(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
adfix
adfix
noun
(linguistics) A type of affix that is attached to the outside of a stem (an existing word), to form a new word. The adfix category branches into prefixes (ones which appear before the stem) and suffixes (ones which appear after the stem).
adfrf
adolf
adolf
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.
aface
aface
adv
(rare) In face; in front.
afads
afara
afara
noun
The limba tree.
afars
afcac
afear
afear
verb
(obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
affer
affix
affix
noun
(decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
(linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
(mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).
That which is affixed; an appendage.
verb
(transitive) To attach.
(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
affra
afgod
afgod
noun
(heraldry, historical, obsolete) A kind of dragon associated with such idols or gods.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) A pagan god.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) An idol.
afifi
afips
afire
afire
adv
On fire (often metaphorically).
aflat
aflat
adv
(obsolete) Level with the ground; flat.
aflex
afley
aflow
aflow
Adverb
flowing
afnor
afoam
afoam
adj
Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam).
In a foaming state; producing foam.
adv
In a foaming state.
afoot
afoot
adj
(predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
adv
(figurative) In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)
On foot. (support of the body, standing)
afore
afore
adv
(archaic, dialect) Before.
(nautical) In the fore part of a ship.
conj
In advance of the time when; before.
prep
Before; in advance of the time of.
Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.
afoul
afoul
adv
(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
afray
afret
afric
afric
Adjective
African
Proper noun
Africa
afrit
afros
afros
noun
plural of afro
after
after
adj
(dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
(nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
adv
Behind; later in time; following.
conj
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
prep
(Ireland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
(dated) According to an author or text.
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
As a result of.
Behind.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
In pursuit of, seeking.
In spite of.
Next in importance or rank.
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
afton
aftra
afyon
alefs
alefs
noun
plural of alef
aleft
aleft
adv
(archaic) To or on the left-hand side.
alfas
alfas
noun
plural of alfa
alfeo
alfet
alfet
noun
(obsolete) A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
alfie
alfie
Proper noun
name or Alfonso, also used as a formal given name.
alfin
alfin
noun
(chess, historical) bishop
alfur
alief
alief
noun
(philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.
alife
alife
adv
(obsolete) On one's life; dearly.
noun
Alternative form of A-life
alifs
alifs
noun
plural of alif
aloft
aloft
adv
(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
At, to, or in the air or sky.
aloof
aloof
adj
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
adv
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Without sympathy; unfavorably.
prep
(obsolete) Away from; clear of.
altaf
aoife
apfel
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
aslef
awaft
awful
awful
adj
(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
(now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
(now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
Very bad.
adv
(colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
(colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.
azofy
baffs
baffs
noun
(slang, Nigeria) fashionable clothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baff
baffy
baffy
noun
(golf) An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft.
(golf) The 4-wood or 5-wood
bafta
bafta
noun
A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
An imitation of this fabric.
bamaf
banff
banff
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
A town in council area, Scotland, and the former county town of
barff
barfs
barfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barf
barfy
barfy
adj
(informal) Disgusting.
befan
blaff
blaff
verb
(obsolete) to bark
boffa
buffa
buffa
noun
(music) The comic actress in an opera.
cafes
cafes
noun
plural of cafe
caffa
cafiz
cafiz
noun
(historical) Alternative form of qafiz, particularly in Tunisian contexts
cafoy
calef
calfs
calfs
noun
(nonstandard) plural of calf
calif
ccafs
chafe
chafe
noun
(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
Heat excited by friction.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
verb
(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
chaff
chaff
noun
(figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
verb
(intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
(transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
chaft
chaft
noun
(dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.
chufa
chufa
noun
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
craft
craft
noun
(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .
(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .
(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
(figurative) A woman.
(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
(obsolete) Occult art, magic .
(uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force .
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
verb
(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
To make by hand and with much skill.
daffi
daffs
daffs
noun
plural of daff
daffy
daffy
adj
(colloquial) Somewhat mad or eccentric.
noun
(UK, slang, dated) Gin.
(informal) A daffodil.
dafla
dafna
daraf
daraf
noun
Non-SI unit of electrical elastance.
decaf
decaf
noun
(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.
defat
defat
verb
To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents
difda
draff
draff
noun
A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.
draft
draft
adj
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
noun
(nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
(politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
(possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
(possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
(possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
(rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
(usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
An act of drinking.
An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
verb
(transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
(transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
(transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
(transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
To draw out; to call forth.
To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
To write a law.
dufay
dwarf
dwarf
adj
(especially in botany) Miniature.
noun
(astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
verb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
ecafe
efram
efrap
enfia
faaas
faade
faber
fabes
fabio
fable
fable
noun
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
(transitive, archaic) To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
fabre
fabri
faced
faced
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type or number of faces.
Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of face
facer
facer
noun
(obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
(obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
faces
faces
noun
plural of face
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of face
facet
facet
noun
(anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
(anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
(anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
(architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
(computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
(mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
verb
To cut a facet into a gemstone.
facia
facia
noun
Alternative form of fascia
facie
facit
facks
facks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fack
facom
facto
facto
adv
(law) in fact; by the act or fact
facts
facts
intj
(Internet slang) Used to express agreement.
noun
plural of fact
facty
facty
adj
(dated, informal) Consisting principally of facts
faddy
faddy
adj
Having characteristics of a fad.
fussy, having particular tastes or whims
faded
faded
adj
(US, slang) high on drugs; stoned
(sometimes figurative) That has lost some of its former colour or intensity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fade
faden
fader
fader
adj
comparative form of fade: more fade
noun
(computer graphics) A program or algorithm for fading out colors.
A device used to control sound volume.
fades
fades
noun
plural of fade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fade
fadge
fadge
noun
(Ireland) Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
(New Zealand) A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
(Tyneside) A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
(UK, slang, archaic) A farthing (old coin).
(Yorkshire) A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.
verb
(Tyneside) To eat together.
(Yorkshire, of a horse) To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree, to get along (with).
(obsolete, intransitive) To be suitable (with or to something).
(obsolete, intransitive) To get on well; to cope, to thrive.
fadil
fadme
fados
fados
noun
plural of fado
faena
faena
noun
(bullfighting) A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill.
faery
faery
noun
Obsolete spelling of fairy
faffy
faffy
adj
(UK, informal) Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy.
(UK, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company .
(music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
Alternative form of faggot
verb
(transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
fagus
faham
faham
noun
The leaves of an orchid (Jumellea fragrans) of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea.
fahey
faial
faial
Proper noun
An island in the Azores.
fails
fails
noun
plural of fail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail
faina
fains
fains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fain
faint
faint
adj
(archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
Slight; minimal.
noun
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
The act of fainting, syncope.
verb
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
(intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
faire
faire
adj
Obsolete spelling of fair
fairm
fairs
fairs
noun
plural of fair
fairy
fairy
adj
Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.
noun
(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
(uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
A legendary Chinese immortal.
A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
faith
faith
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of in faith (“really, truly”)
noun
(obsolete) Credibility or truth.
A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
A religious or spiritual belief system.
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
faits
faked
faked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fake
faker
faker
adj
comparative form of fake: more fake.
noun
(military, by extension) A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.
(obsolete) A peddler of petty things.
A snake oil salesman; one who makes exaggerated claims about a product he sells.
An impostor or impersonator.
One who fakes something.
fakes
fakes
noun
plural of fake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fake