Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
antifelony
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
arilliform
azoflavine
azoflavine
noun
A particular yellow azo dye.
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
ballflower
ballflower
noun
Alternative form of ball flower
balloonful
balloonful
noun
Enough to fill a balloon.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bathflower
bathoflore
befoolable
blattiform
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
calamiform
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calefactor
calefactor
noun
A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
california
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
camoufleur
camoufleur
noun
one who camouflages
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
castleford
castleford
Proper noun
a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
cattlefold
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
clofibrate
clofibrate
noun
(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
cloverleaf
cloverleaf
adj
In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
noun
(US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.
(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
verb
(intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
coalfields
coalfields
noun
plural of coalfield
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
coalfitter
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
coffeeleaf
colourfast
colourfast
adj
Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confinable
confinable
adj
Able to be confined
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conflation
conflation
noun
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
confocally
confocally
adv
In a confocal way.
confrontal
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
copperleaf
copperleaf
noun
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
daffodilly
daffodilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) A daffodil.
damfoolish
daneflower
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
defalcator
defalcator
noun
A defaulter or embezzler.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
defoliated
defoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defoliate
defoliates
defoliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoliate
defoliator
defoliator
noun
something or someone that defoliates.
deformable
deformable
adj
Capable of being reshaped.
difflation
difflation
noun
(obsolete) A blowing apart or away.
disfoliage
dollarfish
dollarfish
noun
Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
dollarleaf
doubleleaf
downfallen
downfallen
adj
(figurative) Having undergone a defeat, or been ousted from a position of authority.
Fallen down.
crestfallen, depressed, down in the dumps.
verb
past participle of downfall.
efoliolate
efoliolate
adj
Not foliolate.
efoveolate
efoveolate
adj
Not foveolate.
endosulfan
endosulfan
noun
(chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites
entfaoilff
equiformal
equiformal
adj
equiform
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
exfoliated
exfoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exfoliate
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
fabulosity
fabulosity
noun
(obsolete, countable) A fabulous thing; a fable.
(uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
fabulously
fabulously
adv
In a fabulous manner.
In fables.
factiously
factiously
adv
In a factious manner.
factorable
factorable
adj
(mathematics) Capable of being factored. For integers synonyms are composite, non-prime.
factorials
factorials
noun
plural of factorial
fairyfloss
fairyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of fairy floss
fairyology
fairyology
noun
The study of fairies.
falconbill
falconelle
falconidae
falconinae
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falconnoid
falconries
falconries
noun
plural of falconry
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
fallacious
fallacious
adj
Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
Deceptive or misleading.
fallectomy
fallostomy
fallowness
fallowness
noun
The state or quality of being fallow.
falsehoods
falsehoods
noun
plural of falsehood
fameflower
fameflower
noun
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.
farallones
farandoles
farandoles
noun
plural of farandole
farforthly
farinosely
farlington
fascioloid
fastuously
fastuously
adv
In a fastuous manner.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fauntleroy
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
favourable
favourable
adj
Auspicious or lucky.
Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
Useful or helpful.
noun
A favourable person
favourably
favourably
adv
(Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
favourless
favourless
adj
(archaic) unfavoured; having no countenance or support
(archaic) unpropitious; unfavourable
fearsomely
fearsomely
adv
In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
fellations
fellations
noun
plural of fellation
ferroalloy
ferroalloy
noun
Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
ferroglass
ferroglass
noun
(physics) reentrant spin glass
fiaroblast
fibroblast
fibroblast
noun
A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
fibrovasal
fieulamort
filariform
filariform
adj
Resembling filaria or nematode worms.
filicornia
filtration
filtration
noun
(mathematics, set theory, probability theory) A totally ordered collection of subsets.
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
flacourtia
flageolets
flageolets
noun
plural of flageolet
flagitious
flagitious
adj
(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
flagonless
flagonless
adj
Without a flagon or, by extension, anything alcoholic to drink.
flagstones
flagstones
noun
plural of flagstone
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
flamboyant
flamboyant
adj
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
noun
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flameproof
flameproof
adj
Resistant to catching fire.
verb
(transitive) To make flameproof.
flamineous
flamineous
adj
Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
flamingoes
flamingoes
noun
plural of flamingo
flammarion
flammation
flammation
noun
(obsolete) The act of setting in a flame or blaze.
flanconade
flanconade
noun
(fencing) A thrust in the side.
flandowser
flapdoodle
flapdoodle
noun
(countable) A speaker or writer of nonsense.
(countable) Thingamabob.
verb
To con; to deceive with nonsense.
flapdragon
flapdragon
noun
A game in which the players snatch raisins out of burning brandy and swallow them blazing.
Any of the raisins in this game.
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
flareboard
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashflood
flashflood
noun
Alternative spelling of flash flood
flashproof
flashproof
adj
Resistant to sparks and fire.
flatbottom
flatfooted
flatfooted
adj
Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse.
Having flat feet.
adv
(of drinking) Without pausing between swallows.
Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot.
They were caught flatfooted when Clancy filed to enter the race.