(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affirmly
affrayed
affrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affray
affrayer
affrayer
noun
One involved in an affray.
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
affydavy
afterbay
afterbay
noun
(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
aftereye
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
algarsyf
alkalify
alkalify
verb
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
ammonify
ammonify
verb
(transitive) To treat with ammonia; to ammoniate.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
aseptify
aycliffe
babyfied
babyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babyfy
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
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.
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
brandify
caitifty
calorify
capacify
capacify
verb
(archaic) To qualify.
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
caustify
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
classify
classify
verb
To make classy
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftype
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
dayflies
dayflies
noun
plural of dayfly
deathify
defrayal
defrayal
noun
The act of defraying.
defrayed
defrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defray
defrayer
defrayer
noun
One who defrays; one who pays off expenses.
degasify
degasify
verb
(transitive) To liquefy; to change (a gas) back to liquid form.
(transitive) To remove gas from.
delayful
denazify
denazify
verb
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
drakefly
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
efficacy
efficacy
noun
Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
facetely
facetely
adv
(obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly.
facially
facially
adv
(law, of a law or regulation's validity) In a facial manner; on its face.
Using or involving the face.
facilely
facilely
adv
In a facile manner.
facility
facility
noun
(Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
(Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
(dated) Affability.
(finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fadeaway
fadeaway
noun
(basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
(slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fairbury
fairbury
Proper noun
A city in Illinois, USA.
A city in Nebraska, USA
fairplay
fairplay
noun
Alternative form of fair play
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
fairyism
fairyism
noun
A fairylike quality, for example in literature.
Belief in fairies as supernatural beings.
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
fallaway
fallaway
adj
(basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
noun
(basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.
fallency
fallency
noun
(obsolete, rare) An exception.
fallibly
fallibly
adv
In a fallible manner
famously
famously
adv
(informal) Really well, having great rapport.
In a celebrated manner.
Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous.
famulary
famulary
adj
(formal) Of or relating to servants.
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
faradays
faradays
noun
plural of faraday
farmerly
farmerly
adj
Befitting a farmer.
farmyard
farmyard
noun
The area around a farm, excluding the fields.
farriery
farriery
noun
(countable) A farrier's workshop.
(uncountable) The work done by a farrier.
fatality
fatality
noun
(video games) A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.
A person killed.
An accident that causes death. [from 19th c.]
Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. [from 17th c.]
That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from 18th c.]
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from 17th c.]
fatherly
fatherly
adj
Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adv
In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
faultily
faultily
adv
In a faulty manner
faunally
faunally
adv
With regard to the fauna of a region.
favosely
favosely
adv
In a favose manner.
fayalite
fayalite
noun
(mineralogy) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.
feaberry
feaberry
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A gooseberry.
fearedly
feasibly
feasibly
adv
In a feasible manner
feathery
feathery
adj
Resembling feathers.
february
fedayeen
fedayeen
noun
plural of fedayee
federacy
federacy
noun
A form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority.
federary
federary
noun
(obsolete) A confederate; an accomplice.
femalely
femalely
adv
In a female manner.
femality
femality
noun
femaleness
feminacy
feminacy
noun
(archaic) effeminacy
fentanyl
fentanyl
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C₂₂H₂₈N₂O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇ is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
feracity
feracity
noun
(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
fernyear
ferriday
ferryage
ferryman
ferryman
noun
(Greek mythology, usually preceded by the) Charon.
A man who operates a ferry.
ferryway
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
festally
festally
adv
in a festal or festive manner
feudally
feudally
adv
In a feudal manner.
filatory
filatory
noun
(obsolete) A machine for forming threads.
filially
filially
adv
In a filial manner.
finality
finality
noun
The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
finitary
finitary
adj
(logic) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms.
(mathematics) Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.
fireclay
fireclay
noun
Alternative spelling of fire clay
fiscally
fiscally
adv
In a fiscal manner; concerning finance
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishyard
fitzroya
flabbily
flabbily
adv
In a flabby manner
flachery
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flaggery
flaggily
flaggily
adv
In a flaggy manner.
flaherty
flannery
flashily
flashily
adv
In a flashy manner
flattery
flattery
noun
(countable) An instance of excessive praise.
(uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flavoury
flavoury
adj
Possessing flavour.
fleyland
floodway
floodway
noun
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
florally
florally
adv
In a floral way; with flowers or something that suggests them.
floydada
flyaways
flyaways
noun
plural of flyaway
flyboats
flyboats
noun
plural of flyboat
flyeater
flypaper
flypaper
noun
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it
verb
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
flypasts
flypasts
noun
plural of flypast
flytraps
flytraps
noun
plural of flytrap
foldaway
foldaway
adj
That may be folded away when not in use.
noun
A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
forayers
forayers
noun
plural of forayer
foraying
foraying
verb
present participle of foray
forebays
forebays
noun
plural of forebay
foredays
foredays
noun
plural of foreday
forelady
forelady
noun
the female equivalent of a foreman
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foresays
foresays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foresay
forestay
forestay
noun
(nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
verb
(transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
(transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
foreyard
foreyard
noun
(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
A yard in front; front yard
foreyear
formably
formally
formally
adv
In a formal manner.
In accordance with official procedure.
In accordance with rigorous rules.
formazyl
formylal
forweary
forweary
adj
(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.
(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.