To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
adcraft
afdecho
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
chefdom
chefdom
noun
Collectively, all chefs.
The state of being a chef.
cheffed
cheffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chef
chuffed
chuffed
adj
(British, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.
(UK, Ireland, dialect) Displeased; gruff.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuff
clefted
clefted
adj
Having a cleft; cloven.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cleft
cliffed
cliffed
adj
formed by cliffs
codfish
codfish
noun
(countable) A cod (the fish).
(uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.
coffled
coffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffle
cofield
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
coiffed
confide
confide
verb
(intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
(intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
(transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
cornfed
cornfed
adj
(informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).
(informal, sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
(not comparable, of an animal) Fed on corn.
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
crefeld
cundiff
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
defects
defects
noun
plural of defect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defect
defence
defence
noun
(obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
(team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
An argument in support or justification of something.
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Something used to oppose attacks.
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.
deficit
deficit
noun
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
deflect
deflect
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
defocus
defocus
noun
(optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
The process of going out of focus.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
deforce
deforce
verb
(law, Scotland) To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.
(law, transitive) To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
defunct
defunct
adj
(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.
(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
(now rare) Deceased, dead.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
The dead person (referred to).
verb
To make defunct.
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.
dulcify
dulcify
verb
(obsolete) To neutralise the acidity of.
(transitive) To mollify or make peaceful.
To make sweeter or more pleasant.
To sweeten the taste of.
duncify
duncify
verb
(transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
ediface
edifice
edifice
noun
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one
An abstract structure; a school of thought.
effaced
effaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of efface
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
falcade
falcade
noun
A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
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
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.
fatidic
fatidic
adj
(now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
fetched
fetched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fetch
fianced
fianced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fiance
fiducia
filched
filched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filch
finched
finched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finch
fitched
fitched
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of fitchy
flaccid
flaccid
adj
Flabby.
Lacking energy or vigor.
Soft; floppy.
flacked
flacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flack
flecked
flecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleck
fleeced
fleeced
adj
Having a fleece.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleece
flicked
flicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flick
flocced
flocked
flocked
adj
(of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
(of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
(of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flock
fluidic
fluidic
adj
Of or pertaining to a fluid.
Of or pertaining to fluidics.
focoids
focused
focused
adj
Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of focus
fondaco
fondaco
noun
(historical, Italian contexts) A type of inn, especially as the residence of a merchant or trader; a trading post, a trading factory.
fordyce
fordyce
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a village in council area, Scotland
fosdick
fotched
fracted
fracted
adj
(heraldry) Having a part displaced, as if broken; said of an ordinary.
broken
frecked
frecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freck
fredric
frocked
frocked
adj
Dressed in a frock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frock
fructed
fructed
adj
(heraldry, of a tree or plant on an escutcheon) Bearing fruit.
fucoids
fucoids
noun
plural of fucoid
fucused
fucused
adj
painted
funduck
macduff
octofid
octofid
adj
(botany) Cleft or separated into eight segments.
refaced
refaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reface
scarfed
scarfed
adj
Alternative form of scarved (“wearing a scarf”)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scarf
scoffed
scoffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scoff
scuffed
scuffed
adj
(slang, derogatory) Poorly made or done; of low quality.
Referring to something that has been scratched or marked by contact with another object.
verb
past participle of scuff
unfaced
unfaced
adj
(of insulation, etc.) Having a vapor barrier (also called vapor retarder) that blocks moisture from moving from one space to another.