The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
verb
present participle of affirm
affirmingly
affirmingly
adv
in an affirming manner
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
affranchising
affranchising
verb
present participle of affranchise
affraying
affraying
verb
present participle of affray
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affricating
affricating
verb
present participle of affricate
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrighter
affrighter
noun
(archaic) One who frightens.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
affrontingness
affrontingness
noun
The state or quality of affronting.
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
aflagellar
aflagellar
adj
That lacks a flagellum
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
aforethought
aforethought
adj
(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
africanizing
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
afrogaea
afrogaean
afterage
afterage
noun
An age occurring afterwards; a later era.
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
aftergas
afterglide
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergo
aftergood
aftergrass
aftergrass
noun
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.
aftergrave
aftergrief
aftergrind
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
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.
afterguns
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
afterimages
afterimages
noun
plural of afterimage
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
aftermarriage
afternight
afterplanting
afterreckoning
afterripening
aftersong
afterspring
afterswarming
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
afterworking
agariciform
agariciform
adj
Having the form of an agaric
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
agrafe
agrafe
noun
A hook or fastener on clothing.
agrafes
agrafes
noun
plural of agrafe
agraffe
agraffe
noun
A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
agraffee
agraffes
agraffes
noun
plural of agraffe
agrief
agrief
adv
(obsolete) In grief; amiss.
agroforester
agroforester
noun
One who takes part in agroforestry
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
agroof
agrufe
agruif
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
airfreight
airfreight
noun
The amount charged for such transport.
The transportation of freight by air.
verb
(transitive) To transport by air.
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
airfreighter
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
airlifting
airlifting
verb
present participle of airlift
airproofing
airproofing
verb
present participle of airproof
alfarga
alforge
alfraganus
algarsife
algarsyf
alligatorfish
alligatorfish
noun
Aspidophoroides monopterygius, a bottom-dwelling marine fish in the family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic.
alligatorfishes
alligatorfishes
noun
plural of alligatorfish
allograft
allograft
noun
(surgery) A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species.
verb
To perform a transplant of this kind.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
allografting
allografting
noun
The transplanting of an allograft
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
angelinformal
anginiform
anginiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling angina.
angiofibroma
angiofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.
anglerfishes
anglerfishes
noun
plural of anglerfish
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguliferous
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiflattering
antiforeign
antiforeign
adj
Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
antiforeigner
antiforeigner
adj
Opposed to foreigners.
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antifreezing
antifreezing
adj
That prevents freezing
antigraft
antigraft
adj
(politics) Opposed to or working against graft
antiprofiteering
antiprofiteering
adj
Opposing or countering profiteering.
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antisuffragist
antisuffragist
noun
One who opposes suffrage.
apterygiformes
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
archaeopterygiformes
argentiferous
argentiferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing silver.
argify
argilliferous
argilliferous
adj
(geology) Producing clay; rich in argil.
argilloferruginous
argilloferruginous
adj
(soil science) Containing clay and iron.
argufied
argufied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of argufy
argufier
argufier
noun
One who argufies.
argufiers
argufiers
noun
plural of argufier
argufies
argufies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy
argufy
argufy
verb
(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
argusfish
argusfishes
aschaffenburg
aspergilliform
aspergilliform
adj
(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in form
aufklarung
aufklrung
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
ausforming
ausforming
verb
present participle of ausform
autofrettage
autofrettage
noun
A metal fabrication technique in which a pressure vessel is subjected to enormous pressure, causing internal portions of the part to yield plasticly, resulting in internal compressive residual stresses once the pressure is released.
autograft
autograft
noun
(surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body.
verb
(transitive) To graft in this manner.
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autografting
autografting
verb
present participle of autograft
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
bagreef
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
batterfang
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beefburger
beefburger
noun
(food) Synonym of hamburger (a cooked ground beef sandwich)