(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
An upward rush of fluid.
afield
afield
adv
Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).
On the field.
Out in the open.
aflame
aflame
adj
in flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it
showing anger or contempt
aflare
aflare
adj
Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion).
Flaring (opening outward).
Illuminated (with something blazing or shining).
aflcio
afloat
afloat
adv
(dated, of ideas, information, etc.) Being believed or discussed by many people; being passed from person to person.
(figurative) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
(obsolete) In a state of confusion or bewilderment.
(obsolete, of an emotional state) Stimulated, aroused.
(of an organization) Having enough money to continue to operate; (of a private individual, family, etc.) able to pay one's expenses, able to keep one's head above water.
(of hair or clothing) Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc.
Covered with water (bearing floating objects).
Floating.
In a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
prep
(obsolete) Floating on.
aflush
aflush
adj
(archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing
afocal
afocal
adj
(optics, of a lens) Neither concave or convex (focal point at infinity)
(optics, of an imaging system) Not focused
agleaf
aidful
aidful
adj
Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
aimful
aimful
adj
Full of purpose.
albify
albify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
alfaje
alfaki
alfeus
alfirk
alfons
alford
alfred
alfric
alfuro
aloofe
altify
armful
armful
noun
The amount an arm or arms can hold.
arnulf
artful
artful
adj
(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.
(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.
Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
asself
baffle
baffle
noun
(US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
verb
(intransitive) To struggle in vain.
(now rare) To foil; to thwart.
(obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
(obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
balafo
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
(transitive) To fall upon; fall all over; overtake
(transitive) To happen to.
beflag
beflag
verb
(transitive) To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.
beflap
beflea
beflea
verb
(transitive) To pester, as fleas do.
behalf
behalf
noun
(when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
beleaf
cabful
caffle
cafila
cafila
noun
A caravan of travellers or supplies.
calefy
calefy
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot
(transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot
califs
califs
noun
plural of calif
canful
canful
noun
As much as a can will hold.
capful
capful
noun
(nautical) A light puff of wind.
The amount that will fit into a cap.
carful
carful
noun
As much as a car will hold.
caufle
colfax
colfax
Proper noun
a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Colfax, Iowa.
a city in California, USA
a village in Illinois, USA.
a small town in Indiana, USA.
a city in Iowa, USA.
a town in Louisiana, USA, and parish seat of
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a small city in North Dakota, USA.
a small unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
a town in Washington, USA
a town and village in Wisconsin, USA.
daffle
daftly
daftly
adv
In a daft manner.
dayfly
dayfly
noun
A mayfly.
deafly
deafly
adv
In a deaf manner; without the aid of a sense of hearing.
defail
defail
verb
(obsolete) To cause to fail.
defalk
defalk
verb
(archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
(obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
defial
deflea
deflea
verb
(transitive) To rid of fleas.
dfault
djelfa
earful
earful
noun
(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
(informal) intimate gossip
efland
enleaf
faailk
fablan
fabled
fabled
adj
Known only in fables; fictitious.
Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fable
fabler
fabler
noun
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
fables
fables
noun
plural of fable
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fable
fabula
fabula
noun
(narratology) A series of events forming the basis of a story or narrative.
facial
facial
adj
(medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
(relational) Of or affecting the face.
(transferred sense, law) (of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to, as it is applied).
noun
(film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
(medicine) A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
(slang, pornography, sex) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.
(slang, sports) (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face.
facile
facile
adj
(chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
(now rare) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.
Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy.
Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
Lazy, simplistic (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
facily
facula
facula
noun
(astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots.
faddle
faddle
verb
(UK, dated) To dote on.
To fiddle (play aimlessly).
faecal
faecal
adj
Alternative spelling of fecal
faffle
faffle
verb
(UK, dialect) To stammer.
to flap, like a flag
fagald
fagaly
failed
failed
adj
Bankrupt.
Decayed; worn out.
unsuccessful
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fail
faille
faille
noun
A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs.
fainly
fainly
adv
(archaic) fain; gladly; by choice or preference
fairly
fairly
adv
(dated) Almost; practically.
(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.
(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously.
Honestly; properly.
Softly; quietly; gently.
Without blemish.
faisal
falcer
falcer
noun
(zoology) One of the mandibles of a spider.
falces
falces
noun
plural of falx
falcon
falcon
noun
(falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
(historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
verb
To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
falern
faline
falito
fallal
fallal
noun
A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
Any trifling ornament.
fallen
fallen
adj
(literary) Killed in battle.
Having collapsed.
Having dropped by the force of gravity.
Having lost one's chastity.
Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
noun
(countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
(plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
(plural only) The dead.
verb
past participle of fall
faller
faller
noun
(engineering) A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.
A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
One who falls.
fallon
fallow
fallow
adj
(color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
noun
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
verb
(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
falsen
falsen
verb
(transitive) To make false; falsify
falser
falser
adj
comparative form of false: more false
noun
(obsolete) A deceiver.
falsie
falsie
noun
(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A false eyelash, used as a cosmetic enhancement.
(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Padding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger or appear to exist.
falsum
falsum
noun
(logic) An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥.
falter
falter
noun
An unsteadiness.
verb
(figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
(transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
To cleanse or sift, as barley.
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
To hesitate in purpose or action.
To stumble.
To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
faludi
faluns
famble
famble
noun
(obsolete, slang) A hand.
family
family
adj
(slang) Homosexual.
Suitable for children and adults.
name
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption)
noun
(countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
(countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
(countable) A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
(countable) An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
(countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
(countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
(countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
(countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
(set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
(uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
(uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
famuli
famuli
noun
plural of famulus
fangle
fangle
noun
(obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
A conceit; whim.
A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
verb
(obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
(obsolete or dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
(obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
fankle
fankle
noun
A tangled condition.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tangle or entangle.
fannel
fannel
noun
A vexillum or banner.
fanon (religious garment)
fardel
fardel
noun
(historical) An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland.
(obsolete) A bundle or burden.
A fourth part: a quarter of anything.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make up in fardels; to bunch.
farfal
farfel
farfel
noun
Small pellet-shaped egg pasta in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made instead out of matzah during Passover.
farlay
farlee
farler
farles
farleu
farley
farlie
farlie
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder.
farrel
fasels
fasels
noun
plural of fasel
fasola
fastly
fastly
adv
(nonstandard) quickly
In a secure or firm manner; securely
fatale
fatals
fatals
noun
plural of fatal
fattal
faucal
faucal
adj
Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
faufel
faulds
faulds
noun
plural of fauld
faults
faults
noun
plural of fault
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fault
faulty
faulty
adj
(obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
faunal
faunal
adj
Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.
Pertaining to animals.
favela
favela
noun
A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
fayles
fayola
fazeli
fealty
fealty
noun
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
The oath by which this obligation was assumed.
featly
featly
adj
(archaic, dialectal) Graceful or elegant.
(archaic, dialectal) Skilful.
adv
(archaic, dialectal) Gracefully or elegantly.
(archaic, dialectal) Properly; suitably.
(archaic, dialectal) With skill or talent; cleverly, skilfully.
fecial
fecial
noun
Alternative spelling of fetial.
fecula
fecula
noun
Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
feisal
felipa
felita
feliza
fellah
fellah
noun
A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Alternative spelling of fella
fellas
fellas
noun
plural of fella
female
female
adj
(figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
(grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
(of bacteria) Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
noun
(botany) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
A human of the feminine sex.
An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
feodal
feodal
adj
Archaic form of feudal.
ferial
ferial
adj
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
noun
(ecclesiastical) A feria.
fermal
ferula
ferula
noun
(archaic) A stroke from a cane.
(obsolete) A ferule.
(obsolete) The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
festal
festal
adj
festive, relating to a festival or feast
fetial
fetial
adj
Concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.
Of or relating to a fetial (member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations); (by extension) ambassadorial, heraldic.
noun
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.