One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
defrost
defrost
noun
The removal of frost.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.
(transitive) To remove frost from.
(transitive) To thaw something.
efforts
efforts
noun
plural of effort
effront
effront
verb
(obsolete) To give assurance to.
elfwort
emforth
emforth
Preposition
according to; in a way that is conformable to
enforth
fagoter
fagoter
noun
(historical) A worker who gathers fuelwood.
felwort
felwort
noun
A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
fiorite
fiorite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of opal occurring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses.
firepot
firepot
noun
A pot used to hold or carry fire.
An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.
firetop
flector
flector
noun
Dated form of flexor.
floater
floater
noun
(Australia) A pie floater.
(India) A sandal.
(US, politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.
(basketball) Early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
(finance) A floating rate bond.
(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.
(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
(politics, US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.
(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.
(slang) A misstep; a faux pas.
(slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” said individual.
(sports) An unaffiliated player.
(surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).
A small suet dumpling put into soup.
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
One who or that which floats.
flobert
flobert
Noun
A small cartridge designed for target shooting; a ball cap.
floeter
florate
florate
adj
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.
floreat
florent
floreta
florets
florets
noun
plural of floret
flotter
flouter
flouter
noun
A person who flouts.
foetors
foetors
noun
plural of foetor
foeture
foister
foister
noun
One who foists; a falsifier.
fooster
fooster
noun
(Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle.
verb
(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle.
footers
footers
noun
plural of footer
footier
footler
footler
noun
one who footles, foolish trifler
forbite
forbite
verb
To bite up, bite to pieces.
forcite
forcite
noun
A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
foreact
forefit
foregut
foregut
noun
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
foreset
foreset
adj
Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.
noun
(geology) The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.
An obstacle; hindrance.
That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
verb
(transitive) To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
(transitive, dialectal) To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
To propose, suggest.
forests
forests
noun
plural of forest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forest
foresty
foresty
Adjective
Like a forest.
foretop
foretop
noun
(UK dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.
(nautical) A platform at the top of the foremast, supported by the trestle trees.
(obsolete) A fop; one who sports a foretop.
(obsolete) In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity".
(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.
(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
The forelock of a horse.
The front seat at the top of a horse-drawn vehicle.
forewit
forewit
noun
One who puts himself forward as a leader in matters of taste or criticism.
Timely knowledge; precaution; foresight.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To foreknow.
forfeit
forfeit
adj
Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
noun
(obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.
A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
verb
To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
To fail to keep an obligation.
To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
forgets
forgets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forget
forgett
forleft
forleft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forleave
forleit
formate
formate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.
verb
(aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
formelt
formelt
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To melt; melt away; dissolve.
fornent
fornent
prep
Alternative form of forenenst
forrest
forsete
forseti
forster
fortake
fortake
verb
(transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
fortier
forties
forties
adj
From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
noun
(temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 40 and 49.
The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
plural of forty
fortlet
fortlet
noun
A little fort.
fortune
fortune
noun
A large amount of money.
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
Destiny, especially favorable.
Good luck.
One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place.
To provide (someone) with a fortune.
To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
forwent
forwent
verb
simple past tense of forgo
fosters
fosters
noun
plural of foster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foster
fremont
froglet
froglet
noun
(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.
A frog that skips the tadpole stage and emerges as a fully-developed frog.
fronted
fronted
adj
(often in a combinations) Having a particular front
(phonetics) Pronounced in the front manner.
Formed with a front; drawn up in line.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of front
fronter
fronter
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of front: more front
noun
A person who or thing that fronts.
frontes
frontes
noun
plural of frons
frosted
frosted
adj
(slang) Extremely intoxicated.
Appearing to be covered in frost.
Covered in frost; frosty.
Damaged by frost.
noun
A kind of milkshake made with ice cream.
froster
frothed
frothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of froth
frother
frother
noun
A machine that generates froth
verb
(dialectal) To comfort.
(dialectal) To feed.
frotted
frotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frot
furoate
furoate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of furoic acid.
hoffert
lofters
lofters
noun
plural of lofter
loftier
loftier
adj
comparative form of lofty: more lofty
oftener
oftener
adv
comparative form of often: more often
outfire
outfire
noun
(Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
verb
(transitive) To fire farther or better than.
overfat
overfat
adj
Having too much fat as a proportion of body mass.
overfit
overfit
verb
(statistics) To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
piefort
piefort
noun
Alternative form of piedfort (“unusually thick coin”)
pomfret
pomfret
noun
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
The black pomfret, Parastromateus niger.
The golden pomfret, Trachinotus blochii.
poofter
poofter
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A pansy, an effeminate man.
potifer
profert
profert
noun
(law) The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
redfoot
refloat
refloat
noun
The process of getting something to float again.
verb
(transitive) To cause to float again.
refront
refront
verb
(transitive) To change the front of (a building).
rooflet
rooflet
noun
A small roof or covering.
rotifer
rotifer
noun
Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.
softner
softner
noun
Archaic form of softener.
stofler
storfer
telford
telford
Proper noun
A new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
telfore
thereof
thereof
adv
From that circumstance or origin; therefrom, thence.
Of this, that, or it.
torrefy
torrefy
verb
(transitive) To subject to intense heat; to parch, to roast.
toxifer
trefoil
trefoil
noun
(topology) Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
troffer
troffer
noun
A rectangular, trough-shaped light fixture, typically for mounting in or on a ceiling to light the area below, and usually containing two or three fluorescent bulbs.