(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
aftercare
aftercare
noun
(BDSM) Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
(business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.
aftercast
aftercast
noun
(art) A reproduction work made by reusing a cast.
A throw of dice after the game is ended.
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
aftercost
aftercost
noun
(accounting) A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
(by extension) A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
aftercure
afterdeck
afterdeck
noun
(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
archthief
artefacts
artefacts
noun
plural of artefact
artificer
artificer
noun
A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
A savant.
A trickster.
An inventor.
Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
banecroft
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
cafeteria
cafeteria
noun
(chiefly US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
cafetiere
cafetiere
noun
Alternative form of cafetière
celtiform
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
certifier
certifier
noun
A person or entity that provides certification
certifies
certifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of certify
cofeature
cofeature
noun
An auxiliary or secondary feature.
verb
(intransitive) To be presented as a cofeature.
(transitive) To feature alongside; to present as a cofeature.
coferment
coferment
Noun
coenzyme
cofighter
comfiture
comfiture
noun
(obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
comforter
comforter
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.
(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
(dated, chiefly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
conferted
confiteor
confiteor
noun
(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confrater
confronte
confronte
verb
Obsolete form of confront.
confuters
confuters
noun
plural of confuter
craftiest
craftiest
adj
superlative form of crafty: most crafty
craftless
craftless
adj
Without craft; boatless, etc.
Without craft; unskilled.
craftsmen
craftsmen
noun
plural of craftsman
crakefeet
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
cteniform
cteniform
adj
Comb-shaped.
decertify
decertify
verb
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
defecator
defecator
noun
(archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
One who defecates.
defecters
defectors
defectors
noun
plural of defector
deflector
deflector
noun
(science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
effecters
effecters
noun
plural of effecter
effectors
effectors
noun
plural of effector
effractor
efractory
electrify
electrify
verb
(intransitive) To make electric.
(transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
(transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
(transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.
fabricate
fabricate
verb
(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
factorage
factorage
noun
The business of a factor.
The commission paid to a factor
factoress
factoress
noun
(dated) A female factor (agent or representative).
factories
factories
noun
plural of factory
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
farcemeat
farcemeat
noun
Alternative form of forcemeat
farcilite
farcilite
noun
(mineralogy, obsolete) Pudding stone.
febricant
febricant
adj
(archaic) Causing fever.
noun
(archaic) A patient who has a fever.
febricity
febricity
noun
feverishness
fernticle
fernticle
noun
(obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
fibrocyte
fibrocyte
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
fictioner
fictioner
noun
A writer of fiction.
firecrest
firecrest
noun
A very small passerine bird, Regulus ignicapillus, that breeds in Eurasia.
fitchered
fletchers
fletchers
noun
plural of fletcher
flichters
flycaster
focimeter
focimeter
noun
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry
focimetry
noun
The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
focometer
focometer
noun
Alternative form of focimeter
focometry
footraces
footraces
noun
plural of footrace
forcemeat
forcemeat
noun
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
forcement
forcement
noun
(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
forcipate
forcipate
adj
(botany, zoology) Having a forceps-like structure.
forecasts
forecasts
noun
plural of forecast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forecast
forecited
forecited
adj
Cited or quoted before or above.
forecount
forecount
noun
A preliminary tally, reckoning, or estimation.
verb
(transitive) To count beforehand.
(transitive) To prejudge or esteem in advance.
forecourt
forecourt
noun
(chiefly Britain) Any open area in front of a building.
(chiefly Britain) The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated.
In racket sports, the front part of the court.
forehatch
forehatch
noun
(nautical) A hatch in a fore position, typically near the foremast.
forescent
forescent
noun
A scent that indicates something in advance.
verb
(figuratively) To detect or become aware of (something) in advance.
To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
foreteach
foreteach
verb
(transitive) To teach or instruct beforehand.
foretrace
forficate
forficate
adj
(zoology) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds.
formicate
formicate
adj
ant-like
verb
To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
To move like ants.
fornicate
fornicate
adj
Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in fornication.
fortalice
fortalice
noun
(archaic) A small fortress.
fortescue
forthcame
forthcame
verb
simple past tense of forthcome
forthcome
forthcome
noun
(obsolete) A coming forth.
verb
To come forth.
fourchite
fractable
fractable
noun
(architecture) A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line.
fractured
fractured
adj
(not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
Split into groups which disagree.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fracture
fractures
fractures
noun
plural of fracture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fracture
fratchety
fratchety
adj
(UK, dialect) argumentative
frechette
frenetics
frenetics
noun
plural of frenetic
frescoist
frescoist
Noun
A fresco painter.
fricative
fricative
adj
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
noun
(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
frigefact
fritzsche
frontenac
frontenac
Proper noun
A municipality in Quebec
fructoses
fructoses
noun
plural of fructose
fructuate
fructuate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) to bear fruit
fructuose
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fruticeta
fruticeta
noun
plural of fruticetum
fruticose
fruticose
adj
(botany) Having woody stems and branches; shrubby
furcately
furcately
adv
In a furcate manner.
furnacite
furzechat
furzechat
noun
A bird, the whinchat.
gamecraft
gamecraft
noun
(fantasy) A type of dominance competition practiced by werewolves that focuses on cleverness, wit, and cunning.
Artistry in the organization and elements used to design a game or storyline.
Skill and knowledge about hunting and managing game.
Skill in the strategy and tactics of playing a game or games, as opposed to the physical skills of strength, dexterity, accuracy, etc.
homecraft
homecraft
noun
(countable) A homemade handicraft.
(uncountable) The art of homemaking.
homecroft
imperfect
imperfect
adj
(botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
(grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
(obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
(taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
not perfect
noun
(grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
something having a minor flaw
verb
(transitive) to make imperfect
infarcted
infarcted
adj
Affected by infarcts
infecters
infecters
noun
plural of infecter
infectors
infectors
noun
plural of infector
inflector
inflector
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards.
(linguistics) An affix that inflects the base form of a word.
(physics) A device for bending a particle beam.
Something that inflects or modulates.
inflicter
inflicter
noun
One who inflicts.
infracted
infracted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infract
interface
interface
noun
(biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
(computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
(computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
(computing, object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
(computing, object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module,
The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
verb
(business, intransitive) To meet for discussion.
(intransitive) To serve as an interface.
(transitive) To construct an interface for.
(transitive, intransitive) To connect through an interface.
kerchieft
laticifer
laticifer
noun
(botany) a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
perfectas
perfectas
noun
plural of perfecta
perfected
perfected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perfect
perfecter
perfecter
adj
comparative form of perfect: more perfect
noun
A person who perfects something
perfectly
perfectly
adv
Wholly, completely, totally.
With perfection.
perfector
perfector
noun
One who perfects.
perfectos
perfectos
noun
plural of perfecto
perfectus
perfectus
noun
(historical, Christianity) Synonym of perfect (“leader of the Cathar movement”)
poetcraft
praefects
praefects
noun
plural of praefect
preaffect
predefect
preeffect
prefacist
prefacist
noun
(rare) The writer of a preface.
prefactor
prefactor
noun
A coefficient which precedes a given quantity in a mathematical formula
prefectly
preinfect
ratcliffe
reafflict
reafflict
verb
(transitive) To afflict again.
recertify
recertify
verb
To certify again.
recitatif
recitatif
noun
(music) Alternative form of recitative
recomfort
recomfort
verb
(transitive, now rare) To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
(transitive, now rare) To inspire with new courage; to encourage.
(transitive, now rare) To reinvigorate, to strengthen.
rectified
rectified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rectify
rectifier
rectifier
noun
(artificial neural networks) The activation function f(x)= max (0,x), where x is the input to a neuron.
(nautical) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
Something that rectifies.
rectifies
rectifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rectify