(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
afghanistan
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterthrift
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
alexishafen
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
angelfishes
angelfishes
noun
plural of angelfish
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
antifashion
antifashion
adj
Opposed to fashion.
noun
Any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.
archdapifer
archpontiff
argusfishes
bailiffship
bailiffship
noun
The role or status of a bailiff.
balloonfish
balloonfish
noun
The pufferfish; blowfish
bathofloric
beardfishes
beardfishes
noun
plural of beardfish
beefishness
beefishness
noun
The state of being beefish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
blindfishes
blindfishes
noun
plural of blindfish
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
bonefishing
bonefishing
noun
Angling for bonefish.
branchiform
buffalofish
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
calathiform
chaffinches
chaffinches
noun
plural of chaffinch
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
chargfaires
cheerfulize
cheerfulize
verb
(transitive, dated) To make cheerful.
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
cherryfield
chieftaincy
chieftaincy
noun
The area or population ruled by a chief.
The position or period of rule of a chief.
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
chiffchaffs
chiffchaffs
noun
plural of chiffchaff
chiffonades
chiffonades
noun
plural of chiffonade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chiffonade
chiffoniers
chiffoniers
noun
plural of chiffonier
chiffonnier
chiffonnier
noun
Alternative form of chiffonier
chifforobes
chifforobes
noun
plural of chifforobe
choleriform
choleriform
adj
Resembling cholera.
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
christiform
christoffel
christoffer
christoforo
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.
clinchfield
clingfishes
clingfishes
noun
plural of clingfish
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cochleiform
cochleiform
adj
Having the form of a snail shell
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cofreighter
conchfishes
convictfish
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
creekfishes
critchfield
cutlassfish
cutlassfish
noun
A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.
devilfishes
devilfishes
noun
plural of devilfish
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
dogfighting
dogfighting
noun
(military, aviation) Close combat between two military aircraft.
A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
verb
present participle of dogfight
dolphinfish
dolphinfish
noun
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
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
faddishness
faddishness
noun
The state or condition of being faddish.
fairishness
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithlessly
faithlessly
adv
In a faithless manner
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
fallalishly
famishments
famishments
noun
plural of famishment
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
fashionable
fashionable
adj
(archaic) genteel; well-bred
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
noun
A fashionable person; a fop.
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
fashionista
fashionista
noun
A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
fashionless
fashionless
adj
Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
fattishness
fattishness
noun
The quality of being fattish.
featherbird
featherfoil
featherfoil
noun
An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
featheriest
featheriest
adj
superlative form of feathery: most feathery
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featishness
febriphobia
feldspathic
feldspathic
adj
(mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
felinophile
felinophile
noun
A person who likes cats.
felinophobe
felinophobe
noun
A person who dislikes cats.
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
felsophyric
feminophobe
feoffeeship
feoffeeship
noun
The role or position of feoffee.
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
fetichistic
fetichistic
adj
Dated form of fetishistic.
fetishistic
fetishistic
adj
Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
fetishizing
fetishizing
verb
present participle of fetishize
fevertwitch
fianchettos
fianchettos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto
fichteanism
fiddleheads
fiddleheads
noun
plural of fiddlehead
fiddlerfish
fifteenthly
fifteenthly
adv
In the fifteenth place; fifteenth in a row.
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.
filthifying
filthifying
verb
present participle of filthify
finchbacked
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
fishability
fishability
noun
The quality or degree of being fishable.
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
fishinesses
fishinesses
noun
plural of fishiness
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
fishtailing
fishtailing
verb
present participle of fishtail
flamefishes
flashlights
flashlights
noun
plural of flashlight
fleshliness
fleshliness
noun
Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; bodily appetites.
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.
flichtering
flightiness
flightiness
noun
The quality of being flighty.
flinchingly
flinchingly
adv
With a flinching motion.
flitchplate
floodlights
floodlights
noun
plural of floodlight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of floodlight