(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
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
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
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
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artificers
artificers
noun
plural of artificer
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.
aschaffite
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
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.
beatifical
beatifical
adj
beatific
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
besanctify
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
braincraft
braincraft
noun
(rare) Intellectual work; thinking.
cafeterias
cafeterias
noun
plural of cafeteria
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
cankerfret
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
catafalque
catafalque
noun
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
cattlefold
caustified
chaetifera
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
churnstaff
clarifiant
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
coafforest
coafforest
verb
(transitive, rare) To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coalfitter
cofeatures
cofeatures
noun
plural of cofeature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cofeature
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
confessant
confessant
noun
(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confiscate
confiscate
adj
(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
verb
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
conformant
conformant
adj
In accordance with a set of specifications.
conformate
confrontal
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
confutator
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.
contreface
cornfactor
courtcraft
courtcraft
noun
(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.
The artifices and intrigues at courts.
craftiness
craftiness
noun
Skill in deception, slyness
craftsbury
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
creamfruit
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
defacement
defacement
noun
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
defalcated
defalcated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defalcate
defalcates
defalcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defalcate
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
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
disaffects
disaffects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disaffect
edificator
edificator
noun
(rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
effacement
effacement
noun
(medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
effectuate
effectuate
verb
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).
efficacity
efficacity
noun
efficacy
effraction
effraction
noun
(medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.
(obsolete) Burglary.
enfacement
enfacement
noun
The act, or the result of enfacing
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
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
fabricator
fabricator
noun
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier
facesheets
facesheets
noun
plural of facesheet
faceteness
faceteness
noun
(obsolete, rare) The quality of being facete.
facilitate
facilitate
verb
To help bring about.
To make easy or easier.
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
facilities
facilities
noun
(euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory.
Synonym of facility in certain contexts.
plural of facility
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
factabling
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.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factionate
factionate
adj
Showing great loyalty to one's faction; tribal.
verb
Synonym of factionalize
factioneer
factioneer
noun
A proponent of a faction.
One who aggressively pushes a cause.
factionism
factionist
factionist
noun
One who promotes strife or discord.
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factitious
factitious
adj
Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.
Created by humans; artificial.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
factorized
factorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factorize
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
factualist
factualist
noun
A proponent of factualism.
factuality
factuality
noun
That which is factual.
The state or quality of being factual.
faculative
fallectomy
familistic
familistic
adj
Pertaining to familism.
fanaticise
fanaticise
verb
Alternative spelling of fanaticize
fanaticism
fanaticism
noun
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
fanaticize
fanaticize
verb
(intransitive) To become fanatical.
(transitive) To make into a fanatic.
fantastico
fantastico
adj
(informal, humorous) fantastic
fantoccini
fantoccini
noun
Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
The puppet shows in which they are used.
farfetched
farfetched
adj
Alternative spelling of far-fetched
fasciately
fasciately
adv
In a fasciate manner.
fasciation
fasciation
noun
(botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue.
(obsolete) A bandage.
The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
The process or state of being fasciated.
fascinated
fascinated
adj
extremely interested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fascinate
fascinates
fascinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fascinate
fascinator
fascinator
noun
(dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
A fascinating person or thing.
fasciotomy
fasciotomy
noun
(surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).
fascistize
fascistize
verb
(transitive) To make fascist.
fatalistic
fatalistic
adj
Of or pertaining to fatalism.
Submissive to fate.
fatiscence
fatiscence
noun
The quality of being fatiscent.
feathercut
fecundated
fecundated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fecundate
fecundates
fecundates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fecundate
fecundator
felicitate
felicitate
adj
(archaic) Made very happy.
verb
(transitive) To congratulate.
fellatrice
fellatrice
noun
(rare) A woman who performs fellatio; a fellatrix.
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
feracities
ferocactus
festinance
festinance
noun
The quality of being festinant.
fianchetti
fianchetti
noun
plural of fianchetto
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
verb
(chess) To play a fianchetto.
fictionary
fictionary
adj
Fictional.
noun
(countable, rare) A dictionary with contrived entries.
A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition.
fimbricate
fimbricate
adj
(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.