One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
arciferous
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
asciferous
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
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.
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
caernarfon
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
california
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
cancriform
cancriform
adj
(pathology) Resembling cancer.
Having the form of a crab.
caniniform
caniniform
adj
Shaped like a canine tooth
noun
Such a tooth
cariniform
cariniform
adj
Shaped like a carina
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
chaddsford
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
coafforest
coafforest
verb
(transitive, rare) To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coalfitter
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
cofferdams
cofferdams
noun
plural of cofferdam
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
conchifera
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confirmand
confirmand
noun
(religion) A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism.
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
confragose
confrontal
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
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
cornfactor
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
crashproof
crashproof
adj
(computing) Resistant to crashes (failure of software programs).
(of a vehicle) Resistant to the damaging effects of a collision.
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cymbaeform
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
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.
donaciform
edificator
edificator
noun
(rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
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.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
factorized
factorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factorize
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
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.
fauconnier
fecundator
ferocactus
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.
filicornia
flacourtia
florencita
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
follicular
follicular
adj
Of, pertaining to, having or resembling follicles.
foolocracy
foolocracy
noun
Rule by fools.
forbecause
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
fordicidia
foreadvice
forecaddie
forecaddie
noun
(golf) A caddie who does not carry clubs, but locates balls and gets groups of players to move around the course.
verb
(golf, intransitive) To act as a forecaddie.
forecasted
forecasted
adj
That has been forecast
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forecast
forecaster
forecaster
noun
A person who forecasts.
A software program or algorithm that forecasts.
forecastle
forecastle
noun
(nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship.
(nautical) Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship.
foreglance
foreglance
noun
A glance that is forward or beforehand.
verb
(transitive) To glance forward or beforehand.
forensical
forensical
adj
(rare) forensic
foretackle
foretackle
noun
(nautical) The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
forficated
forinsecal
forinsecal
adj
(obsolete) foreign; alien
formagenic
formicaria
formicaria
noun
plural of formicarium
formicated
formicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formicate
formicidae
formicinae
fornacalia
fornicated
fornicated
adj
fornicate; shaped like an arch
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fornicate
fornicates
fornicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate
fornicator
fornicator
noun
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
fractional
fractional
adj
(chemistry) Relating to a process or product of fractional distillation.
Divided; fragmentary; incomplete.
Pertaining to a fraction.
Very small; minute.
noun
(chemistry) Relating to a fraction in a material distillation or separation process.
(grammar) An expression of a fractional number.
Partial ownership of a property, such as real estate or a chartered airplane, such that each partial owner has use of the property for only a portion of the time.
fractioned
fractioned
adj
separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraction
franchisor
franchisor
noun
A company which, or a person who, grants franchises.
francolite
francolite
noun
(mineralogy) A synonym of carbonate-rich fluorapatite; a variety of apatite.
franconian
franconian
Adjective
Relating to the Franks or their empire; Frankish.
Proper noun
A linguistic marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish Empire: the Low Countries (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) and western Germany. Within these groups there are a number of well known languages and dialects, such as Dutch and Afrikaans but also the Pennsylvania German language spoken in North America.
francophil
fratcheous
fricandoes
frictional
frictional
adj
Relating to, or caused by, friction.
frockmaker
frontignac
frontignac
noun
A type of muscat wine made in Frontignan, France.
functorial
functorial
adj
(category theory) Of or pertaining to a functor
ghostcraft
ghostcraft
noun
Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
gierfalcon
gyrfalcons
gyrfalcons
noun
plural of gyrfalcon
hierofalco
horsecraft
horsecraft
noun
horsemanship
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
hovercraft
hovercraft
noun
(vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
hyperfocal
hyperfocal
adj
(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field
hyraciform
idemfactor
infarction
infarction
noun
(pathology) An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).
(pathology) The process which causes an infarct.
infraction
infraction
noun
(ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
(law) A minor offence, petty crime.
A violation; breach.
infrasonic
infrasonic
adj
(of a device) Generating or employing such sound waves
(of sound waves, acoustics) Having frequencies below the human audible range
laceflower
laceflower
noun
Ammi majus.
Daucus carota.
Orlaya sp.
Ptilimnium nuttallii.
Tiarella trifoliata.
laciniform
laciniform
adj
Resembling a fringe.
lanceproof
limaciform
limaciform
adj
slug-shaped
macrofarad
malefactor
malefactor
noun
A criminal or felon.
An evildoer.
manufactor
mesofurcal
mesofurcal
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the mesofurca.
microfarad
microfarad
noun
(physics) One millionth ( 10⁻⁶ ) of a farad, abbreviated as µF.
microfauna
microfauna
noun
The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.
microflora
microflora
noun
Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.