(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
flagitiously
flagitiously
adv
In a flagitious manner.
flagitiousness
flagitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy.
flammigerous
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
flocculating
flocculating
verb
present participle of flocculate
floorthrough
florilegium
florilegium
noun
(Christianity) A patristic anthology.
A collection of flowers.
florisugent
flouncing
flouncing
noun
A flounce (strip of decorative material).
verb
present participle of flounce
floundering
floundering
noun
The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle.
verb
present participle of flounder
flounderingly
flounderingly
adv
In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
flouring
flouring
verb
present participle of flour
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
floutingly
floutingly
adv
With flouting; insultingly.
fluctigerous
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
fluegelhorns
fluegelhorns
noun
plural of fluegelhorn
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
flummoxing
flummoxing
adj
Confusing, flustering, flabbergasting.
verb
present participle of flummox
fluoresage
fluorescigenic
fluorescigenous
fluorescing
fluorescing
verb
present participle of fluoresce
fluoridating
fluoridating
verb
present participle of fluoridate
fluoridising
fluoridising
verb
present participle of fluoridise
fluoridizing
fluoridizing
verb
present participle of fluoridize
fluorinating
fluorinating
verb
present participle of fluorinate
fluorogen
fluorogen
noun
A non-fluorescent small compound which become fluorescent only when complexed to a fluorogen-activating protein.
fluorogenic
fluorogenic
adj
(physics) That generates fluorescence
fluorographic
fluorographic
adj
Relating to fluorography.
fluorography
fluorography
noun
photofluorography
visualisation of radiolabelled material
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
fluvioglacial
fluvioglacial
adj
(geology) Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluviology
fluviology
noun
The study of rivers.
focusing
focusing
adj
Pertaining to the direction of attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or purpose over time.
Used for or pertaining to focusing.
noun
The action of the verb to focus.
verb
present participle of focus.
focussing
focussing
adj
Alternative form of focusing.
verb
present participle of focus
fogbound
fogbound
adj
enveloped in fog to such an extent that movement is dangerous or impossible
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
fogfruits
fogfruits
noun
plural of fogfruit
fogou
fogou
noun
(archaeology) A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
fogrum
fogrum
noun
Alternative form of fogram
fogus
fogus
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) Tobacco.
foliageous
foliageous
adj
Resembling foliage.
footfaulting
footfaulting
verb
present participle of footfault
fooyoung
fooyung
foreaccounting
forefigure
foreground
foreground
noun
(computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
verb
To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
foregrounded
foregrounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreground
foregrounds
foregrounds
noun
plural of foreground
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreground
foreguess
foreguess
noun
A conjecture; an assumption.
verb
(transitive) To anticipate; expect.
(transitive) To conjecture; assume.
(transitive) To forecast.
(transitive) To guess beforehand.
foreguidance
foregut
foregut
noun
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
forejudge
forejudge
verb
(transitive) To judge beforehand; prejudge.
Alternative form of forjudge
forejudged
forejudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forejudge
forejudger
forejudger
noun
(law) A judgement by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.
forejudging
forejudging
verb
present participle of forejudge
forejudgment
forejudgment
noun
(obsolete) prejudgment
forerunning
forerunning
verb
present participle of forerun
forerunnings
foresightful
foresightful
adj
Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent
forestburg
forestburgh
forethough
forethought
forethought
adj
Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
noun
Anticipation.
Provident care; prudence.
Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forethink
forethoughted
forethoughted
adj
(archaic) Provided with forethought.
forethoughtful
forethoughtful
adj
Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.
forethoughtfully
forethoughtfully
adv
With forethought.
forethoughtfulness
forethoughtfulness
noun
The condition of being forethoughtful
forethoughtless
forethoughtless
adj
Without forethought.
forethoughts
forethoughts
noun
plural of forethought
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
forfoughen
forfoughten
forfoughten
Adjective
Exhausted from fighting.
forgeful
forgetful
forgetful
adj
(mathematics) Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
forgetfully
forgetfully
adv
in a forgetful manner
forgetfulness
forgetfulness
noun
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
forjudge
forjudge
verb
(transitive, dialectal in Britain) To condemn judicially (to a penalty).
(transitive, obsolete except as a legal term) To exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).
forjudged
forjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forjudge
forjudger
forjudges
forjudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forjudge
forjudging
forjudging
verb
present participle of forjudge
forjudgment
formularising
formularising
verb
present participle of formularise
formularizing
formularizing
verb
present participle of formularize
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
formulising
formulising
verb
present participle of formulise
formulizing
formulizing
verb
present participle of formulize
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
forsung
forthbrought
forthbrought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forthbring
forthfigured
forthought
forthought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forthink
forthputting
forthputting
adj
Forward, bold; presumptuous; meddlesome.
noun
Forwardness; undue assumption; boldness.
The act of putting or bringing forth; output; production.
fortunetelling
fortunetelling
noun
Alternative spelling of fortune-telling
fortuning
fortuning
verb
present participle of fortune
fougade
fougade
noun
(military, historical) A kind of land mine; a fougasse.
fougasse
fougasse
noun
A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
fougere
fougerolles
fought
fought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fight
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
foughty
fougue
foulage
foulage
noun
A form of massage involving kneading and pressure against the muscles.
fouling
fouling
noun
The adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.
verb
present participle of foul
foulings
foulings
noun
plural of fouling
foundering
foundering
noun
The act by which a vessel founders.
verb
present participle of founder
founding
founding
adj
Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
noun
The establishment of something.
verb
present participle of found
foundling
foundling
noun
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
foundlings
foundlings
noun
plural of foundling
fountaining
fountaining
verb
present participle of fountain
fourbagger
fourgon
fourgon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
(rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
An ammunition wagon.
fourgons
fourgons
noun
plural of fourgon
fourling
fourling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
(obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
fourrag
fourragere
fourragere
noun
Alternative form of fourragère
fourrageres
fourrageres
noun
plural of fourragere
foxborough
foxburg
foxhuntings
foxtongue
fragmentitious
fribourg
frigiferous
fringillaceous
fringillaceous
adj
(zoology) Relating to the finches or Fringillidae.
frogmouth
frogmouth
noun
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia
frogmouths
frogmouths
noun
plural of frogmouth
frogtongue
frondigerous
frostburg
frostburg
Proper noun
A city in Maryland
frough
froughy
froughy
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
frouncing
frouncing
verb
present participle of frounce
frugiferous
frugiferous
adj
bearing fruit
frugiferousness
frugivora
frugivorous
frugivorous
adj
Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
fruitgrowing
fruitgrowing
noun
The commercial growing of fruit.
fuciphagous
fugacious
fugacious
adj
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
fugaciously
fugaciously
adv
In a fugacious way.
fugaciousness
fugaciousness
noun
(obsolete) fugacity
fugato
fugato
noun
(music) A fugal passage in a composition that is not a strict or complete fugue.