(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.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afterband
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
afterdate
afterdated
afterdated
adj
postdated
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
afterdeal
afterdeal
noun
Disadvantage.
afterdeath
afterdeck
afterdeck
noun
(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterdinner
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterdrain
afterdrops
afterend
afterfeed
afterfriend
afterglide
aftergood
aftergrind
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterrider
aftersend
aftershafted
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstudy
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterward
afterward
adv
(US) Alternative form of afterwards
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwisdom
afterwitted
afterwitted
adj
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
airlifted
airlifted
adj
Having been the subject of an airlift.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airlift
alderliefest
alderliefest
adj
(archaic) Most beloved.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
altdorf
altdorfer
antadiform
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
antidandruff
antidandruff
adj
Countering or preventing dandruff.
antidiffuser
antidraft
antidraft
adj
Opposing the draft (military conscription).
antifederal
antifederal
adj
Alternative form of anti-federal
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
auldfarrantlike
autodifferentiation
autodifferentiation
noun
(biology) Automatic differentiation and specialization of cells; autonomous development.
(mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
The differentiation of a whole into distinct parts; self-differentiation.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
bardcraft
bardcraft
noun
The poetic arts of a bard.
barefisted
barefooted
barefooted
adj
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
befathered
beforementioned
beforementioned
Adjective
Previously mentioned.
beforested
befretted
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bettendorf
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
birdcraft
bitripinnatifid
botsford
brantford
brantford
Proper noun
A city in Ontario, Canada
brantsford
breadfruit
breadfruit
noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
The large round fruit of this tree.
breadfruits
breadfruits
noun
plural of breadfruit
breadstuff
breadstuff
noun
Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour/meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain).
Bread or bread-like baked goods of any sort.
breadstuffs
breadstuffs
noun
plural of breadstuff
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
breastfeeds
breastfeeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breastfeed
brentford
brentford
Proper noun
a town in west London, England, on the north side of the River Thames and within the London Borough of Hounslow.
brutified
brutified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutify
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
butterfield
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterflied
butterflied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
candleshrift
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cathodofluorescence
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
certificated
certificated
adj
That has been subject to certification; certified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certificate
certified
certified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of certify
chesterfield
chesterfield
noun
(Canada) Any couch or sofa.
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chesterfields
chesterfields
noun
plural of chesterfield
chondrification
chondrification
noun
(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.
chondrofetal
chondrofibromatous
cloudcroft
comforted
comforted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comfort
confarreated
confederalist
confederalist
noun
A member of a confederation.
confederate
confederate
adj
banded together; allied.
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
noun
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
A member of a confederacy.
An accomplice in a plot.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.
confederated
confederated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confederate
confederater
confederates
confederates
noun
plural of confederate
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
confederatio
confederation
confederation
noun
A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
The act of forming an alliance.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
confederationist
adj
(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
noun
(Canada, chiefly historical) A supporter of Canadian Confederation.
A supporter of confederation.
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
confederatism
confederative
confederative
adj
Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
confederatize
confederator
confederator
noun
(obsolete) A confederate.
conferted
confidentiary
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
counterdefender
counterdifficulty
counterdifficulty
noun
A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.
counterdraft
counterfeited
counterfeited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterfeit