(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.
decaf
decaf
noun
(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.
ecafe
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
falco
fancy
fancy
adj
(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
Executed with skill.
Of a superior grade.
adv
(nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
noun
(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
A whim.
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
Love or amorous attachment.
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
The imagination.
The object of inclination or liking.
verb
(Britain) would like
(Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
(dated or in a set phrase) To imagine, suppose.
(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
(transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
farce
farce
noun
(cooking) Forcemeat, stuffing.
(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
(uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
(uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
verb
(transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
(transitive, figurative) To fill full; to stuff.
(transitive, obsolete) To make fat.
(transitive, obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.
Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”)
farci
farcy
farcy
noun
The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
fauch
fchar
fecal
fecal
adj
Of or relating to feces.
fidac
finca
finca
noun
A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
firca
flacc
flack
flack
noun
(Canada, US) A publicist, a publicity agent.
Alternative spelling of flak.
verb
(Canada, US) To publicise, to promote.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
(intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.
focal
focal
adj
(medicine) Limited to a small area.
Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.
noun
(Wicca) An object that is used to focus concentration when performing magic.
(geometry, obsolete) One of two lines perpendicular to the axis of a cone such that the cosine of the angle between the line and the axis is equal to the ratio of the cosines o the semiangles of the cone.
A major point of interest; an attraction.
A representative of a group or class of people within an organizational system.
A sign or similar type of marketing material designed to draw attention to special deals.
An exemplar of a concept.
The central or most important element of something; a focal element.
The individual who is the focus of a study or review, when the study or review is based on that individual's interactions with others.
frack
frack
adj
Alternative form of freck
verb
(oil industry) To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
fract
fract
verb
(obsolete) To break; to violate.
franc
franc
noun
A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.
Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.
furca
lfacs
mafic
mafic
adj
(geology) Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.
scaff
scalf
scarf
scarf
noun
(Scotland) A cormorant.
(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A headscarf.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
A type of joint in woodworking.
Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).
verb
(transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
To shape by grinding.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.