(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
An upward rush of fluid.
affuse
affuse
verb
(transitive) To pour out or upon.
aflush
aflush
adj
(archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing
agrufe
agruif
ahoufe
aidful
aidful
adj
Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
aimful
aimful
adj
Full of purpose.
alfeus
alfuro
anfuso
argufy
argufy
verb
(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
armful
armful
noun
The amount an arm or arms can hold.
arnulf
artful
artful
adj
(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.
(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.
Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
aufait
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
babeuf
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
beflum
befoul
befoul
verb
(figuratively) To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace).
(specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
befume
begulf
bepuff
bepuff
verb
(archaic) To puff out.
(archaic, transitive) To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
bfamus
binful
binful
noun
Enough to fill a bin.
bluffs
bluffs
noun
plural of bluff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluff
bluffy
bluffy
adj
(poker) Inclined to bluff; bluffing.
Having bluffs, or bold steep banks.
Inclined to be brusque.
bouffe
bouffe
noun
(music) A comic opera
verb
(transitive) To make bouffant.
boxful
boxful
noun
as much as a box will hold
buffed
buffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buff
buffer
buffer
adj
Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun
(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
(figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
(rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
verb
(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
buffet
buffet
noun
(aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
(countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
A small low stool; a hassock.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
(transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
buffin
buffin
noun
(obsolete) A sort of coarse material.
buffle
buffle
noun
(obsolete) A buffalo.
verb
(intransitive) To puzzle; to be at a loss.
buffon
buffon
noun
Synonym of buffont
buffos
buffum
buford
bumfeg
bungfu
bungfu
adj
(rare) drunk.
cabful
cafuso
canful
canful
noun
As much as a can will hold.
capful
capful
noun
(nautical) A light puff of wind.
The amount that will fit into a cap.
carful
carful
noun
As much as a car will hold.
caufle
chihfu
chufas
chufas
noun
plural of chufa
chuffs
chuffs
noun
plural of chuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuff
chuffy
chuffy
adj
(archaic) Rough; boorish; surly.
Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
cruyff
cuffed
cuffed
adj
Fitted with a cuff.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuff
cuffer
cuffer
noun
(informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
cuffin
cuffin
noun
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A man.
cuffle
cuinfo
cupful
cupful
noun
A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
The amount necessary to fill a cup.
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
cutify
cutify
verb
(informal) To make cute.
To form skin.
cutoff
cutoff
adj
(psychology, medicine) Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Constituting a limit or ending.
noun
(fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
(journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
(medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
A cessation in a flow or activity.
A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
darfur
darfur
Proper noun
A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
deflux
deflux
noun
(obsolete) downward flow
defoul
defoul
verb
(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
(obsolete) To physically crush or break.
(obsolete) To trample underfoot.
defuse
defuse
verb
(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
(transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
defuze
defuze
verb
Archaic spelling of defuse.
dezful
dfault
doolfu
dueful
dueful
adj
(archaic) Suitable, appropriate.
duffau
duffed
duffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of duff
duffel
duffel
noun
(US, colloquial) Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.
A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
duffer
duffer
adj
comparative form of duff: more duff
noun
(Australia, dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
(informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
A cow that does not produce milk.
A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
duffie
duffle
duffle
noun
Alternative spelling of duffel
dufoil
dufoil
noun
(heraldry) Twifoil.
dufter
duftry
earful
earful
noun
(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
(informal) intimate gossip
efflux
efflux
noun
That which has flowed out.
verb
(intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
effude
effume
effume
verb
(obsolete) To breathe or puff out.
effund
effund
verb
(obsolete) To pour out.
effuse
effuse
adj
(botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
(zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
Poured out freely; profuse.
noun
(obsolete) effusion; loss
verb
(figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
(intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.
(intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
(transitive) To emit; to give off.
effuso
enfoul
enfume
engulf
engulf
verb
(transitive) To cast into a gulf.
(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
erfurt
erfurt
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Thuringia, in Germany
estufa
estufa
noun
A room in a Pueblo Indian house.
eyeful
eyeful
adj
Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
noun
(informal) A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
(sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
A full or complete view; a good look.
Enough material to fill one's eye.
fabius
fabius
Proper noun
name, of historical use in English.
fabula
fabula
noun
(narratology) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.
faceup
faceup
adv
Alternative spelling of face-up
factum
factum
noun
(law) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.
(law, Canada) A statement of fact and law delivered before a court
(law, civil law) Anything stated and made certain.
(mathematics, obsolete) A product (result of multiplying two numbers).
facula
facula
noun
(astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots.
facund
facund
adj
(archaic) eloquent, articulate
faenus
faiyum
falsum
falsum
noun
(logic) An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥.
faludi
faluns
famous
famous
adj
In the public eye.
Well known.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.
famuli
famuli
noun
plural of famulus
fanout
fanout
noun
(computing, electronics) The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.
fanums
faquir
faquir
noun
Obsolete spelling of fakir
farleu
farouk
fastus
fatuus
faucal
faucal
adj
Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
fauces
fauces
noun
(anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
(botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
(zoology) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
faucet
faucet
noun
(Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
(game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
faucre
faufel
faulds
faulds
noun
plural of fauld
faults
faults
noun
plural of fault
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fault
faulty
faulty
adj
(obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
fauman
faunae
faunal
faunal
adj
Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.
Pertaining to animals.
faunas
faunas
noun
plural of fauna
faunch
faunch
noun
(dated, fandom slang) A desire; a yearning.
verb
(US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To complain; to rant; to rave.
(US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To worry; to be eager; to show impatience.
(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.
(dated, fandom slang) To desire; to yearn; to covet.
faunia
faunie
faunus
faunus
noun
Dated form of faun.
faured
fausen
fausen
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A young eel.
fausta
fausto
fautor
fautor
noun
(obsolete) Patron, protector.
Admirer, one who favours.
Supporter, adherent, partisan.
fauver
fauves
fauves
noun
plural of fauve
favour
favour
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
favous
favous
adj
favose; honeycombed
feague
feague
noun
(obsolete) An unkempt, slatternly person.
verb
(obsolete) To beat or whip; to drive.
(obsolete) To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.
To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
fecula
fecula
noun
Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
fecund
fecund
adj
(figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
(formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
femurs
feodum
ferdus
fergus
ferous
ferous
adj
(archaic) wild; savage
ferrum
ferrum
noun
(homeopathy) Any of various remedies made from iron-containing compounds.
ferula
ferula
noun
(archaic) A stroke from a cane.
(obsolete) A ferule.
(obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
ferule
ferule
noun
A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.
verb
(transitive) To punish with a ferule.
fescue
fescue
noun
(countable) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
(countable) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
(countable) The style of a sundial.
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.