(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.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
antefuture
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
artfulness
artfulness
noun
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
beeftongue
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
beneficium
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofuryl
blumenfeld
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
bufflehorn
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
chuffiness
chuffiness
noun
The quality of being chuffy.
cienfuegos
cinquefoil
cinquefoil
noun
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
A potentilla (flower).
coeffluent
cofounders
cofounders
noun
plural of cofounder
confecture
confecture
noun
(obsolete) confiture
(obsolete) conjecture, hypothesis
confervous
confervous
adj
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling confervae.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
conflexure
confluence
confluence
noun
(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
(computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
confounded
confounded
adj
confused, astonished
damned, accursed, bloody
defeated, thwarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confounder
confounder
noun
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
A person who confounds
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
coniferous
coniferous
adj
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
consentful
consentful
adj
With consent; consenting or consensual.
contentful
contentful
adj
(obsolete) Full of contentment.
Having content.
counselful
counterfix
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
definitude
definitude
noun
definiteness
defrauding
defrauding
noun
The act of committing fraud.
verb
present participle of defraud
defunction
defunction
noun
(obsolete) Death.
defunctive
defunctive
adj
(archaic) funereal
demifusion
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
destuffing
diffluence
diffluence
noun
A flowing off on all sides; fluidity.
diffugient
disfortune
disunified
disunified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disunify
dumfounded
dumfounded
adj
Misspelling of dumbfounded.
dumfounder
dumfounder
verb
To dumbfound; to confound.
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
earnestful
earnestful
adj
(obsolete) serious
effluences
effluences
noun
plural of effluence
effulgence
effulgence
noun
A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
emusifying
endosulfan
endosulfan
noun
(chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites
enfleurage
enfleurage
noun
The process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.
engulfment
engulfment
noun
The act of engulfing
entreatful
entreatful
adj
(rare) Full of entreaty.
epulafquen
eurafrican
eurafrican
Adjective
Of or relating to the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
Of European and African descent.
Noun
An African with European ancestors.
Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
eventfully
eventfully
adv
In a eventful manner; with much activity.
expenseful
expenseful
adj
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
faeculence
fahlunitte
fainaigued
fainaigued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fainaigue
fainaiguer
fainaiguer
noun
One who fainaigues.
famousness
famousness
noun
The condition of being famous; fame
farinulent
farinulent
adj
farinose
fauconnier
faultiness
faultiness
noun
The quality of being faulty.
fauntleroy
fearnaught
fearnaught
noun
(by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.
A fearless person.
A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
feckulence
fecundated
fecundated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fecundate
fecundates
fecundates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fecundate
fecundator
feelingful
feelingful
adj
Full of feeling or emotion.
fenestrule
fenestrule
noun
(zoology) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
fenouillet
fernambuck
fettuccine
fettuccine
noun
Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.
feuillants
feuilleton
feuilleton
noun
A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature.
An article published in such a section.
fiendfully
fiendfully
adv
In a fiendful manner.
fitfulness
fitfulness
noun
The quality of being fitful.
flamineous
flamineous
adj
Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
flatulence
flatulence
noun
The release of such gas; breaking wind.
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
flatulency
flatulency
noun
(chiefly dated) flatulence
flauntiest
flauntiest
adj
superlative form of flaunty: most flaunty
fleuronnee
flocculent
flocculent
adj
Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
Flaky.
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
noun
(astronomy) diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
flounciest
flounciest
adj
superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy
floundered
floundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounder
flouriness
flouriness
noun
The state or condition of being floury.
fluentness
fluentness
noun
The quality of being fluent.
fluffiness
fluffiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being fluffy.
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
fluidounce
fluidounce
noun
Alternative form of fluid ounce
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkeyism
flunkeyism
noun
Alternative form of flunkyism
flunkeyite
flunkeyize
fluocerine
fluorinate
fluorinate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
flurriment
flusherman
flushermen
flustering
flustering
adj
agitated, confusing
verb
present participle of fluster
fluttering
fluttering
noun
Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
verb
present participle of flutter
foeniculum
foraminule
foraminule
noun
A very small foramen
foreburton
foreground
foreground
noun
(computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
verb
To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
forerunner
forerunner
noun
(philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
(sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
A runner at the front or ahead.
foresummon
forfoughen
fortunella
foulminded
foulnesses
foulnesses
noun
plural of foulness
foundering
foundering
noun
The act by which a vessel founders.
verb
present participle of founder
founderous
founderous
adj
(archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.
foundrymen
foundrymen
noun
plural of foundryman
fountained
fountained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fountain
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
fourierian
fourniture
fourteener
fourteener
noun
(US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
(poetry) A (usually iambic) line of fourteen syllables.
fourteenth
fourteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.
One of fourteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fourteenth position.
frankhouse
fraudulent
fraudulent
adj
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
False, phony.
frauenfeld
fraunhofer
fredenburg
frenchburg
frequented
frequented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frequent
frequenter
frequenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of frequent: more frequent
noun
A person who frequents; a regular visitor.
frequently
frequently
adv
(mathematics, of a sequence) For infinitely many terms of the sequence.
At frequent intervals.
fricandeau
fricandeau
noun
Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee.