(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
affronts
affronts
noun
plural of affront
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affront
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
afterend
aftertan
aftonian
aftonian
Adjective
During the first interglacial period in North America, between the Kansan and Nebraskan glacial periods.
anatifae
anatifer
antefact
antefact
noun
(obsolete) Something done before another act.
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
antifame
antifame
adj
Opposing fame.
antifire
antifire
adj
Opposing or countering fire.
antiflux
antifoam
antifoam
noun
Any chemical agent that inhibits the formation of foam.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antihuff
antihuff
noun
(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
antileft
antileft
adj
(politics) Opposing the political left.
antilife
antilife
adj
(US, politics, derogatory) pro-choice
(derogatory) Supporting the death penalty in a particular case or in general.
(derogatory) antinatalist; supporting the use of contraception to space or limit births
Opposing the preservation of life in a particular situation
antilift
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
beanfest
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
chalfont
clontarf
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
conflate
conflate
adj
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
noun
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
To mix together different elements.
confract
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
craftint
daftness
daftness
noun
(countable) Something that is daft.
Property of being daft.
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
danforth
defecant
drafting
drafting
noun
A method of preparing fibers for weaving.
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
verb
present participle of draft
draftman
draftman
noun
Alternative form of draftsman
driftman
effetman
enfasten
enfasten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To fasten, to bind tightly.
enfatico
engrafts
engrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
fagoting
fagoting
noun
A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches.
The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads.
verb
present participle of fagot
faineant
faineant
noun
An irresponsible or lazy person.
fainters
fainters
noun
plural of fainter
faintest
faintest
adj
superlative form of faint: most faint
faintful
faintful
adj
Displaying weakness, frailty, or faintness; fainting; dejected
fainting
fainting
noun
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
verb
present participle of faint
faintise
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
fairmont
fairmont
Proper noun
A city in Minnesota, USA.
A city in West Virginia, USA
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fakement
fakement
noun
(archaic) A forgery; something faked.
falconet
falconet
noun
(military, historical) A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
A small or young falcon.
Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
fallston
fanatico
fanatics
fanatics
noun
plural of fanatic
fanatism
fanatism
noun
(archaic) excessive intolerance of opposing views
fanciest
fanciest
adj
superlative form of fancy: most fancy
fanestil
faniente
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fantails
fantails
noun
plural of fantail
fantasia
fantasia
noun
(chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
(music, also figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.
fantasie
fantasie
noun
Obsolete spelling of fantasy
fantasms
fantasms
noun
plural of fantasm
fantasts
fantasts
noun
plural of fantast
fanterie
fantigue
fantigue
noun
(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fasinite
fasnacht
fastened
fastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fasten
fastener
fastener
noun
Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.
Something or someone that fastens.
fastings
fastings
noun
plural of fasting
fastland
fastness
fastness
noun
(also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.
(obsolete except Britain, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
(obsolete) The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity.
(specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
fattened
fattened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fatten; fatted
fattener
fattener
noun
One who fattens.
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
faunated
faunated
adj
Having (a relatively large amount of) intestinal fauna.
faustena
faustian
faustian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
faustina
faustine
fawniest
feasting
feasting
noun
A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
verb
present participle of feast
featness
featness
noun
(archaic) skill; adroitness
felapton
feminate
feminate
adj
(obsolete) feminine
fenerate
fenerate
Verb
To put money to usury; to lend on interest.
fenestra
fenestra
noun
(anatomy) An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
fentanyl
fentanyl
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C₂₂H₂₈N₂O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇ is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
ferratin
ferratin
noun
Dated form of ferritin.
fetation
fetation
noun
The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
fichtean
fidation
figurant
figurant
noun
An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
filament
filament
noun
(botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
(textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
A fine thread or wire.
Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
finalist
finalist
noun
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).
A university student in their final year of study.
Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
finality
finality
noun
The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
finestra
finitary
finitary
adj
(logic) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms.
(mathematics) Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.
fistiana
fistiana
noun
Things related to the sport of boxing.
fittonia
fittonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Fittonia of flowering plants.
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
flagonet
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagtown
flambant
flammant
flammant
adj
(heraldry) flaming; emitting flames
flatiron
flatiron
adj
Having a flatiron shape.
noun
(especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
(geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
flatland
flatland
noun
(Ireland, informal) An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.
Synonym of plain: land of relatively constant altitude, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatness
flatness
noun
(oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
(statistics) slim-tailedness or platykurticity
Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
The state of being bland : dullness
The state of being flat
The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity
flatnose
flatnose
adj
(zoology) Designating various organisms that have a flat nose.
flatonia
flattens
flattens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatten
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
flaunted
flaunted
verb
past participle of flaunt
flaunter
flaunter
noun
Someone who flaunts.
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flippant
flippant
adj
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
(chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
floatman
floatmen
flomaton
fluitant
fondants
fondants
noun
plural of fondant
fontaine
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
fontanel
fontanel
noun
Alternative spelling of fontanelle
fontanet
fontange
fontange
noun
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.
fontanne
fontinal
fontinal
adj
Growing in or near springs
fontinas
fontinas
noun
plural of fontina
footband
footband
noun
(obsolete) A group of foot soldiers.
formants
formants
noun
plural of formant
forncast
forncast
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To arrange beforehand; forecast.
forstand
forstand
verb
(transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To understand; comprehend.