A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
aflutter
aflutter
adj
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
Fluttering.
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
antiflux
antihuff
antihuff
noun
(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
beaufert
beaufort
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
blastful
bluffest
bluffest
adj
superlative form of bluff: most bluff
bluffton
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
boutefeu
boutefeu
noun
(obsolete) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.
buffcoat
buffeted
buffeted
adj
Battered, especially by strong wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffet
buffeter
buffeter
noun
(archaic) A boxer or fighter.
Someone who eats at a buffet.
buffiest
buffiest
adj
superlative form of buffy: most buffy
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bullfist
bullfoot
calctufa
calctufa
noun
calcite; calcspar
calctuff
calctuff
noun
Alternative form of calctufa
catalufa
catalufa
noun
Any of three priacanthid fish: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, Priacanthus arenatus, and Pristigenys serrula.
caustify
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chuffest
clubfeet
clubfeet
noun
plural of clubfoot
clubfist
clubfist
noun
(obsolete) A coarse, brutal fellow.
A large, heavy fist.
clubfoot
clubfoot
noun
(medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
crateful
crateful
noun
(informal) As much as a crate would hold
curstful
dearthfu
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
defaults
defaults
noun
plural of default
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of default
defectum
defluent
defluent
adj
Running downward; decurrent.
destuffs
doubtful
doubtful
adj
(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
Improbable or unlikely.
Subject to, or causing doubt.
Suspicious, or of dubious character.
Unclear or unreliable.
Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
noun
A doubtful person or thing.
dubuffet
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
dustfall
dustfall
noun
Fine particles deposited by the atmosphere.
dustoffs
dustoffs
noun
plural of dustoff
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dyestuff
dyestuff
noun
Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
effluent
effluent
adj
Flowing out; outflowing.
noun
(countable) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
eggfruit
eggfruit
noun
A fruit, the canistel.
Another fruit, the lucmo.
eventful
eventful
adj
Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.
fabulate
fabulate
noun
(specifically) A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.
A folk story that is not entirely believable.
verb
(intransitive) To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
(intransitive, obsolete) To tell fables, to narrate with fables.
(transitive, archaic) To relate as or in the manner of a fable.
fabulist
fabulist
noun
(figurative) A liar.
A person who writes or tells fables.
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
factotum
factotum
noun
(dated) A general servant.
(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
(printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.
A jack of all trades.
An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
factures
factures
noun
plural of facture
faintful
faintful
adj
Displaying weakness, frailty, or faintness; fainting; dejected
faithful
faithful
adj
(mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Consistent with reality.
Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
Having faith.
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
Reliable; worthy of trust.
noun
(in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.
faitours
faitours
noun
plural of faitour
fallouts
fallouts
noun
plural of fallout
falmouth
falmouth
Proper noun
definition
A harbour town in Cornwall, England.
fantigue
fantigue
noun
(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.
farragut
fastuous
fastuous
adj
(obsolete) proud; haughty; disdainful
fatigued
fatigued
adj
Tired; weary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fatigue
fatigues
fatigues
noun
(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
plural of fatigue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
faucitis
faucitis
noun
inflammation of the fauces
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
faultage
faultful
faultful
adj
Full of faults or sins.
faultier
faultier
adj
comparative form of faulty: more faulty
faultily
faultily
adv
In a faulty manner
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
faunated
faunated
adj
Having (a relatively large amount of) intestinal fauna.
faustena
faustian
faustian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
faustina
faustine
fauterer
fauteuil
fauteuil
noun
(by extension) Membership in the Académie française.
An armchair.
The chair of a presiding officer.
fauvette
fauvette
noun
A small songbird, such as a nightingale or warbler.
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
feastful
feastful
adj
Festive; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious.
noun
A wide selection.
Enough for a feast.
feateous
feateous
adj
(obsolete) dexterous; neat
featural
featural
adj
(linguistics) A writing system whose symbols encode phonological features of the sounds that they correspond to.
Of or pertaining to features.
featured
featured
adj
(in combination) Having features of a particular kind.
displayed with special treatment
verb
past participle of feature
features
features
noun
plural of feature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feature
feculent
feculent
adj
Dirty with faeces or other impurities
feretrum
feretrum
noun
A kind of medieval reliquary or shrine containing the sacred effigies and relics of a saint.
festatus
fetticus
fetticus
noun
(US) corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a plant whose leaves are used in salads.
feudists
feudists
noun
plural of feudist
feuillet
feuterer
feuterer
noun
(obsolete) A keeper of dogs.
fibratus
fibratus
noun
a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations.
fictious
fictious
adj
(obsolete) Addicted to or characterized by fiction.
(obsolete) Fictitious.
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
figurant
figurant
noun
An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
figurate
figurate
adj
(music) Florid.
Forming a figure.
verb
To shape; to give a figure.
figurato
figurist
figurist
noun
(Christianity, historical) A proponent of figurism.
One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
filature
filature
noun
A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
A spool or bobbin used for the above.
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
finitude
finitude
noun
The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
firbauti
fistfuls
fistfuls
noun
plural of fistful
fistinut
fistinut
noun
(obsolete, rare) A pistachio nut.
fistulae
fistular
fistular
adj
having tubelike parts of this form.
tubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder
fistulas
fistulas
noun
plural of fistula
fitfully
fitfully
adv
In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
fitzhugh
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
fixtures
fixtures
noun
plural of fixture
flameout
flameout
noun
(figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
flatteur
flatuous
flatuous
adj
(obsolete) generating flatulence
(obsolete) windy; generating wind
flatuses
flatuses
noun
plural of flatus
flaubert
flaughts
flaunted
flaunted
verb
past participle of flaunt
flaunter
flaunter
noun
Someone who flaunts.
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flautist
flautist
noun
One who plays the flute.
fleetful
fleetful
adj
(poetic, archaic) swift, rapid
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
floruits
floruits
noun
plural of floruit
flouters
flouters
noun
plural of flouter
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
fluently
fluently
adv
In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.
In a fluent manner, as having graceful movements.
In a fluent manner, as literally flowing.
fluidist
fluidist
noun
(medicine, historical) A supporter of the doctrine of fluidism.
fluidity
fluidity
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
(uncountable) The state of being fluid rather than viscous
The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
fluitant
flukiest
flukiest
adj
superlative form of fluky: most fluky
fluorate
fluorate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of fluorine FO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion.
fluorite
fluorite
noun
(mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
flushest
flushest
adj
superlative form of flush: most flush
flusters
flusters
noun
plural of fluster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluster
flustery
flustery
adj
flustered
flustrum
flutidae
flutiest
flutiest
adj
superlative form of fluty: most fluty
flutings
flutings
noun
plural of fluting
flutists
flutists
noun
plural of flutist
flutters
flutters
noun
plural of flutter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flutter
fluttery
fluttery
adj
That flutters; fluttering
fluxroot
foetuses
foetuses
noun
plural of foetus
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.