Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.
forecommend
forecondemn
forecondemn
verb
(transitive) To prejudge and condemn in advance.
foredooming
foredooming
verb
present participle of foredoom
foreignisms
foreignisms
noun
plural of foreignism
foreimagine
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremastman
foremastman
noun
Any sailor below the rank of petty officer.
foremastmen
foremastmen
noun
plural of foremastman
foremention
forepayment
forepayment
noun
payment made in advance
forjudgment
formalazine
formalazine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₂H₄N₂, obtainable from formaldehyde by the addition of hydrazine.
formalising
formalising
verb
present participle of formalise
formalizing
formalizing
verb
present participle of formalize
formamidine
formamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound NH=CH-NH₂ that is the amidine of formic acid
Any of a group of acaricidal compounds derived from this compound
formanilide
formanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) The anilide of formic acid C₆H₅-NH-CHO
formational
formational
adj
Of or pertaining to formation (in any of many contexts).
formfitting
formfitting
adj
(of clothing) That follows the contours of the body
formicarian
formicarian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
formicating
formicating
verb
present participle of formicate
formication
formication
noun
(medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
formulating
formulating
verb
present participle of formulate
formulation
formulation
noun
(medicine) A medicinal preparation.
A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
formulising
formulising
verb
present participle of formulise
formulizing
formulizing
verb
present participle of formulize
formylating
formylating
verb
present participle of formylate
formylation
formylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction involving the introduction of a formyl group.
forniciform
forniciform
adj
archlike or vaulted in form
forthcoming
forthcoming
adj
(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
Available when needed; in place, ready.
Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
noun
An act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
verb
present participle of forthcome
fragmentary
fragmentary
adj
(geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.
fragmentate
fragmentate
verb
To fragment (break into fragments)
fragmenting
fragmenting
verb
present participle of fragment
fragmentise
fragmentise
verb
Alternative form of fragmentize
fragmentist
fragmentist
noun
A writer of fragments.
fragmentize
fragmentize
verb
(intransitive) To fall into or become separated into fragments.
(transitive) To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
francomania
francomania
Noun
An obsession with the French culture, language, or people.
frankalmoin
frankalmoin
noun
Alternative form of frankalmoign
frankenmuth
franklinism
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freemanspur
freemartins
freemartins
noun
plural of freemartin
freemasonic
freemasonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Freemasonry.
freemasonry
freemasonry
noun
(figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.
(figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.
Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
freightment
fremescence
fremescence
noun
(poetic) Quality of being fremescent.
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
freneticism
freneticism
noun
The quality or state of being frenetic.
freudianism
freudianism
Noun
Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.
frontierman
frontierman
noun
Alternative form of frontiersman
frontomalar
fulfillment
fulfillment
noun
Alternative form of fulfilment
fulfilments
fulfilments
noun
plural of fulfilment
fulfullment
fulmicotton
fulminating
fulminating
adj
(medicine) Describing any sudden and severe (often fatal) inflammation
verb
present participle of fulminate
fulmination
fulmination
noun
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
fulminatory
fulminatory
adj
Thundering; striking terror.
fulminurate
fulsomeness
fulsomeness
noun
The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
fumigations
fumigations
noun
plural of fumigation
funambulant
funambulate
funambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
funambulism
funambulism
noun
The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
funambuloes
fundamental
fundamental
adj
Related to a foundation. base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
essential; extremely important
noun
(music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
(physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
(usually in the plural) A main or major principle, rule, law, etc. which serves as the foundation or basis of a system; an essential part
furbishment
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
ganglioform
ganglioform
adj
Alternative form of gangliform
graminiform
granitiform
granitiform
adj
(geology) Resembling granite in structure or shape.
granuliform
granuliform
adj
(mineralogy) Having a granular structure.
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harmfulness
harmfulness
noun
The characteristic of being harmful.
hoffmannist
hoffmannite
humidifying
humidifying
verb
present participle of humidify
impersonify
inconfirmed
indemnified
indemnified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of indemnify
indemnifier
indemnifier
noun
One who indemnifies.
indemnifies
indemnifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indemnify
infantilism
infantilism
noun
(sexuality) A paraphilia based on the sight or feeling of diapers, or being diapered.
An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.
infantryman
infantryman
noun
(by restriction) a male soldier of the infantry
(military) a soldier employed in an infantry role
infantrymen
infantrymen
noun
plural of infantryman
infeoffment
infeoffment
noun
Archaic form of enfeoffment.
inferiorism
infernalism
infernalism
noun
(dated) An infernal thing or act.
(dated) Hellishness.
(theology) Belief in the existence of hell, especially as a place of eternal and conscious torment after death.
infieldsman
infirmaress
infirmaress
noun
A female infirmarer; a woman in charge of an infirmary, especially in a medieval monastery.
infirmarian
infirmarian
noun
One who works in a nunnery or monastery, caring for the nuns or monks who become ill, as well as caring for other old or sick people living in the compound.
The superintendent of an infirmary within a college or other institution.
infirmaries
infirmaries
noun
plural of infirmary
infirmation
infirmation
noun
(philosophy) disconfirmation
infirmative
infirmative
adj
(obsolete) Tending to weaken, annul, or make void.
infirmatory
infirmatory
noun
(obsolete) An infirmary.
infirmities
infirmities
noun
plural of infirmity
inflamingly
inflamingly
adv
In an inflaming manner.
inflammable
inflammable
adj
(figuratively) Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
(nonstandard) Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire.
Capable of burning; easily set on fire.
noun
Any inflammable substance.
inflammably
inflammably
adv
In an inflammable manner.
infomercial
infomercial
noun
A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
informalism
informalism
noun
A word, phrase, behaviour, etc. that is informal.
An art movement based on abstract and gestural tendencies rather than definite form.
informalist
informalist
noun
An artist working in the style of informalism.
informality
informality
noun
The condition of being informal.
informalize
informalize
verb
(transitive) To make informal.
informatica
informatics
informatics
noun
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.
information
information
noun
(Christianity) Divine inspiration.
(computing, formally) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
(information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).
(information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
(law, countable) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
(now rare) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.
(now rare) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.
(obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.
A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.
That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".
The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
informative
informative
adj
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
(obsolete) Formative; having power to form.
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
informatory
informatory
adj
Providing or communicating information.
informingly
informingly
adv
In an informing manner.
infrahumans
infrahumans
noun
plural of infrahuman
inframedian
inframedian
adj
(biology) Below the middle.
Of or relating to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.
infusionism
infusionism
noun
The doctrine that the soul exists before the body and is infused into it at conception or birth.
ingraftment
ingraftment
noun
Archaic form of engraftment.
insectiform
interfamily
interfamily
adj
Between families.
laniariform
laniariform
adj
(anatomy) Shaped like a laniary, or canine tooth.
latifundium
latifundium
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
lemonfishes
lemonfishes
noun
plural of lemonfish
lernaeiform
licheniform
licheniform
adj
Having the form of a lichen.
lifeboatman
lifeboatman
noun
A man who crews a lifeboat.
lifeboatmen
lifeboatmen
noun
plural of lifeboatman
lifemanship
lifemanship
noun
The art or skill of living well.
linguaeform
linguliform
linguliform
adj
(biology) resembling a lingula
noun
Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea
macflecknoe
madefaction
madefaction
noun
Alternative form of madefication (“action of wetting”)
magnifiable
magnifiable
adj
Capable of being magnified, or made to appear larger.
That can be magnified, or extolled.
magnificate
magnificate
verb
To magnify or extol.
magnificats
magnificent
magnificent
adj
Exceptional for its kind.
Grand or noble in action.
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
magnificoes
malefaction
malefaction
noun
A crime, an offense, an evil deed.
maleficence
maleficence
noun
harmfulness or mischief
malfeasance
malfeasance
noun
(law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.
Wrongdoing.
malfeasants
malfeasants
noun
plural of malfeasant
malfunction
malfunction
noun
Failure to function.
Faulty functioning.
verb
To fail to function.
To function improperly.
malignified
malignified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of malignify
manifestant
manifestant
noun
A protester; someone participating in a protest.
manifesters
manifesters
noun
plural of manifester
manifesting
manifesting
verb
present participle of manifest
manifestive
manifestoed
manifestoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of manifesto
manifestoes
manifestoes
noun
plural of manifesto
manifolding
manifolding
verb
present participle of manifold
manniferous
manniferous
adj
Yielding manna.
mantelshelf
mantelshelf
noun
(climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
A shelf above a fireplace.
manufaction
manufactory
manufactory
adj
(obsolete) Relating to manufacture.
noun
(archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
(archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory.
manufacture
manufacture
noun
(figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
(horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
Anything made, formed or produced; product.
The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
verb
(derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
(transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.