(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
antadiform
anteflexed
anteflexed
adj
Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
benefitted
benefitted
verb
Alternative form of benefited
bettendorf
brantsford
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
confidante
confidante
noun
A female confidant.
A type of settee having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
confidants
confidants
noun
plural of confidant
confidente
confidente
noun
A particular kind of 18th-century sofa.
Misspelling of confidante.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
confronted
confronted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confront
daftnesses
daftnesses
noun
plural of daftness
daintified
daintified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daintify
defacement
defacement
noun
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
defailment
defailment
noun
(obsolete) Failure.
defamation
defamation
noun
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
defaultant
defaultant
noun
Synonym of defaulter
defaulting
defaulting
noun
The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation.
verb
present participle of default
defeatment
defecating
defecating
verb
present participle of defecate
defecation
defecation
noun
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
defections
defections
noun
plural of defection
defedation
defedation
noun
The process of polluting or making filthy; pollution.
defendants
defendants
noun
plural of defendant
deferments
deferments
noun
plural of deferment
defilement
defilement
noun
(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
The act of defiling.
The state of being defiled.
definement
definement
noun
A definition or description.
The act of defining.
definitely
definitely
adv
In a definite manner; decisively.
Without question and beyond doubt.
definition
definition
noun
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
(usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
A product of defining.
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
The action or process of defining.
definitise
definitive
definitive
adj
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
explicitly defined
limiting; determining
noun
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
definitize
definitize
verb
(transitive, US military) To make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.
(transitive, grammar) To make definite (of e.g. a noun or adjective)
definitude
definitude
noun
definiteness
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflecting
deflecting
verb
present participle of deflect
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
deforciant
deforciant
noun
(obsolete, UK, law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought
(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
deftnesses
deftnesses
noun
plural of deftness
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
dentifrice
dentifrice
noun
Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
destuffing
difflation
difflation
noun
(obsolete) A blowing apart or away.
diffugient
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
disfortune
disinfects
disinfects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinfect
disinflate
disinflate
verb
(economics) To reduce the rate of inflation
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
disulfoton
disulfoton
noun
A highly toxic organothiophosphate insecticide and acaricide, O,O-diethyl S-2-ethylthioethyl phosphorodithioate
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
draftiness
draftiness
noun
The characteristic of being drafty.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
driftingly
driftingly
adv
In a way that drifts.
enfettered
enfettered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enfetter
enfoldment
enfoldment
noun
The act of enfolding.
factfinder
factfinder
noun
(law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
One who finds facts.
fantaddish
fantasized
fantasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fantasize
fantoddish
fantoddish
adj
irritable
fascinated
fascinated
adj
extremely interested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fascinate
fatbrained
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fecundated
fecundated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fecundate
fecundates
fecundates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fecundate
fecundator
federating
federating
verb
present participle of federate
federation
federation
adj
(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
Act of joining together into a single political entity.
Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.
fendillate
festinated
festinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of festinate
fiddletown
fieldstone
fieldstone
noun
A stone found in fields and used for building.
fiendliest
filamented
filamented
adj
Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
fintadores
fittedness
fittedness
noun
The quality or state of being fitted; adaptation.
flatlander
flatlander
noun
(Appalachia) Any outsider to Appalachia.
(Canada) Anyone from Saskatchewan.
(Central Coast NSW) Anyone from Umina.
(Georgia) Anyone from Florida.
(Northern Michigan) Anyone from lower Michigan (those below Mt. Pleasant).
(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) Anyone from Wisconsin.
(Western US, especially in the Rocky Mountains) Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
(Wisconsin) Anyone from Illinois.
(chiefly derogatory) A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).
(cycling) A flatland BMX rider.
(lower Michigan) Anyone from Indiana or Ohio.
(northern New England) Any non-native, but particularly one from southern New England (including Massachusetts), downstate New York, or New Jersey.
(northern central Pennsylvania) Anyone from southern Pennsylvania (particularly around Philadelphia), New Jersey, or other low-lying areas outside the Alleghenies / Appalachians.
(physics) An inhabitant of or observer in a universe with two spatial dimensions.
flintified
flintified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flintify
footcandle
footpounds
footpounds
noun
plural of footpound
foredating
foredating
verb
present participle of foredate
foreintend
forestland
forestland
noun
Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands.
forewonted
fornicated
fornicated
adj
fornicate; shaped like an arch
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fornicate
fosterland
foudroyant
foudroyant
adj
(medicine) fulminant
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
foundation
foundation
noun
(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
(figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
fountained
fountained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fountain
fourstrand
fractioned
fractioned
adj
separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraction
fragmented
fragmented
adj
broken into fragments
composed of fragments
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fragment
fraudulent
fraudulent
adj
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
False, phony.
frequented
frequented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frequent
frightened
frightened
adj
Afraid; suffering from fear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frighten
frondation
frondation
noun
(obsolete) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning.
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
fuddlement
fulminated
fulminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fulminate
fultondale
functioned
functioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of function
funditores
giftedness
giftedness
noun
The property of being gifted.
handcrafts
handcrafts
noun
plural of handcraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcraft
handfasted
handfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handfast
handfastly
handfastly
adv
(obsolete) In a handfast manner
handicraft
handicraft
noun
(rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
An artifact produced by handicraft.
handyfight
houndsfoot
identifers
identified
identified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of identify
identifier
identifier
noun
(HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
(databases) A primary key.
(programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
identifies
identifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of identify
inaffected
inaffected
adj
(obsolete) unaffected
indefinite
indefinite
adj
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
(mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.
Undecided or uncertain.
Vague or unclear.
Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
indefinity
indefinity
noun
The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
indefluent
infanthood
infanthood
noun
Infancy.
infatuated
infatuated
adj
(obsolete) Foolish, stupid, lacking good judgement (often as a result of some external influence).
Excessively fond of or enthusiastic about (something).
Foolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infatuate
infidelity
infidelity
noun
Lack of religious belief.
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
infiltered
infiltered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infilter
infinitude
infinitude
noun
The state or quality of being infinite or having no limit.
inflatedly
inflatedly
adv
In an inflated manner.
infoldment
infoldment
noun
Archaic form of enfoldment.
infuriated
infuriated
adj
Extremely angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infuriate
infuscated
infuscated
adj
(zoology) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
interfaced
interfaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interface
interfered
interfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interfere
interfiled
interfiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interfile
interfused
interfused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interfuse