AUTOFOCUS | • autofocus n. (Electronics, photography) A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct… • autofocus v. To focus automatically. • AUTOFOCUS n. a device which automatically focusses a camera. |
CLAFOUTIS | • clafoutis n. A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter. • CLAFOUTIS n. (French) a French baked pudding, also CLAFOUTI. |
FABACEOUS | • fabaceous adj. Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. • FABACEOUS adj. beanlike. |
FACETIOUS | • facetious adj. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. • facetious adj. Pleasantly humorous; jocular. • facetious adj. Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating… |
FACTOTUMS | • factotums n. Plural of factotum. • FACTOTUM n. (Latin) a person employed to do many kinds of work. |
FAGACEOUS | • fagaceous adj. (Botany) Of the family Fagaceae of beeches and similar trees. • FAGACEOUS adj. belonging to the beech family of trees. |
FAUCHIONS | • fauchions n. Plural of fauchion. • FAUCHION n. a curved short sword with a broad blade, also FALCHION, FAUCHON, FAULCHION. |
FERACIOUS | • feracious adj. Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful. • FERACIOUS adj. prolific, fruitful. |
FILACEOUS | • filaceous adj. Composed of threads, filamentous, stringy. • FILACEOUS adj. composed of threads. |
FLOSCULAR | • floscular adj. Flosculous. • FLOSCULAR adj. composed of floscules, florets, also FLOSCULOUS. |
FOCUSABLE | • focusable adj. Capable of being focused. • focusable adj. (Graphical user interface) Able to receive the input focus. • FOCUSABLE adj. able to be focused. |
FORASMUCH | • forasmuch adv. Inasmuch, seeing (that). • forasmuch adv. (Obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as. • FORASMUCH conj. because or since. |
FRACTIOUS | • fractious adj. Given to troublemaking. • fractious adj. Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome. • FRACTIOUS adj. troublesome, irritable. |
FUGACIOUS | • fugacious adj. Fleeting, fading quickly, transient. • FUGACIOUS adj. lasting a short time, evanescent. |
FURACIOUS | • furacious adj. (Obsolete) Given to theft; thievish. • FURACIOUS adj. (obsolete) given to thieving; thievish. |
OBFUSCATE | • obfuscate v. To make dark; to overshadow. • obfuscate v. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth. • obfuscate v. (Computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent. |
SCROFULAS | • scrofulas n. Plural of scrofula. • SCROFULA n. (Latin) tuberculosis of the lymph nodes, esp. in the neck, giving rise to abscesses. |
SUFFOCATE | • suffocate v. (Ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. • suffocate v. (Ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body. • suffocate v. (Ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation. |
TUFACEOUS | • tufaceous adj. Of the nature or texture of tufa. • TUFACEOUS adj. consisting of, or resembling, tufa. |
VOUCHSAFE | • vouchsafe v. To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge. • vouchsafe v. To receive or accept in condescension. • vouchsafe v. To disclose or divulge. |