An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
verb
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
buffont
buffont
noun
(chiefly historical) An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.
Alternative form of bouffant
clifton
clifton
Proper noun
Any of several places in England, especially a suburb of Bristol, England.
for someone who lived in a town of this name.
name transferred from the surname.
confact
confect
confect
noun
(obsolete) A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
verb
(transitive) To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
(transitive, obsolete) To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
confest
confest
verb
(archaic or poetic) simple past tense and past participle of confess
confort
confute
confute
verb
(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
crafton
crofton
drifton
effront
effront
verb
(obsolete) To give assurance to.
eftsoon
eftsoon
adv
Obsolete form of eftsoons.
enforth
faction
faction
noun
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
(literature, film) A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction.
(uncountable) Strife; discord.
The facts found in fiction.
fairton
fanfoot
fanfoot
noun
A gecko of the genus Ptyodactylus, having toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion.
Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
fantods
fantods
noun
(chiefly dated) plural of fantod To have “the fantods” is to be in a state of nervousness, distress, or anxiety.
...I catched a glimpse of fire away through the trees. I went for it, cautious and slow. By and by I was close enough to have a look, and there laid a man on the ground. It most give me the fantods.
1839, Charles Biggs, Adventures of Harry Franco:
1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut your eyes without opening your mouth.”
fantoms
fantoms
noun
plural of fantom
fanwort
fanwort
noun
Any of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.
festino
festino
noun
(obsolete) A feast or entertainment.
festoon
festoon
noun
(acarology) Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
(architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
(dentistry) Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
(manufacturing) Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
(technology) A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
verb
(dentistry, transitive) To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
To make festoons.
fiction
fiction
noun
(law) A legal fiction.
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
finetop
finetop
noun
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
finfoot
finfoot
noun
Three species in three monospecific genera of aquatic bird in the family Heliornithidae.
finspot
flaxton
fletton
fletton
noun
A clay brick.
flinton
florent
flotant
flotant
adj
(heraldry) Represented as flying or streaming in the air or in water.
flotsan
flotsen
flotson
flotson
noun
Dated form of flotsam.
flotten
flotten
adj
(obsolete, of milk) skimmed
fodient
fodient
adj
Fitted for, or relating to, digging.
noun
(zoology) One of the Fodientia.
fomento
foments
foments
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foment
fondant
fondant
adj
(heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.
noun
(countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
(food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
(slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.
(usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
(usually uncountable) Fondue.
(usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
fondest
fondest
adj
superlative form of fond: most fond
fontana
fonteyn
fontful
fontina
fontina
noun
A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.
fontlet
fontlet
noun
(archaic) A small font (receptacle for holy water).
footing
footing
noun
(accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.
(architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
(dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
(rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
A relative condition; state.
A standing; position; established place; foothold.
Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
verb
present participle of foot
footman
footman
noun
(archaic) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
(historical) A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
Coordinate term: footwoman
especially, the common footman (Manulea lurideola)
footmen
footmen
noun
plural of footman
forints
forints
noun
plural of forint
formant
formant
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem.
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
fornent
fornent
prep
Alternative form of forenenst
forthon
fortran
fortuna
fortune
fortune
noun
A large amount of money.
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
Destiny, especially favorable.
Good luck.
One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place.
To provide (someone) with a fortune.
To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
forwent
forwent
verb
simple past tense of forgo
fosston
fotinas
foxtown
fremont
frontad
frontal
frontal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
(anatomy) Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
(meteorology) Of or relating to a weather front.
(zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
noun
(Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone..
(architecture) The façade of a building.
fronted
fronted
adj
(often in a combinations) Having a particular front
(phonetics) Pronounced in the front manner.
Formed with a front; drawn up in line.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of front
fronter
fronter
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of front: more front
noun
A person who or thing that fronts.
frontes
frontes
noun
plural of frons
frontis
fronton
fronton
noun
(architecture) A pediment.
A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.
frotton
functor
functor
noun
(category theory) A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows, in such a way as to preserve domains and codomains (of the arrows) as well as composition and identities.
(functional programming) A structure allowing a function to apply within a generic type, in a way that is conceptually similar to a functor in category theory.
(grammar) A function word.
(object-oriented programming) A function object.
funston
grafton
grafton
Proper noun
Any of various towns across the English-speaking world.
a city in North Dakota, USA
a city in West Virginia, USA
grifton
introfy
jentoft
lofting
lofting
noun
(mining) Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working.
(obsolete) An upper part; ceiling.
(uncountable) A drafting technique whereby curved lines are generated to be used in plans for streamlined objects such as aircraft and boats.
verb
present participle of loft
loftman
loftmen
mintoff
nonfact
nonfact
noun
That which is not a fact; an opinion, falsehood, etc.
nonfrat
nonfrat
noun
One who is not a frat (fraternity member).
notself
notself
noun
(metaphysics) The negative of self.
oftener
oftener
adv
comparative form of often: more often
ofthink
oftness
oftness
noun
(archaic, rare) The quality of happening often; frequency.
outfawn
outfawn
verb
(transitive, rare) To exceed in fawning.
outfind
outfind
verb
(obsolete, poetic, transitive) To find out; to discover.
pontiff
pontiff
noun
(figuratively) Any chief figure or leader of a religion.
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope.
pontify
pontify
verb
To pontificate.
profant
refront
refront
verb
(transitive) To change the front of (a building).
seftton
softens
softens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soften
softner
softner
noun
Archaic form of softener.
stefano
stonify
stonify
verb
(dated) To become stone, to turn to stone.
(obsolete) To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
(rare) To immobilize.
swifton
tenfold
tenfold
adj
containing ten parts
ten times as much
adv
by ten times as much
verb
to increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten
tinfoil
tinfoil
noun
(informal) aluminium foil
A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
verb
(transitive) To cover in tinfoil.
toffing
toftman
toftman
noun
The owner of a toft, or homestead.
toftmen
toftmen
noun
plural of toftman
townful
townful
noun
As many people as a town can hold.
townify
trionfi
trionfo
tuffoon
tunhoof
tunhoof
noun
ground-ivy
turnoff
turnoff
noun
A distasteful or uninteresting person or thing.
A road or path that branches off from a main one.
unfrost
unlofty
unlofty
adj
Not lofty.
unoften
unoften
adv
seldom, rarely
upfront
upfront
adj
(of money) Paid in advance.
Honest, frank and straightforward.
In a forward, leading or frontward position.
adv
(soccer) As an attacker.
beforehand
noun
(television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season
verb
To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration