A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
alguifou
alquifou
alquifou
noun
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used to give a green glaze to pottery.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
apronful
apronful
noun
as much as an apron will hold
aquiform
aquiform
adj
Resembling water; watery, liquid
auriform
auriform
adj
Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
ausforms
ausforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ausform
axofugal
beauford
beaufort
befavour
befouled
befouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befoul
befouler
befouler
noun
One who befouls.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifolium
bifolium
noun
(geometry) A quartic plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is (x²+y²)²=ax²ʸ.
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bluffton
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bookfuls
boufarik
bouffage
bouffage
noun
(rare) A satisfying meal
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
boutefeu
boutefeu
noun
(obsolete) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.
bowieful
bowlfuls
bowlfuls
noun
plural of bowlful
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
buffalos
buffalos
noun
plural of buffalo
buffcoat
buffoons
buffoons
noun
plural of buffoon
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bugproof
bugproof
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to insects.
bullfoot
bullfrog
bullfrog
noun
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
bullhoof
cacafugo
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
cloudful
cloudful
adj
(by extension) Dark, dimmed; troubled, turbid.
Abounding with clouds, clouded, cloudy.
noun
The amount contained in a cloud.
clubfoot
clubfoot
noun
(medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
coachful
coachful
noun
As much as a coach will hold.
cofounds
cofounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofound
coiffeur
coiffeur
noun
A male hairdresser.
verb
To cut or style hair
coiffure
coiffure
noun
hairstyle
verb
(transitive) to style or arrange hair
colorful
colorful
adj
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
(sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To perplex or puzzle.
To stun or amaze.
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confuser
confuser
noun
One who or that which confuses.
confuses
confuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confuse
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
cosuffer
cubiform
cubiform
adj
Having the shape of a cube
cuniform
cuniform
noun
Alternative spelling of cuneiform
danuloff
defamous
defamous
adj
(obsolete) defamatory
defluous
defluous
adj
(obsolete) Flowing down; falling off.
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
diffusor
diffusor
noun
Alternative form of diffuser
dodgeful
dodgeful
adj
Full of dodges or tricks; shifty, evasive.
dolefuls
dolefuls
noun
(informal) A doleful feeling; the blues; the doldrums.
dollfuss
doubtful
doubtful
adj
(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
Improbable or unlikely.
Subject to, or causing doubt.
Suspicious, or of dubious character.
Unclear or unreliable.
Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
noun
A doubtful person or thing.
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
dumfound
dumfound
verb
Alternative form of dumbfound
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
dustoffs
dustoffs
noun
plural of dustoff
efferous
efferous
adj
(obsolete) Like a wild beast; fierce.
effusion
effusion
noun
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
A liquid outpouring.
enfamous
enfurrow
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
errorful
errorful
adj
(archaic) Full of error; wrong.
(sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
fabulous
fabulous
adj
(obsolete) Known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.
(slang or euphemistic) Gay or pertaining to gay people.
(slang) Camp, effeminate.
(slang) Fashionable, glamorous.
(slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
Fictional or not believable; made up.
Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
factotum
factotum
noun
(dated) A general servant.
(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
(printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.
A jack of all trades.
An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
faculous
faculous
adj
Of or relating to a facula.
faitours
faitours
noun
plural of faitour
fallouts
fallouts
noun
plural of fallout
falmouth
falmouth
Proper noun
definition
A harbour town in Cornwall, England.
famously
famously
adv
(informal) Really well, having great rapport.
In a celebrated manner.
Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous.
fanhouse
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
fashious
fastuous
fastuous
adj
(obsolete) proud; haughty; disdainful
faubourg
faubourg
noun
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
faveolus
faveolus
noun
A small pit or cavity, resembling a cell of a honeycomb
favonius
favonius
Proper noun
The god of the west wind. He is also the husband of Flora and the father of Karpos. He is the Roman counterpart of Zephyrus.
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
feateous
feateous
adj
(obsolete) dexterous; neat
felonous
felonous
adj
(obsolete) Evil, wicked.
fenurons
ferguson
ferguson
Proper noun
originating in Scotland from Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
A common place name
ferreous
ferreous
adj
Containing or resembling iron.
fervours
fervours
noun
plural of fervour
feverous
feverous
adj
(rare) having a tendency to produce fever
affected with fever or ague
having the nature of fever
fiberous
fiberous
adj
Misspelling of fibrous.
fictious
fictious
adj
(obsolete) Addicted to or characterized by fiction.
(obsolete) Fictitious.
figueroa
figurato
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).
fionnula
firdousi
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).
flatuous
flatuous
adj
(obsolete) generating flatulence
(obsolete) windy; generating wind
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flavours
flavours
noun
plural of flavour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavour
flavoury
flavoury
adj
Possessing flavour.
flexuose
flexuose
adj
Alternative form of flexuous
flexuous
flexuous
adj
winding from side to side; sinuous
floccule
floccule
noun
A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
flocculi
flocculi
noun
plural of flocculus
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
floruits
floruits
noun
plural of floruit
florulae
florulas
floscule
floscule
noun
(botany) A floret.
flounced
flounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounce
flounces
flounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce
flouncey
flouncey
adj
Dated form of flouncy.
flounder
flounder
noun
(Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
verb
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
To be in serious difficulty.
flouring
flouring
verb
present participle of flour
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
flouters
flouters
noun
plural of flouter
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
fluorane
fluorane
noun
(chemistry) Fluorine hydride or hydrogen fluoride, HF.
fluorate
fluorate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of fluorine FO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion.
fluorene
fluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
fluoride
fluoride
noun
(chemistry) A binary compound of fluorine and another element or radical.
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrofluoric acid; for example, potassium fluoride.
fluorids
fluorids
noun
plural of fluorid
fluorine
fluorine
noun
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
fluorins
fluorite
fluorite
noun
(mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
fluoroid
fluoroid
noun
(crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
fluviose
fluvious
fluxions
fluxions
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
plural of fluxion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
fluxroot
focusers
focusers
noun
plural of focuser
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.
focussed
focussed
adj
(Britain) Alternative spelling of focused
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of focus
focusses
focusses
noun
(Britain) plural of focus
verb
(Britain) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focus
foetuses
foetuses
noun
plural of foetus
fogbound
fogbound
adj
enveloped in fog to such an extent that movement is dangerous or impossible
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
foldouts
foldouts
noun
plural of foldout
folliful
folliful
adj
(obsolete) Full of folly; foolish.
followup
followup
noun
Alternative spelling of follow-up
fooyoung
forceful
forceful
adj
Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.