To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
aciform
aciform
adj
Shaped like a needle.
adcraft
afacing
afdecho
affects
affects
noun
plural of affect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affect
affiche
affiche
noun
A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.
verb
To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
To parade, to advertise, publicise; to display, show.
afflict
afflict
verb
(obsolete) To make low or humble.
(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
afforce
afforce
verb
(rare) To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people
affrica
afresca
africah
african
algific
algific
adj
Producing cold; covered in ice.
anfract
arcform
archfoe
archfoe
noun
archenemy
arefact
artefac
aurific
aurific
adj
That produces gold
axfetch
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
bacliff
befancy
bescarf
bifaces
bifaces
noun
plural of biface
bifocal
bifocal
adj
(of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
(optics) Having two focal lengths
cafeneh
cafeneh
noun
Alternative form of cafenet
cafenet
cafenet
noun
An inn or resthouse selling coffee in Turkey.
cafetal
caffeic
caffeic
adj
of, or pertaining to coffee or caffeic acid
caffein
caffein
noun
Alternative spelling of caffeine
caffeol
caffiso
caffiso
noun
Alternative form of cafiso, particularly in Italian contexts.
caffled
caffled
adj
(UK, dialect, Pembrokeshire) tangled
caffrey
cafiero
caftans
caftans
noun
plural of caftan
cageful
cageful
noun
That which can fit into a cage.
caitiff
caitiff
adj
Especially despicable; cowardly
noun
(archaic) A villain, a coward or wretch
(obsolete) A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave
A base or despicable person; a wretch
calcify
calcify
verb
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calfish
calfish
adj
(dated) Silly and awkward through immaturity.
calfret
califon
camfort
candify
candify
verb
(transitive, archaic) To candy.
(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning.
canfuls
cansful
cansful
noun
plural of canful
cantref
cantref
noun
A mediaeval land division in Wales.
capfuls
capfuls
noun
plural of capful
carafes
carafes
noun
plural of carafe
carafon
cardiff
cardiff
Proper noun
The capital city of Wales
carefox
careful
careful
adj
(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
carfare
carfare
noun
(US) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus.
carfour
carfour
noun
Synonym of carfax
carfuls
carfuls
noun
plural of carful
carifta
carnify
carnify
verb
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
cartful
cartful
noun
As much as a cart will hold.
caseful
caseful
noun
As much as a case will hold.
castoff
castoff
adj
discarded, rejected.
noun
Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.
catface
catface
noun
A deformity in tomatoes, of unknown cause, characterized by cracked and misshapen fruit.
A mark or blemish in wood, plasterwork etc.
catfall
catfall
noun
(nautical) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
catfish
catfish
noun
(Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
(Internet) Such a fake profile.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb
(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
To fish for catfish.
catfoot
chafers
chafers
noun
plural of chafer
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chaffed
chaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaff
chaffee
chaffer
chaffer
noun
(agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
bargaining; merchandise
verb
(intransitive) To haggle or barter.
(transitive) To buy.
To talk much and idly; to chatter.
chaffin
chafing
chafing
noun
The act by which something is chafed.
verb
present participle of chafe
chafted
chamfer
chamfer
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
chaufer
chefang
chinafy
claflin
clarify
clarify
verb
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(obsolete) To glorify.
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
coalify
coalify
verb
(paleontology, of a fossil) To change into coal.
cobloaf
coffman
cofinal
cofinal
adj
(order theory) Of a subset of a partially ordered set; containing elements at least as late as any given element of the set, relative to the given partial order.
confabs
confabs
noun
plural of confab
confact
conflab
conflab
noun
(informal) A discussion.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
crafted
crafted
adj
manufactured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craft
crafter
crafter
noun
Someone who participates in a particular handicraft, either as a hobby or as a small business
craftly
crafton
crawful
crawful
noun
As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Enough to fill the craw.
crifasi
decafid
decafid
adj
Alternative form of decemfid
defaced
defaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deface
defacer
defacer
noun
One who defaces; a vandal.
defaces
defaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deface
defacto
defacto
noun
Alternative form of de facto
defalco
dogface
dogface
noun
(US military, slang) A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
(slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.
ediface
effaced
effaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of efface
effacer
effacer
noun
One who effaces.
effaces
effaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of efface
enchafe
enchafe
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make warm, to heat.
enfaced
enfaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enface
enfaces
enfaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enface
enfarce
fabrice
fabrics
fabrics
noun
plural of fabric
facadal
facadal
adj
Relating to a facade.
facaded
facaded
adj
Having a facade.
facades
facades
noun
plural of facade
facebar
facebow
facebow
noun
(dentistry) A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.
faceman
faceman
noun
Alternative spelling of face man
faceoff
faceoff
noun
(ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey.
faceted
faceted
adj
Having facets.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of facet
facette
facette
noun
Alternative form of facet
fachini
facials
facials
noun
plural of facial
faciata
faciend
faciend
noun
(mathematics, obsolete) The multiplicand.
facient
facient
noun
(mathematics) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.
(obsolete) One who does something; a doer; an agent.
A multiplier.
faciest
facings
facings
noun
plural of facing
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
fackler
faconde
faconne
faconne
noun
Alternative spelling of façonné
factful
factful
adj
factually accurate
factice
factice
noun
Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.
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.
factish
factish
adj
Focused on fact rather than reason or speculation.
Similar to facts, but not necessarily factual; fact-like.
noun
(sociology) A scientific "fact" whose power is believed in, but which is ultimately a construction, just as fetishes are constructions believed to hold spiritual powers.
factive
factive
adj
(epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
(obsolete) Making.
noun
(grammar) A factive verb.
factors
factors
noun
plural of factor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factor
factory
factory
adj
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
noun
(UK, slang) A police station.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
(now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
factrix
factrix
noun
(obsolete) A factoress, a female factor (agent or representative).
factual
factual
adj
Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
True, accurate, corresponding to reality.
facture
facture
noun
(archaic) The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.
(dated, business) An invoice or bill of parcels.
faculae
faculae
noun
plural of facula
facular
facular
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to the faculae.
faculty
faculty
noun
(Church of England) A licence to make alterations to a church.
(Often in the plural): an ability, power, or skill.
(chiefly US) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
A division of a university.
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
The members of a profession.
faecula
faience
faience
noun
(archaeology) The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.)
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.
falcade
falcade
noun
A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
falcata
falcata
noun
(historical) A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.
falcate
falcate
adj
(zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle.
falcial
falcial
adj
Of or pertaining to a falx.
falcone
falcons
falcons
noun
plural of falcon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of falcon
falcula
falcula
noun
(plural only) The falx cerebelli.
(plural only, zoology) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.