(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affirmly
affrayed
affrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affray
affrayer
affrayer
noun
One involved in an affray.
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
affydavy
afterbay
afterbay
noun
(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
aftereye
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
alacrify
alacrify
verb
(transitive) To rouse into action; to inspirit; to inspire.
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
algarsyf
alkalify
alkalify
verb
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
ammonify
ammonify
verb
(transitive) To treat with ammonia; to ammoniate.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
aseptify
aycliffe
babyfied
babyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babyfy
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
bellyful
bellyful
noun
(informal) An undesirably large quantity of something.
Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.
bifidity
bifidity
noun
The quality of being bifid.
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bonyfish
brandify
bronzify
bronzify
verb
(transitive) To turn into bronze.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
caitifty
calorify
capacify
capacify
verb
(archaic) To qualify.
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
caustify
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chylific
chylific
adj
That produces chyle
cityfied
cityfied
adj
Alternative spelling of citified.
cityfolk
classify
classify
verb
To make classy
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
cokneyfy
comfreys
comfreys
noun
plural of comfrey
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
craftype
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
cuffyism
cynewulf
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
dayflies
dayflies
noun
plural of dayfly
deathify
deerflys
defrayal
defrayal
noun
The act of defraying.
defrayed
defrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defray
defrayer
defrayer
noun
One who defrays; one who pays off expenses.
degasify
degasify
verb
(transitive) To liquefy; to change (a gas) back to liquid form.
(transitive) To remove gas from.
deifying
deifying
verb
present participle of deify
delayful
denazify
denazify
verb
(transitive) To free from Nazi influence.
deossify
deossify
verb
(intransitive) To undergo deossification.
(transitive) To cause the deossification of.
detoxify
detoxify
verb
To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
disdeify
disdeify
verb
(transitive) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
disedify
disedify
verb
To fail in edifying; to injure or scandalize.
disunify
disunify
verb
(transitive) To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.
divinify
divinify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To render divine; to deify.
draftily
draftily
adv
In a drafty manner.
drakefly
dreyfuss
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dyestuff
dyestuff
noun
Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
edifying
edifying
adj
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
That enlightens or uplifts.
noun
edification
verb
present participle of edify
effetely
effetely
adv
In an effete manner.
efficacy
efficacy
noun
Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
effusely
effusely
adv
In an effuse manner.
elfishly
elfishly
adv
In an elfish manner; mischievously.
emulsify
emulsify
verb
(transitive) To make into an emulsion.
enfrenzy
esterify
esterify
verb
(chemistry, of an acid) To combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
etherify
etherify
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
facetely
facetely
adv
(obsolete) Wittily, pleasantly.
facially
facially
adv
(law, of a law or regulation's validity) In a facial manner; on its face.
Using or involving the face.
facilely
facilely
adv
In a facile manner.
facility
facility
noun
(Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
(Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
(dated) Affability.
(finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fadeaway
fadeaway
noun
(basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
(slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fairbury
fairbury
Proper noun
A city in Illinois, USA.
A city in Nebraska, USA
fairplay
fairplay
noun
Alternative form of fair play
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
fairyism
fairyism
noun
A fairylike quality, for example in literature.
Belief in fairies as supernatural beings.
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
fallaway
fallaway
adj
(basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
noun
(basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.
fallency
fallency
noun
(obsolete, rare) An exception.
fallibly
fallibly
adv
In a fallible manner
famously
famously
adv
(informal) Really well, having great rapport.
In a celebrated manner.
Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous.
famulary
famulary
adj
(formal) Of or relating to servants.
fancying
fancying
noun
Something fancied or imagined.
verb
present participle of fancy
faradays
faradays
noun
plural of faraday
farmerly
farmerly
adj
Befitting a farmer.
farmyard
farmyard
noun
The area around a farm, excluding the fields.
farriery
farriery
noun
(countable) A farrier's workshop.
(uncountable) The work done by a farrier.
fatality
fatality
noun
(video games) A move used to deliver a coup de grâce to a defeated opponent.
A person killed.
An accident that causes death. [from 19th c.]
Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate. [from 17th c.]
That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. [from 18th c.]
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from 17th c.]
fatherly
fatherly
adj
Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adv
In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
faultily
faultily
adv
In a faulty manner
faunally
faunally
adv
With regard to the fauna of a region.
favosely
favosely
adv
In a favose manner.
fayalite
fayalite
noun
(mineralogy) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.
feaberry
feaberry
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A gooseberry.
fearedly
feasibly
feasibly
adv
In a feasible manner
feathery
feathery
adj
Resembling feathers.
february
fedayeen
fedayeen
noun
plural of fedayee
federacy
federacy
noun
A form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority.
federary
federary
noun
(obsolete) A confederate; an accomplice.
felicify
felicity
felicity
noun
(countable) Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
(uncountable) Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable, rare) Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
(uncountable, semiotics) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.
felinely
felinely
adv
In a feline manner.
felinity
felinity
noun
(countable) Any feline characteristic.
(humorous) catkind, all cats collectively (cf. humanity)
(uncountable) The state of being feline.
fellowly
fellowly
adj
Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic.
adv
In a fellowly manner.
femalely
femalely
adv
In a female manner.
femality
femality
noun
femaleness
feminacy
feminacy
noun
(archaic) effeminacy
feminity
feminity
noun
(archaic) Synonym of femininity
fenberry
fenberry
Noun
The cranberry.
fennelly
fennessy
fentanyl
fentanyl
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C₂₂H₂₈N₂O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇ is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
feracity
feracity
noun
(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
feretory
feretory
noun
A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
An area of a church where relics are kept.
ferinely
ferlying
fernyear
ferocity
ferocity
noun
The condition of being ferocious.
ferriday
ferryage
ferrying
ferrying
noun
The act by which something is ferried.
verb
present participle of ferry
ferryman
ferryman
noun
(Greek mythology, usually preceded by the) Charon.
A man who operates a ferry.
ferrymen
ferrymen
noun
plural of ferryman
ferryway
fervency
fervency
noun
The state of being fervent.
fervidly
fervidly
adv
In a fervid manner.
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
festally
festally
adv
in a festal or festive manner
festoony
festoony
adj
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.