(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
aerify
aerify
verb
(transitive) To mix with air.
(transitive) To vaporize.
afeard
afeard
adj
(archaic or dialectal) Afraid.
affair
affair
noun
(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
(slang, now rare) The (male or female) genitals.
A material object (vaguely designated).
A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
affeer
affeer
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To confirm; to assure.
(transitive, obsolete, law) To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
affeir
affere
affirm
affirm
verb
(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
To support or encourage.
afford
afford
verb
(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
(rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough.
affrap
affrap
verb
(obsolete, rare) To strike; to strike down.
affray
affray
noun
(obsolete) Terror.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
(archaic, transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
affret
affret
noun
(obsolete) An attack.
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).
afraid
afraid
adj
(colloquial) Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation.
(used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
afreet
afreet
noun
Alternative spelling of ifrit
afresh
afresh
adv
Anew; again; once more
afrete
africa
afridi
afridi
Noun
A member of a Pashtun tribe.
afrika
afrite
afrite
noun
Alternative form of ifrit
afrits
afrits
noun
plural of afrit
afront
afront
adv
in front; face to face
afrown
afrown
adj
frowning
afshar
afters
afters
noun
(Britain, Ireland, informal, sports) fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped
(Britain, informal) dessert
(informal) The festivities held after a wedding meal.
agrafe
agrafe
noun
A hook or fastener on clothing.
agrief
agrief
adv
(obsolete) In grief; amiss.
agroof
agrufe
agruif
airify
airify
verb
Alternative form of aerify
alfirk
alford
alfred
alfric
alfuro
arafat
arafat
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Arabic surname.
argify
argufy
argufy
verb
(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
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.
ashraf
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
bafaro
bafaro
noun
(South Africa) Either species of Polyprion, the wreckfishes.
barfed
barfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barf
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.
beefer
beefer
noun
(slang) A person with a beefy build.
A cow used for beef and not milk.
befire
before
before
adv
At an earlier time.
At the front end.
In advance.
conj
(informal) Rather or sooner than.
In advance of the time when.
prep
At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
Earlier than (in time).
In front of in space.
In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
In store for, in the future of (someone).
In the presence of.
Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
befret
befriz
belfry
belfry
noun
(architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
(architecture) A tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.
(dialectal) A shed.
(obsolete) A movable tower used in sieges.
(obsolete) An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell.
bereft
bereft
adj
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bereave
biafra
biafra
Proper noun
A short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s.
bifara
biffar
biform
biform
adj
Having two distinct forms
bofors
briefs
briefs
noun
(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
plural of brief
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief
buffer
buffer
adj
Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun
(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
(figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
(rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
verb
(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
buford
cafard
cafard
noun
Depression; melancholy.
caffre
caffre
noun
Obsolete form of kaffir.
carafe
carafe
noun
A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
carfax
carfax
noun
A junction of four roads.
The main intersection in a town.
carful
carful
noun
As much as a car will hold.
certif
chafer
chafer
noun
A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.
Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer.
One who chafes.
coffer
coffer
noun
(architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
A cofferdam.
A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
verb
(transitive) To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.
(transitive) To put money or valuables in a coffer
confer
confer
verb
(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
(obsolete) To compare.
(obsolete) To contribute; to conduce.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
corfam
crafts
crafts
noun
plural of craft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of craft
crafty
crafty
adj
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Skillful at deceiving others.
Sneaky; surreptitious.
crofts
crofts
noun
plural of croft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croft
cruyff
cuffer
cuffer
noun
(informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
daftar
daftar
noun
(India, historical) A record or register consisting of a set of loose sheets filed on a string or tied up in a cloth.
dafter
dafter
adj
comparative form of daft: more daft
noun
Alternative form of daftar
Obsolete spelling of daughter
darfur
darfur
Proper noun
A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
deafer
deafer
adj
comparative form of deaf: more deaf
defers
defers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defer
defier
defier
noun
agent noun of defy; one who dares and defies
deford
deform
deform
adj
(obsolete except poetic) Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
verb
(also figuratively) To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
(engineering, physics) To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
(intransitive) To become changed in shape or misshapen.
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
To mar the character or quality of (something).
defray
defray
verb
(archaic) To pay for (something).
(obsolete) To spend (money).
To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
defter
defter
adj
comparative form of deft: more deft
noun
(historical) A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.
derfly
differ
differ
noun
(computing) A program that diffs, a diff.
verb
(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
(intransitive) To be separated in quantity.
(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
doffer
doffer
noun
(textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
draffs
draffs
noun
plural of draff
draffy
draffy
adj
(obsolete) dreggy; waste; worthless
drafts
drafts
noun
Archaic form of draughts (“the board game”).
plural of draft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draft
drafty
drafty
adj
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
drifts
drifts
noun
plural of drift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drift
drifty
drifty
adj
(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Tending or seeming to drift
drooff
dryfat
dryfat
noun
(obsolete) A dry vat or basket.
duffer
duffer
adj
comparative form of duff: more duff
noun
(Australia, dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
(informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
A cow that does not produce milk.
A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
dufter
duftry
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
dwarfy
dwarfy
adj
Much undersized; dwarfish.
earful
earful
noun
(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
(informal) intimate gossip
effare
effeir
efford
efform
efform
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To form; to shape.
effort
effort
noun
A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
An endeavor.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
(uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
effray
effray
verb
(obsolete) To frighten, startle.
eforia
efreet
elfers
enfire
enfire
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To set on fire.
enfirm
enfork
enform
enform
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To form; to fashion.
enfort
enfrai
enfree
enfree
verb
(obsolete) To set free.
enserf
enserf
verb
To make into a serf.
erfert
erfurt
erfurt
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Thuringia, in Germany
estrif
faberg
fabler
fabler
noun
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
fabria
fabric
fabric
noun
(archaic) The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
(computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
(now rare) An edifice or building.
(petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
The framework underlying a structure.
The texture of a cloth.
verb
(transitive) To cover with fabric.
fabrin
fabron
facers
facers
noun
plural of facer
facier
factor
factor
noun
(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
A commission agent.
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
An agent or representative.
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
verb
(commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
(of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
faders
faders
noun
plural of fader
faerie
faerie
noun
Archaic spelling of fairy.
Realm of the fays, fairyland.
faeroe
fafner
fafnir
fafnir
Proper noun
a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar, who killed his father, transformed into a dragon, and was subsequently slain by Regin and Sigurd.
fagara
fagger
fagger
noun
(historical) A senior school student who has a younger student as a servant under the fagging system.
fainer
fainer
adv
comparative form of fain: more fain
faired
faired
adj
Enclosed within a fairing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fair
fairer
fairer
adj
comparative form of fair: more fair.
faires
faires
noun
plural of faire
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.
faitor
fakeer
fakeer
noun
An Eastern religious ascetic or monk.
fakers
fakers
noun
plural of faker
fakery
fakery
noun
Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
fakirs
fakirs
noun
plural of fakir
falcer
falcer
noun
(zoology) One of the mandibles of a spider.
falern
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.