Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
affranchise
affranchise
verb
(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affranchised
affranchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affranchise
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affranchising
affranchising
verb
present participle of affranchise
africanthropus
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
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.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afterstretch
aktiengesellschaft
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternities
archconfraternities
noun
plural of archconfraternity
archdapifership
archerfish
archerfish
noun
Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
archerfishes
archerfishes
noun
plural of archerfish
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archsacrificator
archsacrificer
artificership
artificership
noun
The state or business of an artificer.
aschaffenburg
aschaffite
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
brachiferous
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
breechesflower
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
calfish
calfish
adj
(dated) Silly and awkward through immaturity.
camshaft
camshaft
noun
A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
capsheaf
capsheaf
noun
(by extension) A crowning point
The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
catfish
catfish
noun
(Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
(Internet) Such a fake profile.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb
(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
To fish for catfish.
catfishes
catfishes
noun
plural of catfish
cathodofluorescence
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cavefishes
cavefishes
noun
plural of cavefish
chaddsford
chaetiferous
chaetiferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing chaetae.
chaferies
chaferies
noun
plural of chafery
chafers
chafers
noun
plural of chafer
chafes
chafes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chafe
chafferers
chafferers
noun
plural of chafferer
chaffers
chaffers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaffer
chaffiest
chaffiest
adj
superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
chaffinches
chaffinches
noun
plural of chaffinch
chaffiness
chaffiness
noun
Quality of being chaffy.
chaffless
chaffless
adj
Without chaff.
chaffs
chaffs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaff
chaffseed
chalaziferous
chalaziferous
adj
Having or bearing chalazas.
chamfers
chamfers
noun
plural of chamfer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamfer
chamfrons
chamfrons
noun
plural of chamfron
chancefulness
chanfrons
chanfrons
noun
plural of chanfron
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
charadriiformes
chargfaires
charmfulness
charmfulness
noun
The state of being charmful.
charshaf
chaufers
chauffers
chauffers
noun
plural of chauffer
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
chauffeurship
chauffeurship
noun
The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
chauffeuse
chauffeuse
noun
(dated) female equivalent of chauffeur
chauffeuses
chauffeuses
noun
plural of chauffeuse
chayefsky
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
cheefullest
cheekfuls
cheerfullest
cheerfullest
adj
superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
cheerfulness
cheerfulness
noun
The state of being cheerful; joy.
cheerfulnesses
cheerfulnesses
noun
plural of cheerfulness
cheerfulsome
cheerfulsome
adj
(archaic) cheerful
cheeseflower
chefdoms
chefs
chefs
noun
plural of chef
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
chenfish
cherubfish
cherubfishes
chesterfield
chesterfield
noun
(Canada) Any couch or sofa.
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chesterfields
chesterfields
noun
plural of chesterfield
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chestfuls
chestfuls
noun
plural of chestful
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chiefess
chiefess
noun
(Hawaii) Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
chiefest
chiefest
adj
superlative form of chief: most chief
chiefish
chiefless
chiefless
adj
Without a chief; leaderless.
chiefs
chiefs
noun
plural of chief
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chief
chiefship
chiefship
noun
The role or position of a chief.
chieftaincies
chieftaincies
noun
plural of chieftaincy
chieftainess
chieftainess
noun
A female chieftain.
The wife of a chieftain.
chieftainries
chieftainries
noun
plural of chieftainry
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chieftainships
chieftainships
noun
plural of chieftainship
chieftess
chieftess
noun
Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain.
chiffchaffs
chiffchaffs
noun
plural of chiffchaff
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
chiffoniers
chiffoniers
noun
plural of chiffonier
chiffonnieres
chiffonniers
chiffonniers
noun
plural of chiffonnier
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
chinafish
chinafish
noun
Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chloroformism
chloroformism
noun
(medicine, archaic) addiction to chloroform
chloroformist
chloroformist
noun
(medicine, archaic) One who uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.
chloroforms
chloroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chloroform
chlorophylliferous
chondrofibromatous
christiform
christoff
christoffel
christoffer
christoforo
chromiferous
chromiferous
adj
Containing, or yielding chromium.
chufas
chufas
noun
plural of chufa
chuffest
chuffiest
chuffiness
chuffiness
noun
The quality of being chuffy.
chuffs
chuffs
noun
plural of chuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuff
churnstaff
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
cigarfish
cigarfish
noun
Any of several scad, but especially Decapterus macarellus