Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.
forbiddance
forbiddance
noun
An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something.
forbiddenly
forbiddenly
adv
In a forbidden or unlawful manner.
forbysening
forcipation
forcipation
noun
torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
foreappoint
foreappoint
verb
(transitive) To appoint beforehand.
forebearing
forebearing
verb
present participle of forebear
forebodings
forebodings
noun
plural of foreboding
forebowline
forecasting
forecasting
noun
A forecast or prediction.
verb
present participle of forecast
foreclosing
foreclosing
noun
An act of foreclosure.
verb
present participle of foreclose
foredestine
foredestine
verb
(rare) To predestine
foredestiny
forediscern
foredooming
foredooming
verb
present participle of foredoom
forefeeling
forefeeling
noun
presentiment
verb
present participle of forefeel
forefending
forefending
verb
present participle of forefend
forefingers
forefingers
noun
plural of forefinger
forehinting
foreignisms
foreignisms
noun
plural of foreignism
foreignness
foreignness
noun
(countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.
(uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
foreimagine
forejudging
forejudging
verb
present participle of forejudge
foreknowing
foreknowing
noun
foreknowledge
verb
present participle of foreknow
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremention
foreordains
foreordains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreordain
forepointer
forereading
forereading
verb
present participle of foreread
forerigging
forerunning
forerunning
verb
present participle of forerun
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foresignify
foresignify
verb
(transitive) To signify beforehand; foreshow.
forestation
forestation
noun
The act of planting a forest.
The conversion of a habitat to forest.
foretalking
foretasting
foretasting
verb
present participle of foretaste
foretelling
foretelling
noun
prediction
verb
present participle of foretell
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forewinning
forewritten
forewritten
adj
Written beforehand or in advance.
verb
past participle of forewrite
forfication
forgiveness
forgiveness
noun
Readiness to forgive.
The action of forgiving.
forgivingly
forgivingly
adv
In a forgiving way.
forkinesses
forklifting
forklifting
verb
present participle of forklift
formalazine
formalazine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₂H₄N₂, obtainable from formaldehyde by the addition of hydrazine.
formalising
formalising
verb
present participle of formalise
formalizing
formalizing
verb
present participle of formalize
formamidine
formamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound NH=CH-NH₂ that is the amidine of formic acid
Any of a group of acaricidal compounds derived from this compound
formanilide
formanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) The anilide of formic acid C₆H₅-NH-CHO
formational
formational
adj
Of or pertaining to formation (in any of many contexts).
formfitting
formfitting
adj
(of clothing) That follows the contours of the body
formicarian
formicarian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
formicating
formicating
verb
present participle of formicate
formication
formication
noun
(medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
formulation
formulation
noun
(medicine) A medicinal preparation.
A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
formulising
formulising
verb
present participle of formulise
formulizing
formulizing
verb
present participle of formulize
formylating
formylating
verb
present participle of formylate
formylation
formylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction involving the introduction of a formyl group.
fornicating
fornicating
verb
present participle of fornicate
fornication
fornication
noun
(colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
fornicators
fornicators
noun
plural of fornicator
fornicatory
fornicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to fornication.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
forniciform
forniciform
adj
archlike or vaulted in form
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
fortepianos
fortepianos
noun
plural of fortepiano
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
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).
fortressing
fortressing
verb
present participle of fortress
fortunation
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
fosteringly
fosteringly
adv
In a way that fosters or encourages.
fosterlings
fosterlings
noun
plural of fosterling
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fountaineer
fountaineer
noun
Someone interested in fountains.
Someone who makes fountains.
fourdrinier
fourdrinier
noun
A machine for making continuous rolls of paper.
fourpennies
fourpennies
noun
plural of fourpenny
foxtrotting
foxtrotting
verb
present participle of foxtrot
fracedinous
fracedinous
adj
(rare) Producing heat through putrefaction.
fractionary
fractionary
adj
(obsolete) fractional
fractionate
fractionate
verb
(chemistry) To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc.
(cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
(radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
fractioning
fractioning
verb
present participle of fraction
fractionise
fractionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize.
fractionize
fractionize
verb
To separate into fractions
fractionlet
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francomania
francomania
Noun
An obsession with the French culture, language, or people.
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
frankalmoin
frankalmoin
noun
Alternative form of frankalmoign
franklinton
fredericton
fredericton
Proper noun
Provincial capital of New Brunswick (Canada).
fredrickson
freebooting
freebooting
adj
Engaged in piracy or plunder
noun
(computing) Software piracy, or stealing or unauthorized rehosting of digital content.
Piracy or plundering.
verb
present participle of freeboot
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
freeloading
freeloading
noun
The act of one who freeloads.
verb
present participle of freeload
freemasonic
freemasonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Freemasonry.
frictionize
friendswood
fringilloid
frivolizing
frivolizing
verb
present participle of frivolize
frondescing
frondescing
verb
present participle of frondesce
frontenises
frontierman
frontierman
noun
Alternative form of frontiersman
frontolysis
frontolysis
noun
(meteorology) The degeneration or dissipation of an atmospheric weather front.
frontpaging
frontspiece
frostbiting
frostbiting
verb
present participle of frostbite
frostbitten
frostbitten
adj
Affected by frostbite.
frostnipped
frostnipped
adj
Affected by frostnip.
frowstiness
frowstiness
noun
Quality of being frowsty.
frustration
frustration
noun
(law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
A thing that frustrates.
Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
The feeling of annoyance at impassibility from resistance.
fulguration
fulguration
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface
(medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery
A flash of lightning
fulminatory
fulminatory
adj
Thundering; striking terror.
functionary
functionary
noun
A paper-pusher, bean counter.
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
fundatorial
fungiferous
fungivorous
fungivorous
adj
Feeding on fungi.
furanosides
furanosides
noun
plural of furanoside
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furfuration
furfuration
noun
The falling of dandruff from the head.
furiousness
furiousness
noun
The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
furunculoid
ganglioform
ganglioform
adj
Alternative form of gangliform
geoffroyine
gonfalonier
gonfalonier
noun
An official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic's gonfalon.
One who bears the gonfalon.
graminiform
grandiflora
grandiflora
noun
A rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses of hybrid teas and floribundas that fit neither category.
graniferous
graniferous
adj
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
granitiform
granitiform
adj
(geology) Resembling granite in structure or shape.
granuliform
granuliform
adj
(mineralogy) Having a granular structure.
griffinhood
griffinhood
noun
(India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
guaniferous
guaniferous
adj
Yielding guano.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
helsingfors
hingeflower
holdingford
honorifical
honorifical
adj
Or or pertaining to honorifics.
honorific.
impersonify
inconfirmed
infarctions
infarctions
noun
plural of infarction
inferiorism
inferiority
inferiority
noun
An inferior power.
An inferior value or quality.
The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.
The quality or state of being inferior.
inferiorize
inferiorize
verb
(transitive) To make or treat as inferior.
infiltrator
infiltrator
noun
One who infiltrates an organization or territory; an undercover or covert agent.