
falconet
falconet
noun
(military, historical) A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
A small or young falcon.
Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
falderol
fallowed
fallowed
adj
Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fallow
falsetto
falsetto
noun
(music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
verb
To sing or utter in falsetto.
famechon
fanhouse
fanioned
farinose
farinose
adj
(botany, zoology) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, like the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy
Yielding or related to farina
farnesol
farnesol
noun
(organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene alcohol that is present in many essential oils and is involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol
faroeish
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
farrowed
farrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farrow
fasciole
fasciole
noun
(zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
fathomer
fathomer
noun
One who fathoms.
faveolus
faveolus
noun
A small pit or cavity, resembling a cell of a honeycomb
faverole
favorers
favorers
noun
plural of favorer
favoress
favorite
favorite
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
favosely
favosely
adv
In a favose manner.
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
favoured
favoured
adj
(dated) Wearing a favour.
(in combination) Having a certain appearance or physical features.
Treated or regarded with partiality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favour
favourer
favourer
noun
Alternative form of favorer
fconvert
fearsome
fearsome
adj
(rare or archaic) fearful, frightened
frightening, especially in appearance.
feateous
feateous
adj
(obsolete) dexterous; neat
fecaloid
fecaloid
adj
Resembling excrement or faeces.
fecifork
federico
feedhole
feedhole
noun
(engineering) A hole through or into which something is fed.
Any of the holes in punched paper that engage with the sprocket in a machine.
feedlots
feedlots
noun
plural of feedlot
feingold
felapton
feliform
feliform
adj
Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.
noun
Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
fellatio
fellatio
noun
(sex) The stimulation of the penis (or testicles) using the mouth.
fellator
fellator
noun
(sexuality) One who performs fellatio.
fellowed
fellowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellow
fellowly
fellowly
adj
Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic.
adv
In a fellowly manner.
feloness
feloness
noun
(rare) A female felon.
felonies
felonies
noun
plural of felony
felonous
felonous
adj
(obsolete) Evil, wicked.
felstone
felstone
noun
(mineralogy) Felsite.
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
feltwort
feltwort
noun
mullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.)
felworts
felworts
noun
plural of felwort
fencerow
fencerow
noun
The land adjacent to a fence
fenchone
fenchone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel
fenelton
fennoman
fennoman
Noun
A member or supporter of a nationalist political movement in 19th-century Finland that wanted to raise Finnish to the national language of the country.
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
fenurons
feoffees
feoffees
noun
plural of feoffee
feoffers
feoffers
noun
plural of feoffer
feoffing
feoffing
verb
present participle of feoff
feoffors
feoffors
noun
plural of feoffor
feramorz
feretory
feretory
noun
A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
An area of a church where relics are kept.
ferforth
ferforth
Adverb
far forth
ferguson
ferguson
Proper noun
originating in Scotland from Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
A common place name
fermions
fermions
noun
plural of fermion
fernando
fernando
Proper noun
name of Spanish origin. Diminutive: Nando
fernwood
fernwort
ferocity
ferocity
noun
The condition of being ferocious.
ferreiro
ferreous
ferreous
adj
Containing or resembling iron.
ferretto
ferretto
noun
copper sulphide, used to colour glass.
ferrigno
fervidor
fervours
fervours
noun
plural of fervour
festoons
festoons
noun
plural of festoon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of festoon
festoony
festoony
adj
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
fetation
fetation
noun
The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
fetlocks
fetlocks
noun
plural of fetlock
fetology
fetology
noun
The scientific study of fetuses.
feverous
feverous
adj
(rare) having a tendency to produce fever
affected with fever or ague
having the nature of fever
fiascoes
fiberous
fiberous
adj
Misspelling of fibrous.
fibroses
fibroses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fibrose
ficoides
fiefdoms
fiefdoms
noun
plural of fiefdom
fieldton
figueroa
filberto
filioque
filioque
noun
(theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (“and the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
fillemot
fillmore
filmgoer
filmgoer
noun
(chiefly Britain) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filmogen
filomena
filosofe
finecomb
finnesko
finnesko
noun
A thermal boot made from reindeer skin and fur.
fiorello
fiorenza
fiorenze
fioretti
fireboat
fireboat
noun
A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
firebolt
firebolt
noun
A missile of fire.
verb
(transitive, rare) To strike with a firebolt.
firebomb
firebomb
noun
A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
verb
(transitive) To attack with a firebomb.
fireboot
firebote
firebote
noun
(law, obsolete, UK) An allowance of fuel.
firecoat
firedogs
firedogs
noun
plural of firedog
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
fireplow
fireroom
fireroom
noun
(nautical) stokehold
firestop
firestop
noun
(construction) A fire block.
(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
firewood
firewood
noun
Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
firework
firework
noun
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
fireworm
fireworm
noun
The bearded fireworm, Chloeia flava, a species of polychaete, in family Amphinomidae, which may cause pain if touched.
The larva of a small tortricid moth that feeds on cranberry leaves, giving the plant a burnt look; the cranberry worm.
The larva of any of several tortricid moths (family Tortricidae).
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fistnote
fistnote
noun
A printed note (as in a book) preceded by a symbol in the shape of a fist with pointed index finger.
fivefold
fivefold
adj
In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
adv
By a factor of five.
fivesome
fivesome
adj
(archaic) By fives; with five
noun
A group of five people or things.
An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
flagonet
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
flamenco
flamenco
noun
(countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
verb
(intransitive) To dance flamenco.
flameout
flameout
noun
(figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flatnose
flatnose
adj
(zoology) Designating various organisms that have a flat nose.
flavedos
flavedos
noun
plural of flavedo
flavones
flavones
noun
plural of flavone
flavored
flavored
adj
US standard spelling of flavoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavor
flavorer
flavorer
noun
One who or that which flavors.
fleadock
fleawood
fleawort
fleawort
noun
A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
Any of various unrelated plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
The lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
flecnode
flecnode
noun
(geometry) A double point that is also a point of inflexion of one branch.
flection
flection
noun
Alternative spelling of flexion
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.