(dated, electronics) A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
acidify
acidify
verb
(figurative) To sour; to embitter.
To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
adcraft
adfroze
aefaldy
aefauld
afdecho
afeared
afeared
adj
(dialectal) Afraid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afear
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
affixed
affixed
adj
(linguistics) With an affix.
Enduringly stuck to, or attached to, something.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affix
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
afounde
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
aladfar
alfadir
alfreda
alfredo
alfredo
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo
altdorf
anfeeld
ashford
ashford
Proper noun
A town in Kent.
A town in borough, Surrey (previously in Middlesex).
A village in district, Devon, England
A village in district, Devon
A village in Derbyshire, Ashford-in-the-Water.
baffled
baffled
adj
(not comparable) having baffles
thoroughly confused, puzzled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baffle
bamford
bedfast
bedfast
adj
Unable to leave one's bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity.
noun
A joint or hook that attaches a bedrail to a headboard or footboard.
One who is bedfast.
bedfoot
bedford
bedford
Proper noun
The county town of Bedfordshire, England.
A truck formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
A city in Indiana, USA
A small city in Iowa, USA
A small city in Kentucky, USA
A town in Massachusetts Commonwealth.
A town in New Hampshire State.
Extremely affluent town in New York State.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A city in Ohio State.
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
A city in Texas State.
A town in Virginia, USA
A in Wyoming State.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
belford
bifidly
bifidly
adv
In a bifid manner.
bigford
binford
binford
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
bluffed
bluffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bluff
bluford
bodeful
bodeful
adj
Portentous; ominous; foreboding.
bodfish
boxford
boxford
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts.
briefed
briefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brief
bufidin
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
burford
byfield
caffled
caffled
adj
(UK, dialect, Pembrokeshire) tangled
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
cardiff
cardiff
Proper noun
The capital city of Wales
chaffed
chaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaff
chafted
chefdom
chefdom
noun
Collectively, all chefs.
The state of being a chef.
cheffed
cheffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chef
chuffed
chuffed
adj
(British, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.
(UK, Ireland, dialect) Displeased; gruff.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuff
clefted
clefted
adj
Having a cleft; cloven.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cleft
cliffed
cliffed
adj
formed by cliffs
codfish
codfish
noun
(countable) A cod (the fish).
(uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.
coffled
coffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coffle
cofield
cofound
cofound
verb
(transitive) To found at the same time as another.
(transitive) To found with one or more other people.
coiffed
confide
confide
verb
(intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
(intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
(transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
cornfed
cornfed
adj
(informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).
(informal, sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
(not comparable, of an animal) Fed on corn.
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
crefeld
cundiff
daffery
daffier
daffier
adj
comparative form of daffy: more daffy
daffily
daffily
adv
In a daffy manner.
daffing
daffing
noun
(Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
daffish
daffish
adj
(obsolete) Stupid, silly.
daffled
dafodil
daftest
daftest
adj
superlative form of daft: most daft
dainful
damfool
damfool
adj
Alternative spelling of damnfool
damnify
damnify
verb
(law) To cause injuries or loss to.
(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
dandify
dandify
verb
To dress as, or to adopt the style of, a dandy.
danford
dapifer
dapifer
noun
The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.
The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
dareful
dareful
adj
Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
deafens
deafens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deafen
deafest
deafest
adj
superlative form of deaf: most deaf
deafish
deafish
adj
Somewhat deaf.
debrief
debrief
verb
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
debtful
decafid
decafid
adj
Alternative form of decemfid
deedful
deedful
adj
Full of deeds or exploits; active, stirring.
deerfly
deerfly
noun
Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
defaced
defaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deface
defacer
defacer
noun
One who defaces; a vandal.
defaces
defaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deface
defacto
defacto
noun
Alternative form of de facto
defalco
defamed
defamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defame
defamer
defamer
noun
One who defames.
defames
defames
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defame
defangs
defangs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defang
defassa
defassa
noun
A variety of waterbuck.
default
default
noun
(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
(finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
(law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
(obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
(obsolete) Lack; absence.
(often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
verb
(intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
(intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
defease
defease
verb
To annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.
defeats
defeats
noun
plural of defeat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defeat
defects
defects
noun
plural of defect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defect
defeise
defence
defence
noun
(obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
(team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
An argument in support or justification of something.
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Something used to oppose attacks.
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.
defends
defends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defend
defense
defense
noun
(government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
(law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
(law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
(team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
defiant
defiant
adj
Boldly resisting opposition.
Defying.
noun
One who defies opposition.
defiber
defiber
verb
(US, transitive) To remove some or all fiber from.
deficit
deficit
noun
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
defiers
defiers
noun
plural of defier
defiled
defiled
adj
impure; dirty
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defile
defiler
defiler
noun
one who defiles.
defiles
defiles
noun
plural of defile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defile
defined
defined
adj
(bodybuilding) Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.
Having a definition or value.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of define
definer
definer
noun
One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
defines
defines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of define
deflate
deflate
verb
(intransitive) To become deflated.
(slang) To belch or flatulate
(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
(transitive) To let down or disappoint.
(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
(transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
defleas
defleas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflea
deflect
deflect
verb
(intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
deflesh
deflesh
verb
to remove the flesh from
deflore
defoams
defoams
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoam
defocus
defocus
noun
(optics) The distance by which the focal point is in front of (positive defocus) or beyond (negative defocus) the image or target surface.
The process of going out of focus.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.
deforce
deforce
verb
(law, Scotland) To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.
(law, transitive) To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.
deforms
deforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deform
deforse
defraud
defraud
verb
(archaic) To deprive.
(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
defrays
defrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
defrost
defrost
noun
The removal of frost.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.
(transitive) To remove frost from.
(transitive) To thaw something.
deftest
deftest
adj
superlative form of deft: most deft
defunct
defunct
adj
(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.
(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
(now rare) Deceased, dead.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
The dead person (referred to).
verb
To make defunct.
defused
defused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defuse
defuses
defuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defuse
defuzed
defuzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defuze
defuzes
defuzes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defuze
defying
defying
verb
present participle of defy
degraff
deified
deified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deify
deifier
deifier
noun
One who deifies.
deifies
deifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deify
deiform
deiform
adj
Conformable to the will of God
Godlike.
delfine
denhoff
densify
densify
verb
(intransitive) To become (more) dense.
(transitive) To make (more) dense.
dernful
dernful
adj
(obsolete) secret; lonely, sad, mournful
destuff
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dierolf
diffame
differs
differs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differ
diffide
diffide
verb
(obsolete) To be distrustful
difform
difform
adj
irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous or dissimilar
diffund
diffuse
diffuse
adj
Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
Wordy; verbose.
verb
(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
(transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
dignify
dignify
verb
(transitive) To exalt in rank.
(transitive) To give distinction to.
(transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
(transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.