(geology) A stratigraphic unit in which conglomerates that were deposited in an alluvial fan are common.
fantasmagorically
fantasmal
fantasmal
adj
Alternative spelling of phantasmal
fatalism
fatalism
noun
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
fatalisms
fatalisms
noun
plural of fatalism
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fathomlessness
fathomlessness
noun
The state or condition of being fathomless.
faultsman
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
feltman
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
femalist
femalist
noun
(rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
femality
femality
noun
femaleness
feminality
feminality
noun
The quality of being feminal; femininity.
feminility
feminility
noun
(now rare) femininity.
feminologist
feminologist
noun
(rare) Someone who studies feminology.
femoropopliteal
femoropopliteal
adj
Relating to the femur and popliteus.
femororotulian
femorotibial
femorotibial
adj
Relating to the femur and tibia.
fermentability
fermentability
noun
The condition of being fermentable
fermentable
fermentable
adj
Able to ferment or be fermented.
noun
Any substance that can be fermented.
fermental
fermental
adj
(obsolete) fermentative
fermentatively
fermentatively
adv
In a fermentative manner
With regard to fermentation
fermentescible
fermentescible
adj
fermentable
fermentology
fermentology
noun
The study of fermentation.
fermillet
fermillet
noun
(obsolete) A buckle or clasp.
ferrimagnetically
ferrimagnetically
adv
In a ferrimagnetic manner
ferthumlungur
fetalism
feuillemorte
feuillemorte
adj
Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown.
feuilletonism
feuilletonism
noun
The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.
feulamort
fibroligamentous
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fieulamort
figmental
figmental
adj
Of or relating to a figment.
filament
filament
noun
(botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
(textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
A fine thread or wire.
Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
filamentar
filamentar
adj
filamentary
filamentary
filamentary
adj
Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
filamented
filamented
adj
Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
filamentiferous
filamentiferous
adj
(archaic) filiferous
filamentoid
filamentoid
adj
Like a filament.
filamentose
filamentose
adj
Being hair- or thread-like.
Having the form of a thread, as in the thread in clothes.
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filaments
filaments
noun
plural of filament
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filemot
filemot
adj
Synonym of feuillemorte.
noun
Synonym of feuillemorte: the color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filibusterism
filibusterism
noun
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
(dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
fillemot
filmet
filmiest
filmiest
adj
superlative form of filmy: most filmy
filmist
filmist
noun
A filmmaker.
One who watches or studies films.
filmset
filmset
adj
Created using a process of filmsetting.
verb
To typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
filmsets
filmsets
noun
plural of filmset
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filmset
filmsetter
filmsetter
noun
A filmsetting machine.
filmsetters
filmsetters
noun
plural of filmsetter
filmsetting
filmsetting
noun
Photocomposition of type.
verb
present participle of filmset
filmsettings
filmsettings
noun
plural of filmsetting
filmstrip
filmstrip
noun
(computer graphics) A file containing a sequence of images or video frames.
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
filterman
filterman
noun
A man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.
filtermen
filtermen
noun
plural of filterman
fimbrillate
fimbristylis
finitesimal
firmamental
firmamental
adj
(rare) Of, belonging to, or relating to support or strengthening.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the firmament or heavens; celestial.
firmisternal
firmisternal
adj
(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused both anteriorly and posteriorly.
firmisternial
fissipalmate
fissipalmation
fistmele
fistmele
noun
(archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
fistulatome
fistuliform
fistuliform
adj
Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
flagellantism
flagellantism
noun
The act of whipping oneself, typically for religious penance or for sexual excitement
flamandization
flamant
flambant
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flamboyantism
flamboyantize
flamboyantly
flamboyantly
adv
In a flamboyant manner.
flamboyants
flamboyants
noun
plural of flamboyant
flamelet
flamelet
noun
A small flame.
flameout
flameout
noun
(figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
flameouts
flameouts
noun
plural of flameout
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flamiest
flamiest
adj
superlative form of flamy: most flamy
flamingant
flammability
flammability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is flammable.
(uncountable) The condition of being flammable.
flammant
flammant
adj
(heraldry) flaming; emitting flames
flammation
flammation
noun
(obsolete) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
flammulated
flammulated
adj
Resembling a flame or flames.
flammulation
flammulation
noun
(zoology) flame-like markings
flamsteed
flannelmouth
flannelmouth
noun
(informal, dated) One who speaks in a glib manner with the intent of deceiving or manipulating others.
(informal, dated) One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.
flannelmouthed
flannelmouthed
adj
Alternative form of flannel-mouthed
flannelmouths
flannelmouths
noun
plural of flannelmouth
flapmouthed
flatbottom
flatdom
flatdom
noun
(chiefly UK) The realm or sphere of apartment buildings.
flatman
flatmate
flatmate
noun
(UK, Ireland, New Zealand) A person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat.
A person with whom one shares a flat.
flatmen
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flebotomy
fleechment
flemington
flemington
Proper noun
a locality in western New South Wales, Australia.
a suburb of Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.
a rural locality in South New Zealand.
a rural locality in the region of New Zealand.
a built-up area near Scotland
an unincorporated community in Florida, USA.
a small city in Georgia, USA.
a village in Missouri, USA.
a borough in New Jersey, USA
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a small town in West Virginia, USA.
fleshment
fleshment
noun
(obsolete) The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
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.
flexitime
flexitime
noun
An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
flextime
flimsiest
flimsiest
adj
superlative form of flimsy: most flimsy
flimsilyst
flittermice
flittermice
noun
plural of flittermouse, an alternative spelling of flitter-mouse
flittermmice
flittermouse
flittermouse
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A bat (flying mammal).
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
floatman
floatmen
floatsman
floatsmen
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
flogmaster
flomaton
flomot
floodometer
floodometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the height of floodwater.
floodtime
floodtime
noun
A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.
florentinism
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
florimanist
flotsam
flotsam
noun
Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
flotsams
flotsams
noun
plural of flotsam
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
flowmanostat
flowmeter
flowmeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
fluidimeter
fluidmeter
fluoaluminate
fluorimeter
fluorimeter
noun
Alternative form of fluorometer
fluorimeters
fluorimeters
noun
plural of fluorimeter
fluorimetric
fluorimetric
adj
Alternative form of fluorometric
fluorimetry
fluorimetry
noun
(chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy
fluormeter
fluorometer
fluorometer
noun
An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence.