(obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
affer
afire
afire
adv
On fire (often metaphorically).
aflex
afley
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.
afret
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.
alefs
alefs
noun
plural of alef
aleft
aleft
adv
(archaic) To or on the left-hand side.
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.
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
aoife
apfel
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
aslef
beefs
beefs
noun
plural of beef
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beef
beefy
beefy
adj
(informal) Strong or muscular.
(informal) Sturdy; robust.
Containing beef.
Large; overweight; fat.
Similar to, or tasting like beef.
befan
befit
befit
verb
to be fit for
befog
befog
verb
To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
To envelop in fog or smoke.
To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).
befop
befur
befur
verb
(transitive) To cover or clothe with fur.
bifer
brief
brief
adj
(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
Concise; taking few words.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Of short duration; happening quickly.
adv
(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
noun
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
(English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
(UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
(by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
(law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
(law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
(law) An answer to any action.
(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
(slang) A ticket of any type.
(usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
A short news story or report.
verb
(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
(transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
buffe
buffe
noun
(historical) A piece of armor covering either the entire face, or the lower face together with a visor that covered the upper face, typically made of multiple lames that could be opened by being lowered (a falling buffe) or raised.
cafes
cafes
noun
plural of cafe
calef
cefis
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.
chefs
chefs
noun
plural of chef
chief
chief
adj
(Scotland) Intimate, friendly.
Primary; principal.
noun
(US, Canada, offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
(heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
(sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
The principal part or top of anything.
verb
(US, slang) To smoke cannabis.
clefs
clefs
noun
plural of clef
cleft
cleft
adj
split, divided, or partially divided into two.
noun
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
A piece made by splitting.
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
verb
(linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
simple past tense and past participle of cleave
coeff
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
defer
defer
verb
(American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
(especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
(intransitive) To delay, to wait.
(transitive) To delay or postpone
(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
To render, to offer.
defet
defis
defix
defix
verb
(obsolete) To fix or fasten; to establish.
defoe
defoe
Proper noun
Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
defog
defog
verb
(transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from.
(transitive, informal) To make intelligible; to free from confusion.
deify
deify
verb
(transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).
(transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.
delfs
delfs
noun
plural of delf
delft
delft
noun
A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”)
dyfed
ecafe
edify
edify
verb
(now rare) To build, construct.
(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
effet
effet
noun
Alternative form of eft (“a newt”)
effie
effie
Proper noun
name, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.
Noun
An annual award given for effective marketing.
effye
efram
efrap
efrem
efren
efron
eifel
eifel
Proper noun
Eifel
elfic
elfie
elfin
elfin
adj
Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.
noun
A little urchin or child.
An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
enfia
enfin
faade
faber
fabes
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
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.
facie
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.
fadme
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
fagen
fager
fahey
faire
faire
adj
Obsolete spelling of fair
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
fakey
fakey
adj
(colloquial) Fake.
false
false
adj
(music) Out of tune.
Based on factually incorrect premises.
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
Spurious, artificial.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
adv
In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
noun
One of two options on a true-or-false test.
verb
(electronics, telecommunications, of a decoder) To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
(obsolete) To counterfeit, to forge.
(obsolete) To make false, to corrupt from something true or real.
(obsolete) To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.).
famed
famed
adj
Having fame; famous or noted.
fames
fames
noun
plural of fame
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fame
fanes
fanes
noun
plural of fane
fante
fanwe
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)”)
farde
fared
fared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fare
farer
farer
noun
(archaic) One who fares or travels, a traveller, tripper
fares
fares
noun
plural of fare
farle
farse
farse
noun
A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
verb
(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
fated
fated
adj
Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
verb
(rare) simple past tense and past participle of fate
fates
fates
noun
plural of fate
verb
(rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fate
faure
fause
faute
fauve
fauve
noun
Synonym of fauvist
favel
favel
adj
yellow or dun in colour
noun
(obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
A horse of a favel or dun colour.
fawne
faxed
faxed
adj
(obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fax
faxen
faxes
faxes
noun
plural of fax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fax
fayed
fayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fay
fayme
fayre
fayre
adj
(archaic) Fair, beautiful.
noun
(dated) A fair, a market.
(dated) Fare.
fazed
fazed
adj
Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off (usually used in the negative).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faze
fazes
fazes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faze
feala
fears
fears
noun
plural of fear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fear
fease
feast
feast
noun
A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Something delightful
verb
(intransitive) To dwell upon (something) with delight.
(intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
(transitive) To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
(transitive, obsolete) To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
feats
feats
noun
plural of feat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feat
featy
feaze
feaze
verb
Alternative form of faze
Alternative form of feeze
fecal
fecal
adj
Of or relating to feces.
feces
feces
noun
US standard spelling of faeces.
fecit
fecks
fecks
noun
(in minced oaths) Faith.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feck
fedak
fedia
fedin
fedor
feeds
feeds
noun
plural of feed
feedy
feels
feels
adj
(colloquial) Synonym of emotional
noun
(archaic) plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch
(colloquial) Feelings, emotions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feel
feely
feely
adj
(dialectal) soft; smooth; velvety
(informal) Tending to feel things by physically touching them.
noun
(Polari) A child; a young person.
feere
feere
noun
Obsolete form of fere (consort or spouse).
feest
feeze
feeze
noun
(obsolete or US, dialectal) A state of fretful excitement or worry.
(obsolete) A running start or run-up, as for a leap; used in the expression "to fetch one's feeze".
(obsolete) A rush, impetus, or violent movement.
(obsolete, Scotland) A device for wedging items into a tight space.
verb
(intransitive) To defeat, settle or finish.
(intransitive) To fret; be in a fume; worry.
(intransitive) To hurry; to move in an agitated manner.
(pronunciation spelling) To freeze.
(transitive) To beat.
(transitive) To drive off, frighten away, or cause to flee or hesitate; to faze.
(transitive) To humble; harass; subdue.
(transitive, Scotland) To screw; twist; tighten or loosen by screwing.
(transitive, intransitive) To swing about or flare (as a candle).
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope.
feigl
feign
feign
verb
To hide or conceal.
To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
feint
feint
adj
(fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
(obsolete) feigned; counterfeit.
noun
(fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance.
A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretense or stratagem.
The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a feint, or mock attack.
feist
feist
noun
(US, regional, countable) A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog.
(uncountable) Feisty behavior.
(vulgar) Silent (but pungent) flatulence.
felch
felch
verb
(transitive) To suck semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus.
felda
feldt
felic
felid
felid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
felis
felix
fella
fella
noun
(Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
(informal) Used as a term of address for a male person.