(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbreach
afterchance
afterchrome
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershaves
aftershaves
noun
plural of aftershave
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afterthrift
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
archbuffoon
archdapifer
archfounder
archpontiff
argusfishes
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
bathofloric
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beardfishes
beardfishes
noun
plural of beardfish
bechauffeur
blackfisher
branchiform
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
calathiform
chaffcutter
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
chargfaires
chauffeured
chauffeured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chauffeur
cheerfulize
cheerfulize
verb
(transitive, dated) To make cheerful.
cheerfuller
cheerfuller
adj
comparative form of cheerful: more cheerful
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chemoreflex
chemoreflex
noun
(physiology) A reflex in response to a chemical stimulus
cherryfield
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chiffoniers
chiffoniers
noun
plural of chiffonier
chiffonnier
chiffonnier
noun
Alternative form of chiffonier
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
chloroforms
chloroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chloroform
choleriform
choleriform
adj
Resembling cholera.
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
christiform
christoffel
christoffer
christoforo
churchcraft
churchified
churchified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of churchify
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cochleiform
cochleiform
adj
Having the form of a snail shell
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofreighter
counterhaft
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
creekfishes
critchfield
dauerschlaf
dauerschlaf
noun
a prolonged sleep therapy
driftfishes
driftfishes
noun
plural of driftfish
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
effranchise
effranchise
verb
Obsolete form of enfranchise.
eichendorff
enfranchise
enfranchise
verb
(property law, England & Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
etherifying
etherifying
verb
present participle of etherify
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
fairishness
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
fartherance
fartherance
noun
Obsolete form of furtherance.
farthermore
farthermore
adv
Obsolete form of furthermore.
farthermost
farthermost
adj
superlative form of far: most far; most remote or distant; furthermost.
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
fathercraft
fathercraft
noun
The knowledge and skills associated with fatherhood.
fatherhoods
fatherhoods
noun
plural of fatherhood
fatherlands
fatherlands
noun
plural of fatherland
fatshederas
fatshederas
noun
plural of fatshedera
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed
featherbird
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
featheredge
featheredge
noun
Alternative form of feather edge
featherfoil
featherfoil
noun
An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
featherhead
featherhead
Noun
A foolish person.
featheriest
featheriest
adj
superlative form of feathery: most feathery
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
featherleaf
featherleaf
adj
Applied to various plants characterized by feathery leaves.
featherless
featherless
adj
Having no feathers.
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherpate
featherpate
noun
A foolish, frivolous person; an airhead.
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
febriphobia
felsophyric
ferrochrome
ferrochrome
noun
A corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chrome.
festschrift
festschrift
noun
A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person.
festshrifts
fevertwitch
fiddlerfish
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
fingersmith
fingersmith
noun
midwife
pickpocket
firefighter
firefighter
noun
A person who has been trained to put out fires.
fireflaught
firemanship
firemanship
noun
The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
firmhearted
fishberries
fishberries
noun
plural of fishberry
fisherville
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
flameholder
flapperhood
flapperhood
noun
The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flashboards
flashboards
noun
plural of flashboard
flashtester
flaughtbred
fleahoppers
fleahoppers
noun
plural of fleahopper
fleshmonger
fleshmonger
noun
(archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
fletcherise
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
fletcherite
fletcherite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
fletcherize
fletcherize
verb
(figurative, by extension) To consume, to devour, to bite, to chew over.
(transitive, intransitive) To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
flichtering
floorcloths
floorcloths
noun
plural of floorcloth
floorshifts
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
flowcharted
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.