To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
aforetime
aforetime
adj
(archaic) Former.
adv
(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afterlife
afterlife
noun
(countable, uncountable) The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.
A conscious existence after death.
The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.
The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.
The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.
aftermilk
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
aftership
aftertime
aftertime
noun
(music) The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.
A later time; the future.
afterwise
afterwise
adj
Wise after the fact.
airlifted
airlifted
adj
Having been the subject of an airlift.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airlift
aperitifs
aperitifs
noun
plural of aperitif
archthief
arfillite
artificer
artificer
noun
A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
A savant.
A trickster.
An inventor.
Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
autrefois
befreight
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
cafeteria
cafeteria
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
cafetiere
cafetiere
noun
Alternative form of cafetière
celtiform
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
certifier
certifier
noun
A person or entity that provides certification
certifies
certifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of certify
cofighter
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
craftiest
craftiest
adj
superlative form of crafty: most crafty
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
definitor
definitor
noun
(Catholicism) One who oversees either an ecclesiastical property under a bishop or possesses an office in a religious order.
A person who defines.
deformity
deformity
noun
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
The state of being deformed.
defortify
denitrify
denitrify
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
dentiform
dentiform
adj
Having the shape or structure of a tooth.
devitrify
devitrify
verb
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
different
different
adj
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Unlike most others; unusual.
Various, assorted, diverse.
adv
Differently.
noun
(mathematics) The different ideal.
disforest
disforest
verb
To disafforest
draffiest
draftiest
draftiest
adj
superlative form of drafty: most drafty
driftages
driftages
noun
plural of driftage
driftiest
driftiest
adj
superlative form of drifty: most drifty
driftless
driftless
adj
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
driftweed
driftweed
noun
Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.
dufrenite
dufrenite
noun
(mineralogy) A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
electrify
electrify
verb
(intransitive) To make electric.
(transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
(transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
(transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
extrafine
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
factories
factories
noun
plural of factory
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
fairstead
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
faltering
faltering
adj
hesitant, halting
noun
hesitancy
verb
present participle of falter
farcilite
farcilite
noun
(mineralogy, obsolete) Pudding stone.
farenheit
faroelite
farrisite
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
featuring
featuring
noun
(rap music) A cameo on another performer's track.
verb
present participle of feature
featurish
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
febrility
febrility
Noun
feverishness
feetfirst
feetfirst
adv
With one's feet going first.
fellatrix
fellatrix
noun
A woman who performs fellatio.
ferberite
ferberite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
ferganite
fergusite
feriation
feriation
noun
(obsolete) The observation of a holiday; cessation from work.
fermatian
fermillet
fermillet
noun
(obsolete) A buckle or clasp.
fermorite
fermorite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.
fernticle
fernticle
noun
(obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
ferreting
ferreting
noun
Hunting with ferrets.
ferret (tape used to tie documents)
verb
present participle of ferret
ferritins
ferritins
noun
plural of ferritin
fertilely
fertilely
adv
In a fertile manner.
fertilise
fertilise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fertilize.
fertility
fertility
noun
(countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
The average number of births per woman within a population.
fertilize
fertilize
verb
(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
fervanite
fervanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
festering
festering
noun
The condition of something that festers.
verb
present participle of fester
feteritas
feteritas
noun
plural of feterita
fetisheer
fettering
fettering
noun
The act by which something is fettered or constricted.
verb
present participle of fetter
fevertwig
fibrinate
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fibrolite
fibrolite
Noun
Sillimanite.
fictioner
fictioner
noun
A writer of fiction.
fidgeters
fidgeters
noun
plural of fidgeter
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
fifteener
fifteener
noun
(UK, informal) A film assigned an age rating of 15, those under 15 not being permitted to view it.
(bibliography, informal) A book printed in the 15th century.
figeaters
figeaters
noun
plural of figeater
figurante
figurante
noun
A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
figurette
figurette
noun
A figurine.
figuriste
filatures
filatures
noun
plural of filature
filisters
filisters
noun
plural of filister
fillister
fillister
noun
(architecture) A rabbet/rebate for holding a sash window
A plane for making a rabbet.
filterers
filterers
noun
plural of filterer
filtering
filtering
noun
Something that passes through a filter.
The process of passing something through a filter.
verb
present participle of filter
filterman
filterman
noun
A man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.
filtermen
filtermen
noun
plural of filterman
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
filtrated
filtrated
adj
filtered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filtrate
filtrates
filtrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filtrate
fimbriate
fimbriate
adj
(biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.
verb
(transitive) To fringe; to hem.
fingerlet
fingerlet
noun
A small finger-shaped object.
fingertip
fingertip
noun
The tip of the human finger.
verb
(transitive) to move or deflect with the fingertips
finistere
finletter
fioriture
fioriture
noun
(music) Little "flowers" of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firebrats
firebrats
noun
plural of firebrat
firecrest
firecrest
noun
A very small passerine bird, Regulus ignicapillus, that breeds in Eurasia.
firefight
firefight
noun
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
fireflirt
firelight
firelight
noun
The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
fireshaft
firespout
firesteel
firesteel
noun
A firestriker.
firestone
firestone
noun
A flint.
A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.
Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire.
firestorm
firestorm
noun
(figurative) An intense or violent altercation.
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
firethorn
firethorn
noun
A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
firetower
firetraps
firetraps
noun
plural of firetrap
firewater
firewater
noun
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
firmament
firmament
noun
(countable) The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
(countable, obsolete) A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
(countable, obsolete) The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
(countable, obsolete, also figuratively) A basis or foundation; a support.
(uncountable, astronomy, historical) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars; (countable, by extension) any celestial sphere.
(uncountable, obsolete except biblical) The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
(usually uncountable, literary, poetic, also figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.