(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affinage
affinage
noun
The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affinite
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
afterend
aftertan
alefnull
alfedena
alfenide
alfenide
noun
An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
anatifae
anatifer
antefact
antefact
noun
(obsolete) Something done before another act.
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
antifame
antifame
adj
Opposing fame.
antifire
antifire
adj
Opposing or countering fire.
antileft
antileft
adj
(politics) Opposing the political left.
antilife
antilife
adj
(US, politics, derogatory) pro-choice
(derogatory) Supporting the death penalty in a particular case or in general.
(derogatory) antinatalist; supporting the use of contraception to space or limit births
Opposing the preservation of life in a particular situation
asniffle
asniffle
adj
Sniffling.
bandfile
beanfest
bedeafen
bedeafen
verb
(archaic) To deafen.
befallen
befallen
verb
past participle of befall
befamine
befanned
beferned
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
benfleet
bifanged
bifanged
adj
Having two fangs.
biforine
biforine
noun
(botany) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonfield
bonfires
bonfires
noun
plural of bonfire
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
briefing
briefing
noun
A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.
A short and concise summary of a situation.
verb
present participle of brief
bufferin
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
caffeina
caffeine
caffeine
noun
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
caffeins
caffeins
noun
plural of caffein
caffeone
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chenfish
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
cinefilm
cinefilm
noun
(countable) A film recorded on this medium.
(countable, uncountable) Any of various obsolete film formats, including 8 mm, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, and Super 8, formerly much used for making home movies to be viewed on a projector.
verb
(transitive) To record onto cinefilm.
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
coffined
coffined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffin
coinfers
cokneyfy
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
confects
confects
noun
plural of confect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confect
confeder
confeder
verb
(obsolete) To confederate.
conferee
conferee
noun
A person on whom something is conferred or bestowed.
A person who participates in a conference.
conferva
conferva
noun
An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.
confetti
confetti
noun
(rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
verb
(transitive) To scatter with confetti.
confetto
confetto
noun
(rare) A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
confided
confided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confide
confider
confider
noun
One who confides.
confides
confides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide
confined
confined
adj
In childbed.
Limited; narrow; restricted.
Not free to move.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confine
confiner
confiner
noun
A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
A person who lives within the confines; an inhabitant.
A prisoner incarcerated for a set term.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
confines
confines
noun
Elements that restrain someone.
The borders or limits of an area.
The scope or range of a subject.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine
confixed
confixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confix
conflate
conflate
adj
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
noun
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
To mix together different elements.
confrere
confrere
noun
A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.
confused
confused
adj
(of a person or animal) disoriented
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
embarrassed
making no sense; illogical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confuse
confuser
confuser
noun
One who or that which confuses.
confuses
confuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confuse
confuted
confuted
adj
Disproved; refuted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confute
confuter
confuter
noun
A person who confutes
confutes
confutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute
conifers
conifers
noun
plural of conifer
cynewulf
daftness
daftness
noun
(countable) Something that is daft.
Property of being daft.
deafened
deafened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deafen
deafness
deafness
noun
(figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.
The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
defacing
defacing
noun
defacement
verb
present participle of deface
defaming
defaming
noun
defamation
verb
present participle of defame
defanged
defanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defang
defecant
defences
defences
noun
plural of defence
defended
defended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defend
defender
defender
noun
(Scotland, law) A defendant in a civil action.
(law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
(sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
Someone who defends people or property.
defensed
defenser
defenses
defenses
noun
plural of defense
defensor
defensor
noun
(ecclesiastical) the patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church
(law) a defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector
one who defends; a defender
deferens
deferent
deferent
adj
(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
Showing deference; deferential.
noun
(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
(obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
defiance
defiance
noun
A challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power.
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
defiling
defiling
verb
present participle of defile
definers
definers
noun
plural of definer
defining
defining
adj
Serving to define or distinguish.
verb
present participle of define
definish
definite
definite
adj
(linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things
Determined; resolved; decided.
Free from any doubt.
Having distinct limits.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity.
(obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.
defluent
defluent
adj
Running downward; decurrent.
deftness
deftness
noun
The characteristic of being deft.
defusing
defusing
verb
present participle of defuse
defusion
defusion
noun
(proscribed) The act of defusing.
(psychology) The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
Misspelling of diffusion.
defuzing
defuzing
verb
present participle of defuze
deifying
deifying
verb
present participle of deify
delfeena
denazify
denazify
verb
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
derfness
differen
diolefin
diolefin
noun
(organic chemistry) An olefin that has two double bonds; a diene
dornsife
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downfeed
edifying
edifying
adj
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
That enlightens or uplifts.
noun
edification
verb
present participle of edify
effacing
effacing
verb
present participle of efface
effendis
effendis
noun
plural of effendi
efferent
efferent
adj
Carried outward.
Carrying away from.
noun
A duct or stream that carries away.
effetman
effetmen
effluent
effluent
adj
Flowing out; outflowing.
noun
(countable) A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.
effusing
effusing
verb
present participle of effuse
effusion
effusion
noun
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
A liquid outpouring.
eftsoons
eftsoons
adv
(now archaic) Soon after, presently.
(obsolete) Once again; another time.
encoffin
encoffin
verb
(transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
endrumpf
enfacing
enfacing
verb
present participle of enface
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
enfamous
enfasten
enfasten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To fasten, to bind tightly.
enfatico
enfeeble
enfeeble
verb
(transitive) To make feeble.
enfeoffs
enfeoffs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfeoff
enfester
enfetter
enfetter
verb
To bind in fetters; to enchain.
enfevers
enfevers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfever
enfierce
enfigure
enfilade
enfilade
noun
(architecture) A series of doors that provide a vista when open.
A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
verb
(architecture, transitive) To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row.
(figuratively, transitive) To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire.
(transitive) To rake (something) with gunfire.
enflamed
enflamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflame
enflames
enflames
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enflame
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.