(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
africander
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
aftercause
aftercomer
aftercomer
noun
One coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterhatch
afterpiece
afterpiece
noun
(nautical) The heel of a rudder.
(now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
archerfish
archerfish
noun
Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
archfriend
arciferous
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artificers
artificers
noun
plural of artificer
asciferous
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
brazenface
brazenface
noun
An impudent or shameless person.
briefcases
briefcases
noun
plural of briefcase
caernarfon
cafeterias
cafeterias
noun
plural of cafeteria
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
cankerfret
carefuller
carefuller
adj
comparative form of careful: more careful
carfuffled
carnifexes
carnifices
carnifices
noun
plural of carnifex
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
chaetifera
chafferers
chafferers
noun
plural of chafferer
chaffering
chaffering
noun
The act of one who chaffers.
verb
present participle of chaffer
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
clairfield
clarifiers
clarifiers
noun
plural of clarifier
clarkfield
classifier
classifier
noun
(computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
(linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as Japanese and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
(object-oriented programming) Class which classifies other classes by features.
A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
Someone who classifies.
clearfield
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
coafforest
coafforest
verb
(transitive, rare) To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coalfitter
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
cofferdams
cofferdams
noun
plural of cofferdam
conchifera
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
conformate
confragose
contreface
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crayfishes
crayfishes
noun
plural of crayfish
creamfruit
cruciferae
curryfavel
cymbaeform
decrassify
decrassify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To clean; to remove dirt from.
(transitive, archaic) To make less crass or coarse.
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
diffracted
diffracted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diffract
edificator
edificator
noun
(rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
eurafrican
eurafrican
Adjective
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
Of European and African descent.
Noun
An African with European ancestors.
Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabricable
fabricable
adj
Able to be shaped into a finished product.
fabricated
fabricated
adj
Constructed or assembled.
False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fabricate
fabricates
fabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate
faceharden
factfinder
factfinder
noun
(law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
One who finds facts.
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorized
factorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factorize
fairchance
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
farcialize
farfetched
farfetched
adj
Alternative spelling of far-fetched
fauconnier
feathercut
fechnerian
fecundator
federacies
federacies
noun
plural of federacy
fellatrice
fellatrice
noun
(rare) A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix.
feracities
fernambuck
ferocactus
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
fringed; jagged; fimbriate
financiere
financiers
financiers
noun
plural of financier
financiery
financiery
noun
The work of a financier; the field of finance.
fireplaces
fireplaces
noun
plural of fireplace
flattercap
florencita
flycatcher
flycatcher
noun
Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.
forbecause
forcipated
forcipated
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
foreadvice
forecaddie
forecaddie
noun
(golf) A caddie who does not carry clubs, but locates balls and gets groups of players to move around the course.
verb
(golf, intransitive) To act as a forecaddie.
forecasted
forecasted
adj
That has been forecast
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forecast
forecaster
forecaster
noun
A person who forecasts.
A software program or algorithm that forecasts.
forecastle
forecastle
noun
(nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship.
(nautical) Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship.
foreglance
foreglance
noun
A glance that is forward or beforehand.
verb
(transitive) To glance forward or beforehand.
forensical
forensical
adj
(rare) forensic
foretackle
foretackle
noun
(nautical) The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
forficated
forinsecal
forinsecal
adj
(obsolete) foreign; alien
formagenic
formicated
formicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formicate
formicidae
formicinae
fornicated
fornicated
adj
fornicate; shaped like an arch
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fornicate
fornicates
fornicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate
frackville
fractioned
fractioned
adj
separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraction
fragrances
fragrances
noun
plural of fragrance
fraischeur
fraischeur
noun
(obsolete) freshness; coolness
franchised
franchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of franchise
franchisee
franchisee
noun
A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise.
franchiser
franchiser
noun
(rare) A person who has the right to vote.
A franchisor, a company which or person who grants franchises.
franchises
franchises
noun
plural of franchise
francolite
francolite
noun
(mineralogy) A synonym of carbonate-rich fluorapatite; a variety of apatite.
fratcheous
fratercula
fraticelli
fratricide
fratricide
noun
(military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
(military, by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
A person who commits fratricide.
The killing of one's brother (or sister).
fredericia
fredericka
fredericka
Proper noun
form (female given name)
freelanced
freelanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freelance