A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
alfarga
alforge
bagreef
barfing
barfing
verb
present participle of barf
bigford
bogfern
degraff
engraff
engraff
verb
Obsolete form of engraft.
engraft
engraft
adj
(rare) Engrafted.
verb
To fix firmly into place
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
faberge
faggery
faggery
noun
(UK, education, historical) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.
(slang, derogatory) Homosexuality.
fagoter
fagoter
noun
(historical) A worker who gathers fuelwood.
fairing
fairing
noun
(Scotland, Ireland, now rare) Something that is deserved; one's deserts.
(now archaic) A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair.
(now rare) A present, especially given by a lover.
A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag.
A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.
verb
present participle of fair
farcing
farcing
noun
(cooking, archaic) stuffing; forcemeat
Alternative form of farsing (“insertion of vernacular paraphrases into a Latin liturgy”)
fardage
fardage
noun
(nautical) Material used to fill space and prevent goods from moving about during transport; dunnage.
farding
farding
noun
Pronunciation spelling of farthing.
verb
present participle of fard
fargite
fargood
farmage
farming
farming
adj
Pertaining to the agricultural business.
Raising livestock or fish.
noun
A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.
The business of cultivating land, raising stock etc.
verb
present participle of farm
farrage
farrago
farrago
noun
A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
farsang
farsang
noun
(now historical) A Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.
farting
farting
noun
The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
verb
present participle of fart
fearing
fearing
adj
Exhibiting fear.
Showing profound respect or deference.
verb
present participle of fear
feering
feigher
feigner
feigner
noun
One who feigns.
fergana
feridgi
feridgi
noun
(obsolete) A voluminous, armless mantle, generally of black silk, worn by Turkish women.
ferigee
feringi
ferling
fermage
ferring
ferrugo
ferrugo
noun
(phytopathology) A disease of plants caused by fungus; rust.
fibiger
figbird
figbird
noun
Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia.
figeter
figgery
figgery
noun
(colloquial, dated) Dressy ornamentation.
A fig farm or orchard.
figgier
figgier
adj
comparative form of figgy: more figgy
fighter
fighter
noun
(colloquial) A firefighter.
(eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
(video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
A participant in boxing or any martial art.
A person who fights; a combatant.
A pugnacious, competitive person.
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
figurae
figurae
noun
plural of figura
figural
figural
adj
(mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.
(music) Figurate.
(obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.
(rare) Pertaining to (human) figures.
Figurative, not literal.
Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
figured
figured
adj
(of a natural material) Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.
Adorned with a figure or figures.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of figure
figurer
figurer
noun
One who figures or calculates.
figures
figures
noun
plural of figure
verb
(by ellipsis) It figures.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figure
Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
fingers
fingers
noun
plural of finger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finger
fingery
fingery
adj
(climbing) Requiring the use of fingers to climb
Resembling fingers in shape.
fingram
firbolg
firebug
firebug
noun
(slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
firedog
firedog
noun
Alternative form of fire dog
firings
firings
noun
plural of firing
firking
firking
verb
present participle of firk
firming
firming
adj
Of beauty products, intended to make the skin firmer.
verb
present participle of firm
firring
firring
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of furring
fitzger
fjorgyn
flagger
flagger
noun
One who uses a flag or signal, as for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
flagler
flanger
flanger
noun
(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
(music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
flaring
flaring
noun
(oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
The act of something that flares.
verb
present participle of flare
flieger
fligger
fligger
verb
(obsolete) To sneer.
flinger
flinger
noun
One who flings or hurls something.
One who jeers.
flogger
flogger
noun
(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.
(theater) A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.
A whip.
One who flogs.
fogarty
foggara
foggara
noun
(North Africa) An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.
foggers
foggers
noun
plural of fogger
foggier
foggier
adj
comparative form of foggy: more foggy
foghorn
foghorn
noun
A strong gossiper.
A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
verb
To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
To sound a foghorn
foraged
foraged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forage
forager
forager
noun
An animal or person who forages
forages
forages
noun
plural of forage
forcing
forcing
adj
(bridge) Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
noun
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
(photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
(set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
verb
present participle of force
fording
fording
noun
Fording place
The act by which something is forded.
verb
present participle of ford
foregut
foregut
noun
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
foreign
foreign
adj
(US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
(obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
(obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
Relating to a different nation.
noun
(now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
(now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.
(obsolete) A foreign ship.
(obsolete) A non-guildmember.
(obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.
(obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
(obsolete, usually in the plural) An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
(slang) A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
foreleg
foreleg
noun
Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.
forgave
forgave
verb
simple past tense of forgive
forgers
forgers
noun
plural of forger
forgery
forgery
noun
(archaic) An invention, creation.
That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
The act of forging metal into shape.
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
forgets
forgets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forget
forgett
forgift
forging
forging
noun
(countable) A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).
The process of shaping by heating and hammering.
verb
present participle of forge
forgive
forgive
verb
(intransitive) To accord forgiveness.
(transitive) To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation.
forgoer
forgoer
noun
A person who forgoes
forgoes
forgoes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgo
forgone
forgone
verb
past participle of forgo
forgrow
forgrow
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
forking
forking
noun
division into forks
verb
present participle of fork
forming
forming
noun
The act by which something is formed; formation.
verb
present participle of form
forsung
forthgo
forthgo
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go forth; proceed.
fougere
fourgon
fourgon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
(rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
An ammunition wagon.
fourrag
foxburg
fragged
fragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frag
fraghan
fraghan
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of fraughan
fragile
fragile
adj
(UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
(UK) Thin-skinned or oversensitive.
Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.
noun
Something that is fragile.
framing
framing
noun
The placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.
The placing of something in context.
framework
verb
present participle of frame
franger
franger
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A condom.
frangos
fraught
fraught
adj
(figuratively, with with) Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing.
(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
(with with) Furnished, equipped.
Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.
noun
(Scotland) A load; a burden.
(Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
(obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
(obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
(obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
(obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To form the cargo of a vessel.
(transitive, obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
fraying
fraying
noun
Frayed material.
The skin which a deer frays from its horns.
verb
present participle of fray
frazing
freberg
freeing
freeing
noun
The act of making something free; liberation.
verb
present participle of free
fregata
fregger
freight
freight
adj
(obsolete) Freighted; laden.
noun
(countable) A burden, a load.
(countable) Payment for transportation.
(countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train.
(specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations.
(uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
verb
(by extension) To load or store (goods, etc.).
(figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
(intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
To transport (goods).
frenghi
freytag
friborg
friborg
noun
(historical, law, UK) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge
fridges
fridges
noun
plural of fridge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fridge
frigage
frigate
frigate
noun
(fiction) A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.
(historical) A escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.
(historical) A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.
(historical) A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.
(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.
A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).
A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.
frigged
frigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frig
frigger
frigger
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) A stereotypical rural Australian, typically wearing plain denim jeans, singlets and cowboy hat.
(mild, swear word, slang, euphemistic) A fucker.
(slang) Someone who frigs.
An object crafted for the personal amusement of craftsmen, their friends and family.
friggle
friggle
verb
(rare, intransitive) To fiddle, fumble.
(rare, intransitive) To wriggle.
frights
frights
noun
plural of fright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fright
frighty
frighty
Adjective
Afraid.
fringed
fringed
adj
Possessing a fringe.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fringe
fringes
fringes
noun
plural of fringe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fringe
frizing
frizing
verb
present participle of frize
frogbit
frogbit
noun
A South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.
An American plant, Limnobium spongia, with similar propagation.
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers, that floats on still water and propagates itself by runners.
frogeye
frogged
frogged
adj
Having ornamental stripes or workings of braid or lace, usually on the breast of a uniform coat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frog
frogger
frogger
noun
(biology) The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
(colloquial) A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.
verb
(slang) To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
frogleg
froglet
froglet
noun
(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.
A frog that skips the tadpole stage and emerges as a fully-developed frog.
frogman
frogman
noun
A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.
frogmen
frogmen
noun
plural of frogman
fromage
fromage
noun
(uncommon) Synonym of cheese
froughy
froughy
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
fruggan
frugged
frugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frug
fruggin
frutage
frutage
noun
(obsolete) A confection made of fruit.
(obsolete) A picture of fruit; decoration by representation of fruit.
fryburg
fuggier
fuggier
adj
comparative form of fuggy: more fuggy
fulgora
fulgora
Proper noun
The Roman goddess/personification of lightning. She is the Roman counterpart of Astrape.
fulgour
fulgour
noun
Obsolete form of fulgor.
furling
furling
noun
The act by which something is furled.
verb
present participle of furl
furlong
furlong
noun
(Britain, dialectal) An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
(historical) Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”)
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).
Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”)
Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”)
furnage
furring
furring
noun
(shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
A coating that resembles fur.
A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering, or to provide an air space.