Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
antishoplifting
antishoplifting
adj
That serves to counter shoplifting.
archpilferer
atmosphereful
bailiffship
bailiffship
noun
The role or status of a bailiff.
bailiffships
bailiffships
noun
plural of bailiffship
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bishopful
bumbailiffship
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chapfallenly
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chlorophylliferous
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dishpanful
dishpanful
noun
As much as a dishpan will hold.
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
dolphinfish
dolphinfish
noun
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
elfship
elfship
noun
A compellation for an elf.
facioscapulohumeral
facioscapulohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy.
feldsparphyre
feldspath
feldspath
noun
Alternative form of feldspar
feldspathic
feldspathic
adj
(mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
feldspathization
feldspathization
noun
The process of conversion into feldspar.
feldspathoid
feldspathoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
feldspathoidal
feldspathoidal
adj
(of a rock) Having feldspathoids.
feldspathose
feldspathose
Adjective
Containing feldspar.
felinophile
felinophile
noun
A person who likes cats.
felinophobe
felinophobe
noun
A person who dislikes cats.
fellowheirship
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
felsophyre
felsophyric
felsosphaerite
felspath
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
felspathose
filmographies
filmographies
noun
plural of filmography
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
fireplough
fisherpeople
fisherpeople
noun
plural of fisherperson
fishplate
fishplate
noun
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
verb
(transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fishpoles
fishpoles
noun
plural of fishpole
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flagships
flagships
noun
plural of flagship
flaithship
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flapmouthed
flapperhood
flapperhood
noun
The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flapperish
flashlamp
flashlamp
noun
A kind of lamp that uses an electric current to start powder burning and produce a brief sudden burst of bright light. It was formerly used in flash photography.
flashlamps
flashlamps
noun
plural of flashlamp
flashpan
flashpan
noun
Alternative form of flash pan
flashproof
flashproof
adj
Resistant to sparks and fire.
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
fleahoppers
fleahoppers
noun
plural of fleahopper
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
fleshpots
fleshpots
noun
plural of fleshpot
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
flitchplate
flophouse
flophouse
noun
(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
verb
To stay in a flophouse.
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
fluophosphate
fluophosphate
noun
(chemistry) A double salt of fluoric acid and phosphoric acid.
fluorographic
fluorographic
adj
Relating to fluorography.
fluorography
fluorography
noun
photofluorography
visualisation of radiolabelled material
fluorophosphate
fluorophosphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion PO₃F²⁻ formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a fluorine atom; any salt containing such an anion
(organic chemistry) The functional group >PO₃F formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate group with a fluorine atom; any compound containing such a group
fluphenazine
fluphenazine
noun
(pharmacology) An antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class, which can be administered orally or by injection.
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
fluxgraph
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
foolhardiship
foolship
foolship
noun
(often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
foppishly
foppishly
adv
In a foppish way.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
francophil
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
francophilia
francophilia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophilia
francophilism
freeholdership
freeholdership
noun
The state of being a freeholder.
frontosphenoidal
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
fuchsinophil
fuchsinophil
adj
Alternative form of fuchsinophilic
noun
(cytology) Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
fuchsinophilous
fuglemanship
gonfaloniership
gonfaloniership
noun
The role or status of gonfalonier.
hailproof
hailproof
adj
Resistant to hail (form of frozen precipitation).
halfpace
halfpace
noun
(archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
halfpaced
halfpence
halfpence
noun
A halfpenny.
plural of halfpenny
halfpennies
halfpenny
halfpenny
adj
Costing or worth one halfpenny.
noun
(plural: halfpence) A quantity of money worth half a penny.
(plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
halterproof
harpersfield
helpful
helpful
adj
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
helpfully
helpfully
adv
In a helpful manner.
helpfulness
helpfulness
noun
The quality of being helpful.
helpfulnesses
helpfulnesses
noun
plural of helpfulness
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
holeproof
holeproof
adj
Resistant to the formation of holes.
hopeful
hopeful
adj
feeling hope
inspiring hope
noun
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
hopefully
hopefully
adv
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
In a hopeful manner.
hopefulness
hopefulness
noun
The property of being hopeful.
hopefulnesses
hopefulnesses
noun
plural of hopefulness
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
horseplayful
horseplayful
adj
Engaging in horseplay.
hyperconfidently
hyperfastidiously
hyperfederalist
hyperflexibility
hyperflexibility
noun
The condition of being hyperflexible
hyperflexible
hyperflexible
adj
Extremely flexible.
hyperflexibleness
hyperflexibly
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
hyperfocal
hyperfocal
adj
(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field
hyperfunctional
hyperfunctional
adj
Having, or characterised by, increased function
hyperfunctionally
hyperinflation
hyperinflation
noun
(economics) A very high rate of inflation.
hyposulfite
hyposulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The SO₂²⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this ion
(inorganic chemistry) The thiosulfate anion and salts
hyposulfurous
hyposulfurous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hyposulfurous acid or its derivatives.
hypsiliform
infernalship
infracephalic
infraperipherial
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.