(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
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
archdapifer
archpontiff
argusfishes
bathofloric
beardfishes
beardfishes
noun
plural of beardfish
blackfisher
branchiform
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bushfighter
bushfighter
noun
One who takes part in bushfighting.
calathiform
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
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
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.
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
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
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
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
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.
febriphobia
felsophyric
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
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
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
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.
foliobranch
foolhardier
foolhardier
adj
comparative form of foolhardy: more foolhardy
foolhardily
foolhardily
adv
In a foolhardy manner
forehinting
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foresighted
foresighted
adj
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
noun
An act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
verb
present participle of forthcome
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
forthrights
forthrights
noun
plural of forthright
fortnightly
fortnightly
adj
occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
adv
once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
noun
A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).
fothergilla
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fourfiusher
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
franchisees
franchisees
noun
plural of franchisee
franchisers
franchisers
noun
plural of franchiser
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
freightages
freightages
noun
plural of freightage
freightless
freightless
adj
Without freight.
freightment
freightyard
freightyard
noun
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
frenchified
frenchified
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Frenchified
verb
past participle of frenchify
frenchifies
frenchifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frenchify
frenchiness
frenchiness
Noun
The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
frenchville
friendships
friendships
noun
plural of friendship
frightening
frightening
adj
(figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
verb
present participle of frighten
frightfully
frightfully
adv
In a frightful manner.
frostfishes
frostfishes
noun
plural of frostfish
funfkirchen
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furbishment
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
furnishings
furnishings
noun
Accessories used with a dress.
Furniture generally.
Items of furniture and/or accessories by which something is equipped so as to be more useful, convenient, or comfortable.
The objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space.
plural of furnishing
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
furnishness
greenfishes
greenfishes
noun
plural of greenfish
griffinhood
griffinhood
noun
(India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
griffithite
gunfighters
gunfighters
noun
plural of gunfighter
handicrafts
handicrafts
noun
plural of handicraft
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harvestfish
harvestfish
noun
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.
helsingfors
hemafibrite
hemafibrite
Noun
synadelphite
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
hereinafter
hereinafter
adv
In the parts of this document, statement, or book that follow; after this