| COMFIT | • comfit n. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar. • comfit v. (Transitive, obsolete) To make into a dry sugared confection. • comfit n. (Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force. |
| FACTUM | • factum n. (Law) Somebody’s own act and deed. • factum n. (Mathematics, obsolete) A product (result of multiplying two numbers). • FACTUM n. (Latin) a man's own act and deed. |
| FANTOM | • fantom adj. Archaic form of phantom. • fantom n. Archaic form of phantom. • FANTOM n. a phantom, something existing in appearance only. |
| FATHOM | • fathom n. (Chiefly nautical, historical) Originally, the distance between an adult man’s arms stretched out away… • fathom n. (Figuratively). • fathom n. (Obsolete). |
| FEWMET | • fewmet n. (Archaic) alternative spelling of fumet. • FEWMET n. (archaic) the dung of deer, hares etc., also FUMET, FUMETTE. |
| FLEMIT | • FLEME v. (Scots) to put to flight. |
| FOMENT | • foment v. To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. • foment v. (Medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. • foment n. Fomentation. |
| FOMITE | • fomite n. (Medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and… • FOMITE n. a substance capable of carrying infection, also FOMES. |
| FORMAT | • format n. The layout of a publication or document. • format n. (By extension) The form of presentation of something. • format n. (Radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news… |
| FREMIT | • FREMIT n. (Scots) a stranger, also FREMD, FRAIM. |
| FUMETS | • fumets n. Plural of fumet. • FUMET n. (archaic) the dung of deer, hares etc.; the scent of game when high, also FEWMET, FUMETTE. |
| HAMFAT | • hamfat n. (US, slang, offensive, obsolete) A black person. • hamfat n. (US, black slang, obsolete) Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician. • hamfat n. (US slang, acting) A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter. |
| MAFTED | • mafted adj. (Yorkshire) feeling overcome with heat. • MAFTED adj. (dialect) suffering under intense heat. |
| MAFTIR | • maftir n. (Judaism) The person who reads the Haftarah. • maftir n. (Judaism) The Torah portion read for or by the person who will read the Haftarah, most often the last… • MAFTIR n. (Hebrew) the concluding section of a parashah, a passage in Jewish literature. |
| METIFS | • metifs n. Plural of metif. • METIF n. (French) the offspring of a white and a quadroon. |
| MISFIT | • misfit n. (Now rare) An ill-fitting garment. • misfit n. A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity. • misfit n. A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc. |
| MOTIFS | • motifs n. Plural of motif. • MOTIF n. (French) a distinctive idea, esp. a theme elaborated on in a piece of music, literature, etc. |
| MUFTIS | • muftis n. Plural of mufti. • MUFTI n. (Arabic) civilian clothes, esp when worn by someone who normally wears a uniform. |
| TUMEFY | • tumefy v. (Transitive) To cause to swell. • tumefy v. (Intransitive) To swell; to rise into a tumour. • TUMEFY v. to swell. |