(algebra, archaic, of an equation) Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
affected
affected
adj
(algebra, archaic) adfected.
Emotionally moved; touched.
Influenced or changed by something.
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Simulated in order to impress.
artificial, stilted
noun
Someone affected, as by a disease.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affect
affecter
affecter
noun
A person who affects to know something or to be something.
affector
affector
noun
A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
affectum
affectus
affiance
affiance
noun
(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
afforced
afforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforce
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
africana
africans
afteract
aircraft
aircraft
noun
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
antefact
antefact
noun
(obsolete) Something done before another act.
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
archfire
archfool
archfool
noun
(archaic) An extremely foolish person.
archform
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
arcifera
arciform
arciform
adj
Having the form of a bow (weapon)
artcraft
artefact
artefact
noun
(Australian spelling, British spelling) Alternative spelling of artifact
artifact
artifact
noun
(archaeology) An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
(biology) An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
(computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm.
(museology) Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.
A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
artifice
artifice
noun
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
A crafty but underhanded deception.
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
A tactical move to gain advantage.
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
verb
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
atcliffe
aycliffe
backfall
backfall
noun
(music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backflap
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backfold
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
barcroft
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
becafico
beckford
becuffed
becuffed
adj
Wearing a shirt with cuffs.
Wearing handcuffs.
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beflecks
beflecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befleck
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
bocstaff
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
braeface
buffcoat
bulfinch
bullfice
cacafugo
caffeate
caffeate
noun
A salt or ester of caffeic acid.
caffeina
caffeine
caffeine
noun
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
caffeins
caffeins
noun
plural of caffein
caffeism
caffeism
noun
Alternative form of caffeinism
caffeone
caffling
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
cagefuls
cagefuls
noun
plural of cageful
caitiffs
caitiffs
noun
plural of caitiff
caitifty
calcific
calcific
adj
Of or pertaining to calcification
Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles
calctufa
calctufa
noun
calcite; calcspar
calctuff
calctuff
noun
Alternative form of calctufa
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
calfkill
calfless
calfless
adj
Having no or extremely reduced calves.
Without a calf, or young cow.
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
califate
califate
noun
Alternative form of caliphate
calorify
campfire
campfire
noun
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
camshaft
camshaft
noun
A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
capacify
capacify
verb
(archaic) To qualify.
capefair
caprifig
caprifig
noun
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
capsheaf
capsheaf
noun
(by extension) A crowning point
The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc
carefree
carefree
adj
Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.
carefull
carefull
adj
Obsolete spelling of careful
carfares
carfares
noun
plural of carfare
carfloat
cariform
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
casefied
casefied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casefy
casefies
casefies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of casefy
castoffs
castoffs
noun
plural of castoff
catalufa
catalufa
noun
Any of three priacanthid fish: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, Priacanthus arenatus, and Pristigenys serrula.
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
catfaced
catfaced
adj
Of tomatoes: having the catface deformity.
catfaces
catfaces
noun
plural of catface
catfalls
catfalls
noun
plural of catfall
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
causeful
causeful
noun
(obsolete) Having a cause.
caustify
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffers
chaffers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaffer
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chaffman
chaffron
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chalfont
chamfers
chamfers
noun
plural of chamfer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamfer
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
charmful
charmful
adj
Abounding with charms.
charshaf
chaufers
chauffer
chauffer
noun
(chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
A chafing dish
A small, portable stove
Misspelling of chauffeur.
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheerful
cheerful
adj
Bright and pleasant.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
chefdoms
cheffetz
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chelifer
chelifer
noun
book-scorpion
chenfish
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chiefess
chiefess
noun
(Hawaii) Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
chiefest
chiefest
adj
superlative form of chief: most chief
chiefish
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chirikof
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chuffest
chuffier
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chuffing
chuffing
adj
(England, slang) Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".