(roofing) A half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
(surgery) A horizontal incision on the breast aligned with the nipples made to drain or excise the breast fat as a form of top surgery.
(surgery) A wide incision made to drain fluid from under the fingernail.
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
flamefish
flamefishes
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
fleischmanns
flemish
flemish
noun
(nautical) Short for Flemish coil (“a rope that has been arranged into a neat, flat spiral coil”).
verb
(transitive, nautical) Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.
flemished
flemished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flemish
flemishes
flemishes
noun
plural of flemish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flemish
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
footmanship
footmanship
noun
(archaic) The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).
(historical) The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
foreadmonish
foreadmonish
verb
(rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremanships
foremanships
noun
plural of foremanship
forksmith
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formalith
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
noun
An act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
verb
present participle of forthcome
forthcomingness
forthcomingness
noun
The state or quality of being forthcoming.
frameshift
frameshift
noun
A frameshift mutation.
verb
To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
framesmith
framesmith
noun
A maker of frames.
framingham
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
francophilism
freechurchism
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freightment
frenchism
frenchism
Noun
A custom peculiar to France.
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of French.
freshmanic
freshmanic
adj
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
freshmanship
freshmanship
noun
The state of being a freshman.
friedheim
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
frightsome
frightsome
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
frogmarching
frogmarching
verb
present participle of frogmarch
frontoethmoid
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
frumpishness
frumpishness
noun
The quality of being frumpish.
fuglemanship
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
fumish
fumish
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to fumes or smoke.
fumishing
fumishly
fumishness
fumishness
noun
(obsolete) fretfulness; passion
furbishment
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
gemeinschaft
gemeinschaft
noun
(sociology) A society or group characterized by a strong sense of common identity, personal relationships, and attachments to various concerns.
An association or group of individuals sharing common beliefs, attitudes, and tastes; a fellowship.
gemeinschaften
hafnium
hafnium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
hafniums
halftime
halftime
noun
(American football) The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.
(US) Alternative spelling of half-time
halftimes
halftimes
noun
plural of halftime
hamiform
hamiform
adj
(conchology) Curved at the extremity.
Shaped like a hook.
hammerfish
hammerfish
noun
The hammerhead shark.
handicrafsman
handicrafsmen
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hanifism
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
hastiform
hastiform
adj
spear-shaped; hastate
hederiform
hederiform
adj
ivy-shaped
heliciform
heliciform
adj
Having the form of a helix; spiral.
hemafibrite
hemafibrite
Noun
synadelphite
hemifacial
hemifacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
hemiform
hemingford
hemofuscin
hemoglobiniferous
heredofamilial
heretoforetime
heretoforetime
adv
(obsolete) Before; previously; up to this point in time.
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
hesperornithiformes
heterofermentative
heterofermentative
adj
(biology, of a microorganism) That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
highfalutinism
highfalutinism
noun
highfalutin language or behaviour
himself
himself
pron
(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
(Ireland, otherwise archaic) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
(reflexive) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
hippocrepiform
hippocrepiform
adj
Shaped like a horseshoe.
hoffmannist
hoffmannite
hoffmeister
homecrofting
homelife
homelife
noun
The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
homiform
homiform
adj
(obsolete, rare or science fiction) In human form.
hominiform
hominiform
noun
Synonym of hominid
hominify
homofermentative
homofermentative
adj
That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
hordeiform
hrimfaxi
humanification
humanification
noun
The process or result of humanifying.
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.
noun
(science fiction) A robot resembling a human.
humaniformian
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
humfrid
humfried
humidfied
humidfies
humidification
humidification
noun
The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
humidified
humidified
adj
Modified by humidification
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humidify
humidifier
humidifier
noun
A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
humidifiers
humidifiers
noun
plural of humidifier
humidifies
humidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humidify
humidify
humidify
verb
To increase the humidity in the air.
humidifying
humidifying
verb
present participle of humidify
humidityproof
humific
humification
humification
noun
The process of humifying; conversion into humus.
humified
humified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humify
humifuse
humifuse
adj
(botany) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent
humify
humify
verb
(transitive) To convert into humus.
humilific
humorific
hydatidiform
hydatidiform
adj
Resembling a hydatid.
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
hydriform
hydriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.
hydroforming
hydroforming
noun
(engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
(organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
hyeniform
hymeniferous
hyperconformist
hyperconformity
hyperconformity
noun
Excessive conformity
hypocrateriform
hypocrateriform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a salver.
hypsiliform
hyraciform
hysteriform
ichneumoniform
ichthyoform
ichthyoform
adj
Resembling a fish.
noun
A particular antiseptic.
ichthyornithiformes
ichthyosiform
ichthyosiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ichthyosis.
infradiaphragmatic
infradiaphragmatic
adj
(medicine) Below the diaphragm.
infrahuman
infrahuman
adj
Below the level of the human.
noun
(psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.
infrahumans
infrahumans
noun
plural of infrahuman
ischiofemoral
ischiofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the ischium and the femur