(dated) In a pleasantly humorous or playful fashion.
In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
factualisms
factualisms
noun
plural of factualism
factualists
factualists
noun
plural of factualist
factualness
factualness
noun
Factuality.
facultative
facultative
adj
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
That grants permission or power to do something.
falcinellus
falcunculus
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
fasciculate
fasciculate
adj
Having fascicles
noun
Synonym of fasciculation
fasciculite
fatefulness
fatefulness
noun
The quality of being fateful
fatigueless
fatigueless
adj
Free from fatigue.
fatiguingly
fatiguingly
adv
In a fatiguing manner.
fatiloquent
fatiloquent
adj
prophetic; speaking of fate.
faultfinder
faultfinder
noun
A person who finds fault
faultlessly
faultlessly
adv
In a faultless manner
faunistical
faunistical
adj
Alternative form of faunistic
favellidium
favellidium
noun
A compound favella in seaweeds.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fearfullest
fearfullest
adj
superlative form of fearful: most fearful
fearfulness
fearfulness
noun
The quality of being fearful.
featureless
featureless
adj
Without distinguishing features.
felliducous
fellifluous
fellifluous
adj
(rare) Flowing with gall; audacious.
feloniously
feloniously
adv
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
ferociously
ferociously
adv
In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
Intensely or extremely.
ferulaceous
ferulaceous
adj
Having a stalk like a reed.
Pertaining to reeds and canes.
feudalising
feudalising
verb
present participle of feudalise
feudalistic
feudalistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of feudalism, feudal.
feudalities
feudalities
noun
plural of feudality
feudalizing
feudalizing
verb
present participle of feudalize
feudatorial
feudatorial
adj
Synonym of feudatory
feuilletons
feuilletons
noun
plural of feuilleton
fiduciarily
fiduciarily
adv
In a fiduciary manner
fiducinales
filamentous
filamentous
adj
Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
filamentule
filamentule
noun
A little filament.
filibusters
filibusters
noun
plural of filibuster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster
filicauline
filipendula
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
fireflaught
fissureless
fissureless
adj
Without fissures.
fistulatome
fistulatous
fistulatous
adj
Of or relating to a fistula.
fistuliform
fistuliform
adj
Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
fistulizing
fistulizing
verb
present participle of fistulize
fixtureless
fixtureless
adj
Without fixtures.
flagellulae
flammulated
flammulated
adj
Resembling a flame or flames.
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
flapmouthed
flatulences
flatulences
noun
plural of flatulence
flatulently
flatulently
adv
In a flatulent manner or fashion.
flaubertian
flaughtbred
flauntiness
flauntiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being flaunty
flauntingly
flauntingly
adv
In a flaunting manner
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavoursome
flavoursome
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorsome.
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flirtatious
flirtatious
adj
(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.
Of or pertaining to flirtation.
flocculable
flocculable
adj
Capable of flocculation.
flocculants
flocculants
noun
plural of flocculant
flocculated
flocculated
adj
Collected together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool, or coagulated in this way.
flocculates
flocculates
noun
plural of flocculate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate
flocculator
flocculator
noun
A machine that induces flocculation.
flocculence
flocculence
noun
The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness
flocculency
flocculency
noun
Quality of being flocculent.
floribundas
floribundas
noun
plural of floribunda
floricomous
floricomous
adj
(zoology) Having a certain kind of ovipositor, characteristic of the Cnephasiini, consisting of papillae anales with a section of flat-headed setae.
Having the head adorned with flowers.
floriferous
floriferous
adj
(botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
florilegium
florilegium
noun
(Christianity) A patristic anthology.
A collection of flowers.
floriparous
florisugent
florivorous
florivorous
adj
That eats flowers
floscularia
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
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
flubdubbery
flubdubbery
noun
Trivial matters; nonsense.
fluctuating
fluctuating
adj
Subject to irregular changes in quantity or quality.
noun
A fluctuation.
verb
present participle of fluctuate
fluctuation
fluctuation
noun
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
fluctuosity
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
fluidifying
fluidifying
verb
present participle of fluidify
fluidimeter
fluidnesses
fluidounces
fluidounces
noun
plural of fluidounce
flukinesses
flumadiddle
flumadiddle
noun
Alternative form of flummadiddle
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
fluobromide
fluorescein
fluorescein
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
fluorescent
fluorescent
adj
Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
Of or relating to fluorescence.
noun
A fluorescent light.
fluorescers
fluorescers
noun
plural of fluorescer
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
fluoridated
fluoridated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate
fluoridates
fluoridates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate
fluoridised
fluoridised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridise
fluoridized
fluoridized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluoridize
fluorimeter
fluorimeter
noun
Alternative form of fluorometer
fluorimetry
fluorimetry
noun
(chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy
fluorinated
fluorinated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate
fluorinates
fluorinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate
fluorindine
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluorometer
fluorometer
noun
An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence.
fluorometry
fluorometry
noun
(chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples of substances
fluoroscope
fluoroscope
noun
(medicine) A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen.
(now rare) A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution.
verb
(transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.
fluoroscopy
fluoroscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination using a fluoroscope.
fluosilicic
fluosilicic
adj
(chemistry) Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine.
fluotitanic
fluoxetines
flushnesses
flushnesses
noun
plural of flushness
flusterated
flusterated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flusterate
flusteredly
flusteredly
adv
In a flustered manner.
flusterment
flusterment
noun
The condition of being flustered.
flustrating
flustrating
verb
present participle of flustrate
flustration
flustration
noun
(colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
flutterable
flutterable
adj
able to flutter or be fluttered
flutterless
flutterless
adj
Without fluttering.
Without the form of sound distortion called flutter.
flutterment
fluttersome
fluttersome
adj
Marked by fluttering; (by extension) restless; nimble
fluvicoline
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviometer
fluviometer
noun
A device used to measure the depth of water in a river, and sometimes used to record its rise and fall
fluxibility
fluxibility
noun
The quality of being fluxible.
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
foliicolous
foliicolous
adj
(biology) Growing or living on leaves.
foliiferous
foliiferous
adj
Alternative form of foliferous
folliculate
folliculina
folliculose
folliculous
folliculous
adj
Having or producing follicles.
footfaulted
footfaulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of footfault
forcipulata
forcipulate
foreclosure
foreclosure
noun
(law) the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments
(psychoanalysis) The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.
forecounsel
forfaulture
forfaulture
noun
(obsolete) Forfeiture.
forficulate
forgetfully
forgetfully
adv
in a forgetful manner
formalesque
formalesque
adj
(art) modernist; of the artistic style of the period from around 1890 to 1960