(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterdrain
aftergrind
afternight
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
aftershine
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstain
airlifting
airlifting
verb
present participle of airlift
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antadiform
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
antefuture
antennifer
antifebrin
antiformin
antiformin
noun
sodium hypochlorite
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antifreeze
antifreeze
noun
(automobiles) Automotive antifreeze, a solution of ethylene glycol, used as an additive to water or replacement for water, in the radiators of motorcars.
(aviation) Deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of airplanes, and prevent icing while on the tarmac.
A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water;
antireform
antireform
adj
(politics) Opposing reform
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artfulness
artfulness
noun
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
batterfang
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
befretting
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
bernstorff
bettendorf
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
brantsford
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
cankerfret
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
certifying
certifying
verb
present participle of certify
churnstaff
clarifiant
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
confectory
confectory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the art of making confectionery.
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
conferment
conferment
noun
The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.
confirmity
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
conformist
conformist
adj
Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
confrontal
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
confronter
confronter
noun
Someone who or something which confronts.
confutator
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
contreface
contrefort
contrefort
noun
Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornfactor
counterfix
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
deferments
deferments
noun
plural of deferment
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
dentifrice
dentifrice
noun
Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
disfortune
draftiness
draftiness
noun
The characteristic of being drafty.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
earnestful
earnestful
adj
(obsolete) serious
efferently
efferently
adv
Outwardly, away from the center.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
effrontery
effrontery
noun
(countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
enfettered
enfettered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enfetter
engrafting
engrafting
verb
present participle of engraft
enserfment
enserfment
noun
The act or process of enserfing; enslavement.
entreatful
entreatful
adj
(rare) Full of entreaty.
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
factfinder
factfinder
noun
(law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
One who finds facts.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
fahrenheit
fahrenheit
Adjective
Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
fahrenhett
faintheart
faintheart
noun
A person who is irresolute or fearful.
farinulent
farinulent
adj
farinose
farlington
farmington
farmington
Proper noun
a small village in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England
an unincorporated settlement in the Peace River Country of British Columbia, Canada.
a communities in and Nova Scotia, Canada.
the name of many places in the United States of America:
a city in Arkansas.
a CDP in California.
a town in Connecticut.
a town in Delaware.
a city in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Kentucky.
a town in Maine
a city in Michigan.
a city in Minnesota.
a town in Mississippi.
a city in Missouri
a town in New Hampshire.
a city in New Mexico.
a town in New York.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Oregon.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Pennsylvania.
a city in Utah
an unincorporated community in Virginia.
a small town in Washington.
a small town in West Virginia.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in the town of Wisconsin.
towns in and Wisconsin.
farnsworth
farreation
farrington
fascinator
fascinator
noun
(dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
A fascinating person or thing.
fatbrained
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
fauntleroy
fearnaught
fearnaught
noun
(by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.
A fearless person.
A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
feathering
feathering
noun
(architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
A feathered texture.
Plumage.
The fitting of feathers to arrows.
Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
verb
present participle of feather
featherman
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
fecundator
federating
federating
verb
present participle of federate
federation
federation
adj
(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
Act of joining together into a single political entity.
Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
feneration
feneration
noun
(obsolete) Lending money at interest; usury.
fenestrate
fenestrate
adj
(zoology, botany) Having transparent spots, like the wings of certain butterflies.
Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated.
fenestrated
noun
(paleontology) Any extinct bryozoan in the order Fenestrida (also known as Fenestrata).
verb
(surgery) To cut an opening into.
fenestrato
fenestrone
fenestrule
fenestrule
noun
(zoology) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
fermentate
fermentate
noun
A product made by fermentation
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to ferment
fermenting
fermenting
verb
present participle of ferment
fermentive
ferntickle
ferroprint
fervescent
fervescent
adj
Growing hot.
festerment
festerment
noun
A festering.
festoonery
festoonery
noun
That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
fictionary
fictionary
adj
Fictional.
noun
(countable, rare) A dictionary with contrived entries.
A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition.
fictioneer
fictioneer
noun
(dated) A writer of fiction, especially one who produces many publications.
figuration
figuration
noun
(art) Representation through visual forms.
(sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
Form, outline or boundaries.
Mixture of concords and discords.
Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
The act of giving figure or determinate form.
filamentar
filamentar
adj
filamentary
filtrating
filtrating
verb
present participle of filtrate
filtration
filtration
noun
(mathematics, set theory, probability theory) A totally ordered collection of subsets.
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingerroot
fingerroot
noun
A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
fingertips
fingertips
noun
plural of fingertip
finisterre
fintadores
firmaments
firmaments
noun
plural of firmament
firstlings
firstlings
noun
plural of firstling
fishertown
fitchering
flagrantly
flagrantly
adv
In a flagrant manner.
flatlander
flatlander
noun
(Appalachia) Any outsider to Appalachia.
(Canada) Anyone from Saskatchewan.
(Central Coast NSW) Anyone from Umina.
(Georgia) Anyone from Florida.
(Northern Michigan) Anyone from lower Michigan (those below Mt. Pleasant).
(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) Anyone from Wisconsin.
(Western US, especially in the Rocky Mountains) Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
(Wisconsin) Anyone from Illinois.
(chiefly derogatory) A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).
(cycling) A flatland BMX rider.
(lower Michigan) Anyone from Indiana or Ohio.
(northern New England) Any non-native, but particularly one from southern New England (including Massachusetts), downstate New York, or New Jersey.
(northern central Pennsylvania) Anyone from southern Pennsylvania (particularly around Philadelphia), New Jersey, or other low-lying areas outside the Alleghenies / Appalachians.
(physics) An inhabitant of or observer in a universe with two spatial dimensions.
flatteners
flatteners
noun
plural of flattener
flattering
flattering
adj
(of an image etc.) That which represents too favorably.
Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.
Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary.
noun
Instances of flattery.
The action of the verb to flatter.
verb
present participle of flatter
flintshire
flintshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
A local government principal area. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
flirtation
flirtation
noun
An instance of flirting.
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
flirtingly
flirtingly
adv
In a flirting manner.
flittering
flittering
noun
The motion of something that flitters.
verb
present participle of flitter
floreating
florencita
florentine
florentine
adj
Cooked or served with spinach.
noun
(obsolete) A kind of durable silk.
(obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
florescent
florescent
adj
Flowering or budding.
floriation
floriation
noun
ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized