(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
aefald
afaced
afatds
afeard
afeard
adj
(archaic or dialectal) Afraid.
affied
affied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affy
afford
afford
verb
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough.
afield
afield
adv
Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).
On the field.
Out in the open.
afraid
afraid
adj
(colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
afridi
afridi
Noun
A member of a Pashtun tribe.
aidful
aidful
adj
Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
alford
alfred
baffed
baffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baff
barfed
barfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barf
bedaff
bedaff
verb
(transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy.
bedeaf
beefed
beefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beef
befind
befind
verb
(passive, obsolete) To be found; be.
(transitive, archaic) To find; discover.
(transitive, obsolete) To invent; contrive.
biffed
biffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of biff
bifold
bifold
adj
Of two kinds.
Twofold, double.
noun
(carpentry) A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other.
A crease or turn that causes something to double back on itself.
A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center.
A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book.
buffed
buffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buff
buford
cafard
cafard
noun
Depression; melancholy.
chafed
chafed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chafe
codify
codify
verb
To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
coifed
coifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coif
confed
cuffed
cuffed
adj
Fitted with a cuff.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuff
daffed
daffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daff
daffie
daffle
daftar
daftar
noun
(India, historical) A record or register consisting of a set of loose sheets filed on a string or tied up in a cloth.
dafter
dafter
adj
comparative form of daft: more daft
noun
Alternative form of daftar
Obsolete spelling of daughter
daftly
daftly
adv
In a daft manner.
darfur
darfur
Proper noun
A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
dayfly
dayfly
noun
A mayfly.
deafen
deafen
verb
(transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
(transitive) To make soundproof.
(transitive, rare, dialectal, sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise.
deafer
deafer
adj
comparative form of deaf: more deaf
deafly
deafly
adv
In a deaf manner; without the aid of a sense of hearing.
decafs
decafs
noun
plural of decaf
deface
deface
verb
(heraldry, flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
defade
defail
defail
verb
(obsolete) To cause to fail.
defalk
defalk
verb
(archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
(obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
defame
defame
noun
(now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel.
(now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour.
verb
(now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.
defamy
defang
defang
verb
(figuratively) To render harmless.
(transitive) To remove the fangs from (something).
defant
defats
defats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defat
defeat
defeat
noun
(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
verb
(transitive) To nullify
(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
defect
defect
noun
(mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
A fault or malfunction.
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
verb
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
(military) To join the enemy army.
defeit
defend
defend
verb
(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
(sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
(sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
(transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
(transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
(transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
(transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
defers
defers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defer
defial
defied
defied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defy
defier
defier
noun
agent noun of defy; one who dares and defies
defies
defies
noun
plural of defy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defy
defile
defile
noun
(military, rare) An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
An act of marching in files or lines.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To march in a single file or line; to file.
(religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
(transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)
(transitive, obsolete) To march across (a place) in files or lines.
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
To become dirty or unclean.
To cause uncleanliness; specifically, to pass feces; to defecate.
To deprive (someone) of their sexual chastity or purity, often not consensually; to deflower, to rape.
To dishonour (someone).
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
define
define
noun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
verb
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
(obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.)
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
To express the essential nature of something.
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
deflea
deflea
verb
(transitive) To rid of fleas.
deflex
deflex
adj
(archery, of a bow) Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the energy stored by the weapon.
verb
(zoology, botany) To bend down.
deflow
deflow
verb
(obsolete) To flow down.
deflux
deflux
noun
(obsolete) downward flow
defoam
defoam
verb
(transitive) To remove the foam from.
defogs
defogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defog
defoil
defoil
verb
To defile or despoil.
deford
deform
deform
adj
(obsolete except poetic) Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
verb
(also figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
(engineering, physics) To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
(intransitive) To become changed in shape or misshapen.
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
To mar the character or quality of (something).
defoul
defoul
verb
(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
(obsolete) To physically crush or break.
(obsolete) To trample underfoot.
defray
defray
verb
(archaic) To pay for (something).
(obsolete) To spend (money).
To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
defter
defter
adj
comparative form of deft: more deft
noun
(historical) A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.
deftly
deftly
adv
In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
defuse
defuse
verb
(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
(transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
defuze
defuze
verb
Archaic spelling of defuse.
dehoff
deific
deific
adj
divine; of or relating to a deity or deities.
delfts
delfts
noun
plural of delft
derfly
dezful
dfault
differ
differ
noun
(computing) A program that diffs, a diff.
verb
(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
(intransitive) To be separated in quantity.
(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
difmos
disfen
djelfa
doffed
doffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of doff
doffer
doffer
noun
(textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
domify
domify
verb
(astrology, obsolete) To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
(obsolete) To tame; to domesticate.
doolfu
draffs
draffs
noun
plural of draff
draffy
draffy
adj
(obsolete) dreggy; waste; worthless
drafts
drafts
noun
Archaic form of draughts (“the board game”).
plural of draft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draft
drafty
drafty
adj
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
drifts
drifts
noun
plural of drift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drift
drifty
drifty
adj
(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Tending or seeming to drift
drooff
dryfat
dryfat
noun
(obsolete) A dry vat or basket.
dueful
dueful
adj
(archaic) Suitable, appropriate.
duffau
duffed
duffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of duff
duffel
duffel
noun
(US, colloquial) Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.
A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
duffer
duffer
adj
comparative form of duff: more duff
noun
(Australia, dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
(informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
A cow that does not produce milk.
A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
duffie
duffle
duffle
noun
Alternative spelling of duffel
dufoil
dufoil
noun
(heraldry) Twifoil.
dufter
duftry
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
dwarfy
dwarfy
adj
Much undersized; dwarfish.
efford
effude
effund
effund
verb
(obsolete) To pour out.
efland
elfdom
elfdom
noun
The world or realm of elves.
enfold
enfold
verb
Alternative form of infold
fabled
fabled
adj
Known only in fables; fictitious.
Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fable
facade
facade
noun
(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
(by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.
(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
facund
facund
adj
(archaic) eloquent, articulate
fadden
faddle
faddle
verb
(UK, dated) To dote on.
To fiddle (play aimlessly).
fadeev
faders
faders
noun
plural of fader
fadged
fadged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fadge
fadges
fadges
noun
plural of fadge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fadge
fading
fading
noun
(obsolete) An Irish dance.
(obsolete) The burden of a song.
The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
verb
present participle of fade.
fagald
fagged
fagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fag
failed
failed
adj
Bankrupt.
Decayed; worn out.
unsuccessful
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fail
faired
faired
adj
Enclosed within a fairing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fair
faludi
fandom
fandom
noun
The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
The state, quality, or condition of being a fan.
The subculture of fans.
fanged
fanged
adj
Equipped with fangs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fang
fanned
fanned
verb
Baseball, to have struck out.
simple past tense and past participle of fan
fantad
fantad
noun
Alternative form of fantod
fantod
fantod
noun
(chiefly in the plural, dated) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
An irritable outburst.
farads
farads
noun
plural of farad
farand
farced
farced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farce
farded
farded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fard
fardel
fardel
noun
(historical) An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland.
(obsolete) A bundle or burden.
A fourth part: a quarter of anything.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make up in fardels; to bunch.
farida
farmed
farmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farm
farted
farted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fart
fashed
fashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fash
fasted
fasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fast
fatted
fatted
adj
Made fat; fattened.
faulds
faulds
noun
plural of fauld
faured
fawned
fawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fawn
faydra
fddiii
fdname
fdtype
feaked
feaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feak (alternative form of feagued).