(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfold
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
cankerflower
chefornak
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coffeecake
coffeecake
noun
Alternative form of coffee cake
coffeecakes
coffeecakes
noun
plural of coffeecake
coffeemaker
coffeemaker
noun
(obsolete) A person who makes coffee.
Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
coffeemakers
coffeemakers
noun
plural of coffeemaker
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
confervalike
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
ecofreak
ecofreak
noun
(informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
flapdock
flatterdock
fleadock
flockman
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
folkcraft
folkcraft
noun
folk craftsmanship
footback
forblack
forblack
adj
(archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.
forebackwardly
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
foretack
foretack
noun
(nautical) The fore tack (part of a sail)
foretackle
foretackle
noun
(nautical) The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
forslack
forslack
verb
(intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
(transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.
franckot
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
frockmaker
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
gulfhammock
halfcock
halfcock
noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.
verb
(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
jackassification
jackassification
noun
(nonce word) The condition or process of being or becoming a jackass (stupid person).
lockfast
lockfast
adj
(Scotland) Fastened or secured with a lock.
macflecknoe
mackoff
markgenossenschaft
monkcraft
monkeyface
monkeyface
noun
(childish, derogatory) A term of abuse for an ugly person.
The mussel Theliderma metanevra.
offtrack
offtrack
adj
Alternative spelling of off-track
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pokerface
pumpkinification
pumpkinification
noun
The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
racketproof
rackproof
rockafellow
rockcraft
rockfall
rockfall
noun
A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
rockfalls
rockfalls
noun
plural of rockfall
rockshaft
rockstaff
schwarzkopf
shacklefords
smockface
softback
softback
noun
A softcover or paperback book.
softbacks
softbacks
noun
plural of softback
softtack
stockfather
tackproof
turkification
turkification
Noun
assimilation into the various historical Turkic states and cultures, such as the Ottoman Empire