(linguistics) A type of affix that is attached to the outside of a stem (an existing word), to form a new word. The adfix category branches into prefixes (ones which appear before the stem) and suffixes (ones which appear after the stem).
affix
affix
noun
(decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
(linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
(mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).
That which is affixed; an appendage.
verb
(transitive) To attach.
(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
afifi
afips
afire
afire
adv
On fire (often metaphorically).
afric
afric
Adjective
African
Proper noun
Africa
afrit
alfie
alfie
Proper noun
name or Alfonso, also used as a formal given name.
alfin
alfin
noun
(chess, historical) bishop
alief
alief
noun
(philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.
alife
alife
adv
(obsolete) On one's life; dearly.
noun
Alternative form of A-life
alifs
alifs
noun
plural of alif
aoife
befit
befit
verb
to be fit for
bifer
biffs
biffs
noun
plural of biff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of biff
biffy
biffy
noun
(US) A toilet
(US) An outhouse
bifid
bifid
adj
Cleft; divided into two lobes.
brief
brief
adj
(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
Concise; taking few words.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Of short duration; happening quickly.
adv
(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.
noun
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
(English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
(UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
(by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
(law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
(law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
(law) An answer to any action.
(law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
(slang) A ticket of any type.
(usually in the plural) underwear briefs.
A short news story or report.
verb
(transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
(transitive, law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
buffi
buffi
noun
plural of buffo
cafiz
cafiz
noun
(historical) Alternative form of qafiz, particularly in Tunisian contexts
calif
cefis
chief
chief
adj
(Scotland) Intimate, friendly.
Primary; principal.
noun
(US, Canada, offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
(heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
(sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
The principal part or top of anything.
verb
(US, slang) To smoke cannabis.
cliff
cliff
noun
(figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
(music) Obsolete form of clef.
A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
clift
clift
noun
(obsolete) A cliff.
coifs
coifs
noun
plural of coif
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coif
cufic
cuifs
daffi
defis
defix
defix
verb
(obsolete) To fix or fasten; to establish.
deify
deify
verb
(transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).
(transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.
difda
drift
drift
noun
(architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
(mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
(obsolete) A driving; a violent movement.
(uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
(uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Anything driven at random.
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
Slow, cumulative change.
That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
verb
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
(mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
(transitive) To drive into heaps.
(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
(transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
edify
edify
verb
(now rare) To build, construct.
(transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
effie
effie
Proper noun
name, also used as a formal given name in the 19th century.
Noun
An annual award given for effective marketing.
eifel
eifel
Proper noun
Eifel
elfic
elfie
elfin
elfin
adj
Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.
noun
A little urchin or child.
An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
enfia
enfin
fabio
fabri
facia
facia
noun
Alternative form of fascia
facie
facit
fadil
faggi
fagin
fagin
noun
Alternative form of Fagin
faial
faial
Proper noun
An island in the Azores.
fails
fails
noun
plural of fail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail
faina
fains
fains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fain
faint
faint
adj
(archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
Slight; minimal.
noun
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
The act of fainting, syncope.
verb
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
(intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
faire
faire
adj
Obsolete spelling of fair
fairm
fairs
fairs
noun
plural of fair
fairy
fairy
adj
Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.
noun
(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
(uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
A legendary Chinese immortal.
A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
faith
faith
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of in faith (“really, truly”)
noun
(obsolete) Credibility or truth.
A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
A religious or spiritual belief system.
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
faits
fakir
fakir
noun
(Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
(derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
fania
fanit
fanni
fanti
faqir
faqir
noun
(Islam) A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
farci
farhi
faria
fario
fario
noun
(UK) The brown trout
farsi
fasti
fasti
noun
Records or registers of important events.
The calendar in Ancient Rome, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.
fatil
favin
fecit
fedia
fedin
feigl
feign
feign
verb
To hide or conceal.
To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
feint
feint
adj
(fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
(obsolete) feigned; counterfeit.
noun
(fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance.
A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretense or stratagem.
The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a feint, or mock attack.
feist
feist
noun
(US, regional, countable) A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog.
(uncountable) Feisty behavior.
(vulgar) Silent (but pungent) flatulence.
felic
felid
felid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
felis
felix
femic
feria
feria
noun
A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
ferie
ferie
noun
(obsolete) A holiday.
ferio
fermi
fermi
noun
An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).
ferri
fetid
fetid
adj
Foul-smelling, stinking.
noun
(rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.
fetis
fetis
adj
(obsolete) neat; pretty; well made; graceful
fgrid
fiann
fiant
fiard
fiard
noun
Alternative form of fjard
fiars
fiars
noun
plural of fiar
fiats
fiats
noun
plural of fiat
fiatt
fiber
fiber
noun
(category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
(countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
(cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
(figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
(textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
(uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
Dietary fiber.
fibra
fibre
fibre
noun
(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
Moral strength and resolve.
fibro
fibro
noun
(Australia) Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
(informal) Fibromyalgia.
fibry
fibry
adj
Alternative form of fibery
fices
fices
noun
plural of fice
fiche
fiche
noun
a microfiche
fichu
fichu
noun
(chiefly historical) A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest.
ficin
ficin
noun
Alternative form of ficain
ficus
ficus
noun
(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.
fidac
fidel
fiden
fides
fidge
fidge
noun
(obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.
verb
(obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake.
fidia
fidos
fidos
noun
plural of fido
fiefs
fiefs
noun
plural of fief
field
field
noun
(algebra) A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
(baseball) The outfield.
(baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
(cricket) Archaic form of fielder.
(electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
(heraldry) The background of the shield.
(metonymically) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
(usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
(vexillology) The background of the flag.
A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
The extent of a given perception.
The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
verb
(intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
(transitive) To answer; to address.
(transitive) To defeat.
(transitive) To execute research (in the field).
(transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
(transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
(transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
fiend
fiend
noun
(informal) An addict or fanatic.
(obsolete) An enemy; a foe.
(religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
A very evil person.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate (for something).
fient
fieri
fiery
fiery
adj
Burning or glowing.
Having the colour of fire.
Hot or inflamed.
Inflammable or easily ignited.
Of or relating to fire.
Spirited or filled with emotion.
Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
fifed
fifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fife
fifer
fifer
noun
One who plays on a fife.
fifes
fifes
noun
plural of fife
fifie
fifie
noun
(nautical) A small fishing boat that operated out of Fife in Scotland
fifth
fifth
adj
The ordinal form of the number five.
noun
(music) The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)
A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
One of five equal parts of a whole.
The fifth gear of an engine.
The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
The person or thing in the fifth position.
verb
(music) To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
(transitive) To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
(transitive, nonstandard) To divide by five.
fifty
fifty
noun
(countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
(cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.
num
The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
figge
figgy
figgy
adj
Containing figs.
Of or like figs.
fight
fight
noun
(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.
(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
An occasion of fighting.
verb
(intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
(intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
(transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
fiked
fiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fike
fikey
fikie
filao
filar
filar
adj
Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.
filch
filch
noun
(obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.
(obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
An act of filching; larceny, theft.
Something which has been filched or stolen.
verb
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
filea
filed
filed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of file
filer
filer
noun
(computing) A software program for managing files.
Agent noun of file; one who files something.
files
files
noun
plural of file
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of file
filet
filet
noun
Alternative form of fillet
filia
filii
filip
filix
filla
fille
fillo
fills
fills
noun
plural of fill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fill
filly
filly
noun
(dated) A young, attractive woman.
A young female horse.
films
films
noun
plural of film
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of film