(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downfallen
downfallen
adj
(figurative) Having undergone a defeat, or been ousted from a position of authority.
Fallen down.
crestfallen, depressed, down in the dumps.
verb
past participle of downfall.
downfeed
downfield
downfield
adj
(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
downfolded
downfolded
adj
folded down
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
drawerful
drawerful
noun
A drawer filled with something, or a sufficient quantity of something to fill a drawer
drawfile
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
driftweed
driftweed
noun
Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.
dropflower
duckwife
dwarfed
dwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwarf
dwarfer
dwarfer
adj
(horticulture) comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
dwarfness
dwarfness
noun
The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.
dwarfnesses
earflower
efflower
efflower
verb
(rare) To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
elfwife
elfwort
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
enfollow
enfroward
enfurrow
facebow
facebow
noun
(dentistry) A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
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.
fadeaways
fadeaways
noun
plural of fadeaway
fairview
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fallowed
fallowed
adj
Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fallow
fallowness
fallowness
noun
The state or quality of being fallow.
fallownesses
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fameflower
fameflower
noun
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fanflower
fanflower
noun
A plant in the genus Scaevola.
fanshawe
fanwe
fanweed
fanweed
noun
The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense.
fanwise
fanwise
adj
In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
adv
In a fanwise manner.
farawayness
farawayness
noun
The state of being faraway
farewell
farewell
adj
Parting, valedictory, final.
intj
Goodbye.
noun
A departure; the act of leaving
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure
verb
To bid farewell or say goodbye.
farewelled
farewelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farewell
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
farewells
farewells
noun
plural of farewell
farmwife
farmwife
noun
A farmer's wife.
The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work.
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
farrowed
farrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farrow
farwell
farwell
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in California, USA.
a village in Michigan, USA.
a tiny city in Minnesota, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA
farweltered
fawcett
fawcette
fawe
fawe
Adjective
fain; glad; delighted
fawkener
fawkes
fawne
fawned
fawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fawn
fawner
fawner
noun
One who fawns; a sycophant.
fawners
fawners
noun
plural of fawner
fawnery
fawnier
fawniest
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
feastraw
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherway
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
feedwater
feedwater
noun
Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation.
feedway
feedway
noun
The channel along which material is fed into a machine for processing.
fellow
fellow
noun
(Australian Aboriginal) Alternative form of fella (“used as a general intensifier”)
(Canada, US) A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).
(UK, slang) Synonym of schoolmate (“a student at the same school”)
(US) A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.
(US) A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.
(also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
(by extension, often humorous or ironic) An animal or object.
(chiefly Britain) A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.
(chiefly Southern US, derogatory) A black man.
(chiefly in the negative) A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.
(chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
(chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
(chiefly in the plural) One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.
(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
(derogatory) A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.
(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
(rare) Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
(specifically, Britain, historical) A senior member of an Inn of Court.
(specifically, also figuratively) An associate in the commission of a crime or other wrongful act; an accomplice.
A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.
A colleague or partner.
A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.
A person living at the same time, or about the same age as another, especially when in the same field of study or work.
A person's servant or slave.
An equal in character, power, rank, etc.; a peer.
An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).
Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.
One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
Originally (obsolete), a person's partner (of either sex) in life or marriage; a spouse; also, the mate of an animal; now (dated), a person's male lover or partner; a boyfriend; a husband.
Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
verb
(also reflexive) Followed by to or with: to associate or join (oneself, someone, or something) with some other person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
(archaic) To address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).
(chiefly passive, poetic, archaic) To equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (some other person or thing).
(chiefly passive, sometimes reflexive) Followed by to or with: to cause or portray (someone or something) to be equal to some other person or thing.
(intransitive, poetic, obsolete) Followed by with: to associate or join with a person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
(poetic) To associate or go together with (someone or something); to become a partner of (someone or something).
To pair or suit (someone or something) with some other person or thing; also, to pair or suit someone or something with (some other person or thing); to arrange (things) in pairs.
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
fellowed
fellowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellow
fellowess
fellowess
noun
(chiefly humorous) A female fellow.
fellowheirship
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowless
fellowless
adj
Without fellow or equal; peerless.
fellowlike
fellowlike
adj
Like a comrade; companionable; on equal terms.
fellowly
fellowly
adj
Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic.
adv
In a fellowly manner.
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fellowmen
fellowmen
noun
plural of fellowman
fellowred
fellowred
Noun
Fellowship; company.
A company.
fellows
fellows
noun
plural of fellow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fellow
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
felonweed
felonwood
felonwood
noun
Synonym of felonwort (“Solanum dulcamara”)
felonwort
felonwort
noun
Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
feltwort
feltwort
noun
mullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.)
felwort
felwort
noun
A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
felworts
felworts
noun
plural of felwort
fencerow
fencerow
noun
The land adjacent to a fence
fennelflower
fennelflower
noun
Nigella damascena, ragged lady
Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia.
fenwick
feower
ferdwit
ferngrower
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fernwood
fernwort
ferryway
ferwerda
fessewise
fessewise
adv
Alternative spelling of fesswise
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
fesswise
fesswise
adv
(heraldry) In the manner of a fess; as a broad horizontal stripe across the middle of an escutcheon.
fetlow
fetwa
fetwa
noun
Alternative form of fatwa
feuchtwanger
feverfew
feverfew
noun
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.
feverfews
feverfews
noun
plural of feverfew
fevertwig
fevertwitch
feverweed
feverweed
noun
The plant Eupatorium purpureum.
feverwort
feverwort
noun
A plant of the genus Centaurium.
A plant of the genus Triosteum.
few
few
det
(meteorology, of clouds) Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
(meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
(used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.
pron
Few people, few things.
fewer
fewer
det
Fewer women wear hats these days.
comparative degree of few; a smaller number.
fewest
fewest
det
superlative degree of few; the smallest number.
fewmand
fewmets
fewmets
noun
plural of fewmet
fewnes
fewneses
fewness
fewness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being few.
fewnesses
fewnesses
noun
plural of fewness
fewsome
fewsome
adj
Alternative form of fusome
Alternative form of viewsome
fewter
fewter
noun
A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
verb
(transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
fewterer
fewterer
noun
Alternative spelling of feuterer
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.