(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
afaint
afaint
adj
(archaic, poetic) fainting
affixt
affixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of affix
afrite
afrite
noun
Alternative form of ifrit
afrits
afrits
noun
plural of afrit
altify
aufait
befist
befits
befits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befit
begift
begift
verb
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
caitif
certif
chetif
citify
citify
verb
(intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
(transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
(transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
clifts
clifts
noun
plural of clift
clifty
clifty
adj
(obsolete) Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
comfit
comfit
noun
(Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.
A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make into a dry sugared confection.
confit
confit
noun
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
verb
(transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
cutify
cutify
verb
(informal) To make cute.
To form skin.
defeit
drifts
drifts
noun
plural of drift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drift
drifty
drifty
adj
(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Tending or seeming to drift
efaita
efthim
entify
entify
verb
To make into an entity, attribute objective existence to.
estrif
faints
faints
noun
Alternative form of feints (“product of distillation”)
plural of faint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faint
fainty
fainty
adj
feeble; languid; inclined to faint
faiths
faiths
noun
plural of faith
faitor
fajita
fajita
noun
A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.
falito
fatiha
fatiha
noun
(Islam) A prayer for the dead.
fatima
fating
fating
verb
(rare) present participle of fate
fatsia
fatsia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Fatsia of Asian evergreen shrubs.
fedity
fedity
noun
Turpitude or vileness.
feints
feints
noun
(alcohol production) The weak spirit produced at the end of distillation (the weak feints); sometimes also the impure spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (the strong feints), much impregnated with fusel oil.
plural of feint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feint
feists
feists
noun
plural of feist
feisty
feisty
adj
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
Easily offended and ready to bicker.
Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
felita
feltie
fenite
fenite
noun
(mineralogy) A metasomatic rock often containing carbonatite intrusions
ferity
ferity
noun
The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state; wildness, brutishness.
fertil
festin
fetial
fetial
adj
Concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.
Of or relating to a fetial (member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations); (by extension) ambassadorial, heraldic.
noun
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.
fetich
fetich
noun
Dated form of fetish.
feting
feting
verb
present participle of fete
fetise
fetish
fetish
noun
An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession.
Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
fiants
fiants
noun
(obsolete) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.
fiaunt
fiaunt
noun
(obsolete) commission; fiat; order; decree
fichat
fichte
fictil
fictor
fictor
noun
An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any malleable material.
fidate
fidget
fidget
noun
(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.
A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
A toy intended to be fidgeted with.
verb
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
(transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
fierte
fiertz
fiesta
fiesta
noun
(in Spanish-speaking countries) A religious festival.
A festive occasion.
fifths
fifths
noun
plural of fifth
figent
figent
adj
(obsolete) fidgety; restless.
fights
fights
noun
plural of fight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fight
filate
filets
filets
noun
plural of filet
filite
fillet
fillet
noun
(UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
(anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
(architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
(architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
(heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
(now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
(woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
A colored or gilded border.
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
The thread of a screw.
verb
(transitive) To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.
(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.
filmet
filter
filter
noun
(figurative) self-restraint in speech.
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
(photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
verb
(intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
(transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
filths
filths
noun
plural of filth
filthy
filthy
adj
Covered with filth; very dirty.
Obscene or offensive.
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
verb
(transitive) To cover in filth.
(transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
(grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
finity
finity
noun
(countable) Something which is limited in number or scope.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
finlet
finlet
noun
(ichthyology) Small non-retractable fins, generally on the caudal peduncle between the last dorsal or anal fin and the caudal fin of some fishes. In some groups, such as tuna, finlets are rayless.
firlot
firlot
noun
(Scotland) A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
firsts
firsts
noun
plural of first
firths
firths
noun
plural of firth
fishet
fisted
fisted
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of fist.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fist
fister
fister
noun
Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of fisting.
fistic
fistic
adj
Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
fistle
fistle
verb
To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
fitche
fitchy
fitchy
adj
(heraldry) Sharpened to a point; pointed.
fitful
fitful
adj
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.
(obsolete) Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures).
fitout
fitout
noun
The furnishing of a ship or similar space.
fitted
fitted
adj
(of a kitchen, bathroom, etc.) Incorporating all of the fittings into connected units.
verb
(regional, sometimes proscribed) past participle of fit (other senses)
(regional, sometimes proscribed) simple past tense of fit (other senses)
past participle of fit (“to tailor, change size”)
simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size")
fitten
fitter
fitter
adj
comparative form of fit: more fit
noun
(UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
(film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
(informal) An epileptic.
A person who fits or assembles something.
fittit
fitton
fixate
fixate
verb
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
fixity
fixity
noun
(countable) Something fixed.
(programming) The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
(uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed.
flaite
flaith
flewit
fliest
fliest
adj
superlative form of fly: most fly
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of fly
flight
flight
adj
(obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.
noun
(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
A paper airplane.
A series of stairs between landings.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
An instance of flying.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
The act of fleeing.
The act of flying.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
verb
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
flints
flints
noun
plural of flint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flint
flinty
flinty
adj
(figuratively) Showing a lack of emotion.
(geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
(wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Resembling or containing flint.
flirts
flirts
noun
plural of flirt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flirt
flirty
flirty
adj
Flirting, or seeming to flirt.
flitch
flitch
noun
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
verb
(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
flited
flited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flite
flites
flites
noun
plural of flite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flite
flitty
flitty
adj
(archaic) unstable, fluttering.
(slang) Ostentatiously effeminate.
foetid
foetid
adj
Alternative spelling of fetid
foists
foists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foist
foisty
foisty
adj
mouldy, musty, fusty
foiter
foliot
foliot
noun
A creature from Italian folklore that makes noises and flings objects about.
Part of the verge escapement in early clocks.
fomite
fomite
noun
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.
footie
footie
noun
(especially in plural) a blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.
Alternative spelling of footy
forbit
forfit
forint
forint
noun
The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
forpit
forpit
noun
Alternative form of forpet
forrit
forrit
adv
(Scotland) Forwards, forward.
fortin
fortin
noun
(obsolete) A little fort; a fortlet.
fortis
fortis
adj
(phonetics) Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless.
noun
(phonetics) A fortis consonant.
fosite
fotina
fotive
fotive
Adjective
nourishing
foxite
foxite
Noun
A Whig following the political philosophy of
fracti
fracti
noun
plural of fractus
fraist
fraist
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.
(obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To learn by trial; experience.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
(transitive, obsolete) To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
(transitive, obsolete) To seek; be eager for; desire.
fregit
freith
freity
friant
fricti
fright
fright
adj
(rare) frightened; afraid; affright
noun
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To frighten.
fritch
friths
friths
noun
plural of frith
frithy
frithy
adj
woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest
fritts
fritze
frothi
fruita
fruits
fruits
noun
plural of fruit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fruit
fruity
fruity
adj
(Britain, informal) Sexually suggestive.
(informal) Mad, crazy.
(informal, sometimes derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
noun
Alternative form of fruitie (“fruit machine”)
fsiest
fuffit
furnit
fustic
fustic
noun
A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
fustie
fustin
fustin
noun
A yellow dye obtained from fustic, Cotinus coggygria, or Venetian sumach.
futile
futile
adj
Incapable of producing results; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
gifted
gifted
adj
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.