(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
aerify
aerify
verb
(transitive) To mix with air.
(transitive) To vaporize.
affair
affair
noun
(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
(slang, now rare) The (male or female) genitals.
A material object (vaguely designated).
A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
affeir
affirm
affirm
verb
(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
To support or encourage.
afraid
afraid
adj
(colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
africa
afridi
afridi
Noun
A member of a Pashtun tribe.
afrika
afrite
afrite
noun
Alternative form of ifrit
afrits
afrits
noun
plural of afrit
agrief
agrief
adv
(obsolete) In grief; amiss.
agruif
airify
airify
verb
Alternative form of aerify
alfirk
alfric
argify
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
befire
befriz
biafra
biafra
Proper noun
A short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s.
bifara
biffar
biform
biform
adj
Having two distinct forms
briefs
briefs
noun
(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
plural of brief
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief
certif
defier
defier
noun
agent noun of defy; one who dares and defies
differ
differ
noun
(computing) A program that diffs, a diff.
verb
(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
(intransitive) To be separated in quantity.
(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
drifts
drifts
noun
plural of drift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drift
drifty
drifty
adj
(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Tending or seeming to drift
effeir
eforia
enfire
enfire
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To set on fire.
enfirm
enfrai
estrif
fabria
fabric
fabric
noun
(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
(now rare) An edifice or building.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
The framework underlying a structure.
The texture of a cloth.
verb
(transitive) To cover with fabric.
fabrin
facier
faerie
faerie
noun
Archaic spelling of fairy.
Realm of the fays, fairyland.
fafnir
fafnir
Proper noun
a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar, who killed his father, transformed into a dragon, and was subsequently slain by Regin and Sigurd.
fainer
fainer
adv
comparative form of fain: more fain
faired
faired
adj
Enclosed within a fairing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fair
fairer
fairer
adj
comparative form of fair: more fair.
faires
faires
noun
plural of faire
fairly
fairly
adv
(dated) Almost; practically.
(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.
(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
Honestly; properly.
Softly; quietly; gently.
Without blemish.
faitor
fakirs
fakirs
noun
plural of fakir
faqirs
faqirs
noun
plural of faqir
faquir
faquir
noun
Obsolete spelling of fakir
farcie
farcin
farcin
noun
Obsolete form of farcy (“disease of horses”).
farica
farida
farika
farina
farina
noun
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
farine
faring
faring
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of fairing (something edible; fare)
An adventure, trek, journey.
verb
present participle of fare
farish
fariss
farlie
farlie
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder.
farris
febris
feerie
feirie
feirie
adj
healthy; strong
fenrir
fenrir
Proper noun
A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring; bit off Tyr's right hand, remains bound by the gods until the events of Ragnarok, where he will attack Odin.
A moon of Saturn.
ferdie
feriae
ferial
ferial
adj
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
noun
(ecclesiastical) A feria.
ferias
ferias
noun
plural of feria
feriga
ferine
ferine
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
ferino
ferity
ferity
noun
The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state; wildness, brutishness.
ferkin
ferlie
fermin
fermis
fermis
noun
plural of fermi
ferric
ferric
adj
(chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 3
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron.
ferris
fertil
fervid
fervid
adj
(figurative) Heated, emotional or zealous.
Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
fiacre
fiacre
noun
(historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage.
fiador
fiador
noun
(Canada, US) In some styles of horse halter and bridle, an optional part similar to a throatlatch.
(South America) A collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.
fibber
fibber
noun
(informal) A liar.
fibers
fibers
noun
plural of fiber
fibred
fibred
adj
(especially in combination) Having (a specified form of) fibres.
fibres
fibres
noun
plural of fibre
fibril
fibril
noun
(biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
A fine fibre or filament
fibrin
fibrin
noun
A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood.
An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.
An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
verb
To apply fibrin sealant to a surgical site to either stop bleeding or for surgical flap closure.
ficary
fictor
fictor
noun
An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any malleable material.
fierce
fierce
adj
(slang, Ireland, rural) Excellent, very good.
(slang, US, LGBT, fashion) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
Resolute or strenuously active.
Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
adv
(slang, Ireland, rural) Extremely; very.
fierte
fiertz
fifers
fifers
noun
plural of fifer
figaro
figary
figary
noun
A whim or eccentricity.
figura
figura
noun
(semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
figure
figure
noun
(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A number, an amount.
A numeral.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
A shape.
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
verb
(chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
(chiefly US) To come to understand.
(chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
(intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
(music) To embellish.
(music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
(obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
(obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
figury
figury
adj
Bearing or resembling figures.
fikery
filers
filers
noun
plural of filer
filler
filler
noun
(computing) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division).
(forestry, usually in the plural) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
(horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
(television, music) material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album
A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
One who fills.
Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
filmer
filmer
noun
One who copies media to microfilm.
One who films with a camera.
filter
filter
noun
(figurative) self-restraint in speech.
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
(photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
verb
(intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
(transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
filtre
filtre
noun
Obsolete form of filter.
finary
finary
noun
(ironworking) Alternative form of finery
finbar
finbur
finder
finder
noun
A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
One who finds or discovers something.
fineer
fineer
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To acquire goods fraudulently by having them specially made so as to be unsuitable for other customers, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.
(ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
(obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
fine point; minute characteristic
finger
finger
noun
(UK regional, botany, usually in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
(UK slang) A person.
(US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
(US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
(US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
(anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
(aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
(computing theory) A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
(cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
(figurative) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
(informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
(informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
(nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
(obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
(originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
(radio) Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
(vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
(zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
Something similar in shape to the human finger
Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
verb
(obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
(transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
(transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
(transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
(transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
finner
finner
noun
A finback whale.
finzer
fiords
fiords
noun
plural of fiord
fiorin
fiorin
noun
(botany) A species of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera}).
firers
firers
noun
plural of firer
firing
firing
noun
(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
Cauterization.
The act of adding fuel to a fire.
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
The dismissal of someone from a job.
The fuel for a fire.
verb
present participle of fire
firked
firked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firk
firker
firkin
firkin
noun
(Britain) A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
(US) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc.
A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds.
firlot
firlot
noun
(Scotland) A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
firman
firman
noun
A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
firmed
firmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firm
firmer
firmer
adj
comparative form of firm: more firm
noun
A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body.
A thin chisel with a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it.
firmin
firmly
firmly
adv
(manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner.
(manner) Securely.
firooc
firsts
firsts
noun
plural of first
firths
firths
noun
plural of firth
fisher
fisher
noun
A North American marten, Martes pennanti, that has thick brown fur.
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
The fur of Martes pennanti.
fister
fister
noun
Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of fisting.
fitter
fitter
adj
comparative form of fit: more fit
noun
(UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
(film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.