7 Letter 8 Letter Crossword Words Containing F

AFF (9) AFT (6) [noun] The stern portion of a vessel. | [adjective] Located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane | [adverb] At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel). | [noun] The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. ARF (6) [interjection] Representing the sound of a dog's bark. EFF (9) [verb] Fuck (the taboo swear word, but not in the sense "to copulate") EFS (6) EFT (6) [noun] A newt, especially the European smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus). | [adverb] Again; afterwards ELF (6) [noun] A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy. | [noun] Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature. | [noun] Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar). EMF (8) FAD (7) [noun] A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. FAG (7) [noun] In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric. | [noun] (dated in US and Canada) A cigarette. | [noun] The worst part or end of a thing. | [noun] A chore: an arduous and tiresome task. | [noun] (usually offensive, sometimes affectionate) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an especially effeminate or unusual one. FAN (6) [noun] A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | [noun] An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. | [noun] The action of fanning; agitation of the air. | [noun] A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport. FAR (6) [adjective] Distant; remote in space. | [adjective] Remote in time. | [adjective] Long. | [noun] Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it. | [noun] A litter of piglets; a farrow. FAS (6) [noun] A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale. FAT (6) [noun] A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy. | [noun] A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat. | [noun] That part of an organization deemed wasteful. | [noun] A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern. FAX (13) [noun] The hair of the head. | [noun] A fax machine or a document received and printed by one. | [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FAY (9) [verb] To fit. | [verb] To join or unite closely or tightly. | [verb] To lie close together. | [verb] To cleanse; clean out. | [noun] A fairy. | [noun] A white person. FED (7) [noun] A federal government officer or official, especially FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, and DEA agents. | [noun] A police officer. | [noun] A “federation” in which powerlifters organize to compete. | [verb] (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat. FEE (6) [noun] (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. | [noun] An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services. | [noun] An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail). FEH (9) [interjection] An expression of disgust or contempt. FEM (8) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A feminine or effeminate person. | [adjective] Feminine, effeminate. | [noun] A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl. FEN (6) [noun] A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. | [noun] Unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan | [noun] Fans; a plural form used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc. | [noun] A kind of mildew that grows on hops. FER (6) FET (6) [verb] To fetch | [noun] A piece | [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. FEU (6) [noun] Land held in feudal tenure. | [verb] To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. FEW (9) [pronoun] Few people, few things. FEY (9) [adjective] About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death. | [adjective] Dying; dead. | [adjective] Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience. | [noun] Fairy folk collectively. FEZ (15) [noun] A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached. FIB (8) [noun] A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. | [noun] A liar. | [verb] To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. | [noun] The fibula. | [verb] (thieves cant) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. | [noun] A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number. FID (7) [noun] A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike. | [noun] A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). | [noun] A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. FIE (6) [interjection] Often followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage. FIG (7) [noun] A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. | [noun] The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. | [noun] A small piece of tobacco. | [verb] To move suddenly or quickly; rove about. | [noun] A person's figure; dress or appearance. | [verb] To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of: to perform figging upon. FIL (6) [noun] A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture. FIN (6) [noun] One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | [noun] A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | [noun] A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. | [noun] (formerly Australia) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds. FIR (6) [noun] A conifer of the genus Abies. | [noun] Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). | [noun] Wood of such trees. FIT (6) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. | [noun] A section of a poem or ballad. | [noun] A seizure or convulsion. FIX (13) [noun] A repair or corrective action. | [noun] A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. | [noun] A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. FIZ (15) FLU (6) [noun] Influenza. | [noun] Stomach flu. FLY (9) [noun] Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. | [noun] (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). | [noun] Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly. | [noun] The action of flying; flight. | [adjective] Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp. | [noun] (rural) A wing. FOB (8) [noun] A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket. | [noun] A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch. | [noun] A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below) | [verb] To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone. FOE (6) [noun] An enemy. | [adjective] Hostile. | [noun] A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules. FOG (7) [noun] A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. | [noun] A mist or film clouding a surface. | [noun] A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. | [noun] A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed. FOH (9) FON (6) [noun] A fool or idiot. | [noun] A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon. FOP (8) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. FOR (6) FOU (6) [adjective] Drunk. FOX (13) [noun] A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. | [noun] Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox). | [noun] The fur of a fox. FOY (9) FRO (6) [adverb] From; away; back or backward. | [noun] A hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape. FRY (9) [noun] (usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato. | [noun] A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. | [noun] A state of excitement. | [noun] Offspring; progeny; children; brood. | [noun] A kind of sieve. FUB (8) FUD (7) FUG (7) [noun] A heavy, musty, and unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area. | [noun] A state of lethargy and confusion; daze. | [noun] A state of chaos or confusion. | [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. FUN (6) [noun] Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure | [noun] Playful, often noisy, activity. | [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. FUR (6) [noun] The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick. | [noun] The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans. | [noun] A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel. | [preposition] Towards; in the direction of. IFF (9) [conjunction] If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same. | [conjunction] Logically equivalent to rephrases: | [conjunction] Obsolete spelling of if. IFS (6) [noun] An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. KAF (10) KEF (10) [noun] A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect. | [noun] The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. | [noun] The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. KIF (10) [noun] A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect. | [noun] The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. | [noun] The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. OAF (6) [noun] A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. | [noun] An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. OFF (9) [noun] (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point. | [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. OFT (6) [adverb] (and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely REF (6) [noun] A referee. | [noun] A refrigerator. | [verb] To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. RIF (6)

AFAR (7) [adverb] At, to, or from a great distance; far away. ALEF (7) ALFA (7) ALIF (7) ARFS (7) [noun] Plural of arf, which is the sound a dog makes; barks. | [verb] Third person singular of arf, meaning to bark like a dog. BAFF (12) [verb] To strike or hit. | [verb] To baffle or perplex. BARF (9) [noun] Vomit | [verb] To vomit. | [verb] Of a system: to fail. BEEF (9) [noun] The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine. | [noun] (plural: beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with) | [verb] To complain. BIFF (12) [noun] A sudden, sharp blow or punch. | [noun] A wipeout. | [verb] To punch or hit. BOFF (12) [noun] (entertainment) A big laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A great success; a hit. | [noun] A pupil who works hard; a swot. | [noun] A hit or smack. BUFF (12) [noun] Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. | [noun] A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. | [noun] A brownish yellow colour. | [noun] A buffet; a blow. | [noun] A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. BUMF (11) [noun] Toilet paper. | [noun] Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. CAFE (9) [noun] A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items. | [noun] A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. | [noun] A small restaurant of any genre. CAFF (12) [noun] Café, cafeteria. CALF (9) [noun] A young cow or bull. | [noun] Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. | [noun] A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). | [noun] The back of the leg below the knee. CHEF (12) [noun] The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. | [noun] The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. | [noun] Any cook. CLEF (9) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff COFF (12) COFT (9) COIF (9) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. | [verb] To style or arrange hair. COOF (9) CORF (9) [noun] A large basket, especially as used for coal. | [noun] A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater. | [noun] A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. CUFF (12) [noun] Glove; mitten | [noun] The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist | [noun] The end of a pants leg, folded up | [noun] A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap. | [noun] The scruff of the neck. CUIF (9) CURF (9) DAFF (11) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a blockhead. | [verb] To be foolish; make sport; play; toy. | [verb] To daunt. | [verb] To toss (aside); to dismiss. | [noun] A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales. | [noun] A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. DAFT (8) [adjective] Foolish, silly, stupid. | [adjective] Crazy, insane, mad. | [adjective] Gentle, meek, mild. DEAF (8) [noun] A deaf person. | [noun] (with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group. | [verb] To deafen. DEFI (8) DEFT (8) [adjective] Quick and neat in action; skillful. DEFY (11) [noun] A challenge. | [verb] To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). | [verb] To refuse to obey. DELF (8) DOFF (11) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DUFF (11) [noun] Dough. | [noun] A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed. | [noun] A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums. | [noun] Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor. | [noun] The buttocks. | [verb] To disguise something to make it look new. | [noun] A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. EFFS (10) [verb] Fuck (the taboo swear word, but not in the sense "to copulate") EFTS (7) [noun] A newt, especially the European smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus). EMFS (9) FACE (9) [noun] The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area. | [noun] One's facial expression. | [noun] (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc. FACT (9) [noun] Something actual as opposed to invented. | [noun] Something which is real. | [noun] Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. FADE (8) [noun] A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw. | [noun] A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. | [noun] A fight. | [adjective] Strong; bold; doughty. FADO (8) [noun] A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance. FADS (8) [noun] A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. FAGS (8) [noun] In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric. | [noun] (dated in US and Canada) A cigarette. | [noun] The worst part or end of a thing. FAIL (7) [noun] Poor quality; substandard workmanship. | [noun] A failure (condition of being unsuccessful) | [noun] A failure (something incapable of success) | [noun] A piece of turf cut from grassland. FAIN (7) [adjective] Well-pleased, glad. | [adjective] Satisfied, contented. | [adjective] Eager, willing or inclined to. | [adverb] With joy; gladly. | [verb] To be delighted or glad; to rejoice. FAIR (7) [noun] Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). | [noun] A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. | [noun] Fairness, beauty. | [noun] A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. FAKE (11) [noun] Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. | [noun] A trick; a swindle. | [noun] A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent. | [noun] One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. FALL (7) [noun] The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. | [noun] A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc. | [noun] The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. | [noun] The chasing of a hunted whale. FALX (14) FAME (9) [noun] What is said or reported; gossip, rumour. | [noun] One's reputation. | [noun] The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of. FANE (7) [noun] A weathercock, a weather vane. | [noun] A banner, especially a military banner. | [noun] A temple or sacred place. FANG (8) [noun] A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh | [noun] (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom | [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. | [verb] To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of. | [noun] A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold. FANO (7) FANS (7) [noun] A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | [noun] An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. | [noun] The action of fanning; agitation of the air. FARD (8) [noun] Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint. | [verb] To paint, as the cheeks or face. | [verb] To embellish or gloss over. | [noun] Force of movement, impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset. | [noun] A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil; a religious duty or obligation. FARE (7) [noun] A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage. | [noun] Money paid for a transport ticket. | [noun] A paying passenger, especially in a taxi. | [verb] To go, travel. FARL (7) [noun] A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. | [noun] Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls. | [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) FARM (9) [noun] A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. | [noun] A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation. | [noun] (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures | [verb] To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out FARO (7) [noun] A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack. FART (7) [noun] An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. | [noun] (impolite) An irritating person; a fool. | [noun] (impolite, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views. FASH (10) [noun] A worry; trouble; bother. | [verb] To worry; to bother, annoy. | [verb] To trouble oneself; to take pains. | [noun] A fascist, a member of the far-right. FAST (7) [noun] A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations | [adjective] Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. | [adjective] Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. | [noun] The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food. FATE (7) [noun] The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. | [noun] The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause. | [noun] An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time. FATS (7) [noun] A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy. | [noun] A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat. | [noun] That part of an organization deemed wasteful. FAUN (7) [noun] A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis. FAUX (14) [adjective] Fake or artificial FAVA (10) [noun] A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself. FAVE (10) [noun] Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) | [verb] Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) | [adjective] Favorite (US) or favourite (UK). FAWN (10) [noun] A young deer. | [noun] A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. | [noun] The young of an animal; a whelp. | [noun] A servile cringe or bow. FAYS (10) [noun] A fairy. | [noun] A white person. FAZE (16) [verb] To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. FEAL (7) FEAR (7) [noun] A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. | [noun] A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone. | [noun] Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns. | [adjective] Able; capable; stout; strong; sound. FEAT (7) [noun] A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment. | [verb] To form; to fashion. | [adjective] Dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty. | [verb] To feature. I FECK (13) [noun] Effect, value; vigor. | [noun] The greater or larger part. | [verb] To throw. | [verb] Fuck. FEDS (8) [noun] A federal government officer or official, especially FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, and DEA agents. | [noun] A police officer. | [noun] A “federation” in which powerlifters organize to compete. FEED (8) [noun] Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals. | [noun] Something supplied continuously. | [noun] The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon. | [verb] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. FEEL (7) [noun] A quality of an object experienced by touch. | [noun] A vague mental impression. | [noun] An act of fondling. | [adjective] Much; many. FEES (7) [noun] (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. | [noun] An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services. | [noun] An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail). FEET (7) [noun] A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. | [noun] Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. | [noun] (often used attributively) Travel by walking. | [noun] Fact; performance; feat. FEHS (10) FELL (7) [noun] A cutting-down of timber. | [noun] The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down. | [noun] The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. | [noun] An animal skin, hide, pelt. | [noun] (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains. | [adjective] Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. | [noun] Anger; gall; melancholy. | [noun] The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting. | [verb] (heading) To be moved downwards. FELT (7) [noun] A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. | [noun] A hat made of felt. | [noun] A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. | [verb] (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch. FEME (9) FEMS (9) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A feminine or effeminate person. | [noun] A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl. | [noun] A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. FEND (8) [noun] Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being. | [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). | [noun] An enemy; fiend; the Devil. FENS (7) [noun] A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. | [noun] Unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan FEOD (8) FERE (7) FERN (7) [noun] Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. FESS (7) [verb] To confess; to admit. | [noun] A horizontal band across the middle of the shield. | [adjective] (British dialect) Proud; conceited. FETA (7) [noun] A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece. FETE (7) [noun] A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. | [noun] A feast, celebration or carnival. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person). FETS (7) [verb] To fetch FEUD (8) [noun] A state of long-standing mutual hostility. | [noun] A staged rivalry between wrestlers. | [noun] A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race. | [noun] An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service. FEUS (7) [noun] Land held in feudal tenure. | [verb] To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. FIAR (7) FIAT (7) [noun] An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. | [noun] Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. | [noun] (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. FIBS (9) [noun] A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. | [noun] A liar. | [noun] The fibula. FICE (9) FICO (9) FIDO (8) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FIDS (8) [noun] A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike. | [noun] A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). | [noun] A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. FIEF (10) [noun] An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. | [noun] Something over which one has rights or exercises control. | [noun] An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. FIFE (10) [noun] A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music | [verb] To play this instrument. | [numeral] Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion. FIGS (8) [noun] A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. | [noun] The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. | [noun] A small piece of tobacco. FILA (7) FILE (7) [noun] A collection of papers collated and archived together. | [noun] A roll or list. | [noun] Course of thought; thread of narration. | [noun] A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side. | [noun] A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal. | [verb] To defile FILL (7) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. | [noun] (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. | [noun] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. FILM (9) [noun] A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. | [noun] A medium used to capture images in a camera. | [noun] A movie. FILO (7) [noun] A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked. FILS (7) FIND (8) [noun] Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. | [noun] The act of finding. | [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. FINE (7) [noun] Fine champagne; French brandy. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. | [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. | [noun] A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. | [noun] The end of a musical composition. | [noun] End; conclusion; termination; extinction. FINK (11) [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] An informer. | [noun] A strikebreaker. | [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [noun] Any of several birds in the family Ploceidae native to southern Africa. FINO (7) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. FINS (7) [noun] One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | [noun] A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | [noun] A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. FIRE (7) [noun] A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. | [noun] An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire). | [noun] The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger. | [verb] To set (something, often a building) on fire. | [adjective] Amazing; excellent. FIRM (9) [noun] A business partnership; the name under which it trades. | [noun] A business enterprise, however organized. | [noun] A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. | [verb] To make firm or strong; fix securely. FIRN (7) [noun] A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions. FIRS (7) [noun] A conifer of the genus Abies. | [noun] Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). | [noun] Wood of such trees. FISC (9) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FISH (10) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. | [noun] A period of time spent fishing. | [verb] To hunt fish or other aquatic animals. | [noun] A counter, used in various games. FIST (7) [noun] A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. | [noun] The pointing hand symbol ☞. | [noun] The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. | [noun] The act of breaking wind; fise. FITS (7) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. FIVE (10) [noun] The digit/figure 5. | [noun] A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver. | [noun] Anything measuring five units, as length. FIXT (14) FIZZ (25) [noun] An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles. | [noun] The sound of such an emission. | [noun] A carbonated beverage, especially champagne. FLAB (9) [noun] Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat. FLAG (8) [noun] A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. | [noun] An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites). | [noun] A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship. | [verb] To weaken, become feeble. | [noun] Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus. | [noun] A slice of turf; a sod. | [noun] A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. FLAK (11) [noun] Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. | [noun] Anti-aircraft shell fire. | [noun] Adverse criticism. FLAM (9) [noun] A freak or whim; an idle fancy. | [noun] A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext | [verb] To deceive with a falsehood. | [noun] (drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note. FLAN (7) [noun] Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.) | [noun] (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. | [noun] A coin die. (Compare planchet.) | [noun] A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly. FLAP (9) FLAT (7) [noun] An area of level ground. | [noun] A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). | [noun] A flat tyre/tire. | [noun] An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room. | [verb] To beat or strike; pound FLAW (10) [noun] A flake, fragment, or shiver. | [noun] A thin cake, as of ice. | [noun] A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion. | [noun] A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw. FLAX (14) [noun] A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds. | [noun] The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. | [noun] The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps. FLAY (10) [noun] A fright; a scare. | [noun] Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual. | [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). | [verb] To strip skin off FLEA (7) [noun] A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. | [noun] A thing of no significance. | [verb] To remove fleas from (an animal). | [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). FLED (8) [verb] To run away; to escape. | [verb] To escape from. | [verb] To disappear quickly; to vanish. FLEE (7) [verb] To run away; to escape. | [verb] To escape from. | [verb] To disappear quickly; to vanish. FLEW (10) [noun] (chiefly plural) The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip. | [verb] To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. | [verb] To flee, to escape (from). | [adjective] Shallow; flat FLEX (14) [noun] Flexibility, pliancy. | [noun] The or an act of flexing. | [noun] Any flexible insulated electrical wiring. FLEY (10) FLIC (9) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. FLIP (9) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. | [interjection] Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error. | [adjective] Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose. | [noun] A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog). FLIT (7) [noun] A fluttering or darting movement. | [noun] A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. | [noun] A homosexual. FLOC (9) [noun] A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. FLOE (7) [noun] A low, flat mass of floating ice. FLOG (8) [noun] A contemptible, often arrogant person. | [verb] To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. | [verb] To use something to extreme; to abuse. | [noun] A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service. FLOP (9) [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. | [noun] The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game. | [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. FLOW (10) [noun] A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts | [noun] The movement of a real or figurative fluid. | [noun] A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. | [noun] A morass or marsh. FLUB (9) [noun] An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. | [verb] To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action. FLUE (7) [noun] A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). | [noun] An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along. | [noun] A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this. | [adjective] Shallow; flat FLUS (7) FLUX (14) [noun] The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. | [noun] A state of ongoing change. | [noun] A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. FOAL (7) [noun] A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old. | [noun] A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. | [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOAM (9) [noun] A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains. | [noun] A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. | [noun] (by extension) Sea foam; the sea. FOBS (9) [noun] A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket. | [noun] A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch. | [noun] A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below) FOCI (9) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. FOES (7) [noun] An enemy. | [noun] A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules. FOGS (8) [noun] A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. | [noun] A mist or film clouding a surface. | [noun] A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. FOGY (11) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. | [noun] Extra pay granted to officers for length of service. FOHN (10) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOIL (7) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. | [noun] Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. | [noun] The track of an animal. | [verb] To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials. | [verb] To defile; to soil. FOIN (7) FOLD (8) [noun] An act of folding. | [noun] A bend or crease. | [noun] Any correct move in origami. | [noun] A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. | [noun] The Earth; earth; land, country. FOLK (11) [noun] A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation. | [noun] The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. | [noun] (plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. FOND (8) [verb] To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of. | [verb] To caress; to fondle. | [adjective] (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for). | [noun] The background design in lace-making. FONS (7) [noun] A fool or idiot. | [noun] A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon. FONT (7) [noun] A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. | [noun] A receptacle for oil in a lamp. | [noun] Spring, source, fountain. | [noun] A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters. | [noun] A source, wellspring, fount. FOOD (8) [noun] Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | [noun] A foodstuff. | [noun] Anything that nourishes or sustains. FOOL (7) [noun] A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. | [noun] A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). | [noun] Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. FOOT (7) [noun] A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. | [noun] Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. | [noun] (often used attributively) Travel by walking. FOPS (9) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. FORA (7) [noun] A place for discussion. | [noun] A gathering for the purpose of discussion. | [noun] A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. FORB (9) [noun] Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). FORD (8) [noun] A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. | [noun] A stream; a current. | [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. FORE (7) [noun] The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. | [adjective] Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. | [adjective] Forward; situated towards the front (of something). | [verb] To go, travel. FORK (11) [noun] A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc. | [noun] A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil. | [noun] A gallows. | [noun] The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains. FORM (9) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORT (7) [noun] A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. | [noun] Any permanent army post. | [noun] An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. FOSS (7) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. | [noun] Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff). FOUL (7) [adjective] Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | [adjective] (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive. | [adjective] Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. | [noun] A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. FOUR (7) [noun] The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | [noun] Anything measuring four units, as length. | [noun] A person who is four years old. FOWL (10) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. | [noun] Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans. | [adjective] Foul FOXY (17) [adjective] Having the qualities of a fox. | [adjective] Cunning, sly. | [adjective] Attractive, sexy (of a woman). FOYS (10) FOZY (19) FRAE (7) FRAG (8) [noun] A fragmentation grenade. | [noun] A successful kill in a deathmatch game. | [verb] To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade. FRAP (9) [verb] To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. | [verb] To strike. | [noun] An iced cappuccino. FRAT (7) [noun] Shortened form for fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.) FRAY (10) [verb] To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope. | [verb] To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength). | [verb] Frighten; alarm | [noun] A fight or argument FREE (7) [noun] Free transfer | [noun] The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed. | [verb] To make free; set at liberty; release. FRET (7) [noun] Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. | [noun] Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation. | [noun] Herpes; tetter. | [noun] An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief. | [noun] A ferrule, a ring. | [noun] A channel, a strait; a fretum. | [noun] A channel or passage created by the sea. | [noun] A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea. FRIG (8) [noun] An act of frigging. | [noun] A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). | [noun] A fuck. | [noun] An insulated bin, box or cabinet used to keep food or beverages cold. FRIT (7) [noun] A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. | [noun] A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) | [verb] To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture | [adjective] Frightened. | [noun] A frit fly. FRIZ (16) FROE (7) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. FROG (8) [noun] A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops. | [noun] The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached. | [noun] Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad. | [noun] A French person. | [noun] A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt. | [verb] To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake. FROM (9) [preposition] Used to indicate source or provenance. | [preposition] Originating at (a year, time, etc.) | [preposition] Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. FROW (10) [noun] A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. | [noun] A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman. | [noun] A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character. | [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [adjective] Brittle; tender; crisp | [noun] A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower. FRUG (8) [noun] (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s. | [verb] To perform this dance. FUBS (9) FUCI (9) [noun] Any alga of the genus Fucus. FUCK (13) [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially a casual one. | [noun] A highly contemptible person. FUDS (8) FUEL (7) [noun] Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. | [noun] Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food. | [noun] Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action. FUGS (8) [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially a casual one. | [noun] A highly contemptible person. FUGU (8) [noun] Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. FUJI (14) [noun] A plain spun silk fabric. | [noun] A Nigerian musical genre. FULL (7) [adjective] Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. | [adjective] Complete; with nothing omitted. | [adjective] Total, entire. | [noun] Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill. | [verb] To baptise. | [verb] To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk FUME (9) [noun] A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale. | [noun] A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state. | [noun] Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control. FUMY (12) FUND (8) [noun] A sum or source of money. | [noun] An organization managing such money. | [noun] A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. FUNK (11) [noun] Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. | [noun] A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the one, and much syncopation. | [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | [noun] Spark. | [noun] Mental depression. FUNS (7) [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. FURL (7) [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) FURS (7) [noun] The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick. | [noun] The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans. | [noun] A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel. FURY (10) [noun] Extreme anger. | [noun] Strength or violence in action. | [noun] An angry or malignant person. | [noun] A thief. FUSE (7) [noun] A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. | [noun] The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device. | [noun] A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it. | [verb] To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. FUSS (7) [noun] Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. | [noun] A complaint or noise; a scene. | [noun] An exhibition of affection or admiration. FUTZ (16) [noun] An objectionable woman | [verb] To be frivolous and waste time | [verb] To experiment by trial and error FUZE (16) [noun] (professional usage) An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition. | [verb] (professional usage) To attach a fuze to. FUZZ (25) [noun] A frizzy mass of hair or fibre. | [noun] Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image. | [noun] The random data used in fuzz testing. | [noun] (with "the") The police. FYCE (12) FYKE (14) [noun] A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops. GAFF (11) [noun] A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat. | [noun] A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe. | [noun] A trick or con. | [noun] Rough or harsh treatment; criticism. | [noun] (especially Manchester and Cockney) A place of residence. GIFT (8) [noun] Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. | [noun] A talent or natural ability. | [noun] Something gained incidentally, without effort. GOLF (8) [noun] A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. | [noun] The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet. | [verb] To play the game of golf. GOOF (8) [noun] A mistake or error. | [noun] A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball. | [noun] A child molester. GUFF (11) [noun] Nonsensical talk or thinking. | [noun] Superfluous information. | [noun] Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks. GULF (8) [noun] A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. | [noun] That which swallows; the gullet. | [noun] That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. HAAF (10) [noun] The open sea, especially as a place to fish | [noun] The practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk HAFT (10) [noun] The handle of a tool or weapon. | [verb] To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle | [noun] A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted. HALF (10) [noun] One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | [noun] Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider. | [noun] (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. HEFT (10) [verb] To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). | [verb] To throw, cast. | [verb] To rise and fall. | [noun] A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed). | [noun] A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook. HOOF (10) [noun] The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. | [noun] The human foot. | [noun] An ungula. HOWF (13) HUFF (13) [noun] A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. | [noun] An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. | [noun] One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster. IFFY (13) [adjective] Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. | [adjective] Uncertain or chancy. INFO (7) [noun] Information. JEFE (14) [noun] An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent. | [noun] A boss in a business, company or other organization. JIFF (17) [noun] A jiffy; a moment; a short time. | [verb] To deceive, swindle, trick KAFS (11) KAIF (11) KEEF (11) KEFS (11) KERF (11) [noun] The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice. | [noun] The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision. | [noun] The distance between diverging saw teeth. KHAF (14) KIEF (11) KIFS (11) LEAF (7) [noun] The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. | [noun] Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | [noun] A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. LEFT (7) [noun] The left side or direction. | [noun] The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | [noun] The left hand or fist. | [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. | [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. LIEF (7) [adjective] Beloved, dear, agreeable. | [adjective] Ready, willing. | [adverb] Readily, willingly, rather. | [noun] The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made. LIFE (7) [noun] The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. | [noun] The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. | [noun] Lifeforms, generally or collectively. LIFT (7) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. | [noun] Air. LOAF (7) [noun] (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. | [noun] Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. | [noun] Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). | [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. LOFT (7) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOOF (7) LUFF (10) [noun] The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. | [noun] The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. | [noun] The roundest part of a ship's bow. MIFF (12) [noun] A small argument; a quarrel. | [noun] A state of being offended. | [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. MUFF (12) [noun] A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. | [noun] Female pubic hair; female genitals. | [noun] A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. | [noun] A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. | [noun] A muffin. NAIF (7) [noun] One who is naive. | [adjective] Naive. NEIF (7) OAFS (7) [noun] A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. | [noun] An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. OFAY (10) [noun] A white person. | [adjective] White; white-skinned. OFFS (10) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. PELF (9) [noun] Money; riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired (compare lucre). PFFT (12) [interjection] Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance | [interjection] Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement | [interjection] Used to signify a puffing sound PFUI (9) [interjection] An exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt POOF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [verb] To vanish or disappear. | [verb] To break wind; to fart. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POUF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. | [interjection] Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. PROF (9) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PUFF (12) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. | [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. RAFF (10) RAFT (7) [noun] A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. | [noun] (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion. | [noun] A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water. | [noun] A large (but unspecified) number, a lot. REEF (7) [noun] A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water. | [noun] A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. | [noun] A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind. | [noun] The itch; any eruptive skin disorder. REFS (7) [noun] A referee. | [noun] A refrigerator. | [verb] To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. REFT (7) [verb] To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove. | [verb] To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence. | [verb] To split, tear, break apart. REIF (7) RIFE (7) [adjective] Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things). | [adjective] Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful. | [adjective] Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things). RIFF (10) [noun] A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. | [noun] A clever or witty remark. | [noun] A variation on something. | [noun] The belly; the bowels. RIFS (7) RIFT (7) [noun] A chasm or fissure. | [noun] A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. | [noun] A shallow place in a stream; a ford. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch. ROLF (7) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROOF (7) [noun] The external covering at the top of a building. | [noun] The top external level of a building. | [noun] The upper part of a cavity. | [verb] To cover or furnish with a roof. RUFF (10) [noun] A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s). | [noun] Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill. | [noun] Senses relating to animals. | [noun] Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff. | [noun] An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit. | [noun] A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle. | [adjective] Not smooth; uneven. SAFE (7) [noun] A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping. | [noun] A condom. | [noun] A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects. SEIF (7) [noun] A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind. SELF (7) [noun] One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition. | [noun] The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | [noun] An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). SERF (7) [noun] A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights | [noun] A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe | [noun] (strategy games) a worker unit SIFT (7) SOFA (7) [noun] A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting. | [noun] (furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. | [verb] To furnish with one or more sofas. SOFT (7) [noun] A soft or foolish person; an idiot. | [noun] Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.) | [noun] A soft sound or part of a sound. SURF (7) [noun] Waves that break on an ocean shoreline. | [noun] An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf. | [noun] The bottom of a drain. TEFF (10) [noun] A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. | [noun] The fine grain of this plant. TIFF (10) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. | [verb] To deck out; to dress. | [verb] (British India) To have lunch. TOFF (10) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFT (7) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFU (7) [noun] A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. | [noun] A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as □ or ժ) TREF (7) TUFA (7) [noun] Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring. | [noun] A variety of volcanic rock, tuff. TUFF (10) [noun] A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. | [adjective] Strong and resilient; sturdy. | [adjective] (of food) Difficult to cut or chew. TUFT (7) [noun] A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. | [noun] A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. | [noun] A small clump of trees or bushes. TURF (7) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. WAFF (13) WAFT (10) [noun] A light breeze. | [noun] Something (such as an odor or scent like a perfume) that is carried through the air. | [noun] A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft. WAIF (10) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WEFT (10) [noun] The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. | [noun] The yarn used for the weft; the fill. | [noun] (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. | [noun] Something cast away; a waif. WIFE (10) [noun] A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. | [noun] The female of a pair of mated animals. | [verb] (said of men) to marry WOLF (10) [noun] The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs. | [noun] A man who makes amorous advances to many women. | [noun] A wolf tone or wolf note. WOOF (10) [noun] The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. | [noun] A fabric; the texture of a fabric. | [noun] The sound a dog makes when barking. | [noun] Initialism of well-off older folks. YAFF (13) ZARF (16)

ABAFT (10) [adverb] On the aft side; in the stern. | [adverb] Backwards. | [preposition] Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. AFARS (8) [noun] Plural of afar, meaning at or to a distance; from a distance. | [noun] Members of a pastoral people of the Horn of Africa. AFFIX (18) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. AFIRE (8) [adjective] On fire (often metaphorically). | [adverb] On fire (often metaphorically). AFOOT (8) [adjective] (predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress. | [adverb] On foot. (means of locomotion, walking) | [adverb] On foot. (support of the body, standing) AFORE (8) [adverb] Before. | [adverb] In the fore part of a ship. | [preposition] Before; in advance of the time of. AFOUL (8) [adverb] (principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement. | [adverb] (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with). AFRIT (8) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTER (8) [adjective] Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent | [adjective] (where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship. | [adverb] Behind; later in time; following. ALEFS (8) ALFAS (8) [noun] Plural of alfa, a type of grass (esparto) used for making paper and rope. ALIFS (8) ALOFT (8) [adverb] At, to, or in the air or sky. | [adverb] Above, overhead, in a high place; up. | [adverb] In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging. ALOOF (8) [adjective] Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish. | [adverb] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. | [adverb] Without sympathy; unfavorably. AWFUL (11) [adjective] Very bad. | [adjective] Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. | [adjective] Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible. BAFFS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "baff," meaning to strike a golf ball with the sole of the club. | [noun] Plural of "baff," a golf club with a broad sole used for striking the ground. BAFFY (16) [noun] A wooden golf club with a short shaft and steep face, used for short approach shots. | [adjective] Silly or foolish. BARFS (10) [verb] To vomit. | [verb] Of a system: to fail. BEEFS (10) [noun] The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine. | [noun] (plural: beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with) | [verb] To complain. BEEFY (13) [adjective] Similar to, or tasting like beef. | [adjective] Containing beef. | [adjective] Strong or muscular. BEFIT (10) [verb] To be fit for BEFOG (11) [verb] To envelop in fog or smoke. | [verb] To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties). | [verb] To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.). BIFFS (13) [noun] A sudden, sharp blow or punch. | [noun] A wipeout. | [verb] To punch or hit. BIFFY (16) [noun] A toilet | [noun] An outhouse BIFID (11) [adjective] Cleft; divided into two lobes. BLUFF (13) [noun] An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. | [noun] An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does. | [noun] The card game poker. | [noun] A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. | [verb] To fluff, puff or swell up. BOFFO (13) [noun] (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit. | [adjective] Outstanding; very good or successful. BOFFS (13) [verb] To have sexual intercourse (with someone) | [verb] To hit; to strike. BRIEF (10) [noun] A writ summoning one to answer to any action. | [noun] An answer to any action. | [noun] A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. BUFFI (13) BUFFO (13) [noun] A comic singer, particularly in comic opera BUFFS (13) [noun] Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. | [noun] A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. | [noun] A brownish yellow colour. BUFFY (16) [verb] To polish or make smooth by rubbing with a soft material. | [noun] A soft cloth or wheel used for polishing. BUMFS (12) [noun] Plural of bumf; useless printed material or documents. | [noun] Toilet paper or similar material. CAFES (10) [noun] A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items. | [noun] A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. | [noun] A small restaurant of any genre. CAFFS (13) [noun] Café, cafeteria. CALFS (10) [noun] Plural of calf, referring to young domestic cattle or the fleshy part of the leg below the knee. CALIF (10) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CHAFE (13) [noun] Heat excited by friction. | [noun] Injury or wear caused by friction. | [noun] Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. CHAFF (16) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. CHEFS (13) [noun] The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. | [noun] The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. | [noun] Any cook. CHIEF (13) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] 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. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHUFA (13) [noun] Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts). CHUFF (16) [noun] A coarse or stupid fellow. | [adjective] Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled. | [adjective] Stupid; churlish | [noun] (scriptwriting) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot. | [noun] The vagina. CLEFS (10) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLEFT (10) [noun] An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. | [noun] A piece made by splitting. | [noun] A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. | [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. CLIFF (13) [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. | [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLIFT (10) COFFS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "coff," an archaic or dialectal term meaning to buy or purchase. | [verb] Third person singular of "coff," meaning to strike or hit. COIFS (10) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. COMFY (15) [adjective] Comfortable. COOFS (10) CRAFT (10) [noun] Strength; power; might; force . | [noun] Intellectual power; skill; art. | [noun] (obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art . CROFT (10) [noun] An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters. | [verb] To do agricultural work on one or more crofts. | [verb] To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it. | [noun] An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft. | [noun] A carafe. CUFFS (13) [noun] Glove; mitten | [noun] The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist | [noun] The end of a pants leg, folded up CUIFS (10) CURFS (10) [noun] Plural of curf, an archaic or dialectal term for a turf or piece of grass-covered ground. DAFFS (12) [noun] A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. | [noun] A fool; an idiot; a blockhead. | [noun] A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales. DAFFY (15) [adjective] Somewhat mad or eccentric. | [noun] A daffodil. DECAF (11) [noun] A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink. DEFAT (9) [verb] To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents DEFER (9) [verb] To delay or postpone | [verb] After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half). | [verb] To delay, to wait. | [verb] To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority. DEFIS (9) DEFOG (10) DEIFY (12) [verb] To make a god of (something or someone). | [verb] To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. DELFS (9) DELFT (9) [noun] A style of blue and white earthenware. | [noun] A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch. DOFFS (12) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DRAFF (12) [noun] Dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash or waste matter. DRAFT (9) [noun] A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. | [noun] Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. | [noun] An act of drinking. DRIFT (9) [noun] (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved. | [noun] The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. | [noun] A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side. DUFFS (12) [verb] To disguise something to make it look new. | [verb] To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle. | [verb] (with "up") To beat up. DWARF (12) [noun] Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. | [noun] A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. | [noun] An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. EDIFY (12) [verb] To build, construct. | [verb] To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. ELFIN (8) [noun] An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. | [noun] A little urchin or child. | [noun] Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys. | [adjective] Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features. FABLE (10) [noun] A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. | [noun] Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. | [noun] Fiction; untruth; falsehood. FACED (11) [verb] (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | [verb] (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | [verb] To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. | [adjective] Drunk FACER (10) [noun] An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. | [noun] One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. | [noun] A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. FACES (10) [noun] The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area. | [noun] One's facial expression. | [noun] (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc. FACET (10) [noun] Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. | [noun] One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. | [noun] One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. FACIA (10) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FACTS (10) [noun] Something actual as opposed to invented. | [noun] Something which is real. | [noun] Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. FADDY (13) [adjective] Having characteristics of a fad. | [adjective] Fussy, having particular tastes or whims FADED (10) [verb] To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. | [verb] To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. | [verb] To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. FADER (9) [adjective] Weak; insipid; tasteless. | [adjective] Strong; bold; doughty. | [noun] A device used to control sound volume. FADES (9) [noun] A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw. | [noun] A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. | [noun] A fight. FADGE (10) [verb] To be suitable (with or to something). | [verb] To agree, to get along (with). | [verb] To get on well; to cope, to thrive. | [noun] Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried. FADOS (9) [noun] A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance. FAENA (8) FAERY (11) [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] 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. | [noun] An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm. FAGGY (13) [adjective] Effeminate; homosexual; gay. FAGIN (9) FAGOT (9) [noun] (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | [noun] Burdensome baggage. | [noun] A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. FAILS (8) [noun] Poor quality; substandard workmanship. | [noun] A failure (condition of being unsuccessful) | [noun] A failure (something incapable of success) FAINT (8) [noun] The act of fainting, syncope. | [noun] The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. | [adjective] (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness | [verb] 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). FAIRS (8) [noun] A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. | [noun] An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. | [noun] An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. FAIRY (11) [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] 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. | [noun] An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm. FAITH (11) [noun] A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. | [noun] The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation. | [noun] A religious or spiritual belief system. FAKED (13) [verb] To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. | [verb] To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is | [verb] To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. FAKER (12) [noun] One who fakes something. | [noun] An impostor or impersonator. | [noun] A thief. FAKES (12) [noun] Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. | [noun] A trick; a swindle. | [noun] A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent. FAKEY (15) FAKIR (12) [noun] A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms. | [noun] (Hindu) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. | [noun] Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature. FALLS (8) [noun] The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. | [noun] A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc. | [noun] The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. FALSE (8) [noun] One of two options on a true-or-false test. | [adjective] Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. | [adjective] Based on factually incorrect premises. FAMED (11) [adjective] Having fame; famous or noted. FAMES (10) FANCY (13) [noun] The imagination. | [noun] An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. | [noun] An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. | [verb] To appreciate without jealousy or greed. FANES (8) [noun] A weathercock, a weather vane. | [noun] A banner, especially a military banner. | [noun] A temple or sacred place. FANGA (9) FANGS (9) [noun] A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh | [noun] (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom | [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. FANNY (11) [noun] The female genitalia. | [noun] The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. | [noun] Sexual intercourse with a woman. | [noun] (naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot. FANON (8) FANOS (8) FANUM (10) FAQIR (17) [noun] A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. FARAD (9) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F FARCE (10) [noun] A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. | [noun] A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | [noun] A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. | [noun] Forcemeat, stuffing. FARCI (10) FARCY (13) [noun] A contagious disease of horses, resembling glanders FARDS (9) [noun] Force of movement, impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset. | [noun] Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint. | [verb] To paint, as the cheeks or face. FARED (9) [verb] To go, travel. | [verb] To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events. | [verb] To eat, dine. FARER (8) FARES (8) [noun] A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage. | [noun] Money paid for a transport ticket. | [noun] A paying passenger, especially in a taxi. FARLE (8) FARLS (8) [noun] A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. | [noun] Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls. FARMS (10) [noun] A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. | [noun] A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation. | [noun] (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures FAROS (8) FARTS (8) [noun] An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. | [noun] (impolite) An irritating person; a fool. | [noun] (impolite, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views. FASTS (8) [noun] A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations | [noun] The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food. | [noun] The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food. FATAL (8) [noun] A fatality; an event that leads to death. | [noun] A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate. | [adjective] Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. FATED (9) [verb] To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable. | [adjective] Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate. FATES (8) [noun] The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. | [noun] The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause. | [noun] An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time. FATLY (11) FATSO (8) [noun] Someone who is overweight. FATTY (11) [adjective] Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. | [adjective] Like fat; greasy. | [adjective] Literally or figuratively large. | [noun] An obese person. FATWA (11) [noun] A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer. | [verb] To make somebody the subject of a fatwa, especially a ban or death sentence. FAUGH (12) [interjection] An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell. FAULD (9) FAULT (8) [noun] A defect; something that detracts from perfection. | [noun] A mistake or error. | [noun] A weakness of character; a failing. FAUNA (8) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAUNS (8) [noun] A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis. FAUVE (11) FAVAS (11) [noun] A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself. FAVES (11) [noun] Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) | [verb] Favorite (US) or favourite (UK) FAVOR (11) [noun] A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | [noun] Goodwill; benevolent regard. | [noun] A small gift; a party favor. FAVUS (11) FAWNS (11) [noun] A young deer. | [noun] A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. | [noun] The young of an animal; a whelp. FAWNY (14) FAXED (16) [adjective] Having a head of hair; hairy. | [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FAXES (15) [noun] The hair of the head. | [noun] A fax machine or a document received and printed by one. | [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FAYED (12) FAZED (18) [verb] To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. | [adjective] Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off (usually used in the negative). FAZES (17) [verb] To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. FEARS (8) [noun] A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. | [noun] A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone. | [noun] Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns. FEASE (8) FEAST (8) [noun] A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature. | [noun] Something delightful | [noun] A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. | [verb] To partake in a feast, or large meal. FEATS (8) [noun] A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment. | [verb] To form; to fashion. | [verb] To feature. I FEAZE (17) FECAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FECES (10) [noun] Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement. FECKS (14) [verb] To throw. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To leave hastily. | [noun] (in minced oaths) Faith. FEEDS (9) [noun] Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals. | [noun] Something supplied continuously. | [noun] The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon. FEELS (8) [adjective] Of or relating to the emotions. | [adjective] Characterised by emotion. | [adjective] Determined by emotion rather than reason. FEEZE (17) FEIGN (9) [verb] To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | [verb] To imagine; to invent; to pretend. | [verb] To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. FEINT (8) [noun] A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy. | [noun] That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense or stratagem. | [noun] (war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance | [noun] The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper. FEIST (8) FELID (9) [noun] Any member of the cat family (Felidae). FELLA (8) [noun] (chiefly South US) used to address a male | [noun] A colleague or partner. | [noun] A companion; a comrade. FELLS (8) [noun] A cutting-down of timber. | [noun] The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down. | [noun] The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. FELLY (11) [noun] The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. | [adverb] Fiercely, harshly. FELON (8) [noun] A person who has committed a felony. | [noun] A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony. | [noun] A wicked person. | [noun] A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe. FELTS (8) [verb] To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, felt. | [verb] To cause a player to lose all their chips. FEMES (10) FEMME (12) [noun] A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl. | [noun] A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. | [noun] A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person. FEMUR (10) [noun] A thighbone. | [noun] The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. | [noun] A segment of the leg of an arachnid. FENCE (10) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FENDS (9) [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). FENNY (11) FEODS (9) FEOFF (14) FERAL (8) [noun] A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. | [noun] A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly. | [noun] A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. FERES (8) FERIA (8) [noun] A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed. FERLY (11) FERMI (10) [noun] An obsolete unit of length equal to one femtometer or femtometre (10−15 m). FERNS (8) [noun] Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. FERNY (11) FERRY (11) [noun] A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule. | [noun] A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship. | [noun] The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service. FESSE (8) [noun] A horizontal band across the middle of the shield. FETAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. FETAS (8) FETCH (13) [noun] An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. | [noun] The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. | [noun] A stratagem or trick; an artifice. | [noun] (originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith. FETED (9) [verb] (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person). | [adjective] Honoured; celebrated. FETES (8) [noun] A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. | [noun] A feast, celebration or carnival. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person). FETID (9) [noun] The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. | [adjective] Foul-smelling, stinking. FETOR (8) [noun] An unpleasant smell. FETUS (8) [noun] An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal. | [noun] A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation. FEUAR (8) FEUDS (9) [noun] A state of long-standing mutual hostility. | [noun] A staged rivalry between wrestlers. | [noun] A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race. FEUED (9) [verb] To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. FEVER (11) [noun] A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. | [noun] (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases. | [noun] A state of excitement or anxiety. FEWER (11) FEYER (11) FEYLY (14) FEZES (17) FIARS (8) FIATS (8) [noun] An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. | [noun] Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. | [noun] (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. FIBER (10) [noun] A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. | [noun] A material in the form of fibers. | [noun] A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width. FIBRE (10) [noun] A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. | [noun] Material in the form of fibres. | [noun] Dietary fibre. FICES (10) FICHE (13) [noun] A microfiche FICHU (13) [noun] 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 (10) FICUS (10) [noun] A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant. FIDGE (10) FIDOS (9) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FIEFS (11) [noun] An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. | [noun] Something over which one has rights or exercises control. | [noun] An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. FIELD (9) [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. | [noun] A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. | [noun] A place where competitive matches are carried out. FIEND (9) [noun] A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. | [noun] A very evil person. | [noun] An enemy; a foe. FIERY (11) [adjective] Of or relating to fire. | [adjective] Burning or glowing. | [adjective] Inflammable or easily ignited. FIFED (12) [verb] To play this instrument. FIFER (11) FIFES (11) [noun] A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music FIFTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the fifth position. | [noun] One of five equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The fifth gear of an engine. FIFTY (14) [noun] A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. | [noun] A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs. | [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one. FIGHT (12) [verb] To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. | [noun] An occasion of fighting. FILAR (8) FILCH (13) [noun] Something which has been filched or stolen. | [noun] An act of filching; larceny, theft. | [noun] A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. FILED (9) [verb] To commit (official papers) to some office. | [verb] To place in an archive in a logical place and order | [verb] To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer. FILER (8) FILES (8) [noun] A collection of papers collated and archived together. | [noun] A roll or list. | [noun] Course of thought; thread of narration. FILET (8) [noun] A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. | [noun] A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses. | [noun] A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. FILLE (8) FILLO (8) FILLS (8) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. FILLY (11) [noun] A young female horse. | [noun] A young attractive female. FILMS (10) [noun] A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. | [noun] A medium used to capture images in a camera. | [noun] A movie. FILMY (13) [adjective] Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy | [adjective] Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy FILOS (8) FILTH (11) [noun] Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles. | [noun] Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution. | [noun] (with definite article) The police. FILUM (10) FINAL (8) [noun] A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. | [noun] The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. | [noun] A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.). FINCH (13) [noun] Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. | [verb] To hunt for finches, to go finching. FINDS (9) [noun] Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. | [noun] The act of finding. | [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. FINED (9) [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. | [verb] To become finer, purer, or cleaner. | [verb] To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. FINER (8) [adjective] Senses referring to subjective quality. | [adjective] Senses referring to objective quality. | [adjective] Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets. FINES (8) [noun] Fine champagne; French brandy. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. | [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. FINIS (8) [noun] The end (of a book or other work). FINKS (12) [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] An informer. | [noun] A strikebreaker. FINNY (11) [adjective] (of a fish) Having one or more fins. | [adjective] Resembling a fin. | [adjective] Abounding in fishes. FINOS (8) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. | [noun] Second-best wool from Merino sheep. FIORD (9) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FIQUE (17) FIRED (9) [verb] To set (something, often a building) on fire. | [verb] To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. | [verb] To drive away by setting a fire. FIRER (8) FIRES (8) [noun] A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. | [noun] An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire). | [noun] The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger. FIRMS (10) [noun] A business partnership; the name under which it trades. | [noun] A business enterprise, however organized. | [noun] A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. FIRNS (8) FIRRY (11) FIRST (8) [noun] The person or thing in the first position. | [noun] The first gear of an engine. | [noun] Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. | [noun] Time; time granted; respite. FIRTH (11) [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] Peace; security. FISCS (10) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FISHY (14) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. FISTS (8) [noun] A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. | [noun] The pointing hand symbol ☞. | [noun] The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. FITCH (13) [noun] The European polecat, Mustela putorius. | [noun] The skin of the polecat | [noun] A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt". FITLY (11) FIVER (11) [noun] A banknote with a value of five units of currency. | [noun] (by extension) The value in money that this represents. | [noun] A clenched fist. FIVES (11) [noun] The digit/figure 5. | [noun] A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver. | [noun] Anything measuring five units, as length. FIXED (16) [verb] To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. | [verb] To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. | [verb] To mend, to repair. FIXER (15) [noun] Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes. | [noun] A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions. | [noun] (criminal justice) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit. FIXES (15) [noun] A repair or corrective action. | [noun] A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. | [noun] A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. FIXIT (15) FIZZY (29) [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage. | [adjective] (of a liquid) Containing bubbles. | [adjective] Lively, vivacious. FJELD (16) FJORD (16) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FLABS (10) FLACK (14) [verb] To flutter; palpitate. | [verb] To hang loosely; flag. | [verb] To beat by flapping. | [noun] A publicist, a publicity agent. | [noun] Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. FLAGS (9) [noun] A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. | [noun] An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites). | [noun] A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship. FLAIL (8) [noun] A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | [noun] A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | [verb] To beat using a flail or similar implement. FLAIR (8) [noun] A natural or innate talent or aptitude. | [noun] Distinctive style or elegance. | [noun] Smell; odor. FLAKE (12) [noun] A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything | [noun] A scale of a fish or similar animal | [noun] A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone. | [noun] Dogfish. | [noun] Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. FLAKY (15) [adjective] Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. | [adjective] (of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans. | [adjective] (of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely to malfunction. FLAME (10) [noun] The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. | [noun] A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair. | [noun] Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger. FLAMS (10) [verb] To deceive with a falsehood. | [verb] (drumming) To play (notes as) a flam. FLAMY (13) FLANK (12) [noun] The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side. | [noun] A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. | [noun] The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc. FLANS (8) [noun] Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.) | [noun] (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. | [noun] A coin die. (Compare planchet.) FLAPS (10) FLARE (8) [noun] A sudden bright light. | [noun] A source of brightly burning light or intense heat. | [noun] A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up. FLASH (11) [noun] A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography. | [noun] A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. | [noun] A very short amount of time. | [noun] A pool. FLASK (12) [noun] A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. | [noun] A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. | [noun] Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base. FLATS (8) [noun] An area of level ground. | [noun] A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). | [noun] A flat tyre/tire. FLAWS (11) [noun] A flake, fragment, or shiver. | [noun] A thin cake, as of ice. | [noun] A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion. FLAWY (14) FLAXY (18) FLAYS (11) [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). | [verb] To frighten; scare; terrify. | [verb] To be fear-stricken. FLEAM (10) FLEAS (8) [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). | [verb] To frighten; scare; terrify. | [verb] To be fear-stricken. FLECK (14) [noun] A flake | [noun] A lock, as of wool. | [noun] A small spot or streak; a speckle. FLEER (8) [noun] Mockery; derision | [verb] To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn | [verb] To grin with an air of civility; to leer. | [noun] One who flees FLEES (8) [verb] To run away; to escape. | [verb] To escape from. | [verb] To disappear quickly; to vanish. FLEET (8) [noun] A group of vessels or vehicles. | [noun] Any group of associated items. | [noun] A large, coordinated group of people. | [noun] An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek. | [verb] To float. | [noun] Floor; bottom; lower surface. FLESH (11) [noun] The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. | [noun] The skin of a human or animal. | [noun] (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso. FLEWS (11) [noun] (chiefly plural) The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip. FLEYS (11) FLICK (14) [noun] A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | [noun] A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | [noun] A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. FLICS (10) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. FLIED (9) [verb] To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). FLIER (8) [noun] That which flies, as a bird or insect. | [noun] A machine that flies. | [noun] An airplane pilot. FLIES (8) [noun] The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung. | [noun] Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. | [noun] (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). FLING (9) [noun] An act of throwing, often violently. | [noun] An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. | [noun] An act or period of unrestrained indulgence. | [verb] To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash. FLINT (8) [noun] A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck. | [noun] A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. | [noun] A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. FLIPS (10) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. FLIRT (8) [noun] A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion | [noun] Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person. | [noun] An act of flirting. FLITE (8) FLITS (8) [noun] A fluttering or darting movement. | [noun] A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. | [noun] A homosexual. FLOAT (8) [noun] A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. | [noun] A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. | [noun] A float board. FLOCK (14) [noun] A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration. | [noun] A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together. | [noun] Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd. | [noun] Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. FLOCS (10) [noun] A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. FLOES (8) [noun] A low, flat mass of floating ice. FLOGS (9) [noun] A contemptible, often arrogant person. | [verb] To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. | [verb] To use something to extreme; to abuse. FLONG (9) FLOOD (9) [noun] A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. | [noun] A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. | [noun] The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb. FLOOR (8) [noun] The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. | [noun] Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). | [noun] The lower inside surface of a hollow space. FLOPS (10) [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. | [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. FLORA (8) [noun] Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. | [noun] A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. | [noun] The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body FLOSS (8) [noun] A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth. | [noun] Raw silk fibres. | [noun] The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans. | [noun] A small stream of water. FLOTA (8) FLOUR (8) [noun] Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. | [noun] The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid and certain bleaching agents. | [noun] Powder of other material. FLOUT (8) [noun] The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law. | [noun] A mockery or insult. | [verb] To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. FLOWN (11) [adjective] Suspended in the flies. | [verb] To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. | [verb] To flee, to escape (from). FLOWS (11) [noun] A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts | [noun] The movement of a real or figurative fluid. | [noun] A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. FLUBS (10) [noun] An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. | [verb] To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action. FLUED (9) FLUES (8) [noun] A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). | [noun] An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along. | [noun] A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this. FLUFF (14) [noun] Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. | [noun] Anything inconsequential or superficial. | [noun] A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines. FLUID (9) [noun] Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. | [noun] A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). | [noun] (specifically, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids. FLUKE (12) [noun] A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated. | [verb] To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance. | [verb] To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way. | [noun] A flounder. | [noun] Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail. FLUKY (15) [adjective] Lucky | [adjective] Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes FLUME (10) [noun] A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. | [noun] An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids. | [verb] To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough. FLUMP (12) [noun] The dull sound so produced. | [noun] A type of large marshmallow. | [noun] (by extension) A fat out-of-shape person. FLUNG (9) [verb] To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash. | [verb] To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl. | [verb] To throw; to wince; to flounce. FLUNK (12) [verb] Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. | [verb] Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. | [verb] To shirk (a task or duty). FLUOR (8) FLUSH (11) [noun] A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc. | [verb] To cause to take flight from concealment. | [verb] To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. | [adjective] Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. | [noun] A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. | [noun] A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. FLUTE (8) [noun] A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin. | [noun] A recorder, also a woodwind instrument. | [noun] A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne. | [noun] A kind of flyboat; a storeship. FLUTY (11) [adjective] Resembling the sound of a flute. FLUYT (11) FLYBY (16) [noun] A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations. | [noun] A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade. | [noun] A brief visit. FLYER (11) [noun] That which flies, as a bird or insect. | [noun] A machine that flies. | [noun] An airplane pilot. FLYTE (11) FOALS (8) [noun] A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old. | [noun] A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. | [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOAMS (10) [noun] A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains. | [noun] A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. | [noun] (by extension) Sea foam; the sea. FOAMY (13) [noun] An inexpensive surfboard made of extruded polystyrene foam | [adjective] Full of foam. FOCAL (10) [adjective] Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus | [adjective] Limited to a small area FOCUS (10) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. FOEHN (11) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOGEY (12) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. FOGGY (13) [adjective] Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy | [adjective] Confused, befuddled, etc. FOGIE (9) FOHNS (11) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOILS (8) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. FOINS (8) FOIST (8) [noun] A thief or pickpocket. | [verb] To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | [verb] To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. | [noun] A light and fast-sailing ship. | [noun] A cask for wine. FOLDS (9) [noun] An act of folding. | [noun] A bend or crease. | [noun] Any correct move in origami. FOLIA (8) [noun] A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate. | [noun] A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop. FOLIO (8) [noun] A leaf of a book or manuscript | [noun] A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. | [noun] A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. FOLKS (12) [noun] A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation. | [noun] The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. | [noun] (plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. | [noun] (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States. FOLKY (15) [adjective] Having the character of folk music FOLLY (11) [noun] Foolishness. | [noun] Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. | [noun] A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. FONDS (9) FONDU (9) [noun] The graded shift from one color into another. | [noun] Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg. | [noun] A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. FONTS (8) [noun] A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. | [noun] A receptacle for oil in a lamp. | [noun] Spring, source, fountain. FOODS (9) [noun] Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | [noun] A foodstuff. | [noun] Anything that nourishes or sustains. FOOLS (8) [noun] A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. | [noun] A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). | [noun] Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. FOOTS (8) [verb] To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). | [verb] To pay (a bill). | [verb] To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. FOOTY (11) [adjective] Having foots, or settlings. | [adjective] Poor; mean FORAM (10) FORAY (11) [noun] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. | [noun] A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere. | [verb] To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc. FORBS (10) [noun] Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). FORBY (13) [adjective] Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior. | [adverb] Past; by; beyond. | [adverb] Uncommonly; exceptionally. FORCE (10) [noun] Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. | [noun] Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. | [noun] Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. | [noun] A waterfall or cascade. | [verb] To stuff; to lard; to farce. FORDO (9) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FORDS (9) [noun] A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. | [noun] A stream; a current. | [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. FORES (8) FORGE (9) [noun] Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. | [noun] Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. | [noun] The act of beating or working iron or steel. | [verb] To shape a metal by heating and hammering. | [verb] (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. FORGO (9) [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. | [verb] To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. FORKS (12) [noun] A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc. | [noun] A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil. | [noun] A gallows. FORKY (15) FORME (10) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORMS (10) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORTE (8) [noun] A strength or talent. | [noun] The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt. | [noun] A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music. FORTH (11) [adverb] Forward in time, place or degree. | [adverb] Out into view; from a particular place or position. | [adverb] Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. FORTS (8) [noun] A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. | [noun] Any permanent army post. | [noun] An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. FORTY (11) [noun] A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces. | [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one. FORUM (10) [noun] A place for discussion. | [noun] A gathering for the purpose of discussion. | [noun] A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. FOSSA (8) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. FOSSE (8) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. FOULS (8) [noun] A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. | [noun] A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball. | [noun] A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines. FOUND (9) [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. | [verb] To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. | [verb] To start (an institution or organization). | [verb] To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. | [noun] A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers. FOUNT (8) [noun] Something from which water flows. | [noun] A device from which poultry may drink. | [noun] That from which something flows or proceeds; a source. | [noun] A typographic font. FOURS (8) [noun] The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | [noun] Anything measuring four units, as length. | [noun] A person who is four years old. FOVEA (11) [noun] A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ. | [noun] The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision. FOWLS (11) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. | [noun] Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans. FOXED (16) [verb] To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. | [verb] To confuse or baffle (someone). | [verb] To act slyly or craftily. FOXES (15) [noun] A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. | [noun] Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox). | [noun] The fur of a fox. FOYER (11) [noun] A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc. | [noun] The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. | [noun] A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people. FRAGS (9) [noun] A fragmentation grenade. | [noun] A successful kill in a deathmatch game. | [verb] To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade. FRAIL (8) [noun] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins. | [noun] The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail. | [noun] A rush for weaving baskets. FRAME (10) [noun] The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. | [noun] Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure. | [noun] The structure of a person's body; the human body. FRANC (10) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. FRANK (12) [noun] Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). | [noun] The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found. | [verb] To place a frank on an envelope. | [noun] A hot dog or sausage. | [noun] The grey heron. | [noun] A pigsty. FRAPS (10) [verb] To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. | [verb] To strike. | [noun] An iced cappuccino. FRASS (8) [noun] The droppings or excrement of insects. | [adjective] Under the influence of marijuana, stoned FRATS (8) [noun] Shortened form for fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.) FRAUD (9) [noun] The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics. | [noun] Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain. | [noun] The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end. FRAYS (11) [verb] To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope. | [verb] To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength). | [verb] Frighten; alarm FREAK (12) [noun] A sudden change of mind | [noun] Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable. | [noun] A hippie. | [noun] A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man. FREED (9) [verb] To make free; set at liberty; release. | [verb] To rid of something that confines or oppresses. FREER (8) [adjective] (social) Unconstrained. | [adjective] Obtainable without any payment. | [adjective] (abstract) Unconstrained. FREES (8) [noun] Free transfer | [noun] The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed. | [verb] To make free; set at liberty; release. FREMD (11) FRENA (8) FRERE (8) FRESH (11) [noun] A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood. | [noun] A stream or spring of fresh water. | [noun] The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. | [adjective] Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. FRETS (8) [noun] Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. | [noun] Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation. | [noun] Herpes; tetter. FRIAR (8) [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). | [noun] A white or pale patch on a printed page. | [noun] An American fish, the silverside. FRIED (9) [adjective] Cooked by frying. | [adjective] (specifically, of an egg) Fried with the yolk unbroken. | [adjective] Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried. FRIER (8) [noun] A container for frying food. | [noun] A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet | [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). FRIES (8) [noun] (usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato. | [noun] A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. | [noun] A state of excitement. FRIGS (9) [noun] An act of frigging. | [noun] A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). | [noun] A fuck. FRILL (8) [noun] A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. | [noun] A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. | [noun] A wrinkled edge to a film. | [verb] To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk). FRISE (8) FRISK (12) [noun] A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. | [verb] To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap. | [verb] To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing. FRITH (11) [noun] Peace; security. | [noun] Sanctuary, asylum. | [verb] To protect; guard. | [noun] A forest or wood; woodland generally. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. FRITS (8) [noun] A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. | [noun] A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) | [verb] To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture FRITT (8) FRITZ (17) [noun] The state of being defective. | [noun] (chiefly South Australia) A type of processed meat sausage; devon | [verb] To go wrong or become defective. FRIZZ (26) [verb] Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. | [verb] To curl; to make frizzy. | [verb] To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. | [noun] A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair. FROCK (14) [noun] A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body. | [noun] An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit. | [noun] A sailor's jersey. | [noun] A frog. FROES (8) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. FROGS (9) [noun] A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops. | [noun] The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached. | [noun] Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad. FROND (9) [noun] The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. | [noun] Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf. FRONS (8) [noun] In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex. | [noun] The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking the frons is the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Generally it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head. | [noun] (of Diptera) the postfrons FRONT (8) [noun] The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | [noun] The side of a building with the main entrance. | [noun] A field of activity. FRORE (8) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. FROSH (11) [noun] A frog. | [noun] A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities. | [verb] To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way. FROST (8) [noun] A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. | [noun] The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form. | [noun] Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. FROTH (11) [noun] Foam | [noun] Unimportant events or actions; drivel | [verb] To create froth in (a liquid). FROWN (11) [noun] A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. | [noun] A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down. | [verb] To have a frown on one's face. FROWS (11) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. | [noun] A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. FROZE (17) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. FRUGS (9) [noun] (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s. FRUIT (8) [noun] (often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. | [noun] Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. | [noun] A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically: FRUMP (12) [noun] A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. | [noun] The clothes that such a person would wear. | [noun] A bad-tempered person. FRYER (11) [noun] A container for frying food. | [noun] A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet FUBSY (13) [adjective] Short and stout; low and wide FUCKS (14) [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially a casual one. | [noun] A highly contemptible person. FUCUS (10) [noun] Any alga of the genus Fucus. FUDGE (10) [noun] A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge. | [noun] Light or frothy nonsense. | [noun] A deliberately misleading or vague answer. FUELS (8) [noun] Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. | [noun] Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food. | [noun] Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action. FUGAL (9) [adjective] Relating to a fugue | [adjective] Relating to flight (fleeing) FUGGY (13) [adjective] Muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation FUGIO (9) FUGLE (9) FUGUE (9) [noun] A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. | [noun] Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. | [noun] A fugue state. FUGUS (9) FUJIS (15) [noun] A plain spun silk fabric. | [noun] A Nigerian musical genre. FULLS (8) [verb] (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated. | [verb] To baptise. | [verb] To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk FULLY (11) [adverb] In a full manner; without lack or defect. | [adverb] In a full degree; to a full extent. | [adverb] As a minimum; at least. FUMED (11) [verb] To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints. | [verb] To apply or offer incense to. | [verb] To emit fumes. FUMER (10) FUMES (10) [noun] A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale. | [noun] A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state. | [noun] Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control. FUMET (10) [noun] A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet. | [noun] A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine. | [noun] The stench or high flavour of game or other meat when kept long. | [noun] The dung of deer, hares, etc. FUNDI (9) [noun] (Zimbabwe) expert, guru, maven | [noun] The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially FUNDS (9) [noun] A sum or source of money. | [noun] An organization managing such money. | [noun] A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. FUNGI (9) [noun] Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular. | [noun] A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound. | [noun] A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm. | [noun] A cornmeal dish eaten in the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish or chicken; variant recipes are also known as cou-cou (coucou) or coo-coo (coocoo). FUNGO (9) [noun] A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. | [noun] A fungo bat. FUNKS (12) [noun] Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. | [noun] A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the one, and much syncopation. | [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. FUNKY (15) [adjective] Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric. | [adjective] Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context. | [adjective] Cool; great; excellent. FUNNY (11) [noun] A joke. | [noun] A comic strip. | [adjective] Amusing; humorous; comical. | [noun] A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling. FURAN (8) [noun] Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O. FURLS (8) [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) FUROR (8) [noun] A general uproar or commotion | [noun] Violent anger or frenzy | [noun] A state of intense excitement FURRY (11) [noun] An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture. | [noun] A member of the furry fandom. | [noun] Someone who roleplays or identifies with a furry character. (Compare therianthrope.) FURZE (17) [noun] A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland. FURZY (20) FUSED (9) [verb] To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. | [verb] To melt together. | [verb] To furnish with or install a fuse. FUSEE (8) [noun] A light musket or firelock. | [noun] A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks. | [noun] A large friction match. | [noun] The track of a buck. | [noun] One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion. FUSEL (8) FUSES (8) [noun] A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. | [noun] The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device. | [noun] A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it. FUSIL (8) [noun] A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. | [noun] A light flintlock musket or firelock. | [adjective] That can be melted; meltable. FUSSY (11) [adjective] Anxious or particular about petty details. | [adjective] Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies). FUSTY (11) [adjective] Moldy or musty. | [adjective] Stale-smelling or stuffy. | [adjective] (by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update. FUTON (8) [noun] A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. | [noun] A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. FUZED (18) [verb] (professional usage) To attach a fuze to. | [adjective] Being equipped with a fuze FUZEE (17) [noun] A light musket or firelock. | [noun] A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks. | [noun] A large friction match. FUZES (17) [noun] (professional usage) An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition. | [verb] (professional usage) To attach a fuze to. FUZIL (17) FUZZY (29) [noun] (often in the plural) A very small piece of plush material. | [noun] Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy. | [noun] A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering. FYCES (13) FYKES (15) [noun] A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops. FYTTE (11) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. GAFFE (12) [noun] A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public. GAFFS (12) [noun] A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat. | [noun] A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe. | [noun] A trick or con. GANEF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GANOF (9) GIFTS (9) [noun] Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. | [noun] A talent or natural ability. | [noun] Something gained incidentally, without effort. GLIFF (12) GOFER (9) [noun] A worker who runs errands; an errand boy. GOLFS (9) [verb] To play the game of golf. | [verb] To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf) GONEF (9) GONIF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONOF (9) GOOFS (9) [verb] To make a mistake. | [verb] To engage in mischief. GOOFY (12) [adjective] Silly, quirky | [noun] One who rides with the right foot forward. | [adjective] Riding with the right foot forward. GRAFT (9) [noun] A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. | [noun] A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. | [noun] A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. | [noun] A ditch, a canal. | [noun] Corruption in official life. GRIEF (9) [noun] Suffering, hardship. | [noun] Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. | [noun] Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. GRIFF (12) [noun] Griffin, (white) newcomer | [noun] Grasp; reach | [noun] An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. | [noun] Marijuana. GRIFT (9) [noun] A confidence game or swindle. | [verb] To obtain illegally, as by con game. | [verb] To obtain money illegally. GRUFF (12) [verb] To speak gruffly. | [adjective] Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. | [adjective] Hoarse-voiced. GUFFS (12) [noun] Nonsensical talk or thinking. | [noun] Superfluous information. | [noun] Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks. GULFS (9) [noun] A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. | [noun] That which swallows; the gullet. | [noun] That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. GULFY (12) HAAFS (11) HAFIS (11) HAFIZ (20) [noun] A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an HAFTS (11) [noun] The handle of a tool or weapon. | [verb] To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle | [noun] A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted. HEFTS (11) [noun] Weight. | [noun] Heaviness, the feel of weight. | [noun] The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. HEFTY (14) [adjective] Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive. | [adjective] Strong; bulky. | [adjective] (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built. HOOFS (11) [noun] The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. | [noun] The human foot. | [noun] An ungula. HOWFF (17) [noun] Tavern; public house HOWFS (14) HUFFS (14) [noun] A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. | [noun] An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. | [noun] One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster. HUFFY (17) [adjective] Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated. | [adjective] Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy. | [adjective] Haughty, arrogant INFER (8) [verb] To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. | [verb] To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) | [verb] To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. INFIX (15) [noun] A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English. | [noun] A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English. | [verb] To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. INFOS (8) INFRA (8) [adverb] Discussed later. | [noun] Infrastructure. JEFES (15) [noun] An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent. | [noun] A boss in a business, company or other organization. JIFFS (18) [noun] A jiffy; a moment; a short time. JIFFY (21) [noun] A very short, unspecified length of time. | [noun] A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values. | [noun] The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second). KAFIR (12) [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KAIFS (12) KALIF (12) KEEFS (12) KEFIR (12) [noun] A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquidy. | [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KENAF (12) [noun] Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia. | [noun] The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute. KERFS (12) [noun] The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice. | [noun] The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision. | [noun] The distance between diverging saw teeth. KHAFS (15) KIEFS (12) KLOOF (12) [noun] A deep glen or ravine. KNIFE (12) [noun] A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. | [noun] A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. | [noun] Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper. KRAFT (12) [noun] A kind of strong, smooth brown wrapping paper. LEAFS (8) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. LEAFY (11) [adjective] Covered with leaves | [adjective] Containing much foliage | [adjective] In the form of leaves (of some material) LEFTS (8) [noun] The left side or direction. | [noun] The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | [noun] The left hand or fist. LEFTY (11) [noun] One who is left-handed. | [noun] One who has left-wing political views. | [noun] One's left testicle. LIFER (8) [noun] A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. | [noun] A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life. | [noun] A person with a singular career path, especially in the military. LIFTS (8) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. LOAFS (8) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) LOFTS (8) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOFTY (11) [adjective] High, tall, having great height or stature | [adjective] Idealistic, implying over-optimism | [adjective] Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty LOOFA (8) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOFS (8) LUFFA (11) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LUFFS (11) [noun] The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. | [noun] The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. | [noun] The roundest part of a ship's bow. MAFIA (10) [noun] A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. | [noun] A crime syndicate. | [noun] A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader. MAFIC (12) [noun] A rock with such properties. | [adjective] Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron. MIFFS (13) [noun] A small argument; a quarrel. | [noun] A state of being offended. | [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. MIFFY (16) [adjective] Easily irritated or offended. | [adjective] Particular; fussy. MOTIF (10) [noun] A recurring or dominant element; a theme. | [noun] A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | [noun] A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. MUFFS (13) [noun] A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. | [noun] Female pubic hair; female genitals. | [noun] A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. MUFTI (10) [noun] A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari’a law, who can deliver a fatwa. | [noun] A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. NAIFS (8) [noun] One who is naive. NEIFS (8) NIFTY (11) [adjective] Good, smart; useful or beneficial. | [adjective] Stylish. OFAYS (11) [noun] A white person. OFFAL (11) [noun] The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food. | [noun] A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc. | [noun] A dead body; carrion. OFFED (12) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. OFFER (11) [noun] A proposal that has been made. | [noun] Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. | [noun] An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. | [verb] To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). | [noun] (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off OFTEN (8) [adjective] Frequent. | [adverb] Frequently, many times. OFTER (8) PELFS (10) PILAF (10) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. POOFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POOFY (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated. | [adjective] Capable of making a poofing sound. | [adjective] Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture POUFF (13) POUFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. PROFS (10) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PROOF (10) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. PUFFS (13) [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. | [verb] To pant. | [verb] To advertise. PUFFY (16) [adjective] Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like. | [adjective] Coming or exhaling in puffs. | [adjective] Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. QUAFF (20) [noun] The act of quaffing; a deep draught. | [verb] To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. QUIFF (20) [noun] (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. | [noun] A trick or ploy; a stratagem. | [noun] A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. | [noun] A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. RAFFS (11) RAFTS (8) [noun] A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. | [noun] (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion. | [noun] A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water. REEFS (8) [noun] A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water. | [noun] A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. | [noun] A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind. REEFY (11) REFED (9) REFEL (8) REFER (8) [verb] To direct the attention of. | [verb] To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere. | [verb] To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation. REFIT (8) [noun] The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored. | [verb] To fit again; to put back into its place. | [verb] To prepare for use again; to repair or restore. REFIX (15) [verb] To fix again. REFLY (11) REFRY (11) REIFS (8) REIFY (11) [verb] To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing RIFER (8) RIFFS (11) [noun] A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. | [noun] A clever or witty remark. | [noun] A variation on something. RIFLE (8) [noun] A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy. | [noun] (usually plural) A rifleman. | [noun] An artillery piece with a rifled barrel. RIFTS (8) [noun] A chasm or fissure. | [noun] A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. | [noun] A shallow place in a stream; a ford. ROLFS (8) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROOFS (8) [noun] The external covering at the top of a building. | [noun] The top external level of a building. | [noun] The upper part of a cavity. RUFFE (11) [noun] Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish. | [noun] Other species in the same genus. RUFFS (11) [noun] A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s). | [noun] Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill. | [noun] Senses relating to animals. SAFER (8) [adjective] Not in danger; out of harm's reach. | [adjective] Free from risk. | [adjective] Providing protection from danger; providing shelter. SAFES (8) [noun] A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping. | [noun] A condom. | [noun] A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects. SCARF (10) [noun] A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. | [noun] A headscarf. | [noun] A neckcloth or cravat. | [noun] A type of joint in woodworking. | [verb] To eat very quickly. | [noun] A cormorant. SCOFF (13) [noun] Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. | [noun] An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. | [verb] To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. | [noun] Food. SCUFF (13) [noun] (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping. | [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [noun] A scurf; a scale. SCURF (10) [noun] A skin disease. | [noun] The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. | [noun] Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. | [noun] A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). SEIFS (8) [noun] A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind. SELFS (8) [noun] One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition. | [noun] The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | [noun] An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). SERFS (8) [noun] A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights | [noun] A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe | [noun] (strategy games) a worker unit SERIF (8) [noun] A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman. | [adjective] Of a typeface, provided with serifs. SHAFT (11) [noun] The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow. | [noun] The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin. | [noun] (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin. SHEAF (11) [noun] A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. | [noun] Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. | [noun] A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. SHELF (11) [noun] A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects. | [noun] The capacity of such an object | [noun] A projecting ledge that resembles such an object. SHIFT (11) [noun] A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously). | [noun] A type of women's undergarment, a slip. | [noun] A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time. SIFTS (8) SKIFF (15) [noun] Term used in tea gardens and denotes the act of cutting/pruning the bushes as per the specific norms. Various types of skiff are used viz Light Skiff (LS), Medium Skiff (MS), Deep Skiff (DS) and Level Of Skiff (LOS). | [noun] A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. | [noun] Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. | [noun] (Nova Scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground SLUFF (11) SNAFU (8) [noun] A ridiculously chaotic situation. | [noun] A major glitch or breakdown. | [verb] To screw up or foul up. SNIFF (11) [noun] An instance of sniffing. | [noun] A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | [noun] A brief perception, or tiny amount. SNUFF (11) [noun] Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose. | [noun] Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus. | [noun] A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco. | [noun] The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed). | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SOFAR (8) [noun] A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds. SOFAS (8) [noun] A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting. | [noun] (furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. | [verb] To furnish with one or more sofas. SOFTA (8) [noun] A religious student, especially in Turkey | [noun] (by extension) A fanatic adherent, blind follower SOFTS (8) SOFTY (11) [noun] A weak or sentimental person. | [noun] Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish. | [noun] A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware. SPIFF (13) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPOOF (10) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. | [noun] Semen. STAFF (11) [noun] (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. | [noun] (plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. | [noun] (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business. STIFF (11) [noun] An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff. | [noun] A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. | [noun] A cadaver; a dead person. STUFF (11) [noun] Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. | [noun] Unspecified things or matters. | [noun] The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. SULFA (8) [noun] A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide. | [adjective] Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide. SULFO (8) SURFS (8) [noun] Waves that break on an ocean shoreline. | [noun] An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf. | [noun] The bottom of a drain. SURFY (11) SWARF (11) [noun] The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. | [noun] A particular waste chip or shaving. | [verb] To grind down. | [noun] A faint or swoon. SWIFT (11) [noun] A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. | [noun] Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. | [noun] A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth. TAFFY (14) [noun] A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar. | [noun] Flattery. TAFIA (8) [noun] A variety of rum. TEFFS (11) THEFT (11) [noun] The act of stealing property. THIEF (11) [noun] One who carries out a theft. | [noun] One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. | [noun] A waster in the snuff of a candle. TIFFS (11) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. TOFFS (11) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFFY (14) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy | [adjective] Posh, upper-class; snooty. TOFTS (8) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFUS (8) TUFAS (8) TUFFS (11) TUFTS (8) [noun] A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. | [noun] A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. | [noun] A small clump of trees or bushes. TUFTY (11) TURFS (8) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. TURFY (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf. | [adjective] Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing. UNFED (9) [noun] A mosquito that has not had a blood meal. | [adjective] Not fed. | [adjective] Unsupported. UNFIT (8) [verb] To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. | [adjective] Not fit; not having the correct requirements. | [adjective] Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor. UNFIX (15) UNIFY (11) [verb] Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine. | [verb] Become one. WAFER (11) [noun] A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. | [noun] (christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. | [noun] A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. WAFFS (14) WAFTS (11) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAIFS (11) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WEFTS (11) [noun] The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. | [noun] The yarn used for the weft; the fill. | [noun] (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair. WHARF (14) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. | [verb] To secure by a wharf. WHIFF (17) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. | [verb] To fish with a handline. WHOOF (14) WIFED (12) WIFES (11) WIFTY (14) WOFUL (11) WOLFS (11) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOOFS (11) [verb] To make a woofing sound. YAFFS (14) ZARFS (17)

ADRIFT (10) [adjective] Floating at random. | [adjective] (of a seaman) Absent from his watch. | [adjective] (often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position. AERIFY (12) [verb] To expose to air or make porous by introducing air into soil or a substance. AFEARD (10) [adjective] Afraid AFFAIR (12) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFECT (14) [verb] To influence or alter. | [verb] To move to emotion. | [verb] Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). | [verb] To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. | [noun] One's mood or inclination; mental state. AFFINE (12) [noun] (genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law. | [verb] To refine. | [adjective] Assigning finite values to finite quantities. AFFIRM (14) [verb] To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. | [verb] To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. | [verb] To support or encourage. AFFLUX (19) [noun] An upward rush of fluid. | [noun] The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction. AFFORD (13) [verb] To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. | [verb] To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury. | [verb] To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. AFFRAY (15) [noun] The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. | [noun] A tumultuous assault or quarrel. | [noun] The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. AFGHAN (13) [noun] A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. | [noun] A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. AFIELD (10) [adverb] Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further). | [adverb] On the field. | [adverb] Out in the open. AFLAME (11) [adjective] In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it | [adjective] Showing anger or contempt AFLOAT (9) [adverb] Floating | [adverb] Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded. | [adverb] Out at sea. AFRAID (10) [adjective] (usually used predicatively, not attributively, be afraid) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. | [adjective] Regretful, sorry. | [adjective] (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). AFREET (9) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFRESH (12) [adverb] Anew; again; once more AFRITS (9) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTERS (9) [noun] Dessert | [noun] The festivities held after a wedding meal. | [noun] Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped AFTOSA (9) AGRAFE (10) [noun] A clasp or buckle used to fasten garments or armor. | [noun] In architecture, an ornamental clasp or fastening device. AIDFUL (10) AIMFUL (11) ALFAKI (13) ARGUFY (13) [verb] To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree. | [verb] To weary with arguing. | [verb] To be evidence of something; to be of importance or relevance. ARMFUL (11) [noun] The amount an arm or arms can hold. ARTFUL (9) [adjective] Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings; crafty. | [adjective] Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. | [adjective] Artificial; imitative. BAFFED (15) [verb] Past tense of baff, to strike a golf ball with the sole of the club. | [verb] Past tense of baff, to strike or hit something. BAFFLE (14) [noun] A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether. | [noun] An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable. | [noun] (coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine. BAGFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a bag can hold or contain. BARFED (12) [verb] To vomit. | [verb] Of a system: to fail. BARFLY (14) [noun] A person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment BASIFY (14) [verb] To make basic or alkaline in chemical composition; to convert into a base. BEEFED (12) [verb] To complain. | [verb] To add weight or strength to; to beef up. | [verb] To fart; break wind. BEFALL (11) [noun] Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident. | [verb] To fall upon; fall all over; overtake | [verb] To happen. BEFELL (11) [verb] To fall upon; fall all over; overtake | [verb] To happen. | [verb] To happen to. BEFITS (11) [verb] To be fit for BEFLAG (12) [verb] To mark or decorate with flags. BEFLEA (11) BEFOGS (12) [verb] To envelop in fog or smoke. | [verb] To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties). | [verb] To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.). BEFOOL (11) [verb] To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone). BEFORE (11) [adverb] At an earlier time. | [adverb] In advance. | [adverb] At the front end. BEFOUL (11) [verb] To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. | [verb] (specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement. | [verb] To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace). BEFRET (11) [verb] To fret or worry excessively. | [verb] To ornament with frets (decorative designs). BEGULF (12) BEHALF (14) [noun] The interest or benefit of a person or group, as in "on behalf of" meaning in the interest of or as a representative of. BEHOOF (14) [noun] That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit. BELFRY (14) [noun] A movable tower used in sieges. | [noun] A shed. | [noun] An alarm-tower; a watchtower containing an alarm-bell. BELIEF (11) [noun] Mental acceptance of a claim as true. | [noun] Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. | [noun] Something believed. BEREFT (11) [verb] To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim. | [verb] To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence. | [verb] To deprive of power; prevent. BIFACE (13) [noun] A double-sided stone tool BIFFED (15) [verb] To punch or hit. | [verb] To discard; to throw out; to throw away. | [verb] To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall. BIFFIN (14) [noun] A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain. | [noun] Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk. BIFLEX (18) BIFOLD (12) [noun] A door, window, shutter, or divider consisting of two equal panels hinged together so that it opens by folding the panels against each other. | [noun] A sheet of paper or cardboard folded in half along a crease down the center. | [noun] A wallet, billfold, or carrying case with a single fold, so that it opens like a book. BIFORM (13) [adjective] Having two forms or shapes. BLUFFS (14) [noun] An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. | [noun] An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does. | [noun] The card game poker. BOFFIN (14) [noun] An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. | [noun] (by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person. BOFFOS (14) [noun] (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit. BOTFLY (14) [noun] One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans. BOUFFE (14) [noun] Food or a meal, especially one that is hearty or abundant. | [noun] Comic or farcical entertainment, particularly in opera (opéra bouffe). BOWFIN (14) [noun] A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States. BOXFUL (18) [noun] The amount that a box can hold or contain. BRIEFS (11) [noun] A writ summoning one to answer to any action. | [noun] An answer to any action. | [noun] A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. BUFFED (15) [verb] To polish and make shiny by rubbing. | [verb] To make a character or an item stronger. | [verb] To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. BUFFER (14) [adjective] Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. | [adjective] Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out) | [adjective] Physically attractive. BUFFET (14) [noun] A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. | [noun] Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves. | [noun] A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. | [noun] A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind. | [verb] To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap. | [noun] A low stool; a hassock. BUFFOS (14) [noun] A comic singer, particularly in comic opera CAFTAN (11) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. CALIFS (11) [noun] Plural of calif, an alternative spelling of caliph, a Muslim religious and political leader. CANFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a can will hold; the capacity of a can. CAPFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a unit of measure for liquids or powders. CARAFE (11) [noun] A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. | [noun] A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process. CARFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a car can hold or carry. | [noun] A group of people traveling together in a car. CASEFY (14) CHAFED (15) [verb] To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. | [verb] To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. | [verb] To fret and wear by rubbing. CHAFER (14) [noun] One who chafes. | [noun] A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan. | [noun] Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer CHAFES (14) [verb] To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. | [verb] To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. | [verb] To fret and wear by rubbing. CHAFFS (17) [verb] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | [verb] To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. CHAFFY (20) [adjective] Resembling or containing chaff; of poor quality or worthless. CHIEFS (14) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] 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. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHUFAS (14) [noun] Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts). CHUFFS (17) [noun] A coarse or stupid fellow. | [noun] (scriptwriting) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot. | [noun] A breathy noise produced by a tiger, similar in function to a cat's purr. CHUFFY (20) CITIFY (14) CLEFTS (11) [noun] An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. | [noun] A piece made by splitting. | [noun] A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. CLIFFS (14) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff | [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. CLIFFY (17) [adjective] Resembling or characterized by cliffs; steep and rocky. CLIFTS (11) CODIFY (15) [verb] To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code. | [verb] To collect and arrange in a systematic form. COFFEE (14) [noun] A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. | [noun] A serving of this beverage. | [noun] The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape. COFFER (14) [noun] A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. | [noun] An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. | [noun] A cofferdam. COFFIN (14) [noun] A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. | [noun] The eighth Lenormand card. | [noun] A basket. COFFLE (14) [noun] A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. | [verb] To fasten (a line of people or animals) together. COIFED (12) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIFFE (14) [noun] An elaborate hairstyle or headdress. | [verb] To arrange or style hair. COMFIT (13) [noun] A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force. CONFAB (13) [noun] A casual conversation; a chat. | [noun] A fabricated memory believed to be true. | [verb] To speak casually with; to chat. CONFER (11) [verb] To grant as a possession; to bestow. | [verb] To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. | [verb] To compare. CONFIT (11) [noun] Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. | [verb] To prepare (food) in this manner. CRAFTS (11) [noun] Strength; power; might; force . | [noun] Intellectual power; skill; art. | [noun] (obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art . CRAFTY (14) [adjective] Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. | [adjective] Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. | [adjective] Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft CROFTS (11) [noun] An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters. | [verb] To do agricultural work on one or more crofts. | [verb] To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it. CUFFED (15) [verb] To furnish with cuffs. | [verb] To handcuff. | [verb] To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. CUPFUL (13) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CURFEW (14) [noun] Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. | [noun] The time when such restriction begins. | [noun] A signal indicating this time. CUTOFF (14) [noun] The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. | [noun] A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. | [noun] A device that stops the flow of a current. DAFFED (14) DAFTER (10) [adjective] Foolish, silly, stupid. | [adjective] Crazy, insane, mad. | [adjective] Gentle, meek, mild. | [noun] One’s female offspring. DAFTLY (13) DAYFLY (16) DEAFEN (10) [verb] To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. | [verb] To make soundproof. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise. DEAFER (10) [adjective] Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear. | [adjective] Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless. | [adjective] Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. DEAFLY (13) DECAFS (12) DEFACE (12) [verb] To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. | [verb] To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of. | [verb] (flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it. DEFAME (12) [noun] Disgrace, dishonour. | [noun] Defamation; slander, libel. | [verb] To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. DEFANG (11) [verb] To remove the fangs from (something). | [verb] To render harmless. DEFATS (10) [verb] To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents DEFEAT (10) [verb] To overcome in battle or contest. | [verb] To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. | [verb] To nullify | [noun] The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. DEFECT (12) [noun] A fault or malfunction. | [noun] The quantity or amount by which anything falls short. | [noun] A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient. DEFEND (11) [verb] To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. | [verb] To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. | [verb] To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). DEFERS (10) [verb] To delay or postpone | [verb] After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half). | [verb] To delay, to wait. DEFIED (11) [verb] To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). | [verb] To refuse to obey. | [verb] To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations. DEFIER (10) DEFIES (10) [noun] A challenge. | [verb] To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). | [verb] To refuse to obey. DEFILE (10) [verb] To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. | [verb] To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate | [verb] To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape | [noun] A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains. DEFINE (10) [noun] A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs. | [verb] To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. | [verb] To settle, decide (an argument etc.) DEFLEA (10) DEFOAM (12) DEFOGS (11) DEFORM (12) [verb] To change the form of, usually negatively; to give (something) an unusual or abnormal shape. | [verb] To change the looks of, usually negatively; to give something an unusual or abnormal appearance. | [verb] To mar the character of. DEFRAY (13) [verb] To spend (money). | [verb] To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something). | [verb] To pay for (something). DEFTER (10) [adjective] Quick and neat in action; skillful. | [noun] A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire. DEFTLY (13) [adverb] In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action. DEFUND (11) [verb] To cancel funding for. DEFUSE (10) [verb] To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.). | [verb] To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. | [verb] To disorder; to make shapeless. DEFUZE (19) DEIFIC (12) [adjective] Divine, of or relating to a deity or deities DELFTS (10) DIFFER (13) [verb] Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct. | [verb] (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree. | [verb] To be separated in quantity. DOFFED (14) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DOFFER (13) DOOFUS (10) [noun] A person with poor judgment and taste. DRAFFS (13) DRAFFY (16) DRAFTS (10) [noun] A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. | [noun] Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. | [noun] An act of drinking. DRAFTY (13) [adjective] Characterized by gusts of wind; windy. | [adjective] (of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts). DRIFTS (10) [noun] (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved. | [noun] The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. | [noun] A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side. DRIFTY (13) DUFFEL (13) [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. | [noun] Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit. DUFFER (13) [adjective] Worthless; not working properly, defective. | [noun] An incompetent or clumsy person. | [noun] A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs. DUFFLE (13) [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. | [noun] Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit. DWARFS (13) [noun] Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. | [noun] A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. | [noun] An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. EARFUL (9) [noun] An angry reprimand, castigation or telling off | [noun] Intimate gossip EFFACE (14) [verb] To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. | [verb] To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. | [verb] To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. EFFECT (14) [noun] The result or outcome of a cause. | [noun] Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. | [noun] Execution; performance; realization; operation. EFFETE (12) [adjective] Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. | [adjective] Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent. | [adjective] Decadent, weak through self-indulgence. EFFIGY (16) [noun] A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. | [noun] A likeness of a person. EFFLUX (19) [noun] The process of flowing out. | [noun] That which has flowed out. | [verb] To run out; to flow forth. EFFORT (12) [noun] The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. | [noun] An endeavour. | [noun] A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. EFFUSE (12) [noun] Effusion; loss | [verb] To emit; to give off | [verb] To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something ELFINS (9) [noun] An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. | [noun] A little urchin or child. | [noun] Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys. ELFISH (12) [adjective] Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven. | [adjective] Mischievous. ENFACE (11) ENFOLD (10) [verb] To fold something around; to envelop | [verb] To embrace ENGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. ENSERF (9) EYEFUL (12) [noun] A full or complete view; a good look. | [noun] (sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person. | [noun] An amount of material blown into the eye. | [adjective] Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable. FABLED (12) [verb] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. | [verb] To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable. | [adjective] Known only in fables; fictitious. FABLER (11) FABLES (11) [noun] A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. | [noun] Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. | [noun] Fiction; untruth; falsehood. FABRIC (13) [noun] An edifice or building. | [noun] The act of constructing, construction, fabrication. | [noun] The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make. FACADE (12) [noun] The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. | [noun] (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ. | [noun] A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front. FACERS (11) [noun] An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. | [noun] One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. | [noun] A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. FACETE (11) FACETS (11) [noun] Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. | [noun] One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. | [noun] One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. FACEUP (13) FACIAL (11) [noun] A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. | [noun] A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor. | [noun] (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. FACIAS (11) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FACIES (11) [noun] Appearance. | [noun] Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions. | [noun] A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting the way it was formed. FACILE (11) [adjective] Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy. | [adjective] Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. | [adjective] Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). FACING (12) [verb] (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | [verb] (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | [verb] To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. FACTOR (11) [noun] A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. | [noun] An agent or representative. | [noun] A commission agent. FACULA (11) [noun] A bright spot or patch between sunspots FADERS (10) [noun] A device used to control sound volume. | [noun] A program or algorithm for fading out colors. FADGED (12) FADGES (11) [verb] To be suitable (with or to something). | [verb] To agree, to get along (with). | [verb] To get on well; to cope, to thrive. FADING (11) [verb] To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. | [verb] To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. | [verb] To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. FAECAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FAECES (11) [noun] Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement. FAENAS (9) FAERIE (9) [noun] Realm of the fays, fairyland. | [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] 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. FAGGED (12) [verb] (used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out. | [verb] To droop; to tire. | [verb] For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools. FAGGOT (11) [noun] (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | [noun] Burdensome baggage. | [noun] A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. FAGINS (10) FAGOTS (10) [noun] (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | [noun] Burdensome baggage. | [noun] A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. FAILED (10) [verb] To be unsuccessful. | [verb] Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.) | [verb] To neglect. FAILLE (9) [noun] A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs. FAINER (9) FAINTS (9) [noun] The act of fainting, syncope. | [noun] The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. | [verb] 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). FAIRED (10) [verb] To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). | [verb] To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). | [verb] To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance. FAIRER (9) [adjective] Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality. | [adjective] Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. | [adjective] Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair. FAIRLY (12) [adverb] (manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party | [adverb] Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously. | [adverb] Honestly; properly. FAITHS (12) [noun] A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. | [noun] The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation. | [noun] A religious or spiritual belief system. FAJITA (16) [noun] A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling. FAKEER (13) [noun] An Eastern religious ascetic or monk. FAKERS (13) [noun] One who fakes something. | [noun] An impostor or impersonator. | [noun] A thief. FAKERY (16) FAKING (14) [verb] To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. | [verb] To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is | [verb] To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. FAKIRS (13) [noun] A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms. | [noun] (Hindu) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. | [noun] Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature. FALCES (11) FALCON (11) [noun] Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. | [noun] A female such bird, a male being a tiercel. | [noun] A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet. FALLAL (9) FALLEN (9) [verb] (heading) To be moved downwards. | [verb] To move downwards. | [verb] To happen, to change negatively. FALLER (9) [noun] One who falls. | [noun] A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked. | [noun] A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. FALLOW (12) [noun] Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. | [noun] Uncultivated land. | [noun] The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. | [verb] To make land fallow for agricultural purposes. | [adjective] (color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun. FALSER (9) [adjective] Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. | [adjective] Based on factually incorrect premises. | [adjective] Spurious, artificial. FALSIE (9) FALTER (9) [noun] Unsteadiness. | [verb] To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. | [verb] To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner. FAMILY (14) [noun] A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. | [noun] An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage. | [noun] A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. FAMINE (11) [noun] Extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] A period of extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] Starvation or malnutrition. FAMING (12) FAMISH (14) [verb] To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. | [verb] To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger. | [verb] To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. FAMOUS (11) [verb] To make famous; to bring renown to. | [adjective] Well known. | [adjective] In the public eye. FAMULI (11) [noun] A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar. FANDOM (12) [noun] The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. | [noun] The subculture of fans. | [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being a fan. FANEGA (10) FANGAS (10) FANGED (11) [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. | [verb] To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. | [verb] To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of. FANION (9) FANJET (16) [noun] A turbofan engine. | [noun] An airplane powered by turbofan engines. FANNED (10) [verb] To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. | [verb] To slap (a behind, especially). | [verb] (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. FANNER (9) FANONS (9) FANTOD (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability. | [noun] An irritable outburst. FANTOM (11) FANUMS (11) FAQIRS (18) [noun] A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. FAQUIR (18) [noun] A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms. | [noun] (Hindu) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. | [noun] Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature. FARADS (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F FARCED (12) FARCER (11) FARCES (11) [noun] A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. | [noun] A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | [noun] A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. FARCIE (11) FARDED (11) FARDEL (10) [noun] A fourth part: a quarter of anything. | [noun] An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. | [noun] A bundle or burden. FARERS (9) FARFAL (12) FARFEL (12) FARINA (9) [noun] A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. FARING (10) [noun] A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag | [noun] A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair. | [noun] Something edible; fare. FARLES (9) FARMED (12) [verb] To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops. | [verb] To devote (land) to farming. | [verb] To grow (a particular crop). FARMER (11) [noun] A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm. | [noun] Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms. | [noun] One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent. FARROW (12) [noun] A litter of piglets. | [verb] To give birth to a (litter of piglets). | [adjective] (of cows) Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren. FARTED (10) [verb] (impolite) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. | [verb] (usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing. | [verb] To emit (fumes, gases, etc.). FASCES (11) [noun] A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism FASCIA (11) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FASHED (13) [verb] To worry; to bother, annoy. | [verb] To trouble oneself; to take pains. FASHES (12) [noun] A worry; trouble; bother. | [verb] To worry; to bother, annoy. | [verb] To trouble oneself; to take pains. FASTED (10) [verb] To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons. FASTEN (9) [verb] To attach or connect in a secure manner. | [verb] To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land. FASTER (9) [adjective] Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. | [adjective] Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. | [adjective] (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) | [noun] One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating. FATHER (12) [noun] A (generally human) male who begets a child. | [noun] A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. | [noun] A term of respectful address for an elderly man. FATHOM (14) [noun] Grasp, envelopment, control. | [noun] (now usually nautical) An English unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about 1.8 m). | [noun] Various similar units in other systems. FATING (10) [verb] To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable. FATSOS (9) [noun] Someone who is overweight. FATTED (10) [adjective] Made fat; fattened. FATTEN (9) [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. | [verb] (of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter. | [verb] To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money). FATTER (9) [adjective] Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin. | [adjective] Thick. | [adjective] Bountiful. FATWAS (12) [noun] A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer. FAUCAL (11) FAUCES (11) [noun] The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue. | [noun] The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. | [noun] That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. FAUCET (11) [noun] An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. | [noun] (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation FAULDS (10) FAULTS (9) [noun] A defect; something that detracts from perfection. | [noun] A mistake or error. | [noun] A weakness of character; a failing. FAULTY (12) [adjective] Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable. | [adjective] At fault, to blame; guilty. FAUNAE (9) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAUNAL (9) FAUNAS (9) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAUVES (12) FAVELA (12) [noun] A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil FAVISM (14) FAVORS (12) [noun] A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | [noun] Goodwill; benevolent regard. | [noun] A small gift; a party favor. FAVOUR (12) [noun] A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | [noun] Goodwill; benevolent regard. | [noun] A small gift; a party favor. FAWNED (13) [verb] To give birth to a fawn. | [verb] To exhibit affection or attempt to please. | [verb] To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon). FAWNER (12) [noun] One who fawns; a sycophant. FAXING (17) [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FAYING (13) FAZING (19) [verb] To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. FEALTY (12) [noun] Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord | [noun] The oath by which this obligation was assumed. FEARED (10) [verb] To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm. | [verb] To feel fear (about something). | [verb] (used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for. FEARER (9) FEASED (10) FEASES (9) FEASTS (9) [noun] A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature. | [noun] Something delightful | [noun] A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. FEATER (9) FEATLY (12) FEAZED (19) FEAZES (18) FECIAL (11) FECKLY (18) FECULA (11) FECUND (12) [adjective] Highly fertile; able to produce offspring. | [adjective] Leading to new ideas or innovation. FEDORA (10) [noun] A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down. FEEBLE (11) [verb] To make feeble; to enfeeble. | [adjective] Deficient in physical strength | [adjective] Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint. FEEBLY (14) [adverb] In a feeble manner. FEEDER (10) [noun] One who feeds, or gives food to another. | [noun] One who feeds, or takes in food. | [noun] One who, or that which, feeds material into something. FEEING (10) [verb] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. | [noun] The hiring of servants for a fee FEELER (9) [noun] Someone or something that feels. | [noun] An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect. | [noun] Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position. FEEZED (19) FEEZES (18) FEIGNS (10) [verb] To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | [verb] To imagine; to invent; to pretend. | [verb] To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. FEIJOA (16) [noun] A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana). | [noun] The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste. FEINTS (9) [noun] A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy. | [noun] That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense or stratagem. | [noun] (war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance FEIRIE (9) FEISTS (9) FEISTY (12) [adjective] Tenacious, energetic, spunky. | [adjective] Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage. | [adjective] Easily offended and ready to bicker. FELIDS (10) [noun] Any member of the cat family (Felidae). FELINE (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to cats. | [adjective] Catlike (resembling a cat) | [noun] A cat; member of the cat family Felidae. FELLAH (12) [noun] A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. | [noun] (chiefly South US) used to address a male | [noun] A colleague or partner. FELLAS (9) [noun] (chiefly South US) used to address a male | [noun] A colleague or partner. | [noun] A companion; a comrade. FELLED (10) [verb] To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. | [verb] To strike down, kill, destroy. | [verb] To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat. FELLER (9) [noun] A person who fells trees; a lumberjack | [noun] A machine for felling trees. | [noun] A person who fells a seam. | [noun] A colleague or partner. | [adjective] Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. FELLOE (9) [noun] The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. FELLOW (12) [noun] A colleague or partner. | [noun] A companion; a comrade. | [noun] A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. FELONS (9) [noun] A person who has committed a felony. | [noun] A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony. | [noun] A wicked person. FELONY (12) [noun] A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death. FELTED (10) [verb] To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, felt. | [verb] To cause a player to lose all their chips. FEMALE (11) [noun] One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. | [adjective] Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. | [adjective] Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.) FEMMES (13) [noun] A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl. | [noun] A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. | [noun] A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person. FEMORA (11) [noun] A thighbone. | [noun] The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. | [noun] A segment of the leg of an arachnid. FEMURS (11) [noun] A thighbone. | [noun] The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. | [noun] A segment of the leg of an arachnid. FENCED (12) [verb] To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. | [verb] To defend or guard. | [verb] To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. FENCER (11) FENCES (11) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FENDED (11) [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). FENDER (10) [noun] Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels | [noun] A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water | [noun] Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute FENNEC (11) [noun] A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears. FENNEL (9) [noun] A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. | [noun] The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking. FEOFFS (15) FERBAM (13) FERIAE (9) FERIAL (9) [noun] A feria. | [adjective] Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast. | [adjective] Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday. FERIAS (9) [noun] A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed. FERINE (9) FERITY (12) [noun] The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state; wildness, brutishness. FERLIE (9) FERMIS (11) FERREL (9) [noun] A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. | [noun] A band holding parts of an object together. FERRET (9) [noun] An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals. | [noun] The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. | [noun] A diligent searcher. | [noun] A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric. FERRIC (11) [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. | [adjective] Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 3 FERRUM (11) FERULA (9) [noun] A ferule. | [noun] A stroke from a cane. | [noun] The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire. FERULE (9) [noun] A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand. | [verb] To punish with a ferule. FERVID (13) [adjective] Intensely hot, emotional, or zealous. FERVOR (12) [noun] An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. | [noun] A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. | [noun] Heat. FESCUE (11) [noun] A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. | [noun] A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca. | [noun] An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. FESSED (10) [verb] To confess; to admit. FESSES (9) [noun] A horizontal band across the middle of the shield. FESTAL (9) [adjective] Festive, relating to a festival or feast FESTER (9) [noun] A fistula. | [noun] A sore or an ulcer of the skin. | [noun] The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment. FETIAL (9) FETICH (14) [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. | [noun] Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. | [noun] An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. FETING (10) [verb] (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person). FETISH (12) [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. | [noun] Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. | [noun] An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. FETORS (9) [noun] An unpleasant smell. FETTED (10) FETTER (9) [noun] A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural). | [noun] Anything that restricts or restrains. | [verb] To shackle or bind up with fetters. FETTLE (9) [noun] A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. | [noun] One's mental state; spirits. | [noun] Sand used to line a furnace. FEUARS (9) FEUDAL (10) [adjective] Of, or relating to feudalism. FEUDED (11) [verb] To carry on a feud. FEUING (10) [verb] To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. FEVERS (12) [noun] A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. | [noun] (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases. | [noun] A state of excitement or anxiety. FEWEST (12) FEYEST (12) FEZZED (28) FEZZES (27) [noun] A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached. FIACRE (11) [noun] A small carriage for hire. FIANCE (11) [verb] To betroth; to affiance. | [noun] A man who is engaged to be married. | [noun] A person engaged to be married. FIASCO (11) [noun] A sudden or unexpected failure. | [noun] A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong. | [noun] A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket. FIBBED (14) [verb] To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. | [verb] (thieves cant) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. FIBBER (13) FIBERS (11) [noun] A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. | [noun] A material in the form of fibers. | [noun] A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width. FIBRES (11) [noun] A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. | [noun] Material in the form of fibres. | [noun] Dietary fibre. FIBRIL (11) [noun] A fine fibre or filament | [noun] Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants FIBRIN (11) [noun] A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood. | [noun] An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood. | [noun] An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. FIBULA (11) [noun] An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin. | [noun] The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone. FICHES (14) [noun] A microfiche FICHUS (14) [noun] 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. FICINS (11) FICKLE (15) [adjective] Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. | [adjective] Changeable. | [verb] To deceive, flatter. FICKLY (18) FICOES (11) FIDDLE (11) [noun] Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin. | [noun] A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument. | [noun] An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw. FIDDLY (14) [adjective] Requiring dexterity to operate. | [adjective] (by extension) Having many small bits or embellishments. | [adjective] Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting. FIDGED (12) FIDGES (11) FIDGET (11) [noun] A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. | [noun] A person who fidgets, especially habitually. | [noun] A toy intended to be fidgeted with. FIELDS (10) [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. | [noun] A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. | [noun] A place where competitive matches are carried out. FIENDS (10) [noun] A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. | [noun] A very evil person. | [noun] An enemy; a foe. FIERCE (11) [adjective] Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. | [adjective] Resolute or strenuously active. | [adjective] Threatening in appearance or demeanor. FIESTA (9) [noun] (In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival. | [noun] A festive occasion. FIFERS (12) FIFING (13) [verb] To play this instrument. FIFTHS (15) [noun] The person or thing in the fifth position. | [noun] One of five equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The fifth gear of an engine. FIGGED (12) [verb] To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. | [verb] To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible. | [verb] (soap-making) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations. FIGHTS (13) [verb] To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. FIGURE (10) [noun] A drawing or diagram conveying information. | [noun] The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. | [noun] A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. FILERS (9) FILETS (9) [noun] A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. | [noun] A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses. | [noun] A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. FILIAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. | [adjective] Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents. | [adjective] Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one. FILING (10) [verb] To commit (official papers) to some office. | [verb] To place in an archive in a logical place and order | [verb] To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer. FILLED (10) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. FILLER (9) [noun] One who fills. | [noun] Something added to fill a space or add weight or size. | [noun] Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores. FILLES (9) FILLET (9) [noun] A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. | [noun] A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses. | [noun] A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. FILLIP (11) [noun] The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. | [noun] A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. | [noun] (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. FILLOS (9) FILMED (12) [verb] To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. | [verb] To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. | [adjective] Covered with a film. FILMER (11) FILMIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to movies; cinematic. FILOSE (9) FILTER (9) [noun] A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another. | [noun] Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. | [noun] Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. FILTHS (12) FILTHY (15) [verb] To make very dirty; to cover in filth. | [adjective] Covered with filth; very dirty. | [adjective] Obscene or offensive. FIMBLE (13) FINALE (9) [noun] The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music. | [noun] The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works. FINALS (9) [noun] A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. | [noun] The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. | [noun] A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.). FINDER (10) [noun] One who finds or discovers something. | [noun] An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest FINELY (12) [adverb] So as to produce a fine texture. | [adverb] In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well. FINERY (12) [noun] Fineness; beauty. | [noun] Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels. | [noun] (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. FINEST (9) [adjective] Senses referring to subjective quality. | [adjective] Senses referring to objective quality. | [adjective] Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets. FINGER (10) [noun] A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, exclusive of the thumb. | [noun] Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly: | [noun] Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly: FINIAL (9) [noun] The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. | [noun] Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post. FINING (10) [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. | [verb] To become finer, purer, or cleaner. | [verb] To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. FINISH (12) [noun] An end; the end of anything. | [noun] A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. | [noun] The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth. FINITE (9) [adjective] Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number. | [adjective] (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) limited by person or number. FINKED (14) [verb] To betray a trust; to inform on. FINNED (10) [verb] To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc. | [verb] (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water. | [verb] To swim in the manner of a fish. FIORDS (10) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FIPPLE (13) [noun] The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway. FIQUES (18) FIRERS (9) FIRING (10) [verb] To set (something, often a building) on fire. | [verb] To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. | [verb] To drive away by setting a fire. FIRKIN (13) [noun] A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. | [noun] A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc. | [noun] A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds. FIRMAN (11) [noun] A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. FIRMED (12) [verb] To make firm or strong; fix securely. | [verb] To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. | [verb] To become firm; stabilise. FIRMER (11) [adjective] Steadfast, secure, solid (in position) | [adjective] Fixed (in opinion) | [adjective] Durable, rigid (material state) FIRMLY (14) [adverb] (manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner. | [adverb] (manner) Securely. FIRSTS (9) [noun] The person or thing in the first position. | [noun] The first gear of an engine. | [noun] Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. FIRTHS (12) [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] Peace; security. | [noun] Sanctuary, asylum. FISCAL (11) [noun] A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue. | [noun] Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor. | [noun] In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general. | [noun] Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius. FISHED (13) [verb] To hunt fish or other aquatic animals. | [verb] To search (a body of water) for something other than fish. | [verb] To use as bait when fishing. FISHER (12) [noun] A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport. | [noun] A person attempting to catch fish. | [noun] A North American marten, Martes pennanti, that has thick brown fur. FISHES (12) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. FISTED (10) [verb] To strike with the fist. | [verb] To close (the hand) into a fist. | [verb] To grip with a fist. FISTIC (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists. FITCHY (17) [adjective] Sharpened to a point; pointed. FITFUL (12) [adjective] Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits. FITTED (10) [verb] To be suitable for. | [verb] To conform to in size and shape. | [verb] To be of the right size and shape FITTER (9) [adjective] Suitable, proper. | [adjective] Adapted to a purpose or environment. | [adjective] In good shape; physically well. FIVERS (12) [noun] A banknote with a value of five units of currency. | [noun] (by extension) The value in money that this represents. | [noun] A clenched fist. FIXATE (16) [verb] To make something fixed and stable; to fix. | [verb] To stare fixedly at something. | [verb] To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on. FIXERS (16) [noun] Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes. | [noun] A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions. | [noun] (criminal justice) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit. FIXING (17) [verb] To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. | [verb] To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. | [verb] To mend, to repair. FIXITY (19) [noun] The state or condition of being fixed. | [noun] Something fixed. | [noun] The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix). FIXURE (16) FIZGIG (20) [noun] A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt. | [noun] Something frivolous or trivial; a gewgaw, a trinket. | [verb] To roam around in a frivolous manner; to gad about, to gallivant. | [noun] A small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise. | [noun] A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish; a type of harpoon. | [noun] A police informer, a stool pigeon, someone employed by police to entrap someone elseor provoke them to commit a crime. | [noun] The common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris). FIZZED (28) [verb] To emit bubbles. | [verb] To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound. | [verb] To shoot or project something moving at great velocity. FIZZER (27) [noun] Something which fizzes. | [noun] A party or social gathering which turns out to be a disappointment. | [noun] A disciplinary charge. FIZZES (27) [noun] An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles. | [noun] The sound of such an emission. | [noun] A carbonated beverage, especially champagne. FIZZLE (27) [noun] A spluttering or hissing sound. | [noun] Failure of a nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. | [noun] An abortive effort; a flop or dud. FJELDS (17) FJORDS (17) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FLABBY (16) [adjective] Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid. | [adjective] (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness. | [adjective] (of writing, etc.) overwrought. FLACKS (15) [verb] To flutter; palpitate. | [verb] To hang loosely; flag. | [verb] To beat by flapping. FLACON (11) [noun] A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume. FLAGGY (14) FLAGON (10) [noun] A large bottle for drinks such as wine, cider or beer. | [noun] The amount that such a bottle holds, about 1.13 litres. | [noun] A large vessel usually with a handle, spout and lid, for drinks such as wine or cider. FLAILS (9) [noun] A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | [noun] A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | [verb] To beat using a flail or similar implement. FLAIRS (9) FLAKED (14) [verb] To break or chip off in a flake. | [verb] To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. | [verb] To store an item such as rope or sail in layers FLAKER (13) FLAKES (13) [noun] Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. | [noun] A trick; a swindle. | [noun] A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent. FLAKEY (16) [adjective] Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. | [adjective] (of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans. | [adjective] (of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely to malfunction. FLAMBE (13) [noun] A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. | [noun] A flambéed dish. | [verb] To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. FLAMED (12) [verb] To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze. | [verb] To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour. | [verb] To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody). FLAMEN (11) [noun] A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. FLAMER (11) [noun] A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male. | [noun] One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism. FLAMES (11) [noun] The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. | [noun] A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair. | [noun] Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger. FLANES (9) FLANGE (10) [noun] An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. | [noun] The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component. | [noun] An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. FLANKS (13) [verb] To attack the flank(s) of. | [verb] To defend the flank(s) of. | [verb] To place to the side(s) of. FLAPPY (16) FLARED (10) [verb] To cause to burn. | [verb] To cause inflammation; to inflame. | [verb] To open outward in shape. FLARES (9) [noun] A sudden bright light. | [noun] A source of brightly burning light or intense heat. | [noun] A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up. FLASHY (15) [adjective] Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing. | [adjective] Flashing; producing flashes. | [adjective] Drunk; tipsy FLASKS (13) [noun] A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. | [noun] A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. | [noun] Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base. FLATLY (12) [adverb] In a physically flat or level manner. | [adverb] In a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty. | [adverb] In a manner that shows no emotion. FLATUS (9) [noun] Gas generated in the digestive tract. | [noun] Expulsion of such gas through the anus. | [noun] Morbid inflation or swelling. FLAUNT (9) [noun] Anything displayed for show. | [verb] To wave or flutter smartly in the wind. | [verb] To parade, display with ostentation. | [verb] To flout. FLAVIN (12) [noun] Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD) FLAVOR (12) [noun] The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. | [noun] A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring. | [noun] A variety (of taste) attributed to an object. FLAWED (13) [adjective] Having a flaw or imperfection. FLAXEN (16) [adjective] Made of or resembling flax fibers. | [adjective] A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom. FLAXES (16) FLAYED (13) [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). | [verb] To frighten; scare; terrify. | [verb] To be fear-stricken. FLAYER (12) FLEAMS (11) FLECHE (14) [noun] An arrow. | [noun] Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board. | [noun] A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof. FLECKS (15) [noun] A flake | [noun] A lock, as of wool. | [noun] A small spot or streak; a speckle. FLECKY (18) FLEDGE (11) [verb] To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. | [verb] To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. | [verb] To decorate with feathers. FLEDGY (14) FLEECE (11) [noun] Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal | [noun] Insulating skin with the wool attached | [noun] A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. FLEECH (14) FLEECY (14) [adjective] Resembling or covered in fleece. FLEERS (9) [verb] To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn | [verb] To grin with an air of civility; to leer. FLEETS (9) [noun] A group of vessels or vehicles. | [noun] Any group of associated items. | [noun] A large, coordinated group of people. FLENCH (14) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLENSE (9) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLESHY (15) [adjective] Of, related to, or resembling flesh. | [adjective] (of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump. FLETCH (14) [noun] The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight. | [noun] (fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna. | [verb] To feather, as an arrow. FLEURY (12) [adjective] (especially of a cross) Decorated (finished at the ends) with fleurs-de-lis. FLEXED (17) [verb] To bend something. | [verb] To repeatedly bend one of one's joints. | [verb] To move part of the body using one's muscles. FLEXES (16) [noun] Flexibility, pliancy. | [noun] The or an act of flexing. | [noun] Any flexible insulated electrical wiring. FLEXOR (16) [noun] A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. FLEYED (13) FLICKS (15) [noun] A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | [noun] A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | [noun] A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. FLIERS (9) [noun] That which flies, as a bird or insect. | [noun] A machine that flies. | [noun] An airplane pilot. FLIEST (9) FLIGHT (13) [noun] The act of flying. | [noun] An instance of flying. | [noun] The act of fleeing. | [noun] The act of fleeing. FLIMSY (14) [noun] Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies. | [noun] A service certificate | [noun] (in the plural) Skimpy underwear. FLINCH (14) [noun] A reflexive jerking away. | [noun] The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet. | [verb] To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe. | [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLINGS (10) [noun] An act of throwing, often violently. | [noun] An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. | [noun] An act or period of unrestrained indulgence. FLINTS (9) [noun] A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck. | [noun] A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. | [noun] A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. FLINTY (12) [adjective] Resembling or containing flint. | [adjective] Siliceous (including basanite). | [adjective] Showing a lack of emotion. FLIPPY (16) [noun] A flippy disk. | [adjective] Having a tendency to flip. FLIRTS (9) [noun] A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion | [noun] Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person. | [noun] An act of flirting. FLIRTY (12) [adjective] Flirting, or seeming to flirt. FLITCH (14) [noun] The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. | [noun] A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber). | [verb] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips. FLITED (10) FLITES (9) FLOATS (9) [noun] A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. | [noun] A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. | [noun] A float board. FLOATY (12) [noun] A lilo or similar item that floats on water and can be sat on. | [noun] A particle of food, etc. found floating in liquid. | [adjective] Buoyant, tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas FLOCCI (13) [noun] A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera. | [noun] A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds. FLOCKS (15) [noun] A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration. | [noun] A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together. | [noun] Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd. FLOCKY (18) FLONGS (10) FLOODS (10) [noun] A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. | [noun] A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. | [noun] The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb. FLOOEY (12) FLOOIE (9) FLOORS (9) [noun] The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. | [noun] Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). | [noun] The lower inside surface of a hollow space. FLOOSY (12) FLOOZY (21) [noun] A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern. | [noun] A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. FLOPPY (16) [noun] A floppy disk. | [noun] (Rhodesia) An insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War, called as such for the way they "flop" when shot. | [noun] A comic book. FLORAE (9) [noun] Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. | [noun] A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. | [noun] The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body FLORAL (9) [noun] A design involving flowers | [noun] A perfume redolent of flowers | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers. FLORAS (9) [noun] Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. | [noun] A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. | [noun] The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body FLORET (9) [noun] A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower. FLORID (10) [adjective] Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy. | [adjective] Elaborately ornate; flowery. | [adjective] (of a disorder, especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state. FLORIN (9) [noun] The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ. | [noun] A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence. | [noun] A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands). FLOSSY (12) [adjective] Resembling floss. | [adjective] Extravagantly showy; flashy FLOTAS (9) FLOURS (9) [noun] Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. | [noun] The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid and certain bleaching agents. | [noun] Powder of other material. FLOURY (12) [adjective] Resembling flour. | [adjective] Covered in flour. FLOUTS (9) [verb] To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. | [verb] To scorn. FLOWED (13) [verb] To move as a fluid from one position to another. | [verb] To proceed; to issue forth. | [verb] To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. FLOWER (12) [noun] A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. | [noun] A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | [noun] A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. | [noun] Something that flows, such as a river. FLUENT (9) [noun] A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions. | [adjective] That flows; flowing, liquid. | [adjective] Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way. FLUFFS (15) [noun] Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. | [noun] Anything inconsequential or superficial. | [noun] A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines. FLUFFY (18) [noun] Someone or something that has a fluffy texture. | [noun] A person who is superficial, who lacks depth or seriousness. | [noun] A babycino (frothy milk drink). FLUIDS (10) [noun] Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. | [noun] A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). | [noun] (specifically, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids. FLUKED (14) [verb] To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance. | [verb] To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way. | [adjective] Having flukes. FLUKES (13) [noun] A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated. | [noun] A flounder. | [noun] A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm. FLUKEY (16) [adjective] Lucky | [adjective] Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes FLUMED (12) FLUMES (11) [noun] A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. | [noun] An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids. | [verb] To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough. FLUMPS (13) [noun] The dull sound so produced. | [noun] A type of large marshmallow. | [noun] (by extension) A fat out-of-shape person. FLUNKS (13) [verb] Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. | [verb] Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. | [verb] To shirk (a task or duty). FLUNKY (16) [noun] An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | [noun] One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob. | [noun] One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. FLUORS (9) FLURRY (12) [noun] A light, brief snowfall. | [noun] A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze. | [noun] A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind. FLUTED (10) [verb] To play on a flute. | [verb] To make a flutelike sound. | [verb] To utter with a flutelike sound. FLUTER (9) FLUTES (9) [noun] A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin. | [noun] A recorder, also a woodwind instrument. | [noun] A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne. FLUTEY (12) [adjective] Resembling the sound of a flute. FLUXED (17) [verb] To use flux on. | [verb] To melt. | [verb] To flow as a liquid. FLUXES (16) [noun] The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream. | [noun] A state of ongoing change. | [noun] A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. FLUYTS (12) FLYBOY (17) [noun] An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft. FLYBYS (17) [noun] A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations. | [noun] A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade. | [noun] A brief visit. FLYERS (12) [noun] That which flies, as a bird or insect. | [noun] A machine that flies. | [noun] An airplane pilot. FLYING (13) [verb] To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). | [verb] To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. | [verb] To flee, to escape (from). | [noun] An act of flight. FLYMAN (14) [noun] Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly. | [noun] Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre. FLYMEN (14) [noun] Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly. | [noun] Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre. FLYOFF (18) FLYSCH (17) [noun] A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. FLYTED (13) FLYTES (12) FLYWAY (18) [noun] A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas. FOALED (10) [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOAMED (12) [verb] To form or emit foam. | [verb] To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth. FOAMER (11) FOBBED (14) [verb] To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone. | [verb] To beat; to maul. FODDER (11) [noun] Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. | [noun] A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg. | [noun] (drafting) Tracing paper. FODGEL (11) FOEHNS (12) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOEMAN (11) FOEMEN (11) FOETAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. FOETID (10) [adjective] Foul-smelling, stinking. FOETOR (9) [noun] An unpleasant smell. FOETUS (9) [noun] An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal. | [noun] A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation. FOGBOW (15) [noun] A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets. FOGDOG (12) FOGEYS (13) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. FOGGED (12) [verb] To become covered with or as if with fog. | [verb] To become obscured in condensation or water. | [verb] To become dim or obscure. FOGGER (11) FOGIES (10) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. FOIBLE (11) [noun] A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; unusual habit or way (usage is typically plural), that is slightly strange or silly. | [noun] A weakness or failing of character. | [noun] Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte. FOILED (10) [verb] To cover or wrap with foil. | [verb] To prevent (something) from being accomplished. | [verb] To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. FOINED (10) FOISON (9) FOISTS (9) [verb] To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | [verb] To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. | [verb] To pass off as genuine or worthy. FOLATE (9) [noun] A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex. FOLDED (11) [verb] To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. | [verb] To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. | [verb] To become folded; to form folds. FOLDER (10) [noun] An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet. | [noun] A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related. | [noun] A machine or person that folds things. FOLIAR (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or via the leaves FOLIOS (9) [noun] A leaf of a book or manuscript | [noun] A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. | [noun] A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. FOLIUM (11) [noun] A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate. | [noun] A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop. FOLKIE (13) [noun] A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music. | [adjective] Of, or relating to folk music FOLKSY (16) [adjective] Characteristic of simple country life. | [adjective] Informal, affable and familiar. FOLLES (9) FOLLIS (9) [noun] A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire. FOLLOW (12) [noun] (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. | [noun] The act of following another user's online activity. | [verb] To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction. FOMENT (11) [noun] Fomentation. | [verb] To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. | [verb] To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. FOMITE (11) [noun] An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts. FONDED (11) FONDER (10) [adjective] (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for). | [adjective] Affectionate. | [adjective] Indulgent. FONDLE (10) [verb] To touch or stroke lovingly. | [verb] To grasp. FONDLY (13) [adverb] In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. | [adverb] Foolishly. FONDUE (10) [noun] A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. | [verb] To prepare or serve as a fondue. FONDUS (10) FONTAL (9) FOODIE (10) [noun] A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet. FOOLED (10) [verb] To trick; to deceive | [verb] To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly FOOTED (10) [verb] To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). | [verb] To pay (a bill). | [verb] To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. | [adjective] (in combination) Having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet. FOOTER (9) [noun] A footgoer; pedestrian | [noun] A line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document (compare foot, 13). | [noun] (in combination) something that is a stated number of feet in some dimension - such as a six-footer. | [noun] Football / soccer. | [verb] To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful. FOOTIE (9) [noun] (especially in plural) pyjamas or a similar covering that covers the feet | [noun] Alternative spelling of footy FOOTLE (9) [noun] Nonsense; foolishness. | [verb] To waste time; to trifle. | [verb] To talk nonsense. FOOTSY (12) [noun] A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. | [noun] A foot. | [noun] A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet. FOOZLE (18) [noun] A fogey. | [noun] A mistaken shot in golf. | [noun] The final boss character in a game. FOPPED (14) FORAGE (10) [noun] Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. | [noun] An act or instance of foraging. | [noun] The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population FORAMS (11) FORAYS (12) [noun] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. | [noun] A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere. | [verb] To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc. FORBAD (12) [verb] To disallow; to proscribe. | [verb] (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. | [verb] To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. FORBID (12) [verb] To disallow; to proscribe. | [verb] (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. | [verb] To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. FORBYE (14) [adverb] Past; by; beyond. | [adverb] Uncommonly; exceptionally. | [preposition] Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover. FORCED (12) [verb] To violate (a woman); to rape. | [verb] To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. | [verb] To compel (someone or something) to do something. FORCER (11) FORCES (11) [noun] Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. | [noun] Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. | [noun] Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. FORDED (11) [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. FORDID (11) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FOREBY (14) FOREDO (10) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FOREGO (10) [verb] To precede, to go before. | [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. FOREST (9) [noun] A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. | [noun] Any dense collection or amount. | [noun] A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas. FORGAT (10) FORGED (11) [verb] To shape a metal by heating and hammering. | [verb] To form or create with concerted effort. | [verb] To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. FORGER (10) [noun] A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter. | [noun] A person who forges metals. FORGES (10) [noun] Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. | [noun] Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. | [noun] The act of beating or working iron or steel. FORGET (10) [verb] To lose remembrance of. | [verb] To unintentionally not do, neglect. | [verb] To unintentionally leave something behind. FORGOT (10) [verb] To lose remembrance of. | [verb] To unintentionally not do, neglect. | [verb] To unintentionally leave something behind. FORINT (9) [noun] The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér. FORKED (14) [verb] To divide into two or more branches. | [verb] To move with a fork (as hay or food). | [verb] To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process. FORKER (13) FORMAL (11) [noun] Formalin. | [noun] An evening gown. | [noun] An event with a formal dress code. FORMAT (11) [noun] The layout of a publication or document. | [noun] (hence) The form of presentation of something. | [noun] The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc. FORMED (12) [verb] To assume (a certain shape or visible structure). | [verb] To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. | [verb] To take shape. FORMEE (11) FORMER (11) [adjective] Previous. | [adjective] First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun. | [noun] Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder. FORMES (11) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORMIC (13) FORMOL (11) [noun] A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water. FORMYL (14) [noun] The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes FORNIX (16) [noun] An archlike structure or fold. | [noun] Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain. FORRIT (9) FORTES (9) [noun] A strength or talent. | [noun] The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt. | [noun] A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music. FORTIS (9) [noun] A fortis consonant. | [adjective] Strongly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiceless. FORUMS (11) [noun] A place for discussion. | [noun] A gathering for the purpose of discussion. | [noun] A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. FORWHY (18) FOSSAE (9) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. FOSSAS (9) [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. FOSSES (9) [noun] Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff). | [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. FOSSIL (9) [noun] The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. | [noun] Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. | [noun] A fossil word. FOSTER (9) [noun] A foster parent. | [noun] The care given to another; guardianship. | [verb] To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. | [noun] A forester. FOUGHT (13) [verb] To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. FOULED (10) [verb] To make dirty. | [verb] To besmirch. | [verb] To clog or obstruct. FOULER (9) [adjective] Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | [adjective] (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive. | [adjective] Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. FOULLY (12) FOUNDS (10) [verb] To start (an institution or organization). | [verb] To begin building. | [verb] To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. FOUNTS (9) [noun] Something from which water flows. | [noun] A device from which poultry may drink. | [noun] That from which something flows or proceeds; a source. FOURTH (12) [noun] (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position. | [noun] (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole. | [noun] (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine. FOVEAE (12) [noun] A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ. | [noun] The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision. FOVEAL (12) FOVEAS (12) FOWLED (13) FOWLER (12) FOXIER (16) [adjective] Having the qualities of a fox. | [adjective] Cunning, sly. | [adjective] Attractive, sexy (of a woman). FOXILY (19) FOXING (17) [verb] To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. | [verb] To confuse or baffle (someone). | [verb] To act slyly or craftily. FOYERS (12) [noun] A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc. | [noun] The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. | [noun] A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people. FOZIER (18) FRACAS (11) [noun] A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap. FRACTI (11) FRAENA (9) FRAILS (9) [noun] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins. | [noun] The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail. | [noun] A rush for weaving baskets. FRAISE (9) [verb] To put in danger, in terror, or at risk. | [noun] A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. | [noun] A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century. | [noun] A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it. | [noun] A stylized strawberry with leaves. | [noun] Commotion. FRAMED (12) [verb] To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. | [verb] To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. | [verb] To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. FRAMER (11) [noun] A person who makes frames for paintings. | [noun] A person who assembles the frame of a ship. | [noun] A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building. FRAMES (11) [noun] The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. | [noun] Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure. | [noun] The structure of a person's body; the human body. FRANCS (11) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. FRANKS (13) [noun] Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). | [noun] The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found. | [verb] To place a frank on an envelope. FRAPPE (13) [noun] Liqueur poured over shaved ice. | [noun] A thick milkshake containing ice cream. | [noun] (Greece) An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink. FRATER (9) [noun] A monk. | [noun] A frater house. | [noun] A comrade. FRAUDS (10) [noun] The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics. | [noun] Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain. | [noun] The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end. FRAYED (13) [verb] To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope. | [verb] To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength). | [verb] Frighten; alarm FRAZIL (18) [noun] A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water. FREAKS (13) [noun] A sudden change of mind | [noun] Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable. | [noun] A hippie. FREAKY (16) [adjective] Resembling a freak. | [adjective] Odd; bizarre; unusual. | [adjective] Scary; frightening. FREELY (12) [adjective] Free; frank. | [adjective] Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely. | [adverb] In a free manner. FREERS (9) FREEST (9) [verb] To make free; set at liberty; release. | [verb] To rid of something that confines or oppresses. | [adjective] (social) Unconstrained. FREEZE (18) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. | [noun] A period of intensely cold weather. | [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. FRENCH (14) [verb] To prepare food by cutting it into strips. | [verb] To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. | [verb] To kiss in this manner. FRENUM (11) [noun] A frenulum. FRENZY (21) [noun] A state of wild activity or panic. | [noun] A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. | [verb] To render frantic. FRERES (9) FRESCO (11) [noun] A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade. | [noun] An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. | [noun] The technique used to make such an artwork. FRETTY (12) FRIARS (9) [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). | [noun] A white or pale patch on a printed page. | [noun] An American fish, the silverside. FRIARY (12) [noun] House or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live | [adjective] Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent. FRIDGE (11) [noun] A refrigerator. | [verb] To place inside of a refrigerator. | [verb] To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a character, usually female, from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character, usually male, and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s). | [verb] To rub, chafe. FRIEND (10) [noun] A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. | [noun] An associate who provides assistance. | [noun] A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted. FRIERS (9) [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). | [noun] A white or pale patch on a printed page. | [noun] An American fish, the silverside. FRIEZE (18) [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. | [verb] To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. | [noun] That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. FRIGHT (13) [noun] A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. | [noun] Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. | [verb] To frighten. | [adjective] Frightened; afraid; affright FRIGID (11) [adjective] Very cold; lacking warmth; icy. | [adjective] Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive. | [adjective] Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman. FRIJOL (16) FRILLS (9) [noun] A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. | [noun] A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. | [noun] A wrinkled edge to a film. FRILLY (12) [adjective] Having frills; frilled. | [adjective] Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance. FRINGE (10) [noun] Hair hanging over the forehead. | [noun] A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead. | [noun] Brucellosis, a bacterial disease. FRINGY (13) FRISES (9) FRISKS (13) [verb] To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap. | [verb] To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing. FRISKY (16) [adjective] Abounding in energy or playfulness | [adjective] Sexually aroused FRITHS (12) [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] Peace; security. | [noun] Sanctuary, asylum. FRITTS (9) FRIVOL (12) [noun] An unserious person; a shallow person. | [noun] An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity. | [verb] To behave frivolously. FRIZED (19) FRIZER (18) FRIZES (18) FRIZZY (30) [noun] A small amount of unkempt, curly hair | [adjective] Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions. FROCKS (15) [noun] A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body. | [noun] An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit. | [noun] A sailor's jersey. FROGGY (14) [noun] A frog. | [noun] A Frenchman. | [adjective] Froglike. FROLIC (11) [noun] Gaiety; merriment. | [noun] A playful antic. | [noun] A social gathering. FRONDS (10) [noun] The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. | [noun] Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf. FRONTS (9) [noun] The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | [noun] The side of a building with the main entrance. | [noun] A field of activity. FROSTS (9) [noun] A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. | [noun] The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form. | [noun] Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. FROSTY (12) [adjective] Cold, chilly. | [adjective] Having frost on it. | [adjective] Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. FROTHS (12) [verb] To create froth in (a liquid). | [verb] (of a liquid) To bubble. | [verb] To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. FROTHY (15) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A serving of beer. | [adjective] Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles. | [adjective] Lightweight; lacking depth or substance FROUZY (21) FROWNS (12) [noun] A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. | [noun] A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down. | [verb] To have a frown on one's face. FROWST (12) [noun] Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room. | [verb] To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place. FROWSY (15) [adjective] Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance. FROWZY (24) [adjective] Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance. FROZEN (18) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. FRUGAL (10) [adjective] Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste. FRUITS (9) [noun] (often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. | [noun] Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. | [noun] A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically: FRUITY (12) [adjective] Containing fruit or fruit flavoring. | [adjective] Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit. | [adjective] Mad, crazy. FRUMPS (13) [noun] A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. | [noun] The clothes that such a person would wear. | [noun] A bad-tempered person. FRUMPY (16) [adjective] Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. | [adjective] Bad-tempered. FRUSTA (9) [noun] A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base. | [noun] A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes. FRYERS (12) [noun] A container for frying food. | [noun] A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet FRYING (13) [verb] A method of cooking food. | [verb] To be affected by extreme heat or current. | [noun] The action of the verb fry. FRYPAN (14) [noun] A frying pan. FUBBED (14) FUCKED (16) [verb] To have sexual intercourse, to copulate. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. | [verb] To insert one’s penis, a dildo or other phallic object, into a specified orifice or cleft. FUCKER (15) [noun] An undesirable person. | [noun] The object of some effort. | [noun] People, friends, especially of very high solidarity. FUCKUP (17) [noun] A serious mistake. | [noun] One who continually makes mistakes. | [noun] An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot FUCOID (12) [noun] A fucoid seaweed. | [adjective] Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus. | [adjective] Of sandstone: bearing seaweed-like markings. FUCOSE (11) FUCOUS (11) FUDDLE (11) [noun] Intoxication. | [noun] Intoxicating drink; liquor. | [noun] Muddle, confusion. FUDGED (12) [verb] To try to avoid giving a direct answer. | [verb] To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral. | [verb] To botch or bungle something. FUDGES (11) [noun] A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge. | [noun] Light or frothy nonsense. | [noun] A deliberately misleading or vague answer. FUELED (10) [verb] To provide with fuel. | [verb] To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater. FUELER (9) FUGATO (10) [noun] A fugal passage in a composition that is not a strict or complete fugue. FUGGED (12) FUGIOS (10) FUGLED (11) FUGLES (10) FUGUED (11) FUGUES (10) [noun] A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. | [noun] Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. | [noun] A fugue state. FUHRER (12) [noun] A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant | [noun] (definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany FULCRA (11) [noun] The support about which a lever pivots. | [noun] A crux or pivot; a central point. FULFIL (12) [verb] To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | [verb] To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | [verb] To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). FULGID (11) FULHAM (14) FULLAM (11) FULLED (10) [verb] (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated. | [verb] To baptise. | [verb] To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk FULLER (9) [adjective] Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. | [adjective] Complete; with nothing omitted. | [adjective] Total, entire. | [noun] A person who fulls cloth. | [noun] A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal. FULMAR (11) [noun] Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs. FUMBLE (13) [noun] A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident. | [verb] To handle nervously or awkwardly. | [verb] To grope awkwardly in trying to find something | [noun] A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble. FUMERS (11) FUMETS (11) [noun] A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet. | [noun] A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine. | [noun] The stench or high flavour of game or other meat when kept long. FUMIER (11) FUMING (12) [verb] To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints. | [verb] To apply or offer incense to. | [verb] To emit fumes. FUMULI (11) FUNDED (11) [verb] To pay for. | [verb] To place (money) in a fund. | [verb] To form a debt into a stock charged with interest. FUNDIC (12) FUNDUS (10) [noun] The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially FUNEST (9) FUNGAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi. FUNGIC (12) FUNGUS (10) [noun] Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular. | [noun] A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound. FUNKED (14) [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | [verb] To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. | [verb] To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. FUNKER (13) FUNKIA (13) [noun] Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta). FUNNED (10) [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. FUNNEL (9) [noun] A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. | [noun] A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like. | [verb] To use a funnel. | [noun] A hinny; hybrid of male horse and female donkey. FUNNER (9) [adjective] Enjoyable, amusing | [adjective] Whimsical, flamboyant FURANE (9) FURANS (9) [noun] Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O. FURFUR (12) FURIES (9) [noun] Extreme anger. | [noun] Strength or violence in action. | [noun] An angry or malignant person. FURLED (10) [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) FURLER (9) FURORE (9) [noun] Uproar; enthusiastic anger. | [noun] Excitement or commotion. FURORS (9) [noun] A general uproar or commotion | [noun] Violent anger or frenzy | [noun] A state of intense excitement FURRED (10) [verb] To cover with fur or a fur-like coating. | [verb] To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating. | [verb] To level a surface by applying furring to it. FURROW (12) [noun] A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop. | [noun] Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal. | [noun] A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead. FURZES (18) FUSAIN (9) [noun] Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. | [noun] A drawing made with it. FUSEES (9) [noun] A light musket or firelock. | [noun] A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks. | [noun] A large friction match. FUSELS (9) FUSILE (9) FUSILS (9) [noun] A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. | [noun] A light flintlock musket or firelock. FUSING (10) [verb] To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. | [verb] To melt together. | [verb] To furnish with or install a fuse. FUSION (9) [noun] The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof. | [verb] To combine; to fuse FUSSED (10) [verb] To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. | [verb] To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust | [verb] (especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured. FUSSER (9) FUSSES (9) [noun] Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. | [noun] A complaint or noise; a scene. | [noun] An exhibition of affection or admiration. FUSTIC (11) [noun] A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye. | [noun] A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye. | [noun] The wood of these trees. FUTILE (9) [adjective] Incapable of producing results; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting. FUTONS (9) [noun] A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. | [noun] A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. FUTURE (9) [noun] The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. | [noun] Something that will happen in moments yet to come. | [noun] Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. FUTZED (19) [verb] To be frivolous and waste time | [verb] To experiment by trial and error FUTZES (18) [verb] To be frivolous and waste time | [verb] To experiment by trial and error FUZEES (18) [noun] A light musket or firelock. | [noun] A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks. | [noun] A large friction match. FUZILS (18) FUZING (19) [verb] (professional usage) To attach a fuze to. FUZZED (28) [verb] To make fuzzy. | [verb] To become fuzzy. | [verb] To make drunk. FUZZES (27) [noun] A frizzy mass of hair or fibre. | [noun] Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image. | [noun] The random data used in fuzz testing. FYLFOT (15) [noun] A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction. FYTTES (12) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. GADFLY (14) [noun] Any dipterous insect of the family Oestridae, commonly known as botflies. | [noun] A horsefly: any of various species of fly, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals and sucking their blood. | [noun] One who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant. GAFFED (14) [verb] To use a gaff, especially to land a fish. | [verb] To cheat or hoax. | [verb] To gamble. GAFFER (13) [noun] A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production. | [noun] A glassblower. | [noun] An old man. GAFFES (13) [noun] A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public. GANEFS (10) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GANOFS (10) GASIFY (13) [verb] To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes. GIFTED (11) [verb] To give as a gift or donation. | [verb] To give away, to concede easily. | [adjective] Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities. GLIFFS (13) GOFERS (10) [noun] A worker who runs errands; an errand boy. GOFFER (13) [verb] To make wavy; to crimp. | [noun] Soft drink; non-alcoholic drink GOLFED (11) [verb] To play the game of golf. | [verb] To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf) | [adjective] Having had its source code made as short as possible, as in code golf. GOLFER (10) [noun] Someone who plays golf. GONEFS (10) GONIFF (13) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONIFS (10) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONOFS (10) GOOFED (11) [verb] To make a mistake. | [verb] To engage in mischief. GRAFTS (10) [noun] A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. | [noun] A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. | [noun] A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. GRIEFS (10) [noun] Suffering, hardship. | [noun] Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. | [noun] Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. GRIFFE (13) GRIFFS (13) GRIFTS (10) [noun] A confidence game or swindle. | [verb] To obtain illegally, as by con game. | [verb] To obtain money illegally. GRUFFS (13) GRUFFY (16) GUFFAW (16) [noun] A boisterous laugh. | [verb] To laugh boisterously. GULFED (11) HAFFET (15) HAFFIT (15) HAFTED (13) [verb] To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle HAFTER (12) HATFUL (12) HEFTED (13) [verb] To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy. | [verb] To test the weight of something by lifting it. | [verb] (Northern England and Scotland) To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture. HEFTER (12) HEIFER (12) [noun] A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved. | [noun] A wife. | [noun] A girl. HEREOF (12) [adverb] Of this; concerning this. | [adverb] From or as a result of this. HOOFED (13) [verb] To trample with hooves. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To dance, especially as a professional. HOOFER (12) [noun] A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues HOWFFS (18) [noun] Tavern; public house HUFFED (16) [verb] To breathe heavily. | [verb] To say in a huffy manner. | [verb] To enlarge; to swell up. IFFIER (12) [adjective] Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. | [adjective] Uncertain or chancy. IGNIFY (13) INFALL (9) [noun] The act or process of falling in. | [noun] An incursion; an inroad. | [noun] The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain. INFAMY (14) [noun] The state of being infamous. | [noun] A reputation as being evil. | [noun] A reprehensible occurrence or situation. INFANT (9) [noun] A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention. | [noun] A minor. | [noun] A noble or aristocratic youth. INFARE (9) INFECT (11) [verb] To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen). | [verb] To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion. | [adjective] Infected. INFERS (9) [verb] To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. | [verb] To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) | [verb] To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. INFEST (9) [noun] Hostility. | [verb] To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. | [verb] (of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal. INFIRM (11) [verb] To contradict, to provide proof that something is not. | [adjective] Weak or ill, not in good health. | [adjective] Irresolute; weak of mind or will. INFLOW (12) [noun] The act or process of flowing in or into | [noun] Anything which flows in or into | [noun] Influence from outside. INFLUX (16) [noun] A flow inward or into something; a coming in. | [noun] That which flows or comes in. | [noun] Influence; power. INFOLD (10) [verb] To fold inwards. | [verb] To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop. | [verb] To clasp with the arms; embrace. INFORM (11) [verb] To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). | [verb] To communicate knowledge to. | [verb] To impart information or knowledge. | [adjective] Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. INFUSE (9) [verb] To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. | [verb] To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). | [verb] To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). INGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. IREFUL (9) ITSELF (9) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | [pronoun] It; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate | [pronoun] It; used to refer back to an earlier subject JARFUL (16) JOYFUL (19) [adjective] Feeling or causing joy. JUGFUL (17) KAFFIR (16) [noun] In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. | [noun] A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. | [noun] (Rhodesia) A black person. KAFIRS (13) [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KAFTAN (13) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. KALIFS (13) KEFIRS (13) [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KENAFS (13) KERFED (14) KHALIF (16) KLOOFS (13) [noun] A deep glen or ravine. KNIFED (14) [verb] To cut with a knife. | [verb] To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | [verb] To cut through as if with a knife. KNIFER (13) KNIFES (13) [verb] To cut with a knife. | [verb] To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | [verb] To cut through as if with a knife. KRAFTS (13) LAPFUL (11) LAWFUL (12) [noun] A character having a lawful alignment. | [adjective] Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. | [adjective] Operating according to some law or fundamental principle. LAYOFF (15) [noun] (chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | [noun] A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | [noun] A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. LEAFED (10) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. | [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having a leaf or leaves (of the specified kind). LEFTER (9) LIEFER (9) LIEFLY (12) LIFERS (9) [noun] A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. | [noun] A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life. | [noun] A person with a singular career path, especially in the military. LIFTED (10) [verb] To raise or rise. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise. LIFTER (9) LOAFED (10) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) LOAFER (9) [noun] An idle person. | [noun] A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin. | [noun] A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. LOFTED (10) [verb] To propel high into the air. | [verb] To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled | [verb] To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface. LOFTER (9) [noun] An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick. LOOFAH (12) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOFAS (9) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LUFFAS (12) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LUFFED (13) [verb] (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly. | [verb] (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up) | [verb] To let out (a sail) so that it luffs. MAFFIA (14) MAFIAS (11) [noun] A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. | [noun] A crime syndicate. | [noun] A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader. MAFTIR (11) MALFED (12) MANFUL (11) [adjective] Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly | [adjective] (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded. MASSIF (11) [noun] A principal mountain mass. | [noun] A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists MAYFLY (17) [noun] Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults. MEDFLY (15) [noun] A small fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, native to the Mediterranean. MIFFED (15) [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. | [verb] To become slightly offended. | [adjective] Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed. MINIFY (14) MISFIT (11) [noun] An ill-fitting garment. | [noun] A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity. | [noun] A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc. MODIFY (15) [verb] To change part of. | [verb] To be or become modified. | [verb] To set bounds to; to moderate. MOTIFS (11) [noun] A recurring or dominant element; a theme. | [noun] A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | [noun] A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. MUFFED (15) [verb] To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. | [verb] To mishandle; to bungle. | [adjective] Wearing a muff. MUFFIN (14) [noun] A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten. | [noun] A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten. | [noun] (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed. MUFFLE (14) [noun] Anything that mutes or deadens sound. | [noun] A warm piece of clothing for the hands. | [noun] A boxing glove. MUFTIS (11) [noun] A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari’a law, who can deliver a fatwa. | [noun] A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. MUGFUL (12) MYSELF (14) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. | [pronoun] Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. | [pronoun] In my normal state of body or mind. NAZIFY (21) NIDIFY (13) NIFFER (12) NONFAN (9) NONFAT (9) [adjective] Containing no fat; fat-free. NOTIFY (12) [verb] To give (someone) notice (of some event). | [verb] To make (something) known. | [verb] To make note of (something). OAFISH (12) [adjective] Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid. OFFALS (12) [noun] The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food. | [noun] A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc. | [noun] A dead body; carrion. OFFCUT (14) [noun] A piece that has been cut off of a larger piece when not needed; surplus. | [verb] To cut off. | [adjective] Cut off. OFFEND (13) [verb] To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. | [verb] To feel or become offended; to take insult. | [verb] To physically harm, pain. OFFERS (12) [noun] A proposal that has been made. | [noun] Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. | [noun] An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. OFFICE (14) [noun] A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: | [noun] A position of responsibility. | [noun] Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. OFFING (13) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. | [noun] The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. OFFISH (15) [adjective] Aloof OFFKEY (19) OFFSET (12) [noun] Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. | [noun] A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales. | [noun] (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset. OFTEST (9) OLEFIN (9) [noun] Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond. ORFRAY (12) OSSIFY (12) [verb] To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals. | [verb] (animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions. | [verb] (inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent. OUTFIT (9) [noun] A set of clothing (with accessories). | [noun] Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. | [noun] Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company. OUTFLY (12) [verb] To fly better, faster, or further than. OUTFOX (16) [verb] To beat in a competition of wits OXFORD (17) [noun] A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather. | [noun] (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary. PACIFY (16) [verb] To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. | [verb] To appease (someone). PANFRY (14) PANFUL (11) PAYOFF (17) [noun] A payment. | [noun] A reward. | [noun] A bribe. PIAFFE (14) [noun] A calm, composed, elevated trot in place. | [verb] To strut pretentiously, to parade about. | [verb] To trot a horse with a high, slow, step, lifting the feet but without moving forward significantly. PIFFLE (14) [noun] Nonsense, foolish talk. | [verb] To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner. | [verb] To waste, to fritter away. PILAFF (14) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAFS (11) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILFER (11) [verb] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft. POTFUL (11) POUFED (12) POUFFE (14) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. POUFFS (14) PREFAB (13) [noun] A prefabricated building. | [noun] A prefabricated section of a building. | [noun] A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use. PREFER (11) [verb] To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. | [verb] To advance, promote (someone or something). | [verb] To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). PREFIX (18) [noun] Something placed before another | [verb] To determine beforehand; to set in advance. | [verb] To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. PROFIT (11) [noun] Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. | [noun] Benefit, positive result obtained. | [noun] In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game). PROOFS (11) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. PUFFED (15) [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. | [verb] To pant. | [verb] To advertise. | [adjective] Panting because of having exercised. PUFFER (14) [noun] Someone or something that puffs. | [noun] Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger. | [noun] A manually-operated inhaler. PUFFIN (14) [noun] The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. | [noun] The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. | [noun] Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses. PURFLE (11) [noun] An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing. | [noun] An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings. | [verb] To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border. PURIFY (14) [verb] To cleanse, or rid of impurities. | [verb] To free from guilt or sin. | [verb] To become pure. PUTOFF (14) QUAFFS (21) [noun] The act of quaffing; a deep draught. | [verb] To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. QUIFFS (21) [noun] (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. | [noun] A trick or ploy; a stratagem. | [noun] A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. RAFFIA (12) [noun] A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of the raffia palm tree (genus Raphia). RAFFLE (12) [noun] A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize. | [noun] A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes. | [verb] To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off. | [noun] Refuse; rubbish RAFTED (10) [verb] To convey on a raft. | [verb] To make into a raft. | [verb] To travel by raft. RAFTER (9) [noun] One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. | [noun] A flock of turkeys. | [verb] To make (timber, etc.) into rafters. | [noun] A raftsman. RAMIFY (14) [verb] To divide into branches or subdivisions. | [verb] To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories. RAREFY (12) [verb] To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense | [verb] To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to. RARIFY (12) [verb] To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense | [verb] To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to. RATIFY (12) [verb] To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on. REBUFF (14) [noun] A sudden resistance or refusal. | [noun] Repercussion, or beating back. | [verb] To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. | [verb] To buff again. REDEFY (13) REDFIN (10) REEFED (10) [verb] To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. | [verb] To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding. | [verb] (of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply. REEFER (9) [noun] Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman. | [noun] A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth. | [noun] A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container. | [noun] A marijuana cigarette. REFACE (11) [verb] To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer. REFALL (9) REFECT (11) REFEED (10) REFEEL (9) REFELL (9) REFELS (9) REFELT (9) REFERS (9) [verb] To direct the attention of. | [verb] To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere. | [verb] To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation. REFFED (13) [verb] To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. REFILE (9) REFILL (9) [noun] A filling after the first. | [noun] A repeat of a prescription. | [noun] A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment. | [verb] To fill up once again. REFILM (11) REFIND (10) REFINE (9) [verb] To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. | [verb] To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter. | [verb] To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish. REFIRE (9) REFITS (9) [noun] The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored. REFLET (9) [noun] Lustre; brilliancy of a surface; used especially in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustred pottery such as majolica REFLEW (12) REFLEX (16) [noun] An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. | [noun] The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language. | [noun] The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth. REFLOW (12) [noun] A flowing back again. | [noun] The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed. | [verb] To flow back again. REFLUX (16) [noun] The backwards flow of any fluid. | [noun] A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. | [noun] The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. REFOLD (10) [verb] To fold again. REFORM (11) [noun] The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it | [verb] To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better | [verb] To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits REFUEL (9) [noun] An act or instance of refilling with fuel. | [verb] To refill with fuel. REFUGE (10) [noun] A state of safety, protection or shelter. | [noun] A place providing safety, protection or shelter. | [noun] Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. REFUND (10) [noun] An amount of money returned. | [verb] To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse. | [verb] To supply again with funds. REFUSE (9) [noun] Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. | [adjective] Discarded, rejected. | [noun] Refusal | [verb] To melt again. REFUTE (9) [verb] To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. | [verb] To deny the truth or correctness of (something). RELIEF (9) [noun] The removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another. | [noun] A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background. REROOF (9) [verb] To roof again; to tear off an old roof and replace with a new roof. RESIFT (9) RIFELY (12) RIFEST (9) RIFFED (13) [verb] To lay off from work due to a reduction in force. | [verb] To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes. | [verb] To riffle. RIFFLE (12) [noun] A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. | [noun] A succession of small waves. | [noun] A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough. | [noun] In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool. RIFLED (10) [verb] To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html) | [verb] To commit robbery or theft. | [verb] To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. RIFLER (9) RIFLES (9) [noun] A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy. | [noun] (usually plural) A rifleman. | [noun] An artillery piece with a rifled barrel. RIFTED (10) [verb] To form a rift; to split open. | [verb] To cleave; to rive; to split. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch. RIPOFF (14) [noun] A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. | [noun] A theft or robbery. | [noun] A scam. ROLFED (10) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROLFER (9) ROOFED (10) [verb] To cover or furnish with a roof. | [verb] To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs. | [verb] To put into prison, to bird. ROOFER (9) [noun] A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs. | [noun] A daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers. RUBOFF (14) RUEFUL (9) [adjective] Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way. | [adjective] Inspiring pity or compassion. | [adjective] Bad; woeful; deplorable. RUFFED (13) [verb] To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff. | [verb] Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it. | [verb] To ruffle; to disorder. RUFFES (12) [noun] Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish. | [noun] Other species in the same genus. RUFFLE (12) [noun] Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. | [noun] Disturbance; agitation; commotion. | [noun] A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff. RUFFLY (15) RUFOUS (9) [noun] A reddish-brown colour, as of rust. | [adjective] Of a reddish colour RUNOFF (12) [noun] That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. | [noun] Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. | [noun] A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. SAFARI (9) [noun] A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment. | [noun] A caravan going on a safari. | [verb] To take part in a safari. SAFELY (12) [adverb] In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else. | [adverb] In a secure manner; without the possibility of injury or harm resulting. SAFEST (9) [adjective] Not in danger; out of harm's reach. | [adjective] Free from risk. | [adjective] Providing protection from danger; providing shelter. SAFETY (12) [noun] The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty. | [noun] A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing. | [noun] An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team. SAFROL (9) SALIFY (12) SAWFLY (15) [noun] Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs. SCARFS (11) [noun] A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. | [noun] A headscarf. | [noun] A neckcloth or cravat. SCLAFF (14) SCOFFS (14) [noun] Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. | [noun] An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. | [verb] To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. SCRUFF (14) [noun] Someone with an untidy appearance. | [noun] Stubble, facial hair (on males). | [noun] Crust. | [noun] The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. SCUFFS (14) [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [verb] To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball. SCURFS (11) SCURFY (14) SELFED (10) [adjective] Produced by vegetative propagation | [adjective] Produced by self-pollination SERIFS (9) [noun] A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman. SETOFF (12) [noun] The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account. SHADUF (13) SHAFTS (12) [noun] The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow. | [noun] The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin. | [noun] (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin. SHARIF (12) [noun] A traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets. SHEAFS (12) [noun] A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. | [noun] Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. | [noun] A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. SHERIF (12) [noun] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. SHIFTS (12) [noun] A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously). | [noun] A type of women's undergarment, a slip. | [noun] A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time. SHIFTY (15) [adjective] Subject to frequent changes in direction. | [adjective] (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking. | [adjective] Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable. SHOFAR (12) [noun] A ram’s-horn trumpet SHRIFT (12) [noun] The act of going to or hearing a religious confession. | [noun] Confession to a priest. | [noun] Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission. SHROFF (15) [noun] A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin. | [noun] A cashier, especially for a carpark. | [noun] Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc. SIFAKA (13) [noun] A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus. SIFTED (10) [adjective] Having undergone sifting. SIFTER (9) SINFUL (9) [adjective] Constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil | [adjective] Decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent) SKIFFS (16) [noun] Term used in tea gardens and denotes the act of cutting/pruning the bushes as per the specific norms. Various types of skiff are used viz Light Skiff (LS), Medium Skiff (MS), Deep Skiff (DS) and Level Of Skiff (LOS). | [noun] A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. | [noun] Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. SLUFFS (12) SNAFUS (9) [noun] A ridiculously chaotic situation. | [noun] A major glitch or breakdown. SNIFFS (12) [noun] An instance of sniffing. | [noun] A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | [noun] A brief perception, or tiny amount. SNIFFY (15) [adjective] Disdainful; haughty. | [adjective] Characterised by sniffing. SNUFFS (12) [verb] To inhale through the nose. | [verb] To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence. | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SNUFFY (15) [adjective] Soiled with snuff. | [adjective] Sulky; angry; vexed. SOBFUL (11) SOFARS (9) SOFFIT (12) [noun] The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element. | [noun] (pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit. SOFTAS (9) [noun] A religious student, especially in Turkey | [noun] (by extension) A fanatic adherent, blind follower SOFTEN (9) [verb] To make something soft or softer. | [verb] To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). | [verb] To make less harsh SOFTER (9) [adjective] Easily giving way under pressure. | [adjective] (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh. | [adjective] (of a sound) Quiet. SOFTIE (9) [noun] A weak or sentimental person. | [noun] Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish. | [noun] A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware. SOFTLY (12) [adverb] In a soft manner; gently. | [adverb] Not loudly; nearly inaudible. SPIFFS (14) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPIFFY (17) [noun] A dapper person. | [adjective] Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance. SPLIFF (14) [noun] A cannabis cigarette. SPOOFS (11) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. SPOOFY (14) STAFFS (12) [noun] (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. | [noun] (plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. | [noun] (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business. STIFFS (12) [noun] An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff. | [noun] A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. | [noun] A cadaver; a dead person. STIFLE (9) [noun] A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses. | [noun] A bone disease of this region. | [verb] To interrupt or cut off. STRAFE (9) [noun] An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft. | [noun] A sideways movement without turning. | [verb] To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft. STRIFE (9) [noun] Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. | [noun] Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. | [noun] Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. STUFFS (12) [noun] Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. | [noun] Unspecified things or matters. | [noun] The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. STUFFY (15) [noun] A toy made of a soft material, usually stuffed with cotton, straw, beans, or other materials, and typically intended as a plaything for children. | [adjective] Poorly ventilated; partially plugged. | [adjective] Stout; mettlesome; resolute. SUBFIX (18) SUFFER (12) [verb] To undergo hardship. | [verb] To feel pain. | [verb] To become worse. SUFFIX (19) [noun] (grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. | [noun] A subscript. | [noun] A final segment of a string of characters. SULFAS (9) SULFID (10) SULFUR (9) [noun] A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16. | [noun] A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur. | [verb] To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests. SURFED (10) [verb] To ride a wave, usually on a surfboard. | [verb] To browse the Internet, television, etc. SURFER (9) [noun] A person who rides a surfboard. | [noun] A person who surfs the Internet. | [noun] A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata). SWARFS (12) SWIFTS (12) [noun] A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. | [noun] Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. | [noun] A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth. TAFFIA (12) TAFIAS (9) [noun] A variety of rum. TARIFF (12) [noun] A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. | [noun] A schedule of rates, fees or prices. | [noun] A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. TELFER (9) TEPEFY (14) THEFTS (12) [noun] The act of stealing property. THRIFT (12) [noun] The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). | [noun] A savings bank. | [noun] Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. TIFFED (13) TIFFIN (12) [noun] A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. | [noun] A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container. | [verb] To eat a (light) midday meal or snack. TINFUL (9) TIPOFF (14) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. TITFER (9) [noun] A hat. TOFFEE (12) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy TOPFUL (11) TREFAH (12) TRIFID (10) [adjective] Divided into three lobes. TRIFLE (9) [noun] An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. | [noun] Anything that is of little importance or worth. | [noun] A very small amount (of something). TRUFFE (12) TUBFUL (11) TUFFET (12) [noun] A clump of grass or similar vegetation. | [noun] (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool. | [noun] An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting. TUFOLI (9) TUFTED (10) [verb] To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. | [verb] To form into tufts. | [verb] To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. TUFTER (9) TUMEFY (14) [verb] To cause to swell. | [verb] To swell; to rise into a tumour. TURFED (10) [verb] To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. | [verb] (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. | [verb] To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. TWOFER (12) [noun] Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone. | [noun] The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt. | [noun] A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer. TYPIFY (17) [verb] To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. | [verb] To portray stereotypically. | [verb] To serve as a typical or reference specimen of. UGLIFY (13) UNCUFF (14) UNFAIR (9) [verb] To make ugly | [adjective] Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive | [adjective] Sorrowful; sad UNFELT (9) [adjective] Not felt or experienced; without feeling or sensing. | [adjective] Insincere. UNFITS (9) [verb] To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. UNFIXT (16) UNFOLD (10) [noun] In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold. | [verb] To undo a folding. | [verb] To turn out; to happen; to develop. UNFOND (10) UNFREE (9) [adjective] Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor. UNFURL (9) [verb] To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. | [verb] To roll out or debut anything. | [verb] To open up by unrolling. UNIFIC (11) UNROOF (9) [verb] To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. UNSAFE (9) [adjective] Not safe (various senses); dangerous. UPFLOW (14) UPFOLD (12) [noun] An anticline. | [verb] To fold up. | [verb] To create a raised fold. UPLIFT (11) [noun] The act or result of being uplifted. | [noun] A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. | [noun] A brassiere that raises the breasts. UPWAFT (14) USEFUL (9) [adjective] Having a practical or beneficial use. VATFUL (12) VERIFY (15) [verb] To substantiate or prove the truth of something | [verb] To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something | [verb] To affirm something formally, under oath VILIFY (15) [verb] To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. | [verb] To belittle through speech; to put down. VINIFY (15) [verb] To convert the juice of a fruit (especially that of the grape) into wine by fermentation. VIVIFY (18) [verb] To bring to life; to enliven. | [verb] To impart vitality. WAEFUL (12) WAFERS (12) [noun] A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. | [noun] (christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. | [noun] A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. WAFERY (15) WAFFED (16) WAFFIE (15) WAFFLE (15) [noun] A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern. | [noun] A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. | [verb] To smash. | [noun] Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive. WAFTED (13) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAFTER (12) WAIFED (13) WEBFED (15) WHARFS (15) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. WHIFFS (18) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. WHOOFS (15) WIFELY (15) [adjective] Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife. WIFING (13) WILFUL (12) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WOEFUL (12) [adjective] Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. | [adjective] Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. | [adjective] Lamentable, deplorable. WOLFED (13) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOLFER (12) WOOFED (13) [verb] To make a woofing sound. WOOFER (12) [noun] An electronic speaker that produces low-frequency sound. | [noun] A dog. YAFFED (16) ZAFFAR (21) ZAFFER (21) [noun] A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. | [noun] A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment. ZAFFIR (21) ZAFFRE (21) [noun] A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. | [noun] A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment. ZAFTIG (19) [adjective] Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large. ZOFTIG (19) [adjective] Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.

ABFARAD (13) ACETIFY (15) [verb] To convert into vinegar or acetic acid. ACIDIFY (16) [verb] To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. | [verb] To neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar | [verb] To sour, to embitter. ACIFORM (14) [adjective] Shaped like a needle or needle-pointed; having the form of an acus or needle. AFEARED (11) [verb] To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify. | [adjective] Afraid. AFFABLE (15) [adjective] Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. | [adjective] Mild; benign. AFFABLY (18) [adverb] In a friendly and pleasant manner; with good humor and approachability. AFFAIRE (13) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFAIRS (13) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFECTS (15) [verb] To influence or alter. | [verb] To move to emotion. | [verb] Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). AFFIANT (13) [noun] The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition. AFFICHE (18) [noun] A large poster or public notice, especially one used for advertising. AFFINAL (13) [adjective] Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law. AFFINED (14) [verb] To refine. AFFINES (13) [noun] (genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law. AFFIRMS (15) [verb] To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. | [verb] To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. | [verb] To support or encourage. AFFIXAL (20) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an affix (a word element attached to a root word to modify its meaning). AFFIXED (21) [verb] To attach. | [verb] To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. | [verb] To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon. AFFIXER (20) [noun] One who affixes; something that attaches or fastens. | [noun] In linguistics, a morpheme that is attached to a root or stem to modify its meaning. AFFIXES (20) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. AFFLICT (15) [verb] To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. | [verb] To strike or cast down; to overthrow. | [verb] To make low or humble. AFFORDS (14) [verb] To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. | [verb] To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury. | [verb] To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. AFFRAYS (16) [noun] The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. | [noun] A tumultuous assault or quarrel. | [noun] The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. AFFRONT (13) [noun] An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. | [noun] A hostile encounter or meeting. | [verb] To insult intentionally, especially openly. AFGHANI (14) [noun] The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul AFGHANS (14) [noun] A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. | [noun] A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. AFREETS (10) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTMOST (12) AFTOSAS (10) [noun] Plural of aftosa, a viral disease affecting livestock, characterized by blisters in the mouth and on the hooves; also known as foot-and-mouth disease. AGRAFES (11) [noun] Plural of agrafe, a clasp or brooch, typically ornamental and used to fasten garments or hold things together. AGRAFFE (14) [noun] A clasp or buckle used to fasten things together, especially an ornamental clasp for a garment or a metal loop used in construction. | [noun] In music, a sign or bracket used to connect multiple staves. AIRFARE (10) [noun] The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip. AIRFLOW (13) [noun] Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil. AIRFOIL (10) [noun] A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. | [noun] A wing of an aircraft. AIRLIFT (10) [noun] The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency. | [noun] Such a flight. | [noun] A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed. ALEWIFE (13) [noun] A woman who keeps an alehouse. | [noun] A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus. | [noun] Any of several species similar in appearance. ALFAKIS (14) ALFALFA (13) [noun] A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. | [noun] A type or breed of this plant. ALFAQUI (19) [noun] A Muslim legal expert or teacher of Islamic law in North Africa and Spain. ALFORJA (17) ALIFORM (12) [adjective] Shaped like a wing | [adjective] (of a building) Having wings ALOOFLY (13) AMPLIFY (17) [verb] To render larger, more extended, or more intense. | [verb] To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. | [verb] To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. ANTEFIX (17) [noun] An ornamental block or tile fixed to the eaves of a roof to conceal the ends of tiles or rafters. ANTIFAT (10) ANTIFLU (10) ANTIFUR (10) AQUIFER (19) [noun] An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel ARMFULS (12) [noun] The amount an arm or arms can hold. ARMSFUL (12) [noun] Plural of armful; the quantity that can be held in one's arms. ASHFALL (13) AUSFORM (12) [verb] To shape metal by heating and then working it while hot, or to forge and form metal through a combination of heat and mechanical deformation. AWFULLY (16) [adverb] Badly, terribly. | [adverb] Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively. | [adverb] In a manner inspiring awe. BACKFIT (18) BAFFIES (15) [noun] Scottish term for golf clubs with wooden heads, particularly a wooden-headed club used for medium distances. | [noun] Plural of baffy, a type of golf club. BAFFING (16) [verb] Present participle of baff, meaning to strike a golf ball with the sole of the club, or to hit something with a bat or club. BAFFLED (16) [verb] To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight. | [verb] To hoodwink or deceive (someone). | [verb] To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. BAFFLER (15) [noun] Something that causes one to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle. | [noun] One of the projections inside a dice tower that serve to deflect the die unpredictably. BAFFLES (15) [noun] A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether. | [noun] An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable. | [noun] (coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine. BAGFULS (13) [noun] Plural of bagful; the amount that a bag can hold or contain. BAGSFUL (13) [noun] Plural of bagsful; the quantity that multiple bags can hold. BAILIFF (15) [noun] (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly: | [noun] A public administrator, particularly: | [noun] A private administrator, particularly BALEFUL (12) [adjective] Portending evil; ominous. | [adjective] Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering. BANEFUL (12) [adjective] Poisonous, deadly. | [adjective] Harmful, injurious. BAREFIT (12) BARFING (13) [verb] To vomit. | [verb] Of a system: to fail. BASHFUL (15) [adjective] Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. | [adjective] Indicating bashfulness. BATFISH (15) [noun] Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae | [noun] Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. BATFOWL (15) [verb] To catch birds at night by blinding them with light and knocking them down with a stick or bat. | [verb] To trick or swindle someone. BEATIFY (15) [verb] To make blissful. | [verb] To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. | [verb] To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed. BEDFAST (13) [adjective] Confined to bed by illness or infirmity. BEDWARF (16) [verb] To make to appear small or insignificant by comparison; to dwarf. BEEFALO (12) [noun] A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison. | [noun] The meat of such a hybrid. BEEFIER (12) [adjective] Similar to, or tasting like beef. | [adjective] Containing beef. | [adjective] Strong or muscular. BEEFILY (15) BEEFING (13) [verb] To complain. | [verb] To add weight or strength to; to beef up. | [verb] To fart; break wind. BEFALLS (12) [noun] Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident. | [verb] To fall upon; fall all over; overtake | [verb] To happen. BEFLAGS (13) BEFLEAS (12) [verb] To infest with fleas. BEFLECK (18) BEFOOLS (12) [verb] To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone). BEFOULS (12) [verb] To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. | [verb] (specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement. | [verb] To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace). BEFRETS (12) [verb] Third person singular present of "befret," meaning to fret over or worry excessively about something. | [verb] To cover or decorate with frets (as in decorative patterns or musical instrument features). BEGULFS (13) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "begulf," meaning to engulf or swallow up completely. BELIEFS (12) [noun] Mental acceptance of a claim as true. | [noun] Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. | [noun] Something believed. BENEFIC (14) [noun] A favorable planet | [adjective] Favorable; beneficent. BENEFIT (12) [noun] An advantage; help or aid from something. | [noun] A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme. | [noun] An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause. BIFACES (14) [noun] A double-sided stone tool BIFFIES (15) [noun] A toilet | [noun] An outhouse BIFFING (16) [verb] To punch or hit. | [verb] To discard; to throw out; to throw away. | [verb] To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall. BIFFINS (15) [noun] A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain. | [noun] Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk. BIFIDLY (16) BIFILAR (12) [adjective] Having two wires, threads or filaments BIFOCAL (14) [adjective] Having two focal lengths | [adjective] (of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision BIGFEET (13) [noun] Snowblades; a smaller version of skis. BIGFOOT (13) [verb] (sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over. | [verb] (sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner. BLOWFLY (18) [noun] Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds. BLOWOFF (18) [noun] Something that is blown off. | [noun] The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval | [noun] A blowing off of steam, water, etc. BLUEFIN (12) [noun] Bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins. BLUFFED (16) [verb] To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is. | [verb] (by analogy) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage. | [verb] To take advantage by bluffing. BLUFFER (15) [noun] A person who bluffs, especially one who pretends to have strength, confidence, or resources that they do not actually possess. | [noun] In poker, a player who makes a bet or raise with a weak hand to deceive opponents. BLUFFLY (18) [adverb] In a bluff manner; speaking or acting in a direct, frank, or abrupt way. BOATFUL (12) [noun] The number of people or amount of cargo that a boat can hold or carry. BOFFINS (15) [noun] An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. | [noun] (by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person. BOFFOLA (15) [noun] A coarse or farcical gag; a joke provoking hearty laughter. BOILOFF (15) [noun] The loss of a liquid through evaporation, especially the vaporization of a cryogenic liquid such as liquid hydrogen or liquid oxygen from a storage tank. | [noun] In aerospace, the unintended loss of propellant from a spacecraft tank due to heating or pressure changes. BONFIRE (12) [noun] A fire in which bones are burned. | [noun] A fire to burn unwanted or disreputable items or people: proscribed books, heretics etc. | [noun] A large, controlled outdoor fire, as a signal or to celebrate something. BOOKFUL (16) [noun] As much as a book can hold. | [adjective] Containing the amount that fills a book. BOUFFES (15) [noun] Plural of bouffe, a type of comic opera or theatrical performance characterized by absurdity and burlesque humor. | [verb] Third person singular present of bouffe, meaning to puff out or swell. BOWFINS (15) [noun] A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States. BOWLFUL (15) [noun] The amount that a bowl can hold; the quantity contained in a bowl. BOXFISH (22) [noun] Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. | [noun] Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion. BOXFULS (19) [noun] Plural of boxful; the amount that a box can hold, or multiple quantities of items filling boxes. BRIEFED (13) [verb] To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power. | [verb] To write a legal argument and submit it to a court. BRIEFER (12) [adjective] Of short duration; happening quickly. | [adjective] Concise; taking few words. | [adjective] Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. BRIEFLY (15) [adverb] (manner) In a brief manner, summarily. | [adverb] (duration) For a brief period. | [adverb] To be brief, in short. BRIMFUL (14) [adjective] Filled to maximum capacity. | [noun] The maximum amount a container can hold. | [noun] A large amount. BRUTIFY (15) BUFFALO (15) [noun] Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. | [noun] A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. | [noun] A buffalo robe. BUFFERS (15) [noun] Someone or something that buffs. | [noun] A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid. | [noun] A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device. BUFFETS (15) [verb] To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap. | [verb] To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise. | [verb] To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against. BUFFIER (15) [adjective] More buff; more muscular or in better physical condition. | [adjective] More of a buff color; more yellowish-brown in appearance. BUFFING (16) [verb] To polish and make shiny by rubbing. | [verb] To make a character or an item stronger. | [verb] To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. BUFFOON (15) [noun] One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. | [noun] An unintentionally ridiculous person. | [verb] To behave like a buffoon CAFFEIN (15) CAFTANS (12) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. CAGEFUL (13) CAITIFF (15) [noun] A base or despicable person; a wretch | [noun] A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave | [noun] A villain, a coward or wretch CALCIFY (17) [verb] To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. | [verb] To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts. CANFULS (12) [noun] Plural of canful; the amount that a can will hold. CANSFUL (12) CAPFULS (14) [noun] Plural of capful; the amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a measure for liquids. CARAFES (12) [noun] A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. | [noun] A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process. CAREFUL (12) [adjective] Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. | [adjective] Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. | [adjective] Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad. CARFARE (12) [noun] The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus. CARFULS (12) [noun] Plural of carful; the amount that a car can hold or carry. CARNIFY (15) CASTOFF (15) [noun] Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject. | [adjective] Discarded, rejected. CATFACE (14) [noun] A scar or defect on the trunk of a tree caused by fire, disease, or injury. | [verb] To scar or damage the face of a tree. CATFALL (12) CATFISH (15) [noun] Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth | [verb] To fish for catfish | [noun] Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people. CERTIFY (15) [verb] To attest to (a fact) as the truth. | [verb] To authenticate or verify in writing. | [verb] To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard. CHAFERS (15) [noun] One who chafes. | [noun] A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan. | [noun] Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer CHAFFED (19) [verb] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | [verb] To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. CHAFFER (18) [noun] Bargaining; merchandise | [verb] To haggle or barter. | [verb] To buy. | [noun] The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed CHAFING (16) [verb] To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. | [verb] To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. | [verb] To fret and wear by rubbing. CHAMFER (17) [noun] An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges. | [verb] To cut off the edge or corner of something. | [verb] To cut a groove in something. CHAUFER (15) [noun] A person employed to drive a motor vehicle for another person. | [verb] To drive a motor vehicle as a chauffeur. CHEFDOM (18) CHEFFED (19) [verb] To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally. | [verb] To stab with a knife, to shank, to lacerate with a rambo. CHIEFER (15) CHIEFLY (18) [adjective] Of or relating to a chief | [adverb] (focus) Especially or primarily; above all. | [adverb] (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely. CHIFFON (18) [noun] A sheer silk or rayon fabric. | [noun] Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. CHUFFED (19) [verb] To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive. | [verb] To break wind. | [verb] To intermittently extinguish and reignite a powder charge. CHUFFER (18) [noun] A person or thing that chuffs, such as a steam engine that makes chugging sounds. | [noun] In British slang, a person who is easily pleased or content. CLARIFY (15) [verb] (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter | [verb] To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity | [verb] To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification. CLEFTED (13) [adjective] Having a cleft or split; divided into two parts. COALIFY (15) CODFISH (16) [noun] A cod (the fish). | [noun] The flesh of the cod as food. COFFEES (15) [noun] A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. | [noun] A serving of this beverage. | [noun] The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape. COFFERS (15) [noun] A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. | [noun] An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. | [noun] A cofferdam. COFFING (16) [verb] Present participle of "coff," meaning to buy or purchase (archaic/dialectal usage). | [verb] Present participle of "coff," meaning to scoff or jeer at something. COFFINS (15) [noun] A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. | [noun] The eighth Lenormand card. | [noun] A basket. COFFLED (16) [verb] Past tense of coffle, meaning to chain or shackle together in a coffle (a line of people or animals chained together). COFFLES (15) [noun] A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. COFFRET (15) [noun] A small ornamental box or case, typically used for holding jewelry or other valuable items. COFOUND (13) [verb] To found at the same time as another. | [verb] To found with one or more other people. COIFFED (16) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIFFES (15) [verb] Third person singular present of coiffe, meaning to arrange or dress the hair. | [noun] Plural of coiffe, a close-fitting cap or head covering. COIFING (13) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COINFER (12) COMFIER (14) [adjective] Comfortable. COMFITS (14) [noun] A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force. COMFORT (14) [noun] Contentment, ease. | [noun] Something that offers comfort. | [noun] A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. COMFREY (17) [noun] Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale. CONFABS (14) [noun] A casual conversation; a chat. | [noun] A fabricated memory believed to be true. CONFECT (14) [noun] A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit. | [verb] To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. | [verb] To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like. CONFERS (12) [verb] To grant as a possession; to bestow. | [verb] To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. | [verb] To compare. CONFESS (12) [verb] To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. | [verb] To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. | [verb] To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution. CONFIDE (13) [verb] To trust, have faith (in). | [verb] To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. | [verb] To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in) CONFINE (12) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit. | [verb] To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area. | [verb] To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with. CONFIRM (14) [verb] To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. | [verb] To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). | [verb] To assure the accuracy of previous statements. CONFITS (12) [noun] Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. CONFLUX (19) [noun] A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge. | [noun] A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things. CONFORM (14) [verb] (of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure. | [verb] (of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline. | [verb] To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt. CONFUSE (12) [verb] To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody). | [verb] To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). | [verb] To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. CONFUTE (12) [verb] To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute. CONIFER (12) [noun] A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree. CORNFED (13) [adjective] (of an animal) Fed on corn. | [adjective] (sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured. | [adjective] (of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85). COWFISH (18) [noun] Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. | [noun] The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin. | [noun] A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii. COWFLAP (17) COWFLOP (17) [noun] A piece of cow dung, especially when dried. | [noun] Something of little value or importance. CRAFTED (13) [verb] To make by hand and with much skill. | [verb] To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman). | [verb] To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine. CROFTER (12) [noun] One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user. CRUCIFY (17) [verb] To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. | [verb] To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. | [verb] To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. CUFFING (16) [verb] To furnish with cuffs. | [verb] To handcuff. | [verb] To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. CUPFULS (14) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CUPSFUL (14) [noun] The plural form of cupful, meaning multiple quantities that fill a cup. CURFEWS (15) [noun] Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. | [noun] The time when such restriction begins. | [noun] A signal indicating this time. CUTOFFS (15) [noun] The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. | [noun] A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. | [noun] A device that stops the flow of a current. DAFFIER (14) [adjective] Somewhat mad or eccentric. DAFFILY (17) DAFFING (15) DAFTEST (11) [adjective] Foolish, silly, stupid. | [adjective] Crazy, insane, mad. | [adjective] Gentle, meek, mild. DAMNIFY (16) [verb] To damage physically; to injure. | [verb] To cause injuries or loss to. DANDIFY (15) DAREFUL (11) DEAFENS (11) [verb] To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. | [verb] To make soundproof. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise. DEAFEST (11) [adjective] Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear. | [adjective] Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless. | [adjective] Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. DEAFISH (14) DEBRIEF (13) [verb] To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence. | [verb] To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc. | [verb] To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner. DEERFLY (14) DEFACED (14) [verb] To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. | [verb] To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of. | [verb] (flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it. DEFACER (13) DEFACES (13) [verb] To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. | [verb] To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of. | [verb] (flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it. DEFAMED (14) [verb] To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. | [verb] To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. | [verb] To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. DEFAMER (13) DEFAMES (13) [verb] To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. | [verb] To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. | [verb] To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. DEFANGS (12) [verb] To remove the fangs from (something). | [verb] To render harmless. DEFAULT (11) [noun] The condition of failing to meet an obligation. | [noun] The original software programming settings as set by the factory | [noun] A loss incurred by failing to compete. DEFEATS (11) [verb] To overcome in battle or contest. | [verb] To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. | [verb] To nullify DEFECTS (13) [noun] A fault or malfunction. | [noun] The quantity or amount by which anything falls short. | [noun] A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient. DEFENCE (13) [noun] The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury. | [noun] Something used to oppose attacks. | [noun] An argument in support or justification of something. DEFENDS (12) [verb] To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. | [verb] To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. | [verb] To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). DEFENSE (11) [noun] The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. | [noun] Anything employed to oppose attack(s). | [noun] An argument in support or justification of something. DEFIANT (11) [noun] One who defies opposition. | [adjective] Defying. | [adjective] Boldly resisting opposition. DEFICIT (13) [noun] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. | [noun] A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue. DEFIERS (11) DEFILED (12) [verb] To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. | [verb] To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate | [verb] To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape DEFILER (11) DEFILES (11) [verb] To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul. | [verb] To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate | [verb] To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape DEFINED (12) [verb] To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. | [verb] To settle, decide (an argument etc.) | [verb] To express the essential nature of something. DEFINER (11) DEFINES (11) [verb] To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. | [verb] To settle, decide (an argument etc.) | [verb] To express the essential nature of something. DEFLATE (11) [verb] To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre | [verb] To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink | [verb] To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices. DEFLEAS (11) DEFLECT (13) [verb] To make (something) deviate from its original path. | [verb] (ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players. | [verb] To deviate from its original path. DEFOAMS (13) DEFOCUS (13) [noun] The process of going out of focus. | [verb] To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus. DEFORCE (13) [verb] To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it. | [verb] To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty. DEFORMS (13) [verb] To change the form of, usually negatively; to give (something) an unusual or abnormal shape. | [verb] To change the looks of, usually negatively; to give something an unusual or abnormal appearance. | [verb] To mar the character of. DEFRAUD (12) [verb] To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle. | [verb] To deprive. DEFRAYS (14) [verb] To spend (money). | [verb] To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something). | [verb] To pay for (something). DEFROCK (17) [verb] To divest of a frock. | [verb] To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. | [verb] (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner. DEFROST (11) [noun] The removal of frost. | [verb] To remove frost from. | [verb] To thaw something. DEFTEST (11) [adjective] Quick and neat in action; skillful. DEFUNCT (13) [noun] The dead person (referred to). | [verb] To make defunct. | [adjective] Deceased, dead. DEFUNDS (12) [verb] To cancel funding for. DEFUSED (12) [verb] To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.). | [verb] To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. | [verb] To disorder; to make shapeless. DEFUSES (11) [verb] To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.). | [verb] To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. | [verb] To disorder; to make shapeless. DEFUZED (21) DEFUZES (20) DEFYING (15) [verb] To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). | [verb] To refuse to obey. | [verb] To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations. DEIFIED (12) [verb] To make a god of (something or someone). | [verb] To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. DEIFIER (11) DEIFIES (11) [verb] To make a god of (something or someone). | [verb] To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. DEIFORM (13) [adjective] Godlike | [adjective] Conformable to the will of God DENSIFY (14) [verb] To make dense. | [verb] To become dense. DEWFALL (14) [noun] The forming of dew. | [noun] The time when dew begins to form. DIFFERS (14) [verb] Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct. | [verb] (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree. | [verb] To be separated in quantity. DIFFUSE (14) [verb] To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means. | [verb] To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means. | [adjective] Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated. DIGNIFY (15) [verb] To invest with dignity or honour. | [verb] To give distinction to. | [verb] To exalt in rank. DIREFUL (11) [adjective] Fearful, terrible. DISHFUL (14) DISTAFF (14) [noun] A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist. | [noun] The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. | [noun] Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only. DOFFERS (14) DOFFING (15) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DOGFACE (14) [noun] A foot soldier, especially during World War II. | [noun] An ugly person. | [noun] Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene. DOGFISH (15) [noun] Any of various small sharks | [noun] The bowfin, Amia calva. DOLEFUL (11) [adjective] Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. DOOMFUL (13) DRAFTED (12) [verb] To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch. | [verb] To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. | [verb] To write a law. DRAFTEE (11) [noun] One who is drafted (into a military service, etc) DRAFTER (11) DRIFTED (12) [verb] To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc. | [verb] To move haphazardly without any destination. | [verb] To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel. DRIFTER (11) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job. | [noun] A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker. | [noun] A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires. DUFFELS (14) DUFFERS (14) [noun] An incompetent or clumsy person. | [noun] A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs. | [noun] A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods. DUFFLES (14) DULCIFY (16) [verb] To sweeten the taste of. | [verb] To make sweeter or more pleasant. | [verb] To neutralise the acidity of. DUSTOFF (14) DUTIFUL (11) [adjective] Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. | [adjective] Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty. DWARFED (15) [verb] To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version). | [verb] To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny. | [verb] To make appear insignificant. DWARFER (14) EARFLAP (12) EARFULS (10) [noun] An angry reprimand, castigation or telling off | [noun] Intimate gossip EARMUFF (15) [noun] A garment to keep the ears warm. | [noun] A garment or part worn over a single ear. | [noun] A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears. EASEFUL (10) [adjective] Full of ease, restful, comfortable EDIFICE (13) [noun] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one | [noun] An abstract structure; a school of thought. EDIFIED (12) [adjective] Furnished with buildings. | [verb] To build, construct. | [verb] To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. EDIFIER (11) EDIFIES (11) [verb] To build, construct. | [verb] To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. EFFABLE (15) [adjective] Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed. | [adjective] Fuckable; sexually attractive. EFFACED (16) [verb] To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. | [verb] To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. | [verb] To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. EFFACER (15) EFFACES (15) [verb] To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. | [verb] To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. | [verb] To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. EFFECTS (15) [noun] The result or outcome of a cause. | [noun] Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. | [noun] Execution; performance; realization; operation. EFFENDI (14) [noun] An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory. EFFORTS (13) [noun] The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. | [noun] An endeavour. | [noun] A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. EFFULGE (14) EFFUSED (14) [verb] To emit; to give off | [verb] To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something | [verb] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. EFFUSES (13) [verb] To emit; to give off | [verb] To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something | [verb] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. EFTSOON (10) ELFLIKE (14) ELFLOCK (16) ENDLEAF (11) ENFACED (13) ENFACES (12) ENFEOFF (16) [verb] To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. | [verb] To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. ENFEVER (13) ENFLAME (12) ENFOLDS (11) [verb] To fold something around; to envelop | [verb] To embrace ENFORCE (12) [verb] To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force. | [verb] To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize. | [verb] To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc. ENFRAME (12) ENGRAFT (11) [verb] To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant | [verb] To fix firmly into place | [adjective] Engrafted. ENGULFS (11) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. ENSERFS (10) EYEFULS (13) [noun] A full or complete view; a good look. | [noun] (sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person. | [noun] An amount of material blown into the eye. FABLERS (12) FABLIAU (12) [noun] A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. FABLING (13) [verb] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. | [verb] To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable. | [noun] The act of telling fables. FABRICS (14) [noun] An edifice or building. | [noun] The act of constructing, construction, fabrication. | [noun] The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make. FABULAR (12) FACADES (13) [noun] The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. | [noun] (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ. | [noun] A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front. FACETED (13) [verb] To cut a facet into a gemstone. | [adjective] Having facets. FACIALS (12) [noun] A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. | [noun] A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor. | [noun] (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. FACIEND (13) FACINGS (13) [noun] The most external portion of exterior siding. | [noun] Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. | [noun] A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. FACTFUL (15) FACTION (12) [noun] 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. | [noun] Strife; discord. | [noun] A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction FACTOID (13) [noun] An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. | [noun] (originally North America) An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact. FACTORS (12) [noun] A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. | [noun] An agent or representative. | [noun] A commission agent. FACTORY (15) [noun] A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country. | [noun] The position or state of being a factor. | [noun] A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. FACTUAL (12) [adjective] Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims. | [adjective] True, accurate, corresponding to reality. FACTURE (12) [noun] The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. | [noun] An invoice or bill of parcels. FACULAE (12) [noun] A bright spot or patch between sunspots FACULAR (12) FACULTY (15) [noun] The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff. | [noun] A division of a university. | [noun] An ability, skill, or power, often plural. FADABLE (13) FADDIER (12) [adjective] Having characteristics of a fad. | [adjective] Fussy, having particular tastes or whims FADDISH (15) FADDISM (14) FADDIST (12) FADEDLY (15) FADGING (13) FADINGS (12) FAERIES (10) [noun] Realm of the fays, fairyland. | [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] 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. FAGGING (13) [verb] (used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out. | [verb] To droop; to tire. | [verb] For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools. FAGGOTS (12) [noun] (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | [noun] Burdensome baggage. | [noun] A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. FAGGOTY (15) [adjective] Relating to or consisting of faggots of wood. | [adjective] Characteristic of or appropriate for homosexual men, especially effeminate ones. FAGOTED (12) [verb] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle. FAGOTER (11) FAIENCE (12) [noun] A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic. | [noun] The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.) FAILING (11) [verb] To be unsuccessful. | [verb] Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.) | [verb] To neglect. FAILLES (10) [noun] A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs. FAILURE (10) [noun] State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. | [noun] An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success. | [noun] Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. FAINEST (10) FAINTED (11) [verb] 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). | [verb] To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. | [verb] To decay; to disappear; to vanish. FAINTER (10) [adjective] (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness | [adjective] Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected | [adjective] Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp FAINTLY (13) [adverb] In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly. FAIREST (10) [adjective] Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality. | [adjective] Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. | [adjective] Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair. FAIRIES (10) [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] 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. | [noun] An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm. FAIRING (11) [verb] To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface). | [verb] To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members). | [verb] To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance. FAIRISH (13) FAIRWAY (16) [noun] The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short. | [noun] Any tract of land free from obstacles. | [noun] (Military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6) FAITHED (14) FAITOUR (10) FAJITAS (17) [noun] A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling. FAKEERS (14) [noun] An Eastern religious ascetic or monk. FALAFEL (13) [noun] A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita. | [noun] A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap). | [noun] A single falafel ball. FALBALA (12) FALCATE (12) [adjective] Shaped like a sickle. FALCONS (12) [noun] Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. | [noun] A female such bird, a male being a tiercel. | [noun] A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet. FALLACY (15) [noun] Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind. | [noun] An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument. FALLALS (10) FALLERS (10) [noun] One who falls. | [noun] A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked. | [noun] A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. FALLING (11) [verb] (heading) To be moved downwards. | [verb] To move downwards. | [verb] To happen, to change negatively. FALLOFF (16) [noun] A reduction or decline. FALLOUT (10) [noun] The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc. | [noun] The particles themselves. | [noun] A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence. FALLOWS (13) [noun] Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. | [noun] Uncultivated land. | [noun] The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. FALSELY (13) [adverb] In a false manner. FALSEST (10) [adjective] Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. | [adjective] Based on factually incorrect premises. | [adjective] Spurious, artificial. FALSIES (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) padding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) a false eyelash, used as a cosmetic enhancement FALSIFY (16) [verb] To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect. | [verb] To misrepresent. | [verb] To prove to be false. FALSITY (13) [noun] Something that is false; an untrue assertion. | [noun] The characteristic of being untrue. FALTERS (10) [verb] To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. | [verb] To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner. | [verb] To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought. FAMINES (12) [noun] Extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] A period of extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] Starvation or malnutrition. FAMULUS (12) [noun] A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar. FANATIC (12) [noun] A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion. | [adjective] Fanatical. | [adjective] Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous. FANCIED (13) [adjective] Imagined. | [verb] To appreciate without jealousy or greed. | [verb] Would like FANCIER (12) [noun] One who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something. An aficionado. | [noun] A person who breeds or grows a particular animal or plant for points of excellence. | [noun] One who fancies or imagines. FANCIES (12) [noun] The imagination. | [noun] An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. | [noun] An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. FANCIFY (18) FANCILY (15) FANDOMS (13) [noun] The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. | [noun] The subculture of fans. | [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being a fan. FANEGAS (11) FANFARE (13) [noun] A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. | [noun] A show of ceremony or celebration. | [verb] To play a fanfare. FANFOLD (14) FANIONS (10) FANJETS (17) [noun] A turbofan engine. | [noun] An airplane powered by turbofan engines. FANLIKE (14) FANNERS (10) FANNIES (10) [noun] The female genitalia. | [noun] The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. | [noun] Sexual intercourse with a woman. FANNING (11) [verb] To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. | [verb] To slap (a behind, especially). | [verb] (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. FANTAIL (10) [noun] Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand. | [noun] Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail. | [noun] Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail. FANTASM (12) FANTAST (10) [noun] One whose manners or ideas are fantastic and fanciful. FANTASY (13) [noun] That which comes from one's imagination. | [noun] The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. | [noun] A fantastical design. FANTODS (11) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability. | [noun] An irritable outburst. 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FARCERS (12) FARCEUR (12) [noun] A person who writes farces, or who performs in them. | [noun] A farcical comedian. FARCIES (12) FARCING (13) FARDELS (11) [noun] A fourth part: a quarter of anything. | [noun] An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. | [noun] A bundle or burden. FARDING (12) FARFALS (13) FARFELS (13) FARINAS (10) [noun] A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. FARINHA (13) FARMERS (12) [noun] A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm. | [noun] Agent noun of farm; someone or something that farms. | [noun] One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent. FARMING (13) [verb] To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops. | [verb] To devote (land) to farming. | [verb] To grow (a particular crop). FARNESS (10) [noun] The state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness FARRAGO (11) [noun] A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things. FARRIER (10) [noun] A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoof and fitting of horseshoes. | [verb] To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. FARROWS (13) [noun] A litter of piglets. | [verb] To give birth to a (litter of piglets). FARSIDE (11) [noun] The side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits FARTHER (13) [verb] To help forward; to assist. | [verb] To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. FARTING (11) [verb] (impolite) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. | [verb] (usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing. | [verb] To emit (fumes, gases, etc.). FASCIAE (12) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FASCIAL (12) FASCIAS (12) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FASCINE (12) [noun] (fortification) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc. FASCISM (14) FASCIST (12) FASHING (14) [verb] To worry; to bother, annoy. | [verb] To trouble oneself; to take pains. FASHION (13) [noun] A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. | [noun] Popular trends. | [noun] A style or manner in which something is done. FASTENS (10) [verb] To attach or connect in a secure manner. | [verb] To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land. FASTEST (10) [adjective] Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. | [adjective] Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. | [adjective] (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) FASTING (11) [verb] To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons. | [noun] Abstinence from food FATALLY (13) [adverb] In a fatal manner; lethally. | [adverb] Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something. | [adverb] Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom. FATBACK (18) [noun] A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard | [noun] A fish, the menhaden. FATBIRD (13) FATEFUL (13) [adjective] Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate. | [adjective] Determined in advance by fate, fated. FATHEAD (14) [noun] An idiot; a fool. | [noun] A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow. | [noun] A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher. FATHERS (13) [noun] A (generally human) male who begets a child. | [noun] A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. | [noun] A term of respectful address for an elderly man. FATHOMS (15) [noun] Grasp, envelopment, control. | [noun] (now usually nautical) An English unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about 1.8 m). | [noun] Various similar units in other systems. FATIDIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic FATIGUE (11) [noun] A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. | [noun] (often in the plural) A menial task or tasks, especially in the military. | [noun] Material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material. FATLESS (10) FATLIKE (14) FATLING (11) [noun] A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter. FATNESS (10) [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being fat. FATSOES (10) FATTENS (10) [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. | [verb] (of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter. | [verb] To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money). FATTEST (10) [adjective] Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin. | [adjective] Thick. | [adjective] Bountiful. FATTIER (10) [adjective] Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. | [adjective] Like fat; greasy. | [adjective] Literally or figuratively large. FATTIES (10) [noun] An obese person. | [noun] A large marijuana cigar; a blunt. FATTILY (13) FATTING (11) [verb] To make fat; to fatten. | [verb] To become fat; to fatten. FATTISH (13) FATUITY (13) FATUOUS (10) [adjective] Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness. FATWOOD (14) FAUCALS (12) FAUCETS (12) [noun] An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. | [noun] (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation FAUCIAL (12) FAULTED (11) [verb] To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone. | [verb] To fracture. | [verb] To commit a mistake or error. FAUVISM (15) [noun] An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. FAUVIST (13) FAVELAS (13) [noun] A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil FAVELLA (13) FAVISMS (15) FAVORED (14) [verb] To look upon fondly; to prefer. | [verb] To encourage, conduce to | [verb] To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. FAVORER (13) FAVOURS (13) [noun] A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | [noun] Goodwill; benevolent regard. | [noun] A small gift; a party favor. FAVUSES (13) FAWNERS (13) [noun] One who fawns; a sycophant. FAWNIER (13) FAWNING (14) [verb] To give birth to a fawn. | [verb] To exhibit affection or attempt to please. | [verb] To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon). FAZENDA (20) [noun] A Brazilian plantation, often associated with slavery during the colonial period. FEARERS (10) FEARFUL (13) [adjective] Frightening. | [adjective] Tending to fear; timid. | [adjective] Terrible; shockingly bad. FEARING (11) [verb] To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm. | [verb] To feel fear (about something). | [verb] (used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for. FEASING (11) FEASTED (11) [verb] To partake in a feast, or large meal. | [verb] To dwell upon (something) with delight. | [verb] To hold a feast in honor of (someone). FEASTER (10) FEATEST (10) FEATHER (13) [noun] A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display. | [noun] Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair. | [noun] One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. FEATURE (10) [noun] One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions. | [noun] An important or main item. | [noun] A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news. FEAZING (20) FEBRILE (12) [adjective] Feverish, or having a high temperature. | [adjective] Full of nervous energy. FECIALS (12) FECULAE (12) FEDAYEE (14) FEDERAL (11) [noun] A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent. | [noun] A supporter of federation. | [noun] A unionist soldier in the American Civil War. FEDORAS (11) [noun] A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down. FEEBLER (12) [adjective] Deficient in physical strength | [adjective] Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint. FEEDBAG (14) [noun] A horse's nosebag. FEEDBOX (20) [noun] A box containing animal feed. FEEDERS (11) [noun] One who feeds, or gives food to another. | [noun] One who feeds, or takes in food. | [noun] One who, or that which, feeds material into something. FEEDING (12) [verb] (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat. | [verb] To eat (usually of animals). | [verb] To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food. FEEDLOT (11) [noun] Land on which livestock are fattened for market. FEELERS (10) [noun] Someone or something that feels. | [noun] An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect. | [noun] Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position. FEELESS (10) FEELING (11) [verb] (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch. | [verb] (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally. | [verb] To be or become aware of. FEEZING (20) FEIGNED (12) [verb] To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | [verb] To imagine; to invent; to pretend. | [verb] To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. FEIGNER (11) FEIJOAS (17) [noun] A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana). | [noun] The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste. FEINTED (11) [verb] To make a feint, or mock attack. FELAFEL (13) [noun] A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita. | [noun] A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap). | [noun] A single falafel ball. FELINES (10) [noun] A cat; member of the cat family Felidae. FELLAHS (13) [noun] (chiefly South US) used to address a male | [noun] A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. | [noun] A colleague or partner. FELLATE (10) [verb] To perform oral sex on (a man); to stimulate (a penis or testicles) using the mouth. | [verb] (by extension) To suck (something) in a manner suggestive of fellatio. | [verb] To suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to. FELLERS (10) [noun] A person who fells trees; a lumberjack | [noun] A machine for felling trees. | [noun] A person who fells a seam. FELLEST (10) FELLIES (10) [noun] The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. FELLING (11) [verb] To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. | [verb] To strike down, kill, destroy. | [verb] To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat. FELLOES (10) [noun] The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. FELLOWS (13) [noun] A colleague or partner. | [noun] A companion; a comrade. | [noun] A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. FELONRY (13) [noun] Felons as a group. | [noun] The convict population of a penal colony. FELSITE (10) FELSPAR (12) [noun] Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks. FELTING (11) [verb] To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, felt. | [verb] To cause a player to lose all their chips. FELUCCA (14) [noun] A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails. FELWORT (13) [noun] A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family. | [noun] Any member of any species in genus Swertia. | [noun] Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae FEMALES (12) [noun] One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. FEMINIE (12) FEMORAL (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh. FENAGLE (11) FENCERS (12) FENCING (13) [verb] To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. | [verb] To defend or guard. | [verb] To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. FENDERS (11) [noun] Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels | [noun] A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water | [noun] Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute FENDING (12) [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). FENLAND (11) [noun] A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy FENNECS (12) [noun] A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears. FENNELS (10) FENURON (10) FEODARY (14) [noun] An accomplice. | [noun] An ancient officer of the Court of Wards. FEOFFED (17) FEOFFEE (16) [noun] A vassal holding a fief. FEOFFER (16) FEOFFOR (16) FERBAMS (14) FERLIES (10) FERMATA (12) [noun] The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration; also the notation of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest. FERMATE (12) FERMENT (12) [noun] Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation. | [noun] A state of agitation or of turbulent change. | [noun] A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation. FERMION (12) [noun] (Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark; (slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions. FERMIUM (14) [noun] A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100. FERNERY (13) FERNIER (10) FERRATE (10) [noun] The anion FeO42- in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state. FERRELS (10) [noun] A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. | [noun] A band holding parts of an object together. FERRETS (10) [noun] An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals. | [noun] The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. | [noun] A diligent searcher. FERRETY (13) FERRIED (11) [verb] To carry; transport; convey. | [verb] To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly. | [verb] To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores. FERRIES (10) [noun] A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule. | [noun] A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship. | [noun] The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service. FERRITE (10) [noun] The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron. | [noun] Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers. | [noun] The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it. FERROUS (10) [adjective] Of or containing iron. | [adjective] Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2. FERRULE (10) [noun] A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. | [noun] A band holding parts of an object together. | [verb] To equip with a ferrule. FERRUMS (12) FERTILE (10) [adjective] (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive | [adjective] Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful | [adjective] Capable of developing past the egg stage FERULAE (10) FERULAS (10) [noun] A ferule. | [noun] A stroke from a cane. | [noun] The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire. FERULED (11) FERULES (10) [noun] A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand. FERVENT (13) [adjective] Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief. | [adjective] Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion. | [adjective] Glowing, burning, very hot. FERVORS (13) [noun] An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. | [noun] A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. | [noun] Heat. FERVOUR (13) [noun] An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour. | [noun] A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. | [noun] Heat. FESCUES (12) [noun] A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. | [noun] A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca. | [noun] An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. FESSING (11) [verb] To confess; to admit. FESTERS (10) [verb] To become septic; to become rotten. | [verb] To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. | [verb] To cause to fester or rankle. FESTIVE (13) [adjective] Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration. | [adjective] In the mood to celebrate. FESTOON (10) [noun] An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots. | [noun] A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament. | [noun] A raised cable with light globes attached. FETCHED (16) [verb] To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. | [verb] To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. | [verb] To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. FETCHER (15) FETCHES (15) [verb] To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. | [verb] To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. | [verb] To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. FETIALS (10) FETIDLY (14) FETLOCK (16) [noun] A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof. | [noun] The tuft of hair that grows at this joint. FETTERS (10) [noun] A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural). | [noun] Anything that restricts or restrains. | [verb] To shackle or bind up with fetters. FETTING (11) FETTLED (11) [verb] To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair. | [verb] To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. | [verb] To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal. FETTLES (10) [noun] A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. | [noun] One's mental state; spirits. | [noun] Sand used to line a furnace. FETUSES (10) [noun] An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal. | [noun] A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation. FEUDARY (14) FEUDING (12) [verb] To carry on a feud. | [noun] Participation in feuds. FEUDIST (11) [noun] One who takes part in feuds. | [noun] A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. FEVERED (14) [verb] To put into a fever; to affect with fever. | [verb] To become fevered. | [adjective] Affected by a fever; feverish. FEWNESS (13) FEYNESS (13) FIACRES (12) [noun] A small carriage for hire. FIANCEE (12) [noun] A woman who is engaged to be married. FIANCES (12) [noun] A man who is engaged to be married. | [noun] A person engaged to be married. FIASCHI (15) FIASCOS (12) [noun] A sudden or unexpected failure. | [noun] A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong. | [noun] A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket. FIBBERS (14) FIBBING (15) [verb] To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. | [verb] (thieves cant) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. | [noun] Repeatedly striking an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating. FIBERED (13) FIBRILS (12) [noun] A fine fibre or filament | [noun] Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants FIBRINS (12) FIBROID (13) [noun] A benign tumour of the uterus that is composed of either fibrous connective tissue or muscle. | [noun] A fibroma. FIBROIN (12) [noun] A tough elastic protein that is the main component of silk and of spider's webs FIBROMA (14) [noun] A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue. FIBROUS (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to fibre. | [adjective] Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food. FIBULAE (12) [noun] An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin. | [noun] The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone. FIBULAR (12) FIBULAS (12) [noun] An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin. | [noun] The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone. FICKLER (16) [adjective] Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. | [adjective] Changeable. FICTILE (12) [adjective] Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work | [adjective] (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth | [adjective] Of or relating to earthenware FICTION (12) [noun] Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. | [noun] A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead). | [noun] A legal fiction. FICTIVE (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional. | [adjective] Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented. | [adjective] Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal. FICUSES (12) FIDDLED (13) [verb] To play aimlessly. | [verb] To adjust or manipulate for deception or fraud. | [verb] To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style. FIDDLER (12) [noun] One who plays the fiddle. | [noun] One who fiddles. | [noun] A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle. FIDDLES (12) [noun] Any of various bowed string instruments, often a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin. | [noun] A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument. | [noun] An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw. FIDEISM (13) [noun] The doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge FIDEIST (11) FIDGETS (12) [noun] A nervous wriggling or twitching motion. | [noun] A person who fidgets, especially habitually. | [noun] A toy intended to be fidgeted with. FIDGETY (15) [adjective] Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless. FIDGING (13) FIEFDOM (16) [noun] The estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief. | [noun] (by extension) Any organization in the control of a dominant individual. FIELDED (12) [verb] To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. | [verb] (and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it. | [verb] To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game. FIELDER (11) [noun] A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring. | [noun] A defensive player in the field. | [noun] A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field. FIERCER (12) [adjective] Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. | [adjective] Resolute or strenuously active. | [adjective] Threatening in appearance or demeanor. FIERIER (10) [adjective] Of or relating to fire. | [adjective] Burning or glowing. | [adjective] Inflammable or easily ignited. FIERILY (13) FIESTAS (10) [noun] (In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival. | [noun] A festive occasion. FIFTEEN (13) [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). FIFTHLY (19) FIFTIES (13) [noun] The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc. | [noun] The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59. | [noun] (temperature, rates) The range between 50 and 59. FIGGING (13) [noun] The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, originally applied to slaves and prisoners as a punishment, then to horses as a form of deception as to the horse's condition, and later used in BDSM. | [verb] To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. | [verb] To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible. FIGHTER (14) [noun] A person who fights; a combatant. | [noun] A warrior; fighting soldier. | [noun] A pugnacious, competitive person. FIGMENT (13) [noun] A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious. FIGURAL (11) [adjective] Representing by means of a figure; emblematic. | [adjective] Figurative, not literal. | [adjective] Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. FIGURED (12) [verb] To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. | [verb] To come to understand. | [verb] To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. FIGURER (11) FIGURES (11) [noun] A drawing or diagram conveying information. | [noun] The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. | [noun] A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. FIGWORT (14) [noun] Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia. | [noun] Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria. FILAREE (10) FILARIA (10) [noun] Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that live in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. FILBERT (12) [noun] The hazelnut. | [noun] The hazel tree. | [noun] A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head. FILCHED (16) [verb] To illegally take possession of (especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal. FILCHER (15) FILCHES (15) [noun] Something which has been filched or stolen. | [noun] An act of filching; larceny, theft. | [noun] A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. FILEMOT (12) FILETED (11) FILIATE (10) FILIBEG (13) [noun] A little kilt. FILINGS (11) [noun] Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving. | [noun] The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving. | [noun] Something that has been officially filed; a document on file. FILLERS (10) [noun] One who fills. | [noun] Something added to fill a space or add weight or size. | [noun] Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores. FILLETS (10) [noun] A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. | [noun] A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses. | [noun] A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. FILLIES (10) [noun] A young female horse. | [noun] A young attractive female. FILLING (11) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. FILLIPS (12) [noun] The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. | [noun] A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. | [noun] (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. FILMDOM (15) FILMERS (12) FILMIER (12) [adjective] Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy | [adjective] Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy FILMILY (15) FILMING (13) [verb] To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. | [verb] To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. | [noun] The action of the verb to film. FILMSET (12) [noun] The enclosure in which a film scene is shot; includes scenery and props | [verb] To typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates. | [adjective] Created using a process of filmsetting. FILTERS (10) [noun] A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another. | [noun] Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. | [noun] Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. FIMBLES (14) FIMBRIA (14) [noun] Any anatomical structure in the form of a fringe, but especially that around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube. | [noun] Hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects. FINABLE (12) FINAGLE (11) [verb] To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. | [verb] To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. | [verb] To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) FINALES (10) [noun] The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music. | [noun] The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works. FINALIS (10) FINALLY (13) [adverb] At the end or conclusion; ultimately. | [adverb] (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present). | [adverb] (manner) Definitively, comprehensively. FINANCE (12) [noun] The management of money and other assets. | [noun] The science of management of money and other assets. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company. FINBACK (18) [noun] A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale. FINCHES (15) [noun] Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. FINDERS (11) [noun] One who finds or discovers something. | [noun] An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest FINDING (12) [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. | [verb] To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. FINESSE (10) [noun] Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. | [noun] The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. | [noun] An adroit manoeuvre. FINFISH (16) FINFOOT (13) [noun] Three species in three monospecific genera of aquatic bird in the family Heliornithidae. FINGERS (11) [noun] A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, exclusive of the thumb. | [noun] Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly: | [noun] Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly: FINIALS (10) [noun] The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. | [noun] Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post. FINICAL (12) [adjective] Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate. FINICKY (19) [adjective] (of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. | [adjective] Demanding; requiring above-normal care. FINIKIN (14) FININGS (11) [noun] Substances added to wine, beer and certain other beverages to remove organic compounds in order to improve clarity or to adjust the flavour or aroma. FINISES (10) FINITES (10) FINKING (15) [verb] To betray a trust; to inform on. FINLESS (10) FINLIKE (14) FINMARK (16) FINNIER (10) FINNING (11) [verb] To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc. | [verb] (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water. | [verb] To swim in the manner of a fish. FIPPLES (14) [noun] The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway. FIREARM (12) [noun] A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead. FIREBOX (19) [noun] The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned. | [noun] The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned. | [noun] A redheaded woman (by synecdoche, pars pro toto), or her red pubic hair. FIREBUG (13) [noun] Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae. | [noun] A pyromaniac or arsonist. FIREDOG (12) [noun] A Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar. | [noun] (chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace FIREFLY (16) [noun] Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight. FIRELIT (10) [adjective] Illuminated by a fire FIREMAN (12) [noun] Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire. | [noun] A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship. | [noun] By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not. FIREMEN (12) [noun] Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire. | [noun] A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship. | [noun] By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not. FIREPAN (12) FIREPOT (12) FIRINGS (11) [noun] The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery. | [noun] The fuel for a fire. | [noun] The act of adding fuel to a fire. FIRKINS (14) [noun] A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. | [noun] A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc. | [noun] A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds. FIRMANS (12) [noun] A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. FIRMERS (12) FIRMEST (12) [adjective] Steadfast, secure, solid (in position) | [adjective] Fixed (in opinion) | [adjective] Durable, rigid (material state) FIRMING (13) [verb] To make firm or strong; fix securely. | [verb] To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. | [verb] To become firm; stabilise. FIRSTLY (13) [adverb] In the first place; before anything else; first. FISCALS (12) [noun] A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue. | [noun] Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor. | [noun] In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general. FISHERS (13) [noun] A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport. | [noun] A person attempting to catch fish. | [noun] A North American marten, Martes pennanti, that has thick brown fur. FISHERY (16) [noun] Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood. | [noun] A place related to fishing, particularly: | [noun] A right to fish in a particular location; Territorial fishing waters. FISHEYE (16) [noun] An unfriendly or suspicious glance. | [noun] An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface. | [noun] An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow. FISHGIG (15) FISHIER (13) [adjective] Of, from, or similar to fish. | [adjective] Suspicious; inspiring doubt. | [adjective] Of drag queens: appearing feminine. FISHILY (16) FISHING (14) [noun] The act of catching fish. | [noun] The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish. | [noun] Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale. | [verb] To hunt fish or other aquatic animals. FISHNET (13) [noun] A net used to catch fish. | [noun] A fabric with an open diamond-shaped structure; normally used for stockings etc | [noun] (usually in plural) Stockings made of fishnet fabric. FISHWAY (19) [noun] A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish. FISSATE (10) FISSILE (10) [adjective] Able to be split | [adjective] Easily split along a grain | [adjective] Capable of undergoing nuclear fission, especially by collision with a thermal neutron FISSION (10) [noun] The process whereby one item splits to become two. | [noun] Short for nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles. | [noun] The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells. FISSURE (10) [noun] A crack or opening, as in a rock. | [noun] A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear; a sulcus. | [verb] To split, forming fissures. FISTFUL (13) [noun] The amount that can be held in a closed fist | [noun] A blow with the fist. FISTING (11) [verb] To strike with the fist. | [verb] To close (the hand) into a fist. | [verb] To grip with a fist. FISTULA (10) [noun] An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect. | [noun] A tube, a pipe, or a hole. | [noun] The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice. FITCHEE (15) FITCHES (15) [noun] The European polecat, Mustela putorius. | [noun] The skin of the polecat FITCHET (15) FITCHEW (18) [noun] Polecat FITMENT (12) [noun] Something that suits or fits. | [noun] A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose. | [noun] An item of permanent furniture or equipment. FITNESS (10) [noun] The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. | [noun] The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique. | [noun] An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring. FITTERS (10) [noun] A person who fits or assembles something. | [noun] An epileptic. | [noun] A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. FITTEST (10) [verb] To be suitable for. | [verb] To conform to in size and shape. | [verb] To be of the right size and shape FITTING (11) [verb] To be suitable for. | [verb] To conform to in size and shape. | [verb] To be of the right size and shape FIXABLE (19) FIXATED (18) [verb] To make something fixed and stable; to fix. | [verb] To stare fixedly at something. | [verb] To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on. FIXATES (17) [verb] To make something fixed and stable; to fix. | [verb] To stare fixedly at something. | [verb] To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on. FIXATIF (20) FIXEDLY (21) FIXINGS (18) [noun] The act of subverting (fixing) a vote. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc) | [noun] See fixings. FIXTURE (17) [noun] Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing. | [noun] A regular patron of a place or institution. | [noun] A lighting unit; a luminaire. FIXURES (17) FIZGIGS (21) [noun] A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt. | [noun] Something frivolous or trivial; a gewgaw, a trinket. | [verb] To roam around in a frivolous manner; to gad about, to gallivant. FIZZERS (28) [noun] Something which fizzes. | [noun] A party or social gathering which turns out to be a disappointment. | [noun] A disciplinary charge. FIZZIER (28) [adjective] (of a liquid) Containing bubbles. | [adjective] Lively, vivacious. | [adjective] Makes a hissing sound. FIZZING (29) [verb] To emit bubbles. | [verb] To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound. | [verb] To shoot or project something moving at great velocity. FIZZLED (29) [verb] To sputter or hiss. | [verb] To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. FIZZLES (28) [verb] To sputter or hiss. | [verb] To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. FLACCID (15) [adjective] Flabby. | [adjective] Soft; floppy. | [adjective] Lacking energy or vigor. FLACKED (17) [verb] To flutter; palpitate. | [verb] To hang loosely; flag. | [verb] To beat by flapping. FLACONS (12) [noun] A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume. FLAGGED (13) [verb] To furnish or deck out with flags. | [verb] To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something. | [verb] (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc. | [adjective] Paved with flagstones. | [adjective] Having split, bushy ends (of bristles). FLAGGER (12) FLAGMAN (13) [noun] A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling. FLAGMEN (13) [noun] A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling. FLAGONS (11) [noun] A large bottle for drinks such as wine, cider or beer. | [noun] The amount that such a bottle holds, about 1.13 litres. | [noun] A large vessel usually with a handle, spout and lid, for drinks such as wine or cider. FLAILED (11) [verb] To beat using a flail or similar implement. | [verb] To wave or swing vigorously | [verb] To thresh. FLAKERS (14) FLAKIER (14) [adjective] Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. | [adjective] (of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans. | [adjective] (of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely to malfunction. FLAKILY (17) FLAKING (15) [verb] To break or chip off in a flake. | [verb] To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. | [verb] To store an item such as rope or sail in layers FLAMBEE (14) FLAMBES (14) [noun] A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. | [noun] A flambéed dish. FLAMENS (12) [noun] A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. FLAMERS (12) [noun] A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male. | [noun] One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism. FLAMIER (12) FLAMING (13) [verb] To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze. | [verb] To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour. | [verb] To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody). FLAMMED (15) FLANEUR (10) [noun] One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. | [noun] An idler, a loafer. | [verb] To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. FLANGED (12) FLANGER (11) [noun] An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound. | [noun] A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines. FLANGES (11) [noun] An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. | [noun] The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component. | [noun] An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. FLANKED (15) [verb] To attack the flank(s) of. | [verb] To defend the flank(s) of. | [verb] To place to the side(s) of. FLANKEN (14) FLANKER (14) [noun] A player who plays in the back row of the scrum. | [noun] A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage. | [noun] A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body. FLANNEL (10) [noun] A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. | [noun] A washcloth. | [noun] A flannel shirt. FLAPPED (15) [adjective] Fitted with a flap. FLAPPER (14) [noun] A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum; now particularly associated with the 1920s. | [noun] Something that flaps. | [noun] A young wild duck. FLARING (11) [verb] To cause to burn. | [verb] To cause inflammation; to inflame. | [verb] To open outward in shape. FLASHED (14) [verb] To cause to shine briefly or intermittently. | [verb] To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently. | [verb] To be visible briefly. FLASHER (13) [noun] Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off. | [noun] An indicator or turn signal. | [noun] A person who exposes their genitals or female nipples. FLASHES (13) [noun] A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography. | [noun] A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. | [noun] A very short amount of time. FLASKET (14) FLATBED (13) [noun] An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads. | [noun] A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar. | [noun] A document scanner with a flat bed. FLATCAP (14) FLATCAR (12) [noun] A railroad freight car without sides or a roof. FLATLET (10) FLATTED (11) [verb] To make a flat call; to call without raising. | [verb] To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. | [verb] To fall from the pitch. FLATTEN (10) [verb] To make something flat or flatter. | [verb] To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed. | [verb] To knock down or lay low. FLATTER (10) [adjective] Having no variations in height. | [adjective] (voice) Without variations in pitch. | [adjective] Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks. | [verb] To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour. | [noun] A type of set tool used by blacksmiths. | [noun] Someone who lives in a rented flat. FLATTOP (12) [noun] A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top. | [noun] An aircraft carrier. | [noun] A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top. FLAUNTS (10) [verb] To wave or flutter smartly in the wind. | [verb] To parade, display with ostentation. | [verb] To show off, as with flashy clothing. FLAUNTY (13) FLAVINE (13) FLAVINS (13) [noun] Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD) FLAVONE (13) [noun] Any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids FLAVORS (13) [verb] To add flavoring to something. FLAVORY (16) FLAVOUR (13) [noun] The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. | [noun] A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring. | [noun] A variety (of taste) attributed to an object. FLAWIER (13) FLAWING (14) [verb] To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective. | [verb] To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break. FLAXIER (17) FLAYERS (13) FLAYING (14) [verb] To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). | [verb] To frighten; scare; terrify. | [verb] To be fear-stricken. FLEABAG (13) [noun] A bed or sleeping bag. | [noun] A place of shabby lodging, particularly a filthy hotel or run-down apartment. | [noun] An unkempt mammal. FLEAPIT (12) [noun] A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema. FLECHES (15) [noun] An arrow. | [noun] Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board. | [noun] A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof. FLECKED (17) [verb] To mark with small spots FLEDGED (13) [verb] To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. | [verb] To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. | [verb] To decorate with feathers. FLEDGES (12) [verb] To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. | [verb] To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. | [verb] To decorate with feathers. FLEECED (13) [verb] To con or trick (someone) out of money. | [verb] To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, wool. FLEECER (12) FLEECES (12) [verb] To con or trick (someone) out of money. | [verb] To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, wool. FLEEING (11) [verb] To run away; to escape. | [verb] To escape from. | [verb] To disappear quickly; to vanish. FLEERED (11) [verb] To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn | [verb] To grin with an air of civility; to leer. FLEETED (11) [verb] To float. | [verb] To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of. | [verb] To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy. FLEETER (10) [adjective] Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place. | [adjective] Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. FLEETLY (13) FLEMISH (15) [noun] A rope that has been coiled into a neat mat; a flemish coil. | [verb] To coil a rope into a neat pattern on the deck of a ship. FLENSED (11) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLENSER (10) FLENSES (10) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLESHED (14) [adjective] Having flesh; corpulent. | [adjective] (in combination) Having a specified form of flesh or body. FLESHER (13) [noun] A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. | [noun] A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. | [noun] A butcher. FLESHES (13) [noun] The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. | [noun] The skin of a human or animal. | [noun] (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso. FLESHLY (16) [adjective] Of or relating to the body. | [adjective] Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh. | [adjective] Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations. FLEXILE (17) [adjective] Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking FLEXING (18) [verb] To bend something. | [verb] To repeatedly bend one of one's joints. | [verb] To move part of the body using one's muscles. FLEXION (17) [noun] The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension. | [noun] The state of being bent or flexed. | [noun] Deviation from straightness. FLEXORS (17) [noun] A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb. FLEXURE (17) [noun] The act of bending or flexing; flexion. | [noun] A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. | [noun] A curve or bend in a tubular organ. FLEYING (14) FLICKED (17) [verb] To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion. FLICKER (16) [noun] An unsteady flash of light. | [noun] A short moment. | [verb] To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light. | [noun] Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes. | [noun] One who flicks. FLIGHTS (14) [noun] The act of flying. | [noun] An instance of flying. | [noun] The act of fleeing. FLIGHTY (17) [adjective] Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions. | [adjective] (of a bird) That flies easily or often. | [adjective] Swift. FLINDER (11) [noun] A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter | [noun] A butterfly. | [verb] To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner FLINGER (11) FLINTED (11) FLIPPED (15) [verb] To throw so as to turn over. | [verb] To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. | [verb] To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections FLIPPER (14) [noun] In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming. | [noun] A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. | [noun] A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play. FLIRTED (11) [verb] To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. | [verb] To jeer at; to mock. | [verb] To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. FLIRTER (10) FLITING (11) FLITTED (11) [verb] To move about rapidly and nimbly. | [verb] To move quickly from one location to another. | [verb] To unpredictably change state for short periods of time. FLITTER (10) [noun] A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. | [noun] Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. | [noun] A small aircraft or spacecraft. FLIVVER (16) [noun] An automobile, particularly one which is old and inexpensive. FLOATED (11) [verb] Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface. | [verb] To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density. | [verb] To be capable of floating. FLOATEL (10) [noun] A floating hotel; a boatel FLOATER (10) [noun] Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats. | [noun] An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away. | [noun] An unaffiliated player. FLOCCED (15) FLOCCUS (14) [noun] A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera. | [noun] A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds. FLOCKED (17) [verb] To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers. | [verb] To flock to; to crowd. | [verb] To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles. FLOGGED (13) [verb] To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. | [verb] To use something to extreme; to abuse. | [verb] To sell. FLOGGER (12) [noun] One who flogs. | [noun] (BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes. FLOKATI (14) [noun] A handwoven woolen rug with a thick pile. FLOODED (12) [verb] To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall. | [verb] To cover or partly fill as if by a flood. | [verb] To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with. FLOODER (11) FLOORED (11) [verb] To cover or furnish with a floor. | [verb] To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. | [verb] (driving) To accelerate rapidly. FLOORER (10) FLOOSIE (10) [noun] A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern. | [noun] A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. FLOOZIE (19) [noun] A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern. | [noun] A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. FLOPPED (15) [verb] To fall heavily due to lack of energy. | [verb] To cause to drop heavily. | [verb] To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). FLOPPER (14) [noun] One who flops. | [noun] (skittles) The knocking down of all nine pins in one go. | [noun] A person who deliberately falls down on a slippery floor or in front of an automobile etc. so as to claim compensation. FLORALS (10) [noun] A design involving flowers | [noun] A perfume redolent of flowers FLORETS (10) [noun] A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower. FLORINS (10) [noun] The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ. | [noun] A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence. | [noun] A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands). FLORIST (10) [noun] A person who sells flowers. | [noun] A person who cultivates flowers. | [noun] A person who studies or writes about flowers. FLORUIT (10) [noun] The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak. FLOSSED (11) [verb] To clean the area between the teeth using floss. | [verb] To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent. | [verb] To perform the floss dance move. FLOSSES (10) [noun] A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth. | [noun] Raw silk fibres. | [noun] The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans. FLOSSIE (10) FLOTAGE (11) FLOTSAM (12) [noun] Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck. FLOUNCE (12) [noun] A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.W | [noun] The act of flouncing. | [verb] To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner. FLOUNCY (15) FLOURED (11) [verb] To apply flour to something; to cover with flour. | [verb] To reduce to flour. | [verb] To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process. FLOUTED (11) [verb] To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. | [verb] To scorn. FLOUTER (10) FLOWAGE (14) FLOWERS (13) [noun] A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. | [noun] A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | [noun] A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. FLOWERY (16) [adjective] Pertaining to flowers. | [adjective] Decorated with or abundant in flowers. | [adjective] (of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions FLOWING (14) [verb] To move as a fluid from one position to another. | [verb] To proceed; to issue forth. | [verb] To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. FLUBBED (15) [verb] To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action. FLUBBER (14) FLUBDUB (15) FLUENCY (15) [noun] The quality of smoothness of flow. | [noun] The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language. | [noun] The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes FLUERIC (12) FLUFFED (17) [verb] To make something fluffy. | [verb] To become fluffy, puff up. | [verb] To move lightly like fluff. FLUIDAL (11) FLUIDIC (13) FLUIDLY (14) [adverb] In a fluid manner; smoothly. FLUKIER (14) [adjective] Lucky | [adjective] Unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes FLUKING (15) [verb] To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance. | [verb] To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way. FLUMING (13) FLUMMOX (21) [verb] To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast. FLUMPED (15) [verb] To move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound. | [verb] To drop something heavily or with a dull sound. FLUNKED (15) [verb] Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. | [verb] Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. | [verb] To shirk (a task or duty). FLUNKER (14) FLUNKEY (17) [noun] An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | [noun] One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob. | [noun] One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. FLUORIC (12) FLUORID (11) FLUORIN (10) FLUSHED (14) [verb] To cause to take flight from concealment. | [verb] To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. | [verb] To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. FLUSHER (13) FLUSHES (13) [noun] A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc. | [verb] To cause to take flight from concealment. | [verb] To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. FLUSTER (10) [noun] A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion. | [verb] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking. | [verb] (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion. FLUTERS (10) FLUTIER (10) [adjective] Resembling the sound of a flute. FLUTING (11) [verb] To play on a flute. | [verb] To make a flutelike sound. | [verb] To utter with a flutelike sound. FLUTIST (10) [noun] One who plays the flute. FLUTTER (10) [noun] The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion. | [noun] A state of agitation. | [noun] An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart. FLUVIAL (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream FLUXING (18) [verb] To use flux on. | [verb] To melt. | [verb] To flow as a liquid. FLUXION (17) [noun] The derivative of a function. | [noun] The action of flowing. | [noun] A difference or variation. FLYABLE (15) FLYAWAY (19) [noun] A stray hair that is difficult to style. | [noun] Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain. | [noun] A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists. FLYBELT (15) FLYBLEW (18) FLYBLOW (18) [noun] The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat. | [verb] To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty. | [verb] (by extension) To taint or contaminate. FLYBOAT (15) FLYBOYS (18) [noun] An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft. FLYINGS (14) FLYLEAF (16) [noun] A blank page at the front or back of a book. FLYLESS (13) FLYOFFS (19) FLYOVER (16) [noun] A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British). | [noun] A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption. | [noun] A high-level overpass built above main overpass lanes. FLYPAST (15) [noun] A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US) FLYTIER (13) FLYTING (14) FLYTRAP (15) FLYWAYS (19) [noun] A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas. FOALING (11) [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. | [noun] Act of giving birth to a foal FOAMERS (12) FOAMIER (12) [adjective] Full of foam. FOAMILY (15) FOAMING (13) [verb] To form or emit foam. | [verb] To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth. | [noun] A process that forms foam. FOBBING (15) [verb] To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone. | [verb] To beat; to maul. FOCALLY (15) FOCUSED (13) [verb] (followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention. | [verb] To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point. | [verb] To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane. FOCUSER (12) FOCUSES (12) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. FODDERS (12) [noun] Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. | [noun] A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg. | [noun] (drafting) Tracing paper. FOETORS (10) [noun] An unpleasant smell. FOGBOWS (16) [noun] A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets. FOGDOGS (13) FOGGAGE (13) FOGGERS (12) FOGGIER (12) [adjective] Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy | [adjective] Confused, befuddled, etc. FOGGILY (15) FOGGING (13) [verb] To become covered with or as if with fog. | [verb] To become obscured in condensation or water. | [verb] To become dim or obscure. FOGHORN (14) [noun] A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats. FOGLESS (11) FOGYISH (17) FOGYISM (16) FOIBLES (12) [noun] A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; unusual habit or way (usage is typically plural), that is slightly strange or silly. | [noun] A weakness or failing of character. | [noun] Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte. FOILING (11) [verb] To cover or wrap with foil. | [verb] To prevent (something) from being accomplished. | [verb] To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. FOINING (11) FOISONS (10) FOISTED (11) [verb] To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | [verb] To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. | [verb] To pass off as genuine or worthy. FOLACIN (12) [noun] Folic acid FOLATES (10) [noun] A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex. FOLDERS (11) [noun] An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet. | [noun] A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related. | [noun] A machine or person that folds things. FOLDING (12) [verb] To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. | [verb] To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. | [verb] To become folded; to form folds. FOLDOUT (11) [noun] A gatefold. | [noun] A foldout bed. | [adjective] That folds out from a closed position FOLIAGE (11) [noun] The leaves of plants. | [noun] (short for) Fall foliage. | [noun] An architectural ornament representing foliage. FOLIATE (10) [verb] To form into leaves. | [verb] To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. | [verb] To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver. FOLIOED (11) FOLIOSE (10) [adjective] Leafy or leaf-like. FOLIOUS (10) FOLIUMS (12) FOLKIES (14) [noun] A folk singer, or an enthusiast of folk music. FOLKISH (17) [adjective] Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people. | [adjective] In the style of folk music. FOLKMOT (16) FOLKWAY (20) [noun] Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society. FOLLIES (10) [noun] Foolishness. | [noun] Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. | [noun] A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. FOLLOWS (13) [noun] (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. | [noun] The act of following another user's online activity. | [verb] To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction. FOMENTS (12) [verb] To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. | [verb] To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. FOMITES (12) [noun] The morbid matter created by a disease. | [noun] Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious. | [noun] An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts. FONDANT (11) [noun] (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies. | [noun] A candy filled with such a preparation. | [noun] A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine. | [adjective] Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc. FONDEST (11) [adjective] (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for). | [adjective] Affectionate. | [adjective] Indulgent. FONDING (12) FONDLED (12) [verb] To touch or stroke lovingly. | [verb] To grasp. FONDLER (11) FONDLES (11) [verb] To touch or stroke lovingly. | [verb] To grasp. FONDUES (11) [noun] A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. | [verb] To prepare or serve as a fondue. FONTINA (10) [noun] A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy FOODIES (11) [noun] A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet. FOOLERY (13) [noun] Foolish behaviour or speech. FOOLING (11) [verb] To trick; to deceive | [verb] To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly | [noun] The act of one who fools. FOOLISH (13) [adjective] (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a fool. FOOTAGE (11) [noun] An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something. | [noun] A measurement in feet. FOOTBOY (15) FOOTERS (10) [noun] A footgoer; pedestrian | [noun] A line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document (compare foot, 13). | [noun] (in combination) something that is a stated number of feet in some dimension - such as a six-footer. FOOTIER (10) FOOTIES (10) [noun] (especially in plural) pyjamas or a similar covering that covers the feet FOOTING (11) [verb] To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). | [verb] To pay (a bill). | [verb] To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. FOOTLED (11) [verb] To waste time; to trifle. | [verb] To talk nonsense. FOOTLER (10) FOOTLES (10) [verb] To waste time; to trifle. | [verb] To talk nonsense. FOOTMAN (12) [noun] A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier. | [noun] A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc. | [noun] A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage. FOOTMEN (12) [noun] A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier. | [noun] A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc. | [noun] A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage. FOOTPAD (13) [noun] The soft underside of an animal's paw. | [noun] A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts. | [noun] A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road. FOOTSIE (10) [noun] A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. | [noun] A foot. | [noun] A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet. FOOTWAY (16) [noun] A passage for pedestrians only. FOOZLED (20) [verb] To do something clumsily or awkwardly; to bungle. FOOZLER (19) FOOZLES (19) [noun] A fogey. | [noun] A mistaken shot in golf. | [noun] The final boss character in a game. FOPPERY (17) [noun] The dress or actions of a fop. | [noun] Stupidity. FOPPING (15) FOPPISH (17) [adjective] Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy. FORAGED (12) [verb] To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses. | [verb] To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes. | [verb] To rummage. FORAGER (11) [noun] An animal or person who forages FORAGES (11) [noun] Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. | [noun] An act or instance of foraging. | [noun] The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population FORAMEN (12) [noun] An opening, an orifice; a short passage. FORAYED (14) [verb] To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc. | [verb] To pillage; to ravage. FORAYER (13) FORBADE (13) [verb] To disallow; to proscribe. | [verb] (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. | [verb] To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. FORBEAR (12) [verb] To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. | [verb] To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. | [verb] To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. | [noun] An ancestor. FORBIDS (13) [verb] To disallow; to proscribe. | [verb] (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. | [verb] To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. FORBODE (13) FORBORE (12) [verb] To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. | [verb] To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. | [verb] To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. FORCEPS (14) [noun] An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers. FORCERS (12) FORCING (13) [verb] To violate (a woman); to rape. | [verb] To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. | [verb] To compel (someone or something) to do something. FORDING (12) [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. | [noun] The act by which something is forded. | [noun] Fording place FORDOES (11) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FORDONE (11) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FOREARM (12) [noun] The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow. | [noun] A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To arm in preparation. FOREBAY (15) FOREBYE (15) FOREDID (12) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FOREGUT (11) [noun] The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum. FOREIGN (11) [noun] A foreign person, particularly: | [noun] A foreign ship. | [noun] Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse. FORELEG (11) [noun] Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal, a piece of furniture, etc. FOREMAN (12) [noun] The leader of a work crew. | [noun] The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. | [noun] (during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands. FOREMEN (12) [noun] The leader of a work crew. | [noun] The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. | [noun] (during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands. FOREPAW (15) [noun] Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans. FORERAN (10) [verb] To run in front. | [verb] To precede; to forecast or foreshadow. FORERUN (10) [verb] To run in front. | [verb] To precede; to forecast or foreshadow. FORESAW (13) [verb] To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict. | [verb] To provide. FORESEE (10) [verb] To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict. | [verb] To provide. FORESTS (10) [noun] A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods. | [noun] Any dense collection or amount. | [noun] A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas. FORETOP (12) [noun] The top of the head; the top of the forehead. | [noun] The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig. | [noun] In the phrase, to take time (or occasion or opportunity) by the foretop, meaning "to boldly seize an opportunity". FOREVER (13) [noun] An extremely long time. | [noun] A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come. | [adjective] Permanent, lasting FORFEIT (13) [noun] A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor. | [noun] A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc. | [noun] Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game. FORFEND (14) [verb] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. FORGAVE (14) [verb] To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation. | [verb] To accord forgiveness. FORGERS (11) [noun] A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter. | [noun] A person who forges metals. FORGERY (14) [noun] The act of forging metal into shape. | [noun] 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. | [noun] That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited. FORGETS (11) [verb] To lose remembrance of. | [verb] To unintentionally not do, neglect. | [verb] To unintentionally leave something behind. FORGING (12) [verb] To shape a metal by heating and hammering. | [verb] To form or create with concerted effort. | [verb] To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. FORGIVE (14) [verb] To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation. | [verb] To accord forgiveness. FORGOER (11) FORGOES (11) [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. | [verb] To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. FORGONE (11) [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. | [verb] To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. FORINTS (10) [noun] The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér. FORKERS (14) FORKFUL (17) FORKIER (14) FORKING (15) [verb] To divide into two or more branches. | [verb] To move with a fork (as hay or food). | [verb] To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process. FORLORN (10) [verb] To abandon, forsake. | [noun] A forlorn hope. | [noun] A member of a forlorn hope. FORMALS (12) [noun] Formalin. | [noun] An evening gown. | [noun] An event with a formal dress code. FORMANT (12) [noun] A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants. | [noun] A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem. FORMATE (12) [noun] Any salt or ester of formic acid. | [verb] To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation. FORMATS (12) [noun] The layout of a publication or document. | [noun] (hence) The form of presentation of something. | [noun] The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc. FORMERS (12) [noun] Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder. | [noun] An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die. | [noun] (used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class). FORMFUL (15) FORMING (13) [verb] To assume (a certain shape or visible structure). | [verb] To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person. | [verb] To take shape. FORMOLS (12) FORMULA (12) [noun] Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically. | [noun] A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound. | [noun] A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result. FORMYLS (15) FORSAKE (14) [verb] To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce. FORSOOK (14) [verb] To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce. FORTIES (10) [noun] The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc. | [noun] The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49. | [noun] (temperature, rates) The range between 40 and 49. FORTIFY (16) [verb] To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces. | [verb] To impart strength or vigor to. | [verb] To add spirits to wine to increase the alcohol content. FORTUNE (10) [noun] Destiny, especially favorable. | [noun] A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. | [noun] A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. FORWARD (14) [noun] One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back). | [noun] A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. | [noun] An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey. | [noun] An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction. FORWENT (13) [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. | [verb] To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. FORWORN (13) FOSSATE (10) FOSSICK (16) [verb] To search for something; to rummage. | [verb] (British dialect) To be troublesome. FOSSILS (10) [noun] The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. | [noun] Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. | [noun] A fossil word. FOSTERS (10) [noun] A foster parent. | [noun] The care given to another; guardianship. | [verb] To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. FOUETTE (10) FOULARD (11) [noun] A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. | [noun] A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric. FOULEST (10) [adjective] Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | [adjective] (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive. | [adjective] Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. FOULING (11) [verb] To make dirty. | [verb] To besmirch. | [verb] To clog or obstruct. FOUNDED (12) [verb] To start (an institution or organization). | [verb] To begin building. | [verb] To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. FOUNDER (11) [noun] One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state) | [noun] Someone for whose parents one has no data. | [noun] The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. | [noun] A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves. FOUNDRY (14) [noun] A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. | [noun] The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding. | [noun] A semiconductor fabrication plant in the microelectronics industry. FOURGON (11) FOURTHS (13) [noun] (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position. | [noun] (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole. | [noun] (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine. FOVEATE (13) FOVEOLA (13) FOVEOLE (13) FOWLERS (13) FOWLING (14) [verb] To hunt fowl. | [noun] A session of hunting fowl. FOWLPOX (22) FOXFIRE (20) [noun] Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. | [noun] (by extension) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood. FOXFISH (23) FOXHOLE (20) [noun] The burrow in the ground where a fox lives. | [noun] A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire. | [verb] To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging. FOXHUNT (20) [noun] A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs. | [noun] A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport. | [verb] To hunt foxes, usually with dogs. FOXIEST (17) [adjective] Having the qualities of a fox. | [adjective] Cunning, sly. | [adjective] Attractive, sexy (of a woman). FOXINGS (18) FOXLIKE (21) FOXSKIN (21) FOXTAIL (17) [noun] The tail of a fox. | [noun] A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses | [noun] A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. FOXTROT (17) [noun] A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm. | [noun] A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking. | [noun] The letter F in the ICAO spelling alphabet. FOZIEST (19) FRACTAL (12) [noun] A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales. | [noun] An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property. | [adjective] Having the form of a fractal. FRACTED (13) FRACTUR (12) FRACTUS (12) FRAENUM (12) [noun] A frenulum. FRAGGED (13) [verb] To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade. | [verb] To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade. | [verb] To kill. FRAGILE (11) [adjective] Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. | [adjective] Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness. FRAILER (10) [adjective] Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish | [adjective] Weak; infirm. | [adjective] Mentally fragile. FRAILLY (13) FRAILTY (13) [noun] The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived or seduced. | [noun] A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity. FRAISES (10) [noun] A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position. | [noun] A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century. | [noun] An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century. FRAKTUR (14) [noun] A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries. | [noun] A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering. FRAMERS (12) [noun] A person who makes frames for paintings. | [noun] A person who assembles the frame of a ship. | [noun] A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building. FRAMING (13) [verb] To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. | [verb] To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. | [verb] To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. FRANKED (15) [verb] To place a frank on an envelope. | [verb] To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. | [verb] To send by public conveyance free of expense. FRANKER (14) [adjective] Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised. | [adjective] Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident | [adjective] Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. | [noun] Somebody or something which franks. FRANKLY (17) [adverb] (manner) In a frank, open or (too) honest manner. | [adverb] (sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth. FRANTIC (12) [noun] A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman. | [adjective] Insane, mentally unstable. | [adjective] In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush. FRAPPED (15) [verb] To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. | [verb] To strike. FRAPPES (14) [noun] Liqueur poured over shaved ice. | [noun] A thick milkshake containing ice cream. | [noun] (Greece) An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink. FRASSES (10) FRATERS (10) [noun] A monk. | [noun] A frater house. | [noun] A comrade. FRAUGHT (14) [noun] The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo. | [noun] Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight | [noun] The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat. | [verb] To load (a ship, cargo etc.). FRAYING (14) [verb] To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope. | [verb] To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength). | [verb] Frighten; alarm FRAZILS (19) FRAZZLE (28) [noun] A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp. | [noun] The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end. | [verb] To fray or wear down, especially at the edges. FREAKED (15) [verb] To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance | [verb] To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug | [verb] To streak; to variegate FRECKLE (16) [noun] A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. | [noun] Any small spot or discoloration. | [noun] A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands. FRECKLY (19) FREEBEE (12) [noun] Something which is free; a giveaway or handout. FREEBIE (12) [noun] Something which is free; a giveaway or handout. FREEDOM (13) [noun] The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved. | [noun] The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained. | [noun] Frankness; openness; unreservedness. FREEING (11) [verb] To make free; set at liberty; release. | [verb] To rid of something that confines or oppresses. | [noun] The act of making something free; liberation. FREEMAN (12) [noun] A free person, particularly: FREEMEN (12) [noun] A free person, particularly: FREESIA (10) [noun] Any flowering plant of the genus Freesia, native to South Africa. FREEWAY (16) [noun] A road designed for safe, high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections, usually divided and having at least two lanes in each direction; a dual carriageway with no at-grade crossings, a motorway. | [noun] A toll-free highway. FREEZER (19) [noun] An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). | [noun] The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). | [noun] (Parkinson's disease) A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes. FREEZES (19) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. FREIGHT (14) [noun] Payment for transportation. | [noun] Goods or items in transport. | [noun] Transport of goods. FRENULA (10) FRENUMS (12) [noun] A frenulum. FRESCOS (12) [noun] A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade. | [noun] An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. | [noun] The technique used to make such an artwork. FRESHED (14) FRESHEN (13) [verb] To become fresh. | [verb] (of wind) To become stronger. | [verb] (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk. FRESHER (13) [adjective] Newly produced or obtained; recent. | [adjective] (of food) Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled. | [adjective] (of plant material) Still green and not dried. | [noun] A first year student at a university. FRESHES (13) FRESHET (13) [noun] A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw. | [noun] A small stream, especially one flowing into the sea. FRESHLY (16) [adverb] Recently, newly. | [adverb] In a rude or impertinent manner. FRESNEL (10) [noun] A unit of frequency equal to 1012 hertz, or one terahertz. | [noun] A Fresnel lens or a light feature using such a lens FRETFUL (13) [adjective] Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish. | [adjective] Unable to relax; fidgety or restless. FRETSAW (13) [noun] A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts. | [verb] To cut with a fretsaw. FRETTED (11) [verb] Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat. | [verb] To chafe or irritate; to worry. | [verb] To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple. FRETTER (10) FRIABLE (12) [adjective] Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. | [adjective] (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. | [adjective] (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk FRIARLY (13) FRIBBLE (14) [noun] A trifling action. | [noun] A trifler. | [noun] A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. FRIDGES (12) [noun] A refrigerator. | [verb] To place inside of a refrigerator. | [verb] To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a character, usually female, from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character, usually male, and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s). FRIENDS (11) [noun] A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. | [noun] An associate who provides assistance. | [noun] A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted. FRIEZES (19) [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. | [noun] That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. | [noun] Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. FRIGATE (11) [noun] An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle. | [noun] A 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship. | [noun] A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose. FRIGGED (13) [verb] To fidget, to wriggle around | [verb] To masturbate | [verb] To fuck (misapplied euphemism) FRIGHTS (14) [noun] A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. | [noun] Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. | [verb] To frighten. FRIJOLE (17) [noun] (in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies) Any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the black seed of a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris. | [noun] (in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies) The bean-like seed of any of several related plants, such as the cowpea, used as food. FRILLED (11) FRILLER (10) FRINGED (12) [verb] To decorate with fringe. | [verb] To serve as a fringe. | [adjective] Possessing a fringe. FRINGES (11) [noun] Hair hanging over the forehead. | [noun] A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead. | [noun] Brucellosis, a bacterial disease. FRISEUR (10) [noun] A hairdresser. FRISKED (15) [verb] To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap. | [verb] To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing. FRISKER (14) FRISKET (14) [noun] A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask. FRISSON (10) [noun] A sudden surge of excitement. | [noun] A shiver, a thrill. FRITTED (11) [verb] To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture | [verb] To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. FRITTER (10) [noun] A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. | [noun] A fragment; a shred; a small piece. | [verb] (often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. FRITZES (19) [verb] To go wrong or become defective. FRIVOLS (13) [noun] An unserious person; a shallow person. | [noun] An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity. FRIZERS (19) FRIZING (20) FRIZZED (29) [verb] Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. | [verb] To curl; to make frizzy. | [verb] To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. FRIZZER (28) FRIZZES (28) [verb] Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. | [verb] To curl; to make frizzy. | [verb] To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. FRIZZLE (28) [noun] A curl; a lock of hair crisped. | [verb] To fry something until crisp and curled. | [verb] To scorch. FRIZZLY (31) FROCKED (17) FROGEYE (14) FROGGED (13) [verb] To hunt or trap frogs. | [verb] To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate. | [verb] To spatchcock (a chicken). FROGMAN (13) [noun] A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear). | [noun] A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL. FROGMEN (13) [noun] A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear). | [noun] A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL. FROLICS (12) [noun] Gaiety; merriment. | [noun] A playful antic. | [noun] A social gathering. FROMAGE (13) FRONDED (12) FRONTAL (10) [noun] The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead. | [noun] The façade of a building. | [noun] A drapery covering the front of an altar. FRONTED (11) [verb] To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. | [verb] To face, be opposite to. | [verb] To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. FRONTER (10) FRONTES (10) FRONTON (10) [noun] A pediment. | [noun] A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota. FROSTED (11) [noun] A kind of milkshake made with ice cream. | [adjective] Covered in frost; frosty. | [adjective] Appearing to be covered in frost. FROTHED (14) [verb] To create froth in (a liquid). | [verb] (of a liquid) To bubble. | [verb] To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. FROUNCE (12) [noun] A canker in the mouth of a hawk. | [noun] A plait or curl. | [verb] To curl. FROWARD (14) [adjective] Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition. | [preposition] Away from. FROWNED (14) [verb] To have a frown on one's face. | [verb] To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. | [verb] To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. FROWNER (13) FROWSTS (13) [noun] Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room. | [verb] To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place. FROWSTY (16) [adjective] Musty; stuffy (atmosphere) FRUGGED (13) [verb] To perform this dance. FRUITED (11) [verb] To produce fruit, seeds, or spores. | [adjective] Containing fruit; bearing fruit. FRUITER (10) [noun] Any organism that fruits. | [noun] A ship for transporting fruit. FRUSTUM (12) [noun] A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base. | [noun] A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes. FRYPANS (15) [noun] A frying pan. FUBBING (15) FUBSIER (12) [adjective] Short and stout; low and wide FUCHSIA (15) [noun] A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye. | [adjective] Having a purplish-red colour. FUCHSIN (15) [noun] A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C20H19N3·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour. FUCKERS (16) [noun] An undesirable person. | [noun] The object of some effort. | [noun] People, friends, especially of very high solidarity. FUCKING (17) [verb] To have sexual intercourse, to copulate. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. | [verb] To insert one’s penis, a dildo or other phallic object, into a specified orifice or cleft. FUCKUPS (18) [noun] A serious mistake. | [noun] One who continually makes mistakes. | [noun] An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot FUCOIDS (13) [noun] A fucoid seaweed. FUCOSES (12) FUCUSES (12) FUDDLED (13) [verb] To confuse or befuddle. | [verb] To intoxicate. | [verb] To become intoxicated; to get drunk. FUDDLES (12) [verb] To confuse or befuddle. | [verb] To intoxicate. | [verb] To become intoxicated; to get drunk. FUDGING (13) [verb] To try to avoid giving a direct answer. | [verb] To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral. | [verb] To botch or bungle something. FUEHRER (13) [noun] A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant | [noun] (definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany FUELERS (10) FUELING (11) [verb] To provide with fuel. | [verb] To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater. | [noun] The act or process by which something is fueled. FUELLED (11) [verb] To provide with fuel. | [verb] To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater. FUELLER (10) FUGALLY (14) FUGATOS (11) [noun] A fugal passage in a composition that is not a strict or complete fugue. FUGGIER (12) [adjective] Muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation FUGGILY (15) FUGGING (13) FUGLING (12) FUGUING (12) FUGUIST (11) FUHRERS (13) [noun] A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant | [noun] (definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany FULCRUM (14) [noun] The support about which a lever pivots. | [noun] A crux or pivot; a central point. FULFILL (13) [verb] To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | [verb] To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | [verb] To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). FULFILS (13) [verb] To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | [verb] To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | [verb] To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). FULGENT (11) [adjective] Shining brilliantly; radiant. FULHAMS (15) FULLAMS (12) FULLERS (10) [noun] A person who fulls cloth. | [noun] A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal. | [noun] A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.). FULLERY (13) FULLEST (10) [adjective] Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. | [adjective] Complete; with nothing omitted. | [adjective] Total, entire. FULLING (11) [noun] Baptism. | [verb] (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated. | [verb] To baptise. FULMARS (12) [noun] Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs. FULMINE (12) FULNESS (10) [noun] Being full; completeness. | [noun] The degree to which a space is full. | [noun] The degree to which fate has become known. FULSOME (12) [adjective] Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. | [adjective] Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity). | [adjective] Marked by fullness; abundant, copious. FULVOUS (13) [adjective] Tawny-coloured. FUMARIC (14) FUMBLED (15) [verb] To handle nervously or awkwardly. | [verb] To grope awkwardly in trying to find something | [verb] To blunder uncertainly. FUMBLER (14) FUMBLES (14) [noun] A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident. | [noun] A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble. FUMETTE (12) FUMIEST (12) FUMULUS (12) FUNCTOR (12) [noun] (grammar) A function word. | [noun] A function object. | [noun] A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows, in such a way as to preserve domains and codomains (of the arrows) as well as composition and identities. FUNDING (12) [verb] To pay for. | [verb] To place (money) in a fund. | [verb] To form a debt into a stock charged with interest. FUNERAL (10) [noun] A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon. | [adjective] Of or relating to a funeral. FUNFAIR (13) [noun] A travelling amusement park. FUNGALS (11) FUNGOES (11) [noun] A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. | [noun] A fungo bat. FUNGOID (12) [noun] A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a fungus. FUNGOUS (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to fungi; fungal. | [adjective] Of or containing a spongy, abnormal excrescence. FUNICLE (12) [noun] The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed. | [noun] Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally. FUNKERS (14) FUNKIAS (14) [noun] Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta). FUNKIER (14) [adjective] Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric. | [adjective] Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context. | [adjective] Cool; great; excellent. FUNKING (15) [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | [verb] To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. | [verb] To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. FUNNELS (10) [noun] A hinny; hybrid of male horse and female donkey. | [noun] A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. | [noun] A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like. FUNNEST (10) [adjective] Enjoyable, amusing | [adjective] Whimsical, flamboyant FUNNIER (10) [adjective] Amusing; humorous; comical. | [adjective] Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant. | [adjective] Showing unexpected resentment. FUNNIES (10) [noun] A joke. | [noun] A comic strip. | [noun] A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling. FUNNILY (13) [adverb] In a funny or amusing manner. | [adverb] In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence. FUNNING (11) [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. FURANES (10) FURBISH (15) [verb] To polish or burnish. | [verb] To renovate or recondition. FURCATE (12) [verb] To fork or branch out. | [adjective] Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts. FURCULA (12) [noun] A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged. | [noun] The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought. | [noun] The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed. FURIOSO (10) [noun] A furious person; a violent madman. | [adverb] Rapidly and with passion. FURIOUS (10) [adjective] Feeling great anger; raging; violent. | [adjective] Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence. FURLERS (10) FURLESS (10) FURLING (11) [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) | [noun] The act by which something is furled. FURLONG (11) [noun] A unit of length equal to 220 yards, 1/8 mile, or 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing. FURMETY (15) [noun] A porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise. FURMITY (15) FURNACE (12) [noun] An industrial heating device, e.g. for smelting metal or baking ceramics. | [noun] A device that provides heat for a building; a space heater. | [noun] Any area that is excessively hot. FURNISH (13) [noun] Material used to create an engineered product. | [verb] To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment. | [verb] To supply or give (something). FURORES (10) [noun] Uproar; enthusiastic anger. | [noun] Excitement or commotion. FURRIER (10) [noun] A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur. | [noun] A person who secures accommodation for an army. | [adjective] Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur. FURRILY (13) FURRING (11) [verb] To cover with fur or a fur-like coating. | [verb] To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating. | [verb] To level a surface by applying furring to it. FURROWS (13) [noun] A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop. | [noun] Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal. | [noun] A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead. FURROWY (16) FURTHER (13) [verb] To help forward; to assist. | [verb] To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. | [adjective] (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant. FURTIVE (13) [adjective] Stealthy. | [adjective] Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy. FURZIER (19) FUSAINS (10) FUSCOUS (12) [adjective] Dark in color, dark-hued; dusky, swarthy. FUSIBLE (12) [noun] Any substance that can be fused or melted. | [adjective] Able to be fused or melted. FUSIBLY (15) FUSILLI (10) [noun] Pasta in the shape of short spirals. FUSIONS (10) [noun] The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof. FUSSERS (10) FUSSIER (10) [adjective] Anxious or particular about petty details. | [adjective] Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies). FUSSILY (13) FUSSING (11) [verb] To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. | [verb] To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust | [verb] (especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured. FUSSPOT (12) [noun] A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things. FUSTIAN (10) [noun] A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff. | [noun] A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen. | [noun] Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech. FUSTICS (12) FUSTIER (10) [adjective] Moldy or musty. | [adjective] Stale-smelling or stuffy. | [adjective] (by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update. FUSTILY (13) FUTHARC (15) FUTHARK (17) [noun] The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc. FUTHORC (15) [noun] The Runic alphabet as used to write Old English. FUTHORK (17) [noun] The Runic alphabet as used to write Old English. FUTTOCK (16) [noun] Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship. FUTURAL (10) FUTURES (10) [noun] The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. | [noun] Something that will happen in moments yet to come. | [noun] Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. | [noun] Short for futures contract. FUTZING (20) [verb] To be frivolous and waste time | [verb] To experiment by trial and error FUZZIER (28) [adjective] Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals | [adjective] Vague or imprecise. | [adjective] Not clear; unfocused. FUZZILY (31) FUZZING (29) [verb] To make fuzzy. | [verb] To become fuzzy. | [verb] To make drunk. FYLFOTS (16) [noun] A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction. GABFEST (13) [noun] An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length. GAFFERS (14) [noun] A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production. | [noun] A glassblower. | [noun] An old man. GAFFING (15) [verb] To use a gaff, especially to land a fish. | [verb] To cheat or hoax. | [verb] To gamble. GAINFUL (11) [adjective] Contrary. | [adjective] Disposed to taking advantage of. | [adjective] Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle. | [adjective] Providing gain; profitable. GALLFLY (14) GARFISH (14) [noun] Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. | [noun] Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae. GAUFFER (14) [verb] To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. | [verb] In fine bookbinding, to decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron. GIFTING (12) [verb] To give as a gift or donation. | [verb] To give away, to concede easily. | [noun] A divine gift. GIRAFFE (14) [noun] A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones. | [noun] A giraffe unicycle. | [noun] A laugh. GLEEFUL (11) [adjective] Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. GLORIFY (14) [verb] To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). | [verb] To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly. | [verb] To worship or extol. GLOWFLY (17) GOFFERS (14) [verb] To make wavy; to crimp. GOLFERS (11) [noun] Someone who plays golf. GOLFING (12) [verb] To play the game of golf. | [verb] To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf) | [noun] A session of playing golf. GONIFFS (14) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GOOFIER (11) [adjective] Silly, quirky GOOFILY (14) GOOFING (12) [verb] To make a mistake. | [verb] To engage in mischief. GRAFTED (12) [verb] To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. | [verb] To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting. | [verb] To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. GRAFTER (11) GRATIFY (14) [verb] To please. | [verb] To make content; to satisfy. GRIFFES (14) GRIFFIN (14) [noun] A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle. | [noun] A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. | [noun] An English variety of apple. GRIFFON (14) [noun] A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle. | [noun] A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. | [noun] An English variety of apple. GRIFTED (12) [verb] To obtain illegally, as by con game. | [verb] To obtain money illegally. | [verb] To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means. GRIFTER (11) [noun] A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games. GRUFFED (15) GRUFFER (14) [adjective] Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. | [adjective] Hoarse-voiced. GRUFFLY (17) GUFFAWS (17) [noun] A boisterous laugh. | [verb] To laugh boisterously. GULFIER (11) GULFING (12) GUNFIRE (11) [noun] Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. | [noun] The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets. | [noun] The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun. HAFFETS (16) HAFFITS (16) HAFNIUM (15) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal. HAFTARA (13) HAFTERS (13) HAFTING (14) [verb] To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle HAGFISH (17) [noun] Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather. HALFWAY (19) [adverb] Half of the way between two points; midway. | [adverb] Moderately; somewhat. HANDFUL (14) [noun] The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. | [noun] A hand's breadth; four inches. | [noun] A small number, usually approximately five. HANDOFF (17) [noun] A pass made in a backward direction. | [noun] The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred. | [noun] The passing of a completed project to another person or group. HARMFUL (15) [adjective] Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious HATEFUL (13) [adjective] Evoking a feeling of hatred. | [adjective] Dislikeable. | [adjective] Full of hatred. HATFULS (13) HATSFUL (13) HAYFORK (20) [noun] A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork. HAYLOFT (16) [noun] The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay HEEDFUL (14) [adjective] Taking heed | [adjective] Paying close attention; mindful HEFTERS (13) HEFTIER (13) [adjective] Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive. | [adjective] Strong; bulky. | [adjective] (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built. HEFTILY (16) HEFTING (14) [verb] To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy. | [verb] To test the weight of something by lifting it. | [verb] (Northern England and Scotland) To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture. HEIFERS (13) [noun] A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved. | [noun] A wife. | [noun] A girl. HELPFUL (15) [adjective] Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. HERSELF (13) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. | [pronoun] She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate. | [pronoun] The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others) HIMSELF (15) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | [pronoun] He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate | [pronoun] The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself. HISSELF (13) [pronoun] Himself. HOGFISH (17) [noun] Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean. | [noun] Several of the species of Bodianus. | [noun] The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis. HOOFERS (13) [noun] A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues HOOFING (14) [verb] To trample with hooves. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To dance, especially as a professional. HOPEFUL (15) [noun] Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. | [adjective] Feeling hope | [adjective] Inspiring hope HORRIFY (16) [verb] To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror. HOTFOOT (13) [noun] The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. | [verb] To run (a distance). | [adverb] Hastily; without delay. HUFFIER (16) [adjective] Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated. | [adjective] Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy. | [adjective] Haughty, arrogant HUFFILY (19) HUFFING (17) [verb] To breathe heavily. | [verb] To say in a huffy manner. | [verb] To enlarge; to swell up. HUFFISH (19) HURTFUL (13) [adjective] Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury. | [adjective] Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting. HUSHFUL (16) HUSWIFE (16) ICEFALL (12) [noun] A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall. IFFIEST (13) [adjective] Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. | [adjective] Uncertain or chancy. INDRAFT (11) [noun] A draft or drawing inward. INFALLS (10) INFANCY (15) [noun] The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking). | [noun] The state of being an infant. | [noun] An early stage in the development of anything. INFANTA (10) [noun] A daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal. INFANTE (10) [noun] Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent. INFANTS (10) [noun] A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention. | [noun] A minor. | [noun] A noble or aristocratic youth. INFARCT (12) [noun] An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis. INFARES (10) INFAUNA (10) [noun] Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments INFECTS (12) [verb] To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen). | [verb] To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion. INFEOFF (16) INFERNO (10) [noun] A place or situation resembling Hell. | [noun] A large fire, a conflagration. INFESTS (10) [verb] To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. | [verb] (of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal. INFIDEL (11) [noun] (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion. | [noun] (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain principle. | [noun] (now usually derogatory) One with no religious beliefs. INFIELD (11) [noun] The area inside a racetrack or running track. | [noun] A constrained scope or area. | [noun] An area to cultivate: a field INFIGHT (14) INFIRMS (12) INFIXED (18) [verb] To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. | [verb] To instill. | [verb] To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. INFIXES (17) [noun] A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English. | [noun] A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English. | [verb] To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. INFLAME (12) [verb] To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. | [verb] To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat. | [verb] To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. INFLATE (10) [verb] To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally | [verb] To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas). | [verb] To swell; to puff up. INFLECT (12) [verb] To cause to curve inwards. | [verb] To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. | [verb] (grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. INFLICT (12) [verb] To thrust upon; to impose. INFLOWS (13) [noun] The act or process of flowing in or into | [noun] Anything which flows in or into | [noun] Influence from outside. INFOLDS (11) [verb] To fold inwards. | [verb] To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop. | [verb] To clasp with the arms; embrace. INFORMS (12) [verb] To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). | [verb] To communicate knowledge to. | [verb] To impart information or knowledge. INFRACT (12) [verb] To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule). | [verb] To break off. | [adjective] Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. INFUSED (11) [verb] To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. | [verb] To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). | [verb] To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). INFUSER (10) INFUSES (10) [verb] To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. | [verb] To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). | [verb] To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). INGRAFT (11) [verb] To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant | [verb] To fix firmly into place INGULFS (11) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. INSOFAR (10) INTROFY (13) JARFULS (17) JARSFUL (17) JELLIFY (20) [verb] To form a jelly; to gel. | [verb] To make into a jelly. JESTFUL (17) JEWFISH (23) [noun] Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish JIFFIES (20) [noun] A very short, unspecified length of time. | [noun] A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values. | [noun] The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second). JOLLIFY (20) JUGFULS (18) JUGSFUL (18) JUMPOFF (24) JUSTIFY (20) [verb] To provide an acceptable explanation for. | [verb] To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. | [verb] To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned. KAFFIRS (17) [noun] In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. | [noun] A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. | [noun] (Rhodesia) A black person. KAFTANS (14) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. KERFING (15) KHALIFA (17) KHALIFS (17) KICKOFF (23) [noun] The opening kick of each half of a game of football. | [noun] (by extension) the opening sequence of any event KINFOLK (18) [noun] (also in plural) Relatives, relations. KISTFUL (14) KNIFERS (14) KNIFING (15) [verb] To cut with a knife. | [verb] To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | [verb] To cut through as if with a knife. LAPFULS (12) LAYOFFS (16) [noun] (chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | [noun] A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | [noun] A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. LEADOFF (14) [noun] The first batter in the batting order. | [noun] The first batter of an inning. | [noun] The short distance that a player stands away from their current base. LEAFAGE (11) LEAFIER (10) [adjective] Covered with leaves | [adjective] Containing much foliage | [adjective] In the form of leaves (of some material) LEAFING (11) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. | [noun] The act of one who leafs through something. LEAFLET (10) [noun] One of the components of a compound leaf. | [noun] A small plant leaf. | [noun] A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement. LEFTEST (10) LEFTIES (10) [noun] One who is left-handed. | [noun] One who has left-wing political views. | [noun] One's left testicle. LEFTISH (13) LEFTISM (12) [noun] Belief in the principles of left-wing politics. LEFTIST (10) [noun] A person who holds views associated with the political left. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the political left. LIEFEST (10) LIFEFUL (13) LIFEWAY (16) LIFTERS (10) LIFTING (11) [verb] To raise or rise. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise. LIFTMAN (12) LIFTMEN (12) LIFTOFF (16) [noun] The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground. | [noun] The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping. LIGNIFY (14) [verb] To become wood. | [verb] To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth. | [verb] (by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood. LIQUEFY (22) [verb] To make into a liquid. | [verb] To become liquid. | [verb] (image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop) To distort and warp an image. LIQUIFY (22) [verb] To make into a liquid. | [verb] To become liquid. | [verb] (image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop) To distort and warp an image. LITHIFY (16) [verb] To turn sediment into solid rock LOAFERS (10) [noun] An idle person. | [noun] A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin. | [noun] A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. LOAFING (11) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) | [noun] The idle behaviour of somebody who loafs. LOBEFIN (12) [noun] Any of the fish of the class Sarcopterygii. LOFTERS (10) [noun] An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick. LOFTIER (10) [adjective] High, tall, having great height or stature | [adjective] Idealistic, implying over-optimism | [adjective] Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty LOFTILY (13) LOFTING (11) [noun] An upper part; ceiling. | [noun] Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working. | [verb] To propel high into the air. LOOFAHS (13) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOWLIFE (13) [noun] An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal. LUCIFER (12) [noun] A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box). LUFFING (14) [verb] (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly. | [verb] (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up) | [verb] To let out (a sail) so that it luffs. LUNGFUL (11) LUSTFUL (10) [adjective] Full of lust; driven by lust. MAFFIAS (15) MAFFICK (21) MAFIOSI (12) [noun] A member of the Mafia. MAFIOSO (12) [noun] A member of the Mafia. MAFTIRS (12) MAGNIFY (16) [verb] To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). | [verb] To make (something) larger or more important. | [verb] To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. MALEFIC (14) [noun] A malefic planet | [adjective] Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful. MASSIFS (12) [noun] A principal mountain mass. | [noun] A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists MASTIFF (15) [noun] One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs. MENFOLK (16) [noun] The male members of a group. | [noun] Male people in general. METRIFY (15) MICRIFY (17) MIDLIFE (13) [noun] The middle period of one's life. | [adjective] Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45. MIDRIFF (16) [noun] The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist MIDWIFE (16) [noun] A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician. | [noun] Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project. | [verb] To act as a midwife MIFFIER (15) MIFFING (16) [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. | [verb] To become slightly offended. MILFOIL (12) [noun] Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium. | [noun] Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea | [noun] Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil. MINDFUL (13) [adjective] Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. | [adjective] Inclined (to do something). | [noun] As much as can be held in one's mind at a time. MISFILE (12) [verb] To file incorrectly; to file in the wrong place or the wrong way. MISFIRE (12) [noun] An act of misfiring. | [verb] To fail to discharge properly. | [verb] (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence. MISFITS (12) [noun] An ill-fitting garment. | [noun] A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity. | [noun] A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc. MISFORM (14) MOANFUL (12) MOFETTE (12) [noun] A volcanic discharge of carbon dioxide together with other, mostly smelly, gases MOLLIFY (15) [verb] To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort. | [verb] To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of. | [verb] To soften; to make tender MONOFIL (12) [noun] A monofilament yarn. MORTIFY (15) [verb] To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. | [verb] (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. | [verb] To kill. MOTIFIC (14) MOUFLON (12) [noun] A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. MUDFISH (16) [noun] Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, including: MUDFLAT (13) [noun] A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a river bed exposed at low tide. MUDFLOW (16) [noun] A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water. | [noun] The dried-out product of such a flow. MUFFING (16) [verb] To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. | [verb] To mishandle; to bungle. | [noun] Penetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women. MUFFINS (15) [noun] A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten. | [noun] A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten. | [noun] (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed. MUFFLED (16) [verb] To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up. | [verb] To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound. | [verb] To mute or deaden (a sound etc.). MUFFLER (15) [noun] Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces. | [noun] A silencer or suppressor fitted to a gun. | [noun] A type of scarf. MUFFLES (15) [noun] Anything that mutes or deadens sound. | [noun] A warm piece of clothing for the hands. | [noun] A boxing glove. MUGFULS (13) MUMMIFY (19) [verb] To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body. | [verb] To become a mummy. MUSEFUL (12) MYSTIFY (18) [verb] To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. NEEDFUL (11) [noun] Ready money; wherewithal. | [noun] Anything necessary or requisite. | [adjective] Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensible. NIFFERS (13) NIFTIER (10) [adjective] Good, smart; useful or beneficial. | [adjective] Stylish. NIFTIES (10) NIFTILY (13) NIGRIFY (14) NITRIFY (13) [verb] To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound. | [verb] To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism. | [verb] To become nitre. NONFACT (12) NONFANS (10) NONFARM (12) NONFOOD (11) NONFUEL (10) NONLIFE (10) [noun] All objects or substances except those considered alive. | [noun] A life so devoid of meaning or activity that it is barely worth living. | [adjective] Relating to types of insurance which are not life insurance NONSELF (10) NULLIFY (13) [verb] To make legally invalid. | [verb] To prevent from happening. | [verb] To make of no use or value; to cancel out. OARFISH (13) [noun] A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae. ODORFUL (11) OFFBEAT (15) [noun] The beats not normally accented in a measure. | [noun] An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform. | [adjective] Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary. OFFCAST (15) OFFCUTS (15) [noun] A piece that has been cut off of a larger piece when not needed; surplus. OFFENCE (15) [noun] The act of offending: | [noun] The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. | [noun] A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense. OFFENDS (14) [verb] To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. | [verb] To feel or become offended; to take insult. | [verb] To physically harm, pain. OFFENSE (13) [noun] The act of offending: | [noun] The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. | [noun] A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense. OFFERED (14) [verb] To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). | [verb] To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. | [verb] To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. OFFERER (13) OFFEROR (13) OFFHAND (17) [adjective] Without planning or thinking ahead. | [adjective] Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration. | [adjective] Curt, abrupt, unfriendly. OFFICER (15) [noun] One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. | [noun] A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer. | [noun] One who holds a public office. OFFICES (15) [noun] A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: | [noun] A position of responsibility. | [noun] Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. OFFINGS (14) [noun] The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. | [noun] The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore. | [noun] The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing. OFFLOAD (14) [noun] The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere. | [noun] The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled. | [verb] To unload. OFFRAMP (17) [noun] A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from a freeway onto local roads OFFSETS (13) [noun] Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. | [noun] A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales. | [noun] (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset. OFFSIDE (14) [noun] An offside play. | [noun] The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road. | [noun] The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness. OFTENER (10) [adverb] Frequently, many times. OLDWIFE (14) OLEFINE (10) [noun] Olefiant gas, or ethylene | [noun] (by extension) any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type OLEFINS (10) [noun] Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond. OMNIFIC (14) ONEFOLD (11) [adjective] Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme. | [adjective] Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete. | [adjective] Simple, plain, straightforward. ONESELF (10) [pronoun] A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself. OPACIFY (17) [verb] To make opaque. ORFRAYS (13) ORIFICE (12) [noun] A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening. OSSIFIC (12) OURSELF (10) [pronoun] The reflexive of the editorial or royal we: myself (as used by a writer or speaker who is referring to themself as we). | [pronoun] The reflexive of the generic we: oneself. OUTFACE (12) [verb] To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay | [verb] To boldly confront a situation. OUTFALL (10) [verb] To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally. | [noun] A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally. | [noun] A quarrel; a falling out. OUTFAST (10) OUTFAWN (13) OUTFEEL (10) OUTFELT (10) OUTFIND (11) OUTFIRE (10) OUTFISH (13) OUTFITS (10) [noun] A set of clothing (with accessories). | [noun] Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. | [noun] Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company. OUTFLEW (13) [verb] To fly better, faster, or further than. OUTFLOW (13) [noun] The process of flowing out | [verb] To flow outward. OUTFOOL (10) OUTFOOT (10) OVERFAR (13) OVERFAT (13) OVERFED (14) [adjective] Excessively fed; given too much to eat. | [verb] To feed a person or animal too much. | [verb] To eat more than is necessary. OVERFLY (16) [verb] To fly over something. | [verb] To fly too far past something. OVIFORM (15) [adjective] Egg-shaped OXFORDS (18) [noun] A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather. | [noun] (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary. PACIFIC (16) [adjective] Calm, peaceful. | [adjective] Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence. PAILFUL (12) PAINFUL (12) [adjective] Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. | [adjective] Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). | [adjective] Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. PALFREY (15) [noun] A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women. PANFISH (15) [noun] Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste. PANFULS (12) PARFAIT (12) [noun] A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur. | [noun] An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass. | [noun] A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs. PAYOFFS (18) [noun] A payment. | [noun] A reward. | [noun] A bribe. PEAFOWL (15) [noun] A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex). PERFECT (14) [noun] (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. | [noun] A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes. | [adjective] Fitting its definition precisely. | [verb] To make perfect; to improve or hone. PERFIDY (16) [noun] A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust | [noun] Specifically, in warfare, an illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack. | [noun] A state or act of deceit. PERFORM (14) [verb] To do something; to execute. | [verb] To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. PERFUME (14) [noun] A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor | [noun] A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor. | [verb] To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. PERFUSE (12) [verb] To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light. | [verb] To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body. PETRIFY (15) [verb] To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. | [verb] To produce rigidity akin to stone. | [verb] To immobilize with fright. PFENNIG (13) [noun] One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark). PIAFFED (16) [verb] To strut pretentiously, to parade about. | [verb] To trot a horse with a high, slow, step, lifting the feet but without moving forward significantly. | [verb] To ride a horse in this way. PIAFFER (15) [noun] A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs. PIAFFES (15) [noun] A calm, composed, elevated trot in place. | [verb] To strut pretentiously, to parade about. | [verb] To trot a horse with a high, slow, step, lifting the feet but without moving forward significantly. PICKOFF (21) [noun] A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base PIEFORT (12) PIFFLED (16) PIFFLES (15) PIGFISH (16) [noun] Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish. | [noun] Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including PILAFFS (15) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILFERS (12) [verb] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft. PINFISH (15) PINFOLD (13) [noun] An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land. | [verb] To confine (animals) in a pinfold. PIPEFUL (14) PITFALL (12) [noun] A potential problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious. | [noun] A type of trap consisting of a concealed hole in the ground: victims fall into the hole and are unable to escape. | [noun] An antipattern. PITIFUL (12) [adjective] Feeling pity; merciful. | [adjective] So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. | [adjective] Of an amount or number: very small. PLAFOND (13) [noun] A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated. | [noun] A painting or decoration on a ceiling. | [noun] The tibial plafond. PLAYFUL (15) [adjective] Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. | [adjective] Funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. | [adjective] Fun, recreational, not serious. PLAYOFF (18) [noun] A final game in a series needed to break a tie. | [noun] A short series of games to select a league champion. POMFRET (14) [noun] A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species. | [noun] Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus. PONTIFF (15) [noun] A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope. | [noun] Any chief figure or leader of a religion. | [noun] A pontifex. POOFTAH (15) POOFTER (12) [noun] A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one. | [noun] A pansy, an effeminate man. POSTFIX (19) [noun] Suffix. | [verb] To suffix. | [verb] To subject a sample to postfixation POTFULS (12) POUFFED (16) POUFFES (15) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. POUTFUL (12) PREFABS (14) [noun] A prefabricated building. | [noun] A prefabricated section of a building. | [noun] A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use. PREFACE (14) [noun] The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book. | [noun] An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks. | [noun] The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. PREFADE (13) PREFECT (14) [noun] An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc. | [noun] The head of a department in France. | [noun] The head of a prefecture in Japan. PREFERS (12) [verb] To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. | [verb] To advance, promote (someone or something). | [verb] To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). PREFILE (12) PREFIRE (12) PREFORM (14) [noun] An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form. | [noun] The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool. | [noun] A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones. PRELIFE (12) PRESIFT (12) PROFANE (12) [noun] A person or thing that is profane. | [noun] A person not a Mason. | [verb] To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate PROFESS (12) [verb] To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.) | [verb] To declare oneself (to be something). | [verb] To declare; to assert, affirm. PROFFER (15) [noun] An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender. | [noun] An attempt, an essay. | [verb] To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of. PROFILE (12) [noun] The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. | [noun] The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view. | [noun] A summary or collection of information, especially about a person PROFITS (12) [noun] Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. | [noun] Benefit, positive result obtained. | [noun] In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game). PROFUSE (12) [verb] To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. | [adjective] In great quantity or abundance; liberal or generous to the point of excess. PROOFED (13) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. PROOFER (12) PUFFERS (15) [noun] Someone or something that puffs. | [noun] Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger. | [noun] A manually-operated inhaler. PUFFERY (18) [noun] An act of puffing. | [noun] Excessive public praise. PUFFIER (15) [adjective] Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like. | [adjective] Coming or exhaling in puffs. | [adjective] Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. PUFFILY (18) PUFFING (16) [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. | [verb] To pant. | [verb] To advertise. PUFFINS (15) [noun] The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. | [noun] The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. | [noun] Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses. PUPFISH (17) [noun] Any of a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae. PURFLED (13) [verb] To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border. | [verb] To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or with gold studs or mountings. PURFLES (12) [noun] An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing. | [noun] An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings. PUSHFUL (15) [adjective] Energetic; pushy. PUTOFFS (15) PUTREFY (15) [verb] To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance. | [verb] To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. | [verb] To become gangrenous. QUAFFED (23) [verb] To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. QUAFFER (22) QUALIFY (22) [noun] An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice. | [verb] To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. | [verb] To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. RACKFUL (16) RAFFIAS (13) [noun] A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of the raffia palm tree (genus Raphia). RAFFISH (16) [adjective] Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish. | [adjective] Low-class; disreputable; vulgar. RAFFLED (14) [verb] To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off. | [verb] To participate in a raffle. | [adjective] Having the edge finely notched. RAFFLER (13) RAFFLES (13) [noun] A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize. | [noun] A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes. | [verb] To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off. RAFTERS (10) [noun] One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. | [noun] A flock of turkeys. | [noun] A raftsman. RAFTING (11) [verb] To convey on a raft. | [verb] To make into a raft. | [verb] To travel by raft. RAKEOFF (17) RATAFEE (10) RATAFIA (10) [noun] A liqueur or cordial flavored with peach or cherry kernels, bitter almonds, or other fruits. | [noun] A kind of cake made with almonds. RATFINK (14) RATFISH (13) [noun] A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae. | [noun] A chimaera REAFFIX (20) REBUFFS (15) [noun] A sudden resistance or refusal. | [noun] Repercussion, or beating back. | [verb] To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. RECTIFY (15) [verb] To heal (an organ or part of the body). | [verb] To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. | [verb] To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). REDFINS (11) REDFISH (14) [noun] Any of several fish with red skin or flesh. REDRAFT (11) [noun] A second or subsequent draft | [noun] A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges. | [verb] To draft again REEDIFY (14) REEFERS (10) [noun] Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman. | [noun] A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth. | [noun] A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container. REEFIER (10) REEFING (11) [verb] To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. | [verb] To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding. | [verb] (of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply. REFACED (13) [verb] To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer. REFACES (12) [verb] To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer. REFALLS (10) REFECTS (12) REFEEDS (11) REFEELS (10) REFENCE (12) REFEREE (10) [noun] An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game. | [noun] A person who settles a dispute. | [noun] A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. REFFING (14) [verb] To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. REFIGHT (14) REFILED (11) REFILES (10) REFILLS (10) [noun] A filling after the first. | [noun] A repeat of a prescription. | [noun] A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment. REFILMS (12) REFINDS (11) REFINED (11) [verb] To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. | [verb] To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter. | [verb] To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish. REFINER (10) REFINES (10) [verb] To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. | [verb] To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter. | [verb] To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish. REFIRED (11) REFIRES (10) REFIXED (18) [verb] To fix again. REFIXES (17) [verb] To fix again. REFLATE (10) [verb] To reinflate, to inflate again. | [verb] To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level. REFLECT (12) [verb] To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. | [verb] To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface. | [verb] To mirror, or show the image of something. REFLETS (10) REFLIES (10) REFLOAT (10) [noun] The process of getting something to float again. | [verb] To cause to float again. REFLOOD (11) REFLOWN (13) REFLOWS (13) [verb] To flow back again. | [verb] To cause to flow again, to remelt. | [verb] (wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document. REFOCUS (12) [verb] To focus on something else | [verb] To change the focus of | [verb] To change one's priorities REFOLDS (11) [verb] To fold again. REFORGE (11) [verb] Forge again REFORMS (12) [noun] The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it | [verb] To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better | [verb] To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits REFOUND (11) [verb] To find something again. | [verb] To found again; to reestablish. | [verb] To found or cast anew. REFRACT (12) [verb] (of light) To change direction as a result of entering a different medium | [verb] To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium. REFRAIN (10) [verb] To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). | [verb] To show restraint; to hold oneself back. | [verb] To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. | [noun] The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza. REFRAME (12) [noun] An instance of reframing. | [verb] To frame again. | [verb] To redescribe, from a different perspective; to relabel. REFRESH (13) [noun] The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc. | [noun] The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data. | [noun] The process of modernizing something. REFRIED (11) REFRIES (10) REFRONT (10) REFROZE (19) [verb] To freeze again. | [verb] To freeze again. REFUELS (10) [noun] An act or instance of refilling with fuel. | [verb] To refill with fuel. REFUGED (12) REFUGEE (11) [noun] A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum. | [noun] A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc. | [noun] A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country. REFUGES (11) [noun] A state of safety, protection or shelter. | [noun] A place providing safety, protection or shelter. | [noun] Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. REFUGIA (11) [noun] Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species. | [noun] (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc. REFUNDS (11) [noun] An amount of money returned. | [verb] To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse. | [verb] To supply again with funds. REFUSAL (10) [noun] The act of refusing. | [noun] Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. REFUSED (11) [verb] To decline (a request or demand). | [verb] To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. | [verb] To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. REFUSER (10) REFUSES (10) [verb] To decline (a request or demand). | [verb] To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. | [verb] To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. REFUTAL (10) [noun] A refutation. REFUTED (11) [verb] To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. | [verb] To deny the truth or correctness of (something). REFUTER (10) REFUTES (10) [verb] To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. | [verb] To deny the truth or correctness of (something). REGRAFT (11) REIFIED (11) [verb] To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing REIFIER (10) REIFIES (10) [verb] To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing RELIEFS (10) [noun] The removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another. REOFFER (13) REPROOF (12) [noun] An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke. | [verb] To proof again. REROOFS (10) [verb] To roof again; to tear off an old roof and replace with a new roof. RESIFTS (10) RESTAFF (13) RESTFUL (10) [adjective] Using REST (representational state transfer). | [adjective] Peaceful; having a peaceful aspect | [adjective] Restorative; aiding rest RESTUFF (13) REUNIFY (13) [verb] To unify again; to bring back together, or come back together, after separation. RIFFING (14) [verb] To lay off from work due to a reduction in force. | [verb] To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes. | [verb] To riffle. RIFFLED (14) [verb] To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream. | [verb] To ruffle with a rippling action. | [verb] To skim or flick through the pages of a book. RIFFLER (13) [noun] A mechanical device consisting of a metal box with a series of vertical slats through which material is poured and randomly divided into two samples; this process is repeated to obtain a small representative sample of a bulk material. | [noun] A curved file used in carving wood and marble. RIFFLES (13) [noun] A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. | [noun] A succession of small waves. | [noun] A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough. RIFLERS (10) RIFLERY (13) RIFLING (11) [verb] To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html) | [verb] To commit robbery or theft. | [verb] To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. RIFTING (11) [verb] To form a rift; to split open. | [verb] To cleave; to rive; to split. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch. RIMFIRE (12) [noun] A type of firearm cartridge where the primer is in the back rim, rather than a central primer cap. They are cheap to produce but cannot be reloaded with powder. RIPOFFS (15) [noun] A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. | [noun] A theft or robbery. | [noun] A scam. ROLFERS (10) ROLFING (11) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROOFERS (10) [noun] A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs. | [noun] A daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers. ROOFING (11) [noun] Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. | [noun] A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers. | [verb] To cover or furnish with a roof. ROOFTOP (12) [noun] (somewhat formal) The area atop a roof. | [noun] The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof. ROOMFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room. | [noun] The people in a room, considered as a group. | [adjective] Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. ROTIFER (10) [noun] Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel. RUBOFFS (15) RUFFIAN (13) [noun] A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person. | [noun] A pimp; a pander. | [noun] A lover; a paramour. RUFFING (14) [verb] To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff. | [verb] Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it. | [verb] To ruffle; to disorder. RUFFLED (14) [verb] To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric. | [verb] To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter. | [verb] To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. RUFFLER (13) RUFFLES (13) [noun] Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. | [noun] Disturbance; agitation; commotion. | [noun] A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff. RUFIYAA (13) [noun] The official currency of Maldives, equal to 100 laari. RUNOFFS (13) [noun] That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. | [noun] Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. | [noun] A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. RUSSIFY (13) RUTHFUL (13) SACKFUL (16) [noun] The amount a sack will contain. | [noun] A large number or amount (of something). | [adjective] Intent on plunder. SAFARIS (10) [noun] A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment. | [noun] A caravan going on a safari. | [verb] To take part in a safari. SAFFRON (13) [noun] The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. | [noun] A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent. | [noun] An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt. SAFROLE (10) SAFROLS (10) SALSIFY (13) [noun] Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers. | [noun] Scorzonera hispanica, a plant similar in flavor to T. porrifolius, with lanceolate leaves; cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root. Known in particular as "black salsify" among other common names | [noun] The edible root of these plants. SANDFLY (14) [noun] Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. | [noun] A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium. | [noun] A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae). SATISFY (13) [verb] To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of. | [verb] To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe. | [verb] To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt. SAWFISH (16) [noun] Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw. SCARFED (13) [verb] To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. | [verb] To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. | [verb] To shape by grinding. SCARIFY (15) [verb] To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch. | [verb] To make scratches or cuts on. | [verb] To harrow the feelings. SCLAFFS (15) SCOFFED (16) [verb] To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. | [verb] To mock; to treat with scorn. | [verb] To eat food quickly. SCOFFER (15) SCORIFY (15) SCRUFFS (15) [noun] Someone with an untidy appearance. | [noun] Stubble, facial hair (on males). | [noun] Crust. SCRUFFY (18) [noun] An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats". | [adjective] Untidy in appearance. | [adjective] Scurfy. SCUFFED (16) [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [verb] To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball. SCUFFLE (15) [noun] A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters. | [noun] A child's pinafore or bib. | [verb] To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters. | [noun] A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling. SEAFOOD (11) [noun] Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life. SEAFOWL (13) SELFDOM (13) SELFING (11) [noun] A plant produced by vegetative propagation. SELFISH (13) [adjective] Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making. | [adjective] Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being. SEMIFIT (12) SENDOFF (14) [noun] A party for a person (i.e. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party. | [noun] A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life. SERFAGE (11) SERFDOM (13) [noun] The state of being a serf. | [noun] The feudal system that includes serfs. SERFISH (13) SERIFED (11) SETOFFS (13) [noun] The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account. SFERICS (12) SFUMATO (12) [noun] In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects. SHADFLY (17) SHADOOF (14) [noun] A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it. SHADUFS (14) SHAFTED (14) [verb] To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery. | [verb] To equip with a shaft. | [verb] To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with. SHARIFS (13) [noun] A traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets. SHEAFED (14) [verb] To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves | [verb] To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. SHEREEF (13) [noun] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. SHERIFF (16) [noun] (except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. | [noun] A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom. | [noun] A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. SHERIFS (13) [noun] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. SHIFTED (14) [verb] (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute. | [verb] To change in form or character; swap. | [verb] To change position. SHIFTER (13) [noun] One who, or that which, shifts or changes. | [noun] A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis. | [noun] One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. SHOFARS (13) [noun] A ram’s-horn trumpet SHOOFLY (16) SHOWOFF (19) [noun] A person given to egotistically attempting to demonstrate prowess or ability. SHRIFTS (13) [noun] The act of going to or hearing a religious confession. | [noun] Confession to a priest. | [noun] Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission. SHROFFS (16) [noun] A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin. | [noun] A cashier, especially for a carpark. | [noun] Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc. SHUFFLE (16) [noun] The act of shuffling cards. | [noun] The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player. | [noun] An instance of walking without lifting one's feet. SHUTOFF (16) [noun] A valve used to turn off something. | [noun] The act of turning off something. SIFAKAS (14) [noun] A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus. SIFTERS (10) SIFTING (11) [noun] The act by which something is sifted. SIGNIFY (14) [verb] To create a sign out of something. | [verb] To give (something) a meaning or an importance. | [verb] To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce. SIXFOLD (18) [adjective] Having six component parts. | [adverb] Times six, multiplied by six. SKIFFLE (17) [noun] A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments. SKILFUL (14) [adjective] Possessing skill, skilled. SKINFUL (14) [noun] Enough to fill a skin. | [noun] Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation. SLUFFED (14) SNAFFLE (13) [noun] A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and bars and corners of the mouth. Often used as a training bit. | [noun] Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle. | [verb] To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle. SNAFUED (11) [verb] To screw up or foul up. SNIFFED (14) [verb] To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something. | [verb] To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt. | [verb] To perceive vaguely SNIFFER (13) [noun] One who sniffs. | [noun] The nose. | [noun] A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic. SNIFFLE (13) [noun] The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies. | [verb] To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose. | [verb] To utter with a whimpering or sniffing sound. SNIFTER (10) [noun] A small alcoholic drink. | [noun] A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages. | [noun] A severe storm. SNUFFED (14) [verb] To inhale through the nose. | [verb] To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence. | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SNUFFER (13) [noun] A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. | [noun] A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product). | [noun] The common porpoise. SNUFFLE (13) [noun] An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly | [verb] To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly. | [verb] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. SNUFFLY (16) SOFFITS (13) [noun] The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element. | [noun] (pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit. SOFTENS (10) [verb] To make something soft or softer. | [verb] To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). | [verb] To make less harsh SOFTEST (10) [adjective] Easily giving way under pressure. | [adjective] (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh. | [adjective] (of a sound) Quiet. SOFTIES (10) [noun] A weak or sentimental person. | [noun] Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish. | [noun] A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware. SOFTISH (13) SOLFEGE (11) [noun] A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la. SONGFUL (11) SOUFFLE (13) [noun] A murmuring or blowing sound. | [noun] A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients. SOULFUL (10) [adjective] Full of emotion and vigor. | [adjective] Full of soul. | [noun] Enough to fill one's soul. SPECIFY (17) [verb] To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition. | [verb] To include in a specification. | [verb] To bring about a specific result. SPIFFED (16) [verb] (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date) | [verb] To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus. | [verb] To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product) SPINOFF (15) [noun] An offshoot. | [noun] An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off. | [noun] By-product. SPLIFFS (15) [noun] A cannabis cigarette. SPOOFED (13) [verb] To gently satirize. | [verb] To deceive. | [verb] To falsify. SPOOFER (12) SPORTIF (12) SQUIFFY (25) [adjective] Slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy | [adjective] Crooked, askew; awry STAFFED (14) [verb] To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members. | [adjective] Occupied by staff, having members of staff. STAFFER (13) [noun] A member of a staff. STIFFED (14) [verb] To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily. | [verb] To cheat someone | [verb] To tip ungenerously STIFFEN (13) [verb] To make stiff. | [verb] To become stiff. STIFFER (13) [adjective] (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible. | [adjective] (of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid. | [adjective] (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed. STIFFLY (16) [adverb] In a stiff manner. STIFLED (11) [verb] To interrupt or cut off. | [verb] To repress, keep in or hold back. | [verb] To smother or suffocate. STIFLER (10) STIFLES (10) [noun] A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses. | [noun] A bone disease of this region. | [verb] To interrupt or cut off. STRAFED (11) [verb] To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft. | [verb] To sidestep; to move sideways without turning (a core mechanic of most first-person shooters). STRAFER (10) STRAFES (10) [noun] An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft. | [noun] A sideways movement without turning. STRIFES (10) STUFFED (14) [verb] To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess. | [verb] To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner. | [verb] To fill with seasoning. STUFFER (13) STUPEFY (15) [verb] To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle or stun. SUBFILE (12) SUBFUSC (14) [noun] Dark clothing. | [noun] Clothing acceptable, by regulation at certain universities, for an examination or official event. | [adjective] Having subdued colors. SUFFARI (13) SUFFERS (13) [verb] To undergo hardship. | [verb] To feel pain. | [verb] To become worse. SUFFICE (15) [verb] To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough. | [verb] To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. | [verb] To furnish; to supply adequately. SUFFUSE (13) [verb] To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. | [verb] To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid. | [verb] To pour underneath. SULFATE (10) [noun] Any ester of sulfuric acid. | [noun] Any salt of sulfuric acid. | [verb] To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide. SULFIDE (11) [noun] Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group. SULFIDS (11) SULFITE (10) [noun] Any salt of sulfurous acid. SULFONE (10) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds that have a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms; drugs of this structure have been used to treat leprosy. SULFURS (10) [noun] A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16. | [noun] A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur. | [verb] To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests. SULFURY (13) SUNFAST (10) [adjective] Colorfast in a way that will not fade in sunlight. SUNFISH (13) [noun] Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body. | [noun] Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body. SUNROOF (10) [noun] A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven. SURFACE (12) [noun] The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. | [noun] The outside hull of a tangible object. | [noun] Outward or external appearance. SURFEIT (10) [noun] An excessive amount of something. | [noun] Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. | [noun] A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. SURFERS (10) [noun] A person who rides a surfboard. | [noun] A person who surfs the Internet. | [noun] A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata). SURFIER (10) SURFING (11) [verb] To ride a wave, usually on a surfboard. | [verb] To browse the Internet, television, etc. | [noun] The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard. SWAYFUL (16) SWIFTER (13) [adjective] Fast; quick; rapid. | [adjective] Capable of moving at high speeds. | [noun] A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned. SWIFTLY (16) [adverb] In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. SYNFUEL (13) [noun] Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc TACKIFY (19) TACTFUL (12) [adjective] Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner. TAFFETA (13) [noun] A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. TAFFIAS (13) TAFFIES (13) [noun] A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar. | [noun] Flattery. TAILFAN (10) TAKEOFF (17) [noun] The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight. | [noun] A parody or lampoon of someone or something. | [noun] A quantification, especially of building materials. TANKFUL (14) TARIFFS (13) [noun] A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. | [noun] A schedule of rates, fees or prices. | [noun] A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. TARTUFE (10) TEARFUL (10) [adjective] Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. | [adjective] Sorrowful. TEENFUL (10) TELFERS (10) TELFORD (11) TENFOLD (11) [verb] To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten | [adjective] Containing ten parts | [adjective] Ten times as much TEREFAH (13) TERRIFY (13) [verb] To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. | [verb] To menace or intimidate. | [verb] To make terrible. TESTIFY (13) [verb] To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. | [verb] To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. THEREOF (13) [adverb] Of this, that or it. | [adverb] From that circumstance or origin; therefrom, thence. THRIFTS (13) [noun] The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). | [noun] A savings bank. | [noun] Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. THRIFTY (16) [adjective] Evincing thrift; characterized by economy and good management of property; frugal. | [adjective] Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth | [adjective] Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving THYSELF (16) [pronoun] Yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou TIFFANY (16) [noun] A kind of gauze, or very thin silk. TIFFING (14) TIFFINS (13) [noun] A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. | [noun] A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container. TINFOIL (10) [noun] A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping. | [noun] Aluminium foil | [verb] To cover in tinfoil. TINFULS (10) TIPOFFS (15) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. TITFERS (10) [noun] A hat. TOFFEES (13) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy TOFFIES (13) TOILFUL (10) TOMFOOL (12) [noun] A silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man. | [noun] Any of various tyrant flycatchers viewed as foolishly confiding. | [verb] To act foolishly. TOPFULL (12) TORREFY (13) [verb] To subject to intense heat; to parch, to roast. TORRIFY (13) TRAFFIC (15) [noun] Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof. | [noun] Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people. | [noun] Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs. TRAYFUL (13) TREFOIL (10) [noun] Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium. | [noun] A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament. | [noun] A knot formed by joining the two loose ends of a overhand knot to form a knotted loop; the simplest non-trivial knot. TRIFLED (11) [verb] To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. | [verb] To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. | [verb] To inconsequentially toy with something. TRIFLER (10) TRIFLES (10) [noun] An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. | [noun] Anything that is of little importance or worth. | [noun] A very small amount (of something). TRIFOLD (11) [noun] Any sheet of paper or cardboard, folded into three sections along two parallel creases and used to present information, typically as a brochure or display board. | [noun] A wallet with three equal-sized sections that fold together. | [noun] Anything folded into thirds to resemble a trifold. TRIFORM (12) [adjective] Having three different forms TROFFER (13) TRUFFES (13) TRUFFLE (13) [noun] A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate. | [noun] Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut. TUBFULS (12) TUBIFEX (19) [noun] Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids. TUFFETS (13) [noun] A clump of grass or similar vegetation. | [noun] (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool. | [noun] An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting. TUFTERS (10) TUFTIER (10) TUFTILY (13) TUFTING (11) [verb] To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. | [verb] To form into tufts. | [verb] To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. TUNEFUL (10) [adjective] Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious TURFIER (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf. | [adjective] Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing. TURFING (11) [verb] To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs. | [verb] (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release. | [verb] To fire from a job or dismiss from a task. TURFMAN (12) [noun] A person who goes horse racing, or who owns racehorses TURFMEN (12) [noun] A person who goes horse racing, or who owns racehorses TURFSKI (14) TURNOFF (13) [noun] A road or path that branches off from a main one. | [noun] A distasteful or uninteresting event or practice. TWELFTH (16) [noun] One of twelve equal parts of a whole. | [noun] An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. TWOFERS (13) [noun] Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone. | [noun] The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt. | [noun] A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer. TWOFOLD (14) [adjective] Double; duplicate; multiplied by two. | [adjective] Having two parts, especially two different parts. | [adverb] In a double degree; doubly. UFOLOGY (14) [noun] The study of UFOs. UNCUFFS (15) UNFADED (12) UNFAITH (13) UNFAKED (15) UNFANCY (15) UNFAZED (20) [adjective] Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put off. | [adjective] Undamaged UNFENCE (12) UNFIRED (11) [adjective] Not fired UNFITLY (13) UNFIXED (18) [verb] To unfasten from a fixing. | [adjective] Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely | [adjective] (of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected. UNFIXES (17) UNFOLDS (11) [verb] To undo a folding. | [verb] To turn out; to happen; to develop. | [verb] To reveal. UNFOUND (11) UNFREED (11) UNFREES (10) UNFROCK (16) [verb] To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clergical status of. UNFROZE (19) [verb] To defrost something. | [verb] To thaw. | [verb] To resume movement. UNFUNNY (13) [adjective] Not funny, especially when attempting to be. UNFURLS (10) [verb] To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. | [verb] To roll out or debut anything. | [verb] To open up by unrolling. UNFUSED (11) [adjective] Not fused; distinct | [adjective] Lacking a fuse | [verb] To separate after a fusion; to make no longer fused. UNFUSSY (13) [adjective] Not fussy. UNIFACE (12) [noun] A prehistoric stone tool that has been flaked on one surface only. UNIFIED (11) [adjective] United into a whole | [adjective] That operates as a single entity | [adjective] (of a school district) that serves all grade levels between kindergarten and twelfth grade. UNIFIER (10) UNIFIES (10) [verb] Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine. | [verb] Become one. UNIFORM (12) [noun] A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group. | [noun] Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet. | [noun] A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective). UNROOFS (10) [verb] To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. UNSHIFT (13) UPDRAFT (13) [noun] An upward current of air, especially a strong one UPFIELD (13) [adjective] Away from the defending team's end of the playing field | [adjective] Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal | [adverb] Away from the defending team's end of the playing field UPFLING (13) UPFLOWS (15) UPFLUNG (13) [adjective] Flung or thrown up. UPFOLDS (13) [noun] An anticline. | [verb] To fold up. | [verb] To create a raised fold. UPFRONT (12) [noun] A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season | [verb] To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration | [adjective] Honest, frank and straightforward. UPLIFTS (12) [noun] The act or result of being uplifted. | [noun] A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. | [noun] A brassiere that raises the breasts. UPSHIFT (15) [noun] A shift to a higher gear | [noun] A shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth, economic level, etc. | [verb] To shift to a higher gear UPWAFTS (15) VATFULS (13) VERBIFY (18) VERSIFY (16) [verb] To make or compose verses | [verb] To tell in verse; deal with in verse form | [verb] To turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form VITRIFY (16) [verb] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. | [verb] To be converted into glass, especially through heat. VIVIFIC (18) WAFERED (14) [verb] To seal or fasten with a wafer. WAFFIES (16) WAFFING (17) WAFFLED (17) [verb] To smash. | [verb] (of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle. | [verb] To speak or write vaguely and evasively. WAFFLER (16) WAFFLES (16) [noun] A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern. | [noun] A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. WAFTAGE (14) WAFTERS (13) WAFTING (14) [verb] To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | [verb] To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | [verb] To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. WAFTURE (13) WAIFING (14) WAILFUL (13) [adjective] Sorrowful; mournful. WAKEFUL (17) [adjective] Awake; not sleeping. | [adjective] Sleepless. | [adjective] Vigilant and alert; watchful. WAMEFOU (15) WAMEFUL (15) WARFARE (13) [noun] The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy. | [noun] Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare. | [verb] To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. WAVEOFF (19) WEBFEET (15) WEBFOOT (15) WELFARE (13) [noun] Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect. | [noun] Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of welfare assistance). | [noun] Such payment. WERWOLF (16) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WHARFED (17) WHEREOF (16) [adverb] Of what. | [adverb] Of which. | [conjunction] Of what. WHIFFED (20) [verb] To waft. | [verb] To sniff. | [verb] To strike out. WHIFFER (19) WHIFFET (19) WHIFFLE (19) [noun] A short blow or gust. | [noun] Something small or insignificant; a trifle. | [noun] A fife or small flute. WHOOFED (17) WIFEDOM (16) WIFTIER (13) WILLFUL (13) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WISHFUL (16) [adjective] Wished-for; desired, wanted. | [adjective] Expressing a wish or longing for something. | [adjective] Aspiring, or seeking advancement. WISTFUL (13) [adjective] Full of longing or yearning. | [adjective] Sad and thoughtful. WITLOOF (13) [noun] Belgian endive, common chicory (Cichorium intybus) WOFULLY (16) WOLFERS (13) WOLFING (14) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. WOLFISH (16) [adjective] Pertaining to wolves. | [adjective] Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf. | [adjective] Fierce; savage; menacing. WOLFRAM (15) [noun] Wolframite | [noun] Tungsten WOOFERS (13) [noun] An electronic speaker that produces low-frequency sound. | [noun] A dog. WOOFING (14) [verb] To make a woofing sound. | [noun] Act of woofing; barking. | [noun] Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there. YAFFING (17) ZAFFARS (22) ZAFFERS (22) ZAFFIRS (22) ZAFFRES (22) ZESTFUL (19) [adjective] Having a spirited love of life; ebullient. | [adjective] Eager, enthusiastic. ZINCIFY (24) ZINKIFY (26) ZOMBIFY (26) [verb] (fictional) To turn into a zombie (a member of the living dead or undead). | [verb] To take control of (a computer) in order to use it covertly and illicitly.