(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
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.
amianthiform
amianthiform
adj
Resembling amianthus in form.
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
archinfamy
archinformer
branchiform
chamfering
chamfering
noun
A chamfer.
verb
present participle of chamfer
chamfrain
chamfrain
noun
Alternative form of chamfron
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chamfrons
chamfrons
noun
plural of chamfron
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
charmfulness
charmfulness
noun
The state of being charmful.
chlorofluoromethane
chlorofluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halogenated derivative of methane containing both chlorine and fluorine; but especially CH₂ClF, sometimes used as a refrigerant
chloroforming
chloroforming
verb
present participle of chloroform
chloroformization
chloroformization
noun
The process of chloroformizing.
chlorotrifluoromethane
chlorotrifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon CClF₃; it is a CFC once used as a refrigerant
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrofibromatous
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
chromaffinic
chromaffinic
adj
Synonym of chromaffin
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
craftmanship
craftmanship
noun
Alternative form of craftsmanship
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmanships
craftsmanships
noun
plural of craftsmanship
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
demichamfron
demifarthing
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A chlorofluorocarbon halomethane formerly used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant, now banned in many countries because of its effects on the ozone layer.
dinornithiformes
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
echiniform
echinuliform
echinuliform
adj
Resembling small spines.
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
enterochromaffin
enterochromaffin
adj
(cytology) Describing epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa that contain serotonin; they are stained using chromium salts
ethmofrontal
ethmofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones
farmhand
farmhand
noun
(baseball) A player in the minor leagues.
A person who works on a farm.
farmhands
farmhands
noun
plural of farmhand
farnham
farnham
Proper noun
a town in western Surrey, England.
farnhamville
fashionmonger
fashionmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
featherman
feathermonger
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fermanagh
fermanagh
Proper noun
one of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, often known as County Fermanagh.
ferrihemoglobin
ferrihemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A form of hemoglobin in which the central ferrous iron atom is oxidised to the ferric state
ferthumlungur
fetichmonger
fetishmonger
fibrochondroma
fibroenchondroma
fingersmith
fingersmith
noun
midwife
pickpocket
firemanship
firemanship
noun
The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
fisherman
fisherman
noun
A person whose profession is catching fish.
A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.
Any person who attempts to catch fish.
fishermen
fishermen
noun
plural of fisherman
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
fleshmonger
fleshmonger
noun
(archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
flusherman
flushermen
foreadmonish
foreadmonish
verb
(rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremanships
foremanships
noun
plural of foremanship
foremasthand
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
noun
An act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
verb
present participle of forthcome
forthcomingness
forthcomingness
noun
The state or quality of being forthcoming.
framingham
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
francophilism
frankenmuth
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freightment
frenchism
frenchism
Noun
A custom peculiar to France.
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of French.
frenchman
frenchman
Noun
A man of French birth or nationality.
A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
The red-legged partridge.
frenchmen
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
freshman
freshman
noun
(US, Canada, Philippines) A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.
(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
freshmanhood
freshmanhood
noun
The state or period of being a freshman.
freshmanic
freshmanic
adj
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
freshmanship
freshmanship
noun
The state of being a freshman.
freshmen
freshmen
noun
plural of freshman
freshment
freshment
noun
(obsolete) refreshment
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
frogmarching
frogmarching
verb
present participle of frogmarch
frohman
frontoethmoid
frumpishness
frumpishness
noun
The quality of being frumpish.
fuhrman
furbishment
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
handcraftman
handcraftsman
handcraftsman
noun
A handicraftsman.
handicrafsman
handicrafsmen
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handyframe
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmfulness
harmfulness
noun
The characteristic of being harmful.
harmfulnesses
harmfulnesses
noun
plural of harmfulness
hemingford
hemoglobiniferous
hesperornithiformes
heterofermentative
heterofermentative
adj
(biology, of a microorganism) That undergoes fermentation to produce more than one product, e.g. both alcohol and lactic acid.
homecrofting
hominiform
hominiform
noun
Synonym of hominid
homofermentative
homofermentative
adj
That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.
noun
(science fiction) A robot resembling a human.
humaniformian
hydroforming
hydroforming
noun
(engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
(organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
hyeniform
hymeniferous
hyperconformist
hyperconformity
hyperconformity
noun
Excessive conformity
ichneumoniform
ichthyornithiformes
infradiaphragmatic
infradiaphragmatic
adj
(medicine) Below the diaphragm.
infrahuman
infrahuman
adj
Below the level of the human.
noun
(psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.
infrahumans
infrahumans
noun
plural of infrahuman
labyrinthiform
labyrinthiform
adj
Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
licheniform
licheniform
adj
Having the form of a lichen.
lymphangiofibroma
machinofacture
machinofacture
noun
The production of goods through the use of machines.
verb
To produce by means of machinofacture.
macraucheniiform
markgenossenschaft
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.