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.
bedfoot
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
chafted
clefted
clefted
adj
Having a cleft; cloven.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cleft
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
daftest
daftest
adj
superlative form of daft: most daft
deafest
deafest
adj
superlative form of deaf: most deaf
debtful
defacto
defacto
noun
Alternative form of de facto
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.
defeats
defeats
noun
plural of defeat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defeat
defects
defects
noun
plural of defect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defect
defiant
defiant
adj
Boldly resisting opposition.
Defying.
noun
One who defies opposition.
deficit
deficit
noun
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
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.
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.).
defrost
defrost
noun
The removal of frost.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.
(transitive) To remove frost from.
(transitive) To thaw something.
deftest
deftest
adj
superlative form of deft: most deft
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.
destuff
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.
dogfoot
dowfart
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.
drifted
drifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drift
drifter
drifter
noun
(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
(fishing) A boat used for drift fishing.
(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
(mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
(parachuting) A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
drifton
dryfist
dryfoot
duftery
duftite
duftite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular kind of vitreous or dull, olive-green to grey-green orthorhombic mineral.
dustoff
dustoff
noun
Alternative form of dust-off
dutiful
dutiful
adj
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
faceted
faceted
adj
Having facets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of facet
faddist
faddist
noun
A person or entity given to following fads.
fadeout
fadeout
noun
A gradual disappearance or fading away.
fagoted
fagoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fagot
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.
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.”
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.
faulted
faulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fault
feasted
feasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feast
feedlot
feedlot
noun
(US) Land on which livestock are fattened for market.
feinted
feinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feint
ferdwit
fetched
fetched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fetch
fetidly
fetidly
adv
In a fetid manner.
fettled
fettled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fettle
feudist
feudist
noun
A writer about feuds; a person versed in feudal law.
One who takes part in feuds.
fideist
fideist
noun
A subscriber to fideism.
fidgets
fidgets
noun
A state of nervous restlessness, causing a person to fidget.
plural of fidget
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fidget
fidgety
fidgety
adj
Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
fileted
fileted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filet
finstad
fitched
fitched
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of fitchy
fitweed
fitweed
noun
Eryngium foetidum, a plant supposed to be a remedy for fits.
fixated
fixated
adj
(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fixate
flatbed
flatbed
adj
Having a flat bed.
noun
(computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.
A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
verb
To transport by flatbed.
flatdom
flatdom
noun
(chiefly UK) The realm or sphere of apartment buildings.
flatted
flatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flat
fleeted
fleeted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleet
flinted
flinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flint
flirted
flirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flirt
flitted
flitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flit
floated
floated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of float
flouted
flouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flout
fodient
fodient
adj
Fitted for, or relating to, digging.
noun
(zoology) One of the Fodientia.
foisted
foisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foist
foldout
foldout
adj
That folds out from a closed position
noun
A foldout bed.
An overlarge page that is folded into a book or magazine.
fondant
fondant
adj
(heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.
noun
(countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
(food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
(slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.
(usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
(usually uncountable) Fondue.
(usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
fondest
fondest
adj
superlative form of fond: most fond
footled
footled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of footle
footpad
footpad
noun
(Australia) An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
(archaic) A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road.
(medicine) A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts.
The soft underside of an animal's paw.
verb
(archaic) To rob travellers on the road.
To sneak on foot.
fotched
fracted
fracted
adj
(heraldry) Having a part displaced, as if broken; said of an ordinary.
broken
fretted
fretted
adj
(music, of a musical instrument) Having frets.
Decorated with fretwork.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fret
fritted
fritted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frit
frontad
fronted
fronted
adj
(often in a combinations) Having a particular front
(phonetics) Pronounced in the front manner.
Formed with a front; drawn up in line.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of front
frosted
frosted
adj
(slang) Extremely intoxicated.
Appearing to be covered in frost.
Covered in frost; frosty.
Damaged by frost.
noun
A kind of milkshake made with ice cream.
frothed
frothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of froth
frotted
frotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frot
fructed
fructed
adj
(heraldry, of a tree or plant on an escutcheon) Bearing fruit.
fruited
fruited
adj
Containing fruit; bearing fruit.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fruit
grafted
grafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of graft
grifted
grifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grift
grufted
indraft
indraft
noun
A draft or drawing inward.
mitford
octofid
octofid
adj
(botany) Cleft or separated into eight segments.
outfeed
outfeed
noun
A conveyor that pulls split firewood away from the processor and into a waiting vehicle or pile for later handling.
outffed
outfind
outfind
verb
(obsolete, poetic, transitive) To find out; to discover.
outfled
outfled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outflee
outfold
outfold
verb
To fold outward.
padfoot
pitfold
redfoot
redraft
redraft
noun
(finance) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
A second or subsequent draft
verb
To draft again
refuted
refuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of refute
shafted
shafted
adj
(heraldry, of a spear) Having a shaft and head of different tinctures.
(slang) cheated; screwed; ripped off
fitted with a shaft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shaft
shifted
shifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shift
snifted
snifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snift
staffed
staffed
adj
Occupied by staff, having members of staff.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of staff
staford
stiffed
stiffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stiff
stifled
stifled
adj
That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stifle
strafed
strafed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of strafe
stuffed
stuffed
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
(cooking) Filled with seasoning.
(slang) Full after eating.
Full or packed (with some material or substance).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stuff
telford
telford
Proper noun
A new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
tenfold
tenfold
adj
containing ten parts
ten times as much
adv
by ten times as much
verb
to increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten
tideful
tilford
transfd
trifled
trifled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trifle
trifold
trifold
adj
Of a mirror: having three reflective surfaces hinged together.
threefold
noun
A wallet with three equal-sized sections that fold together.
Any sheet of paper or cardboard, folded into three sections along two parallel creases and used to present information, typically as a brochure or display board.
Anything folded into thirds to resemble a trifold.
turfdom
turfdom
noun
(countable) A private domain, especially in academic settings