(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
apfel
aslef
calef
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.
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.).
farle
favel
favel
adj
yellow or dun in colour
noun
(obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
A horse of a favel or dun colour.
feala
fecal
fecal
adj
Of or relating to feces.
felda
fella
fella
noun
(Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
(informal) Used as a term of address for a male person.
Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
feola
feral
feral
adj
(of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.
Deadly, fatal.
Internet slang. Engrossed by a certain thought or behavior.
Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals.
Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.
Wild, untamed.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
(Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
(furry subculture) A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)
A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
fetal
fetal
adj
(embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
filea
flake
flake
noun
(Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
(UK) Dogfish.
(UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
(US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
(archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
(nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
(nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”)
A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
A flat turn or tier of rope.
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
A scale of a fish or similar animal
A wire rack for drying fish.
verb
(Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
(US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
(technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
To break or chip off in a flake.
To lay out on a flake for drying.
flame
flame
adj
Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
noun
(Internet, somewhat dated) An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
(color) A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
flame:
verb
(Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
flane
flare
flare
noun
(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
(figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
(in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
(nautical) The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
(photography) Short for lens flare.
A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
A sudden bright light.
A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
verb
(intransitive) To blaze brightly.
(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
(intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
(intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.
(intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.
(transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.
(transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas (flare gas).
(transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape.
(transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
fleak
fleak
noun
A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach.
A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
A thin piece that the flesh of some animals (such as fish) tends to break into.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck
(transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”)
fleam
fleam
noun
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
flear
fleas
fleas
noun
plural of flea
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flea
fleay
fleda
fleta
leafs
leafs
noun
(nonstandard unless referring to a moveable panel (e.g. of a bridge or door) or as a slang term for Canadians) plural of leaf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leaf