(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afterage
afterage
noun
An age occurring afterwards; a later era.
aftergas
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
crafting
crafting
noun
The act by which something is crafted.
verb
present participle of craft
draftage
draftage
noun
(Australia, historical) A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.
drafting
drafting
noun
A method of preparing fibers for weaving.
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
verb
present participle of draft
driftage
driftage
noun
Anything that drifts.
Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
engrafts
engrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft
faceting
faceting
noun
An arrangement into facets.
verb
present participle of facet
faggoted
faggoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faggot
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
fagoting
fagoting
noun
A decoration of a fabric achieved by removing threads and tying others into bunches.
The joining of hemmed edges of fabric with crisscrossed threads.
verb
present participle of fagot
fainting
fainting
noun
An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
verb
present participle of faint
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fantigue
fantigue
noun
(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.
farragut
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fastigia
fastigia
noun
plural of fastigium
fastings
fastings
noun
plural of fasting
fatagaga
fatigate
fatigate
adj
(obsolete) Wearied; tired; fatigued.
verb
(obsolete) To weary; to tire; to fatigue.
fatigued
fatigued
adj
Tired; weary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fatigue
fatigues
fatigues
noun
(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
plural of fatigue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faultage
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
feasting
feasting
noun
A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast
verb
present participle of feast
figeater
figeater
noun
Alternative form of fig-eater
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
figurant
figurant
noun
An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
figurate
figurate
adj
(music) Florid.
Forming a figure.
verb
To shape; to give a figure.
figurato
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
flagboat
flagonet
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagrate
flagrate
verb
(obsolete) To burn.
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flagstad
flagtown
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
flaughts
floatage
floatage
noun
Alternative form of flotage
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
flotages
flotages
noun
plural of flotage
fogeater
fontange
fontange
noun
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.
footages
footages
noun
plural of footage
footgear
footgear
noun
sturdy footwear
foregate
foregate
noun
A main entrance or front gate.
fragment
fragment
noun
(Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
verb
(intransitive) To break apart.
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
(transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
fragrant
fragrant
adj
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
frangent
frangent
adj
Causing fracture; breaking.
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fregatae
frettage
frigates
frigates
noun
plural of frigate
frontage
frontage
noun
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
The front part generally.
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
The land between a property and the street.
The length of a property along a street.
frottage
frottage
noun
(countable, art) An image so made.
(uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.
(uncountable, sexology) The practice of rubbing parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
verb
(sexology) To rub parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
fruitage
fruitage
noun
Fruit, collectively.
Product or result of any action, effect, good, or ill.
fugacity
fugacity
noun
(physics) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
fughetta
fughetta
noun
(music) A short, condensed version of a fugue.
fugitate
fumigant
fumigant
noun
Any substance used, in the gaseous state, to fumigate or disinfect.
fumigate
fumigate
verb
(transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
fungated
fungated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fungate
gabfests
gabfests
noun
plural of gabfest
gatefold
gatefold
noun
A document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
gibstaff
gibstaff
noun
(obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.
(obsolete, historical) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff.
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
graffiti
graffiti
noun
(archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
(chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
verb
(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.
graffito
graffito
noun
(archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
(rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
graftage
graftage
noun
The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.
graftdom
grafters
grafters
noun
plural of grafter
grafting
grafting
noun
(carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
(nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
(surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
verb
present participle of graft
grateful
grateful
adj
(obsolete) Pleasing, welcome.
Appreciative; thankful.
ingrafts
ingrafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft
isograft
isograft
noun
A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically identical individuals (i.e. monozygotic twins).
koftgari
koftgari
noun
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
liftgate
liftgate
noun
(automotive) A closure at the rear of a vehicle, or rear door, that can be raised to access the back of a vehicle
(truck equipment) A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading/unloading of heavy cargo
misgraft
misgraft
verb
To graft wrongly.
offstage
offstage
adj
Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.
adv
Taking place offstage (as above)
verb
(transitive) To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience.
regrafts
regrafts
noun
plural of regraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regraft
shafting
shafting
noun
(engineering) A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
Shafts collectively.
verb
present participle of shaft
shiftage
shiftage
noun
Movement by shifting.
staffage
staffage
noun
(art) The people and animals represented in a landscape painting
staffing
staffing
noun
the personnel required for some project
the practice of hiring and firing staff
verb
present participle of staff
stageful
stageful
noun
As much as a stage will hold.
strafing
strafing
noun
The act of one who strafes.
verb
present participle of strafe
stuffage
tafinagh
tangfish
tangfish
noun
(UK, dialect) The common harbour seal.
telegraf
tifinagh
waftages
waftages
noun
plural of waftage
wagstaff
zoograft
zoograft
noun
A surgical graft of tissue from an animal to a human.