(transitive) To plastically deform (steel) as part of a certain process in order to improve its strength.
balfour
balfour
Proper noun
A town/village in New Zealand.
A in North Carolina.
A city/village in North Dakota.
One of two villages in Scotland.
One of two towns in South Africa.
beflour
beflout
befouls
befouls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befoul
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
bluford
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
bodeful
bodeful
adj
Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bootful
bootful
noun
As much as a boot will hold.
bouffes
bouffes
noun
plural of bouffe
bouffon
bowlful
bowlful
Noun
As much as is held by a bowl.
boxfuls
boxfuls
noun
plural of boxful
buffalo
buffalo
noun
(US slang) A nickel.
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis.
Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
verb
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
(transitive) To hunt buffalo.
buffone
buffont
buffont
noun
(chiefly historical) An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.
Alternative form of bouffant
buffoon
buffoon
noun
(derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
verb
To behave like a buffoon
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bumpoff
bumpoff
noun
(chiefly US, slang) A murder.
burford
carfour
carfour
noun
Synonym of carfax
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
conflux
conflux
noun
A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
confuse
confuse
verb
(intransitive) To be confused.
(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
(transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
(transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
confute
confute
verb
(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
costful
costful
adj
(archaic) Expensive; sumptuous
Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly
coteful
cutoffs
cutoffs
noun
plural of cutoff
trousers (most often jeans) that have been shortened by cutting off part or most of the legs
defocus
defocus
noun
(optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
The process of going out of focus.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
dofunny
doleful
doleful
adj
Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
doomful
doomful
adj
Full of condemnation or destructive power.
dustoff
dustoff
noun
Alternative form of dust-off
etouffe
fadeout
fadeout
noun
A gradual disappearance or fading away.
faitour
faitour
noun
(archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.
fallout
fallout
noun
(radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
(rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
(rare) The person who declines such an offer.
A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
The particles themselves.
farmout
farmout
noun
The act of subcontracting or outsourcing.
fatuoid
fatuous
fatuous
adj
Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
faubion
favours
favours
noun
plural of favour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of favour
featous
featous
adj
(archaic) clever
(archaic) neat
(archaic) nimble
fenuron
fenuron
noun
(organic chemistry) The herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
ferrous
ferrous
adj
(chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2.
Of or containing iron.
ferrugo
ferrugo
noun
(phytopathology) A disease of plants caused by fungus; rust.
ferullo
fervour
fervour
noun
A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
Heat.
fibrous
fibrous
adj
Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food.
Of or pertaining to fibre.
filosus
flavour
flavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavor.
flavous
flavous
adj
(obsolete) yellow
fleuron
fleuron
noun
(architecture) The small flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
(typography) The typographic element (❧), used as a punctuation mark or for decoration.
An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
floccus
floccus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds.
floroun
floruit
floruit
noun
The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak.
florula
florula
noun
flora of a small area, a small flora
flounce
flounce
noun
(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ
A row of spines, corrugations, or skin folds on the hemipenis of a snake.
The act of flouncing.
verb
(archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
To decorate with a flounce.
To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself.
To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
flouncy
flouncy
adj
Gathered and pleated.
floured
floured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flour
flouted
flouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flout
flouter
flouter
noun
A person who flouts.
flummox
flummox
verb
(intransitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
(intransitive, uncommon) To give in, to give up, to collapse.
fluoran
fluoran
noun
A triarylmethane dye, the structural core of a variety of other dyes.
fluoric
fluoric
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine
(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorid
fluorid
noun
Archaic form of fluoride.
fluorin
fluorin
noun
Archaic form of fluorine.
fluoryl
fluoryl
noun
Synonym of fluoroformol
fluxion
fluxion
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) The derivative of a function.
(rare or archaic) A difference or variation.
(rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
verb
(geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
focused
focused
adj
Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of focus
focuser
focuser
noun
A device which allows one to adjust the focus of an instrument such as a telescope.
focuses
focuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focus
foeture
foldout
foldout
adj
That folds out from a closed position
noun
A foldout bed.
An overlarge page that is folded into a book or magazine.
foldure
folious
folious
adj
(botany) foliose
Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
foliums
fondouk
fondouk
noun
Alternative spelling of fonduk
fondues
fondues
noun
plural of fondue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fondue
fontful
foodful
foodful
adj
(dated) Supplying food.
footful
footful
noun
(humorous) A small number, about five.
(humorous) As much as one can handle, especially of something handled with one's feet.
A complete set of toes for one foot.
A quantity (of something) that covers the foot.
An amount that can be picked up by one foot.
The amount of pressure that can be exerted by pressing with one foot.
fooyung
fordull
fordull
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make dull; stupefy.
foregut
foregut
noun
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
forerun
forerun
verb
To precede; to forecast or foreshadow.
To run in front.
foreuse
forkful
forkful
noun
The amount that a fork will hold.
formful
formful
adj
(obsolete) creative; imaginative;
Exhibiting proper and skillful performance; well-executed.
Not formless; having a form; substantive.
Well formed; aesthetically pleasing and skillfully constructed.
noun
The amount that makes up a form (any sense).
formous
formous
adj
(rare) fair; beautiful.
formula
formula
noun
(chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
(especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
(logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
formule
formule
noun
(obsolete) A set or prescribed model; a formula.
forsung
fortuna
fortune
fortune
noun
A large amount of money.
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
Destiny, especially favorable.
Good luck.
One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place.
To provide (someone) with a fortune.
To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
fossula
fossula
noun
(anatomy) A small fossa.
fossule
fouette
fougade
fougade
noun
(military, historical) A kind of land mine; a fougasse.
fougere
foughty
foujdar
foujdar
noun
Alternative form of faujdar
foujita
foulage
foulage
noun
A form of massage involving kneading and pressure against the muscles.
foulard
foulard
noun
A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern.
A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric.
foulbec
foulder
foulder
verb
(obsolete) To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
fouldre
foulest
foulest
adj
superlative form of foul: most foul
fouling
fouling
noun
The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.
verb
present participle of foul
foulish
foulish
adj
Obsolete form of foolish.
Somewhat foul.
foumart
foumart
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
founded
founded
adj
Having a basis.
verb
(nonstandard, childish) simple past tense and past participle of find
To set up; to launch; to institute.
simple past tense and past participle of found
founder
founder
noun
(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
(veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
verb
(intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
(intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
(transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
(transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
foundry
foundry
noun
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
fouquet
fourble
fourble
noun
A set of oil drilling pipes having four joints.
fourche
fourche
adj
(heraldry) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
fourgon
fourgon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
(rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
An ammunition wagon.
fourier
fourrag
fourths
fourths
noun
plural of fourth
foushee
foxburg
frabous
froughy
froughy
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
frounce
frounce
noun
A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
A plait or curl.
verb
(rare) To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To curl.
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.
frousty
fucoids
fucoids
noun
plural of fucoid
fucosan
fucosan
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide (of fucose) present in brown algae of the genus Fucus
fucoses
fucoses
noun
plural of fucose
fugatos
fugatos
noun
plural of fugato
fukuoka
fukuoka
Proper noun
The capital city of Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.
fulgora
fulgora
Proper noun
The Roman goddess/personification of lightning. She is the Roman counterpart of Astrape.
fulgour
fulgour
noun
Obsolete form of fulgor.
fulsome
fulsome
adj
Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
Fully developed; mature.
Marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
fulvous
fulvous
adj
Tawny-coloured.
fumados
fumados
noun
plural of fumado
functor
functor
noun
(category theory) A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows, in such a way as to preserve domains and codomains (of the arrows) as well as composition and identities.
(functional programming) A structure allowing a function to apply within a generic type, in a way that is conceptually similar to a functor in category theory.
(grammar) A function word.
(object-oriented programming) A function object.
fungoes
fungoes
noun
plural of fungo
fungoid
fungoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus.
noun
A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus.
fungose
fungous
fungous
adj
(now rare, pathology) Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence.
Of or pertaining to fungi; fungal.
funorin
funston
furfooz
furiosa
furioso
furioso
adv
(music) Rapidly and with passion.
noun
(obsolete) A furious person; a violent madman.
furious
furious
adj
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
furison
furlong
furlong
noun
(Britain, dialectal) An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
(historical) Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”)
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).
Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”)
Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”)
furoate
furoate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of furoic acid.