Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterswell
aftertrial
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
airlifting
airlifting
verb
present participle of airlift
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
artfulness
artfulness
noun
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
artificial
artificial
adj
(bridge) Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
bathflower
bathoflore
bethflower
bifistular
bifistular
adj
Doubly fistular; having two tubelike parts.
blattiform
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
clarifiant
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloudcroft
coalfitter
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
confrontal
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
corruptful
corruptful
adj
(obsolete) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
cotyliform
cotyliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a cup.
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
deflectors
deflectors
noun
plural of deflector
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
disulfuret
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
earnestful
earnestful
adj
(obsolete) serious
efferently
efferently
adv
Outwardly, away from the center.
effortless
effortless
adj
Without effort.
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
entreatful
entreatful
adj
(rare) Full of entreaty.
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
exfiltrate
exfiltrate
noun
that which is exfiltrated, the removed substance or item
verb
(computing) To covertly extract data.
(military) To withdraw troops surreptitiously from a dangerous position
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
familarity
farforthly
farinulent
farinulent
adj
farinose
farlington
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fatherless
fatherless
adj
(figurative) Without a known author or inventor.
Without a (living) father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
fauntleroy
featherlet
featherlet
noun
A little feather.
featurally
featurally
adv
In a featural manner
featureful
featureful
adj
(chiefly computing) Having many features.
federalist
federalist
adj
(politics) Of or relating to federalism, or its advocates.
noun
(Canada, politics) Supporter of the view that the province of Québec should remain within the Canadian federal system; an opponent of Québec‐based separatism or sovereigns.
(politics) Advocate of federalism.
(theology) A covenantalist.
fellatrice
fellatrice
noun
(rare) A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix.
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
feltyflier
fenestrule
fenestrule
noun
(zoology) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
ferntickle
fertilised
fertilised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fertilise
fertiliser
fertiliser
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of fertilizer
fertilized
fertilized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fertilize
fertilizer
fertilizer
noun
A chemical compound created to have the same effect.
A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
fertilizes
fertilizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fertilize
fetterless
fetterless
adj
Without fetters.
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
fiaroblast
fibrilated
fibrillate
fibrillate
verb
(intransitive) To make rapid irregular movements.
fibroblast
fibroblast
noun
A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
fibrolitic
fibrolitic
adj
Of or relating to fibrolite.
fiedlerite
fiedlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
fieldstrip
fieldstrip
verb
Alternative form of field strip
fieulamort
figurately
figurately
adv
In a figurate manner; Using or forming a figure.
figuratively, in a figurative manner.
filamentar
filamentar
adj
filamentary
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filletster
filletster
noun
Alternative form of fillister (“plane for making a rabbet”)
filmsetter
filmsetter
noun
A filmsetting machine.
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
filterable
filterable
adj
Able to be separated by filtration
That can pass through a specified filter
filtrating
filtrating
verb
present participle of filtrate
filtration
filtration
noun
(mathematics, set theory, probability theory) A totally ordered collection of subsets.
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
firebolted
firebolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of firebolt
firstlings
firstlings
noun
plural of firstling
fistularia
fitzgerald
flacourtia
flagrantly
flagrantly
adv
In a flagrant manner.
flatlander
flatlander
noun
(Appalachia) Any outsider to Appalachia.
(Canada) Anyone from Saskatchewan.
(Central Coast NSW) Anyone from Umina.
(Georgia) Anyone from Florida.
(Northern Michigan) Anyone from lower Michigan (those below Mt. Pleasant).
(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) Anyone from Wisconsin.
(Western US, especially in the Rocky Mountains) Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
(Wisconsin) Anyone from Illinois.
(chiefly derogatory) A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).
(cycling) A flatland BMX rider.
(lower Michigan) Anyone from Indiana or Ohio.
(northern New England) Any non-native, but particularly one from southern New England (including Massachusetts), downstate New York, or New Jersey.
(northern central Pennsylvania) Anyone from southern Pennsylvania (particularly around Philadelphia), New Jersey, or other low-lying areas outside the Alleghenies / Appalachians.
(physics) An inhabitant of or observer in a universe with two spatial dimensions.
flatteners
flatteners
noun
plural of flattener
flattercap
flatterers
flatterers
noun
plural of flatterer
flatteress
flatteress
noun
A female flatterer
flatteries
flatteries
noun
plural of flattery
flattering
flattering
adj
(of an image etc.) That which represents too favorably.
Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.
Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary.
noun
Instances of flattery.
The action of the verb to flatter.
verb
present participle of flatter
flatterous
flatterous
adj
(obsolete) flattering
fleurettee
flibustier
flibustier
noun
(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
flichtered
flintshire
flintshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
A local government principal area. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
flirtation
flirtation
noun
An instance of flirting.
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
flirtingly
flirtingly
adv
In a flirting manner.
flitterbat
flitterbat
noun
(regional or poetic) A bat (flying mammal).
flittering
flittering
noun
The motion of something that flitters.
verb
present participle of flitter
floatboard
floatboard
noun
A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel.
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
flogmaster
floodwater
floodwater
noun
The water of a flood.
floorcloth
floorcloth
noun
A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
floorshift
floreating
florencita
florentine
florentine
adj
Cooked or served with spinach.
noun
(obsolete) A kind of durable silk.
(obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
florescent
florescent
adj
Flowering or budding.
floriation
floriation
noun
ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized
florissant
floristics
floristics
noun
(botany) The scientific study of the distribution of plants, especially on the regional level.
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
floweriest
floweriest
adj
superlative form of flowery: most flowery
flowerpots
flowerpots
noun
plural of flowerpot
fluidmeter
fluoborate
fluoborate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
fluoborite
fluoborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
fluocerite
fluocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
fluoridate
fluoridate
verb
(chemistry, dentistry, transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
fluorinate
fluorinate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
fluormeter
fluorotype
fluorotype
noun
(historical) A photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera.
flurriment
flusterate
flusterate
verb
(colloquial, transitive) To make flustered.
flustering
flustering
adj
agitated, confusing
verb
present participle of fluster
flustrated
flustrated
adj
Frustrated to the point of being flustered, or vice versa.
flutterers
flutterers
noun
plural of flutterer
fluttering
fluttering
noun
Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
verb
present participle of flutter
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.
flyswatter
flyswatter
noun
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.