(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
fecundator
ferocactus
fetiferous
fetiferous
adj
Producing young.
fetiparous
fetiparous
adj
(of a marsupial) bearing offspring born not fully developed
fieulamort
flatterous
flatterous
adj
(obsolete) flattering
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluoridate
fluoridate
verb
(chemistry, dentistry, transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
fluorinate
fluorinate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
fluormeter
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
foederatus
foederatus
noun
A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
foreburton
forecourts
forecourts
noun
plural of forecourt
forequoted
forequoted
adj
Cited before; quoted in an earlier part of the treatise or essay.
forestburg
forethough
forfeiture
forfeiture
noun
(law) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
(law) The loss of forfeit property.
(law) The property lost as a forfeit.
Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
formulated
formulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulate
formulates
formulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate
fortescure
fortitudes
fortitudes
noun
plural of fortitude
fortuities
fortuities
noun
plural of fortuity
fortunella
fourchette
fourchette
noun
(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
(card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
The wishbone or furculum of birds
fourierist
fourierist
Noun
A supporter of Fourierism.
Adjective
Relating to Fourierism.
fourierite
fourierite
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or associated with Charles Fourier or his socialist and philosophic theories.
Noun
A supporter of Fourierism.
fourniture
fourposter
fourposter
noun
Alternative form of four-poster (“type of bed”)
fourteener
fourteener
noun
(US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
(poetry) A (usually iambic) line of fourteen syllables.
fourteenth
fourteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.
One of fourteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fourteenth position.
fratcheous
frogtongue
fructoside
fructoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of fructose
fruitwomen
frustulose
fruticeous
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
funditores
funeration
funeration
noun
(obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites
furomethyl
fusobteria
futhermore
futhermore
adv
Misspelling of furthermore.
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
housefront
housefront
noun
The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
malfortune
malfortune
noun
misfortune
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
nonrefutal
outfielder
outfielder
noun
(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.
outfighter
outfigured
outfigured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfigure
outfitters
outfitters
noun
plural of outfitter
outflanker
outflanker
noun
(military) One who is positioned so as to outflank the enemy in combat.
outflatter
outflatter
verb
(transitive) To exceed in flattery.
outfreeman
outfrowned
outfrowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfrown
outperform
outperform
verb
To perform better than something or someone.
overfluent
overfluent
adj
Excessively fluent
overfought
pluteiform
prefortune
prodefault
profulgent
profulgent
adj
(obsolete) Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
quatrefoil
quatrefoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
refunction
refunction
verb
(transitive) To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
refutation
refutation
noun
(proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
refutatory
refutatory
adj
Tending to refute.
rorifluent
rorifluent
adj
(poetic) flowing with dew
rotiferous
rotiferous
adj
Of or relating to the rotifers.
rutherford
rutherford
noun
An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.
setiferous
setiferous
adj
Having bristles; bristly.
setuliform
setuliform
adj
Resembling a setula.
stouthrief
stouthrief
noun
(archaic) A Scottish criminal offense; a form of rief (theft) committed by force.
studflower
surefooted
surefooted
adj
Confident and capable.
Walking steadily, without stumbling; capable of finding good footing.
teliferous
thiofurane
torfaceous
tormentful
tormentful
adj
Full of torment; causing, or accompanied by, torment; excruciating.
torrentful
toxiferous
toxiferous
adj
Conveying or producing a poison.
treasonful
treasonful
adj
treasonous
trisulfone
trolleyful
trolleyful
noun
As much as a trolley will hold.
tubeflower
tuberiform
tuberiform
adj
Resembling a tuber.
tubiferous
turkeyfoot
undercroft
undercroft
noun
A cellar or vaulted storage room.
A ground-level car park that occupies the base of a building.
unfactored
unfactored
adj
Not factored (in any sense)
unfavorite
unfavorite
adj
(informal) Not preferred; in particular, especially disliked.
noun
(informal) Something that is not a favourite; particularly something that is especially disliked.
verb
(Internet, transitive) To remove from one’s list of favorites.
unfootsore
unforecast
unforecast
adj
Not having been forecast.
unforested
unforested
adj
Not covered with forest.
unforetold
unforetold
adj
Not foretold; unforeseen
unfostered
unfostered
Adjective
Not fostered.
uniflorate
uniflorate
adj
(botany) Uniflorous.
uniformest
uniformest
adj
superlative form of uniform: most uniform
unprofited
unprofited
adj
profitless
vitiferous
vitiferous
adj
Full of or pertaining to vines, especially grape vines.