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
diffusor
diffusor
noun
Alternative form of diffuser
efferous
efferous
adj
(obsolete) Like a wild beast; fierce.
enfurrow
equiform
equiform
adj
Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
errorful
errorful
adj
(archaic) Full of error; wrong.
(sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
faitours
faitours
noun
plural of faitour
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
faubourg
faubourg
noun
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
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
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.
figueroa
figurato
firdousi
flavours
flavours
noun
plural of flavour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavour
flavoury
flavoury
adj
Possessing flavour.
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
floruits
floruits
noun
plural of floruit
florulae
florulas
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
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.
fluxroot
focusers
focusers
noun
plural of focuser
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
forceful
forceful
adj
Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
forceput
forebush
foredune
foredune
noun
(geography) A kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
foreruns
foreruns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forerun
foreturn
forfault
forgeful
forjudge
forjudge
verb
(transitive, dialectal in Britain) To condemn judicially (to a penalty).
(transitive, obsolete except as a legal term) To exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).
forkfuls
forkfuls
noun
plural of forkful
forksful
formosus
formulae
formulae
noun
plural of formula
formular
formular
adj
following or relating to a formula; formulaic
formulas
forthcut
forthcut
verb
(obsolete) To cut; plow.
fortuity
fortuity
noun
(countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.
(uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.
fortuned
fortuned
adj
Having a (with a descriptive word, particular kind of) fortune (“destiny; wealth”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fortune
fortunel
fortunes
fortunes
noun
plural of fortune
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fortune
fortunia
fortunio
fortunna
forumize
foujdary
foujdary
noun
Alternative form of faujdari
foulards
foulards
noun
plural of foulard
foulmart
foulmart
noun
Alternative form of foumart
founders
founders
noun
plural of founder
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of founder
foundery
foundery
noun
Dated form of foundry.
fourball
fourball
noun
(golf) A match between two teams of two golfers, each playing his or her own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.
fourchee
fourcher
fourchet
fourfold
fourfold
adj
Comprised of four individual members.
Four times as great; quadruple.
adv
by a factor of four
noun
(mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 4.
verb
to increase to four times as much; to multiply by four
fourgons
fourgons
noun
plural of fourgon
fourling
fourling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
(obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
fourmile
fourneau
fourneau
noun
(military) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.
fourness
fourness
noun
The property of being four in number.
fournier
fouroaks
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
fourrier
fourrier
noun
(obsolete) A harbinger.
foursome
foursome
noun
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
A sex act between four people.
fourteen
fourteen
num
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.
fourther
fourthly
fourthly
adv
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
frabjous
frabjous
adj
Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
freakout
freakout
noun
(slang) A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
(slang) An occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
fribourg
froideur
froideur
noun
(usually italicized) A chill in relations.
A cold or indifferent manner.
frondeur
frondeur
noun
A political rebel
frondous
frondous
adj
(botany) frondose
fronture
frotteur
frotteur
noun
One who commits an act of frotteurism.
froufrou
froufrou
noun
Alternative spelling of frou-frou
frounced
frounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frounce
frounces
frounces
noun
plural of frounce
frousier
frouzier
frownful
frownful
adj
Frowning; scowling
fructose
fructose
noun
(biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
fruition
fruition
noun
The condition of bearing fruit.
The enjoyment derived from a possession.
The fulfillment of something worked for.
fulgorid
fulgorid
noun
(zoology) Any hemipteran of the family Fulgoridae
fullword
fumaroid
fumarole
fumarole
noun
An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.
fumatory
fumatory
adj
Of or relating to smoke, smoking, or fumigation.
noun
A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapour.
fumeroot
fumewort
fumewort
noun
Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
fumitory
fumitory
noun
Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
functors
functors
noun
plural of functor
funditor
funiform
furanoid
furanoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Having a structure based on furan.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound whose structure is based on furan.
furanose
furanose
noun
(chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)
furbelow
furbelow
noun
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
A small, showy ornamentation.
verb
(transitive) To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
furfurol
furfurol
noun
Erroneous form of furfural. See furfurol
furgeson
furlongs
furlongs
noun
plural of furlong
furlough
furlough
noun
(Britain) especially one granted to a missionary.
(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
The documents authorizing such leave.
verb
(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
furrowed
furrowed
adj
Marked with furrows.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furrow
furrower
furrower
noun
A tool for creating furrows in the ground.
One who furrows something, such as the brow.
furstone
furzetop
fusarole
fusarole
noun
(architecture) A moulding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
fusetron
fusiform
fusiform
adj
(chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.