(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
armful
armful
noun
The amount an arm or arms can hold.
arnulf
artful
artful
adj
(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.
(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.
Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
buffer
buffer
adj
Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun
(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
(figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
(rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
verb
(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
buford
carful
carful
noun
As much as a car will hold.
cruyff
cuffer
cuffer
noun
(informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
darfur
darfur
Proper noun
A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
duffer
duffer
adj
comparative form of duff: more duff
noun
(Australia, dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
(informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
A cow that does not produce milk.
A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
dufter
duftry
earful
earful
noun
(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
(informal) intimate gossip
erfurt
erfurt
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Thuringia, in Germany
faquir
faquir
noun
Obsolete spelling of fakir
farleu
farouk
faucre
faured
fautor
fautor
noun
(obsolete) Patron, protector.
Admirer, one who favours.
Supporter, adherent, partisan.
fauver
favour
favour
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
femurs
ferdus
fergus
ferous
ferous
adj
(archaic) wild; savage
ferrum
ferrum
noun
(homeopathy) Any of various remedies made from iron-containing compounds.
ferula
ferula
noun
(archaic) A stroke from a cane.
(obsolete) A ferule.
(obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
ferule
ferule
noun
A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.
verb
(transitive) To punish with a ferule.
feture
feuars
feuars
noun
plural of feuar
feuder
feuder
noun
One who feuds.
feuter
figura
figura
noun
(semiotics) Any of the non-signifying constituents of signifiers.
figure
figure
noun
(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A number, an amount.
A numeral.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
A shape.
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
verb
(chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
(chiefly US) To come to understand.
(chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
(intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
(music) To embellish.
(music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
(obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
(obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.