(dated, electronics) A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
acidify
acidify
verb
(figurative) To sour; to embitter.
To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
adcraft
adfroze
aefaldy
aefauld
afdecho
afeared
afeared
adj
(dialectal) Afraid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afear
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
affixed
affixed
adj
(linguistics) With an affix.
Enduringly stuck to, or attached to, something.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affix
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
afounde
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
aladfar
alfadir
alfreda
alfredo
alfredo
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo
altdorf
anfeeld
ashford
ashford
Proper noun
A town in Kent.
A town in borough, Surrey (previously in Middlesex).
A village in district, Devon, England
A village in district, Devon
A village in Derbyshire, Ashford-in-the-Water.
baffled
baffled
adj
(not comparable) having baffles
thoroughly confused, puzzled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baffle
bamford
bedfast
bedfast
adj
Unable to leave one's bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity.
noun
A joint or hook that attaches a bedrail to a headboard or footboard.
One who is bedfast.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
caffled
caffled
adj
(UK, dialect, Pembrokeshire) tangled
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
cardiff
cardiff
Proper noun
The capital city of Wales
chaffed
chaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaff
chafted
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
daffery
daffier
daffier
adj
comparative form of daffy: more daffy
daffily
daffily
adv
In a daffy manner.
daffing
daffing
noun
(Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
daffish
daffish
adj
(obsolete) Stupid, silly.
daffled
dafodil
daftest
daftest
adj
superlative form of daft: most daft
dainful
damfool
damfool
adj
Alternative spelling of damnfool
damnify
damnify
verb
(law) To cause injuries or loss to.
(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
dandify
dandify
verb
To dress as, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
danford
dapifer
dapifer
noun
The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.
The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
dareful
dareful
adj
Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
deafens
deafens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deafen
deafest
deafest
adj
superlative form of deaf: most deaf
deafish
deafish
adj
Somewhat deaf.
decafid
decafid
adj
Alternative form of decemfid
defaced
defaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deface
defacer
defacer
noun
One who defaces; a vandal.
defaces
defaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deface
defacto
defacto
noun
Alternative form of de facto
defalco
defamed
defamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defame
defamer
defamer
noun
One who defames.
defames
defames
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defame
defangs
defangs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defang
defassa
defassa
noun
A variety of waterbuck.
default
default
noun
(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
(finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
(law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
(obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
(obsolete) Lack; absence.
(often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
verb
(intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
(intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
defease
defease
verb
To annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.
defeats
defeats
noun
plural of defeat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defeat
defiant
defiant
adj
Boldly resisting opposition.
Defying.
noun
One who defies opposition.
deflate
deflate
verb
(intransitive) To become deflated.
(slang) To belch or flatulate
(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
(transitive) To let down or disappoint.
(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
(transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
defleas
defleas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflea
defoams
defoams
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoam
defraud
defraud
verb
(archaic) To deprive.
(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
defrays
defrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray
degraff
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
diffame
disfame
disfame
noun
(obsolete) disrepute
disleaf
disleaf
verb
(transitive, rare or obsolete) To remove the leaves from.
distaff
distaff
adj
Of the maternal side of a family.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.
noun
(also collective) A woman, or women considered as a group.
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
A race for female horses only.
Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
dogface
dogface
noun
(US military, slang) A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
(slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.
dogfall
dogfall
noun
(wrestling) A fall in which both wrestlers touch the ground at the same time; hence, in extended use, any tie or stalemate.
dorfman
dowfart
draffin
drafted
drafted
adj
(US) conscripted
(nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draft
draftee
draftee
noun
One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
drafter
drafter
noun
(US) A person who writes a legislative bill.
A person who prepares drafts.
A person who prepares technical drawings and plans.
drawoff
dryfarm
dwarfed
dwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwarf
dwarfer
dwarfer
adj
(horticulture) comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf
ediface
effaced
effaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of efface
elfland
elfland
noun
Alternative form of Elfland
elfreda
elfreda
Proper noun
name borne by a medieval English queen; rare today.
elfrida
endleaf
endleaf
noun
A protective page before or after the textblock.
enfaced
enfaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enface
facadal
facadal
adj
Relating to a facade.
facaded
facaded
adj
Having a facade.
facades
facades
noun
plural of facade
faceted
faceted
adj
Having facets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of facet
faciend
faciend
noun
(mathematics, obsolete) The multiplicand.
faconde
fadable
fadable
Adjective
Capable of fading, or losing its colour.
fadaise
fadaise
noun
A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.
faddier
faddier
adj
comparative form of faddy: more faddy
fadding
faddish
faddish
adj
Being or relating to a fad; trendy.
faddism
faddism
noun
The behaviour of a faddist; following fads.
faddist
faddist
noun
A person or entity given to following fads.
fadedly
fadedly
adv
In a faded manner.
fadeout
fadeout
noun
A gradual disappearance or fading away.
fadeyev
fadging
fadging
verb
present participle of fadge
fadiman
fadings
fadings
noun
plural of fading
fadlike
fadlike
Adjective
Having characteristics of a fad.
fagoted
fagoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fagot
fahland
fainted
fainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faint
faithed
faithed
adj
(obsolete) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.
Having faith of a specified quality or type.
fajardo
falcade
falcade
noun
A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
faldage
faldage
noun
(law, Norfolk, Suffolk, obsolete) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
(law, obsolete) A fee paid for exemption from this.
faldfee
faldfee
Noun
A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.
falding
falding
noun
(obsolete) A frieze or rough-napped cloth.
fancied
fancied
adj
(obsolete) Designed in an artistic manner.
Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.
Having a fancy (“inclination, liking, or love”) for; desired, favourite.
Organized, or (especially of attire) designed, to suit one's fancy or whim.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fancy
fandoms
fandoms
noun
plural of fandom
fanfold
fanfold
adj
Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
verb
(transitive) To fold in this manner.
fangled
fangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fangle
fantods
fantods
noun
(chiefly dated) plural of fantod To have “the fantods” is to be in a state of nervousness, distress, or anxiety.
...I catched a glimpse of fire away through the trees. I went for it, cautious and slow. By and by I was close enough to have a look, and there laid a man on the ground. It most give me the fantods.
1839, Charles Biggs, Adventures of Harry Franco:
1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut your eyes without opening your mouth.”
fanweed
fanweed
noun
The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense.
fanwood
faraday
faraday
noun
(chemistry, physics) The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately −96,487 coulombs.
faradic
faradic
adj
(physics) Of or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.
Of a current that is alternating, as opposed to galvanic.
farcied
farcied
adj
Of a horse: having the disease called farcy.
fardage
fardage
noun
(nautical) Material used to fill space and prevent goods from moving about during transport; dunnage.
fardels
fardels
noun
plural of fardel
farding
farding
noun
Pronunciation spelling of farthing.
verb
present participle of fard
fargood
farhand
farland
farrand
farrand
adj
(obsolete, Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
fashoda
fassold
fatbird
fathead
fathead
noun
(derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
fatidic
fatidic
adj
(now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
fatimid
fatimid
Noun
A member of a Muslim dynasty in North Africa and Egypt (Approx CE 900-1200).
fatuoid
fatwood
fatwood
noun
A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
faujdar
faujdar
noun
(India) An officer tasked with the administration of a sarkar.
faulted
faulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fault
favored
favored
adj
US standard spelling of favoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favor
faywood
fazenda
fazenda
noun
A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period.