(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbreach
afterchance
afterchrome
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershaves
aftershaves
noun
plural of aftershave
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afterthrift
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
archbuffoon
archdapifer
archfounder
archpontiff
argusfishes
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
bathofloric
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beardfishes
beardfishes
noun
plural of beardfish
bechauffeur
blackfisher
branchiform
calathiform
chaffcutter
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
chargfaires
chauffeured
chauffeured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chauffeur
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
churchcraft
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
counterhaft
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
dauerschlaf
dauerschlaf
noun
a prolonged sleep therapy
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
effranchise
effranchise
verb
Obsolete form of enfranchise.
enfranchise
enfranchise
verb
(property law, England & Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
fairishness
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
fartherance
fartherance
noun
Obsolete form of furtherance.
farthermore
farthermore
adv
Obsolete form of furthermore.
farthermost
farthermost
adj
superlative form of far: most far; most remote or distant; furthermost.
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
fathercraft
fathercraft
noun
The knowledge and skills associated with fatherhood.
fatherhoods
fatherhoods
noun
plural of fatherhood
fatherlands
fatherlands
noun
plural of fatherland
fatshederas
fatshederas
noun
plural of fatshedera
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherbeds
featherbeds
noun
plural of featherbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherbed
featherbird
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
featheredge
featheredge
noun
Alternative form of feather edge
featherfoil
featherfoil
noun
An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
featherhead
featherhead
Noun
A foolish person.
featheriest
featheriest
adj
superlative form of feathery: most feathery
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
featherleaf
featherleaf
adj
Applied to various plants characterized by feathery leaves.
featherless
featherless
adj
Having no feathers.
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherpate
featherpate
noun
A foolish, frivolous person; an airhead.
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
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.
febriphobia
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
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.
fireflaught
firemanship
firemanship
noun
The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
firmhearted
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.
flameholder
flapperhood
flapperhood
noun
The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flashboards
flashboards
noun
plural of flashboard
flashtester
flaughtbred
fleahoppers
fleahoppers
noun
plural of fleahopper
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
flowcharted
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
flycatchers
flycatchers
noun
plural of flycatcher
foliobranch
foolhardier
foolhardier
adj
comparative form of foolhardy: more foolhardy
foolhardily
foolhardily
adv
In a foolhardy manner
footbreadth
footbreadth
noun
The breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
forechamber
forefathers
forefathers
noun
plural of forefather
foregathers
foregathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foregather
forehandsel
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
forereached
forereached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forereach
forereaches
forereaches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forereach
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
forgathered
forgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forgather
formaldehyd
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
fothergilla
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
franchisees
franchisees
noun
plural of franchisee
franchisers
franchisers
noun
plural of franchiser
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
francophobe
francophone
francophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Francophone
frankenmuth
freehearted
freehearted
adj
liberal; unrestrained
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freightages
freightages
noun
plural of freightage
freightyard
freightyard
noun
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
frogmarched
frogmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch
frogmarches
frogmarches
noun
plural of frogmarch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frogmarch
fullhearted
fullhearted
adj
Alternative form of full-hearted
furaldehyde
furaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) furfural
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
furtherance
furtherance
noun
Advancement or progress.
Promotion.
The act of furthering or helping forward
godfathered
godfathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of godfather
grandfather
grandfather
noun
(by extension) A male forefather.
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
A father of someone's parent.
verb
(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
(transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
halfhearted
halfhearted
adj
(obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
halterproof
handcrafted
handcrafted
adj
Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery.
handicrafts
handicrafts
noun
plural of handicraft
harangueful
harangueful
adj
Full of haranguing.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmfulness
harmfulness
noun
The characteristic of being harmful.
harvestfish
harvestfish
noun
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.
healthcraft
hemafibrite
hemafibrite
Noun
synadelphite
hereinafter
hereinafter
adv
In the parts of this document, statement, or book that follow; after this
heterograft
heterograft
noun
Synonym of xenograft.
verb
To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
hindarfjall
honorifical
honorifical
adj
Or or pertaining to honorifics.
honorific.
housefather
housefather
noun
A man in charge of a house in a boarding school
The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primative community.