A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
flightful
flightful
adj
(archaic) Able to fly.
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
fluochloride
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
fluorographic
fluorographic
adj
Relating to fluorography.
fluphenazine
fluphenazine
noun
(pharmacology) An antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class, which can be administered orally or by injection.
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
flushingly
flushingly
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
forerunnership
forerunnership
noun
The state or condition of a forerunner.
foresightful
foresightful
adj
Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent
formaldehydesulphoxylic
forthfigured
forthputting
forthputting
adj
Forward, bold; presumptuous; meddlesome.
noun
Forwardness; undue assumption; boldness.
The act of putting or bringing forth; output; production.
foulish
foulish
adj
Obsolete form of foolish.
Somewhat foul.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fountainhead
fountainhead
noun
A spring that is the source of a river.
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
fountainheads
fountainheads
noun
plural of fountainhead
fourchite
fourfiusher
foxhuntings
fraicheur
fraischeur
fraischeur
noun
(obsolete) freshness; coolness
fraughting
fraughting
verb
present participle of fraught
freechurchism
frelinghuysen
frightful
frightful
adj
(hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
Afraid, frightened.
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
adv
(dialect) Frightfully; very.
frightfully
frightfully
adv
In a frightful manner.
frightfulness
frightfulness
noun
The quality of being frightful.
frightfulnesses
frightfulnesses
noun
plural of frightfulness
frubbish
fruchtschiefer
fruchtschiefer
noun
(mineralogy) A local variety of contact metamorphic rock derived from argillite.
fruithurst
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
frumpishness
frumpishness
noun
The quality of being frumpish.
fuchi
fuchsia
fuchsia
adj
Having a purplish-red colour.
noun
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
fuchsin
fuchsin
noun
Alternative spelling of fuchsine
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsines
fuchsines
noun
plural of fuchsine
fuchsinophil
fuchsinophil
adj
Alternative form of fuchsinophilic
noun
(cytology) Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
fuchsinophilous
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fuchsite
fuchsite
noun
(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
fuciphagous
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fucoxanthine
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
fuglemanship
fuidhir
fuidhir
noun
(Ireland, historical) In ancient Ireland, a manual laborer without property.
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
fulbright
fullish
fullish
adj
Somewhat full; reasonably full, quite full.
fulviah
fumish
fumish
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to fumes or smoke.
fumishing
fumishly
fumishness
fumishness
noun
(obsolete) fretfulness; passion
funfkirchen
furbish
furbish
verb
To polish or burnish.
To renovate or recondition.
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
furbisher
furbisher
noun
One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
furbishes
furbishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
furbishment
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
furnish
furnish
noun
Material used to create an engineered product.
verb
(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
(transitive, figuratively) To supply (somebody) with something.
(transitive, figuratively) To supply or give (something).
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
furnished
furnished
adj
equipped with whatever is needed
supplied with furniture
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furnish
furnisher
furnisher
noun
one who furnishes
furnishes
furnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furnish
furnishing
furnishing
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories.
(of an animal, in the plural) A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc.
verb
present participle of furnish
furnishings
furnishings
noun
Accessories used with a dress.
Furniture generally.
Items of furniture and/or accessories by which something is equipped so as to be more useful, convenient, or comfortable.
The objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space.
plural of furnishing
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
furnishness
furthering
furthering
noun
The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.
verb
present participle of further
fuscohyaline
fushih
fustianish
gefulltefish
groundfishes
groundfishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of groundfish
gruffish
gruffish
adj
Somewhat gruff.
guardfish
guardfish
noun
Synonym of houndfish
guitarfish
guitarfish
noun
Any ray in the family Rhinobatidae.
guitarfishes
guitarfishes
noun
plural of guitarfish
gunfight
gunfight
noun
A battle (or a duel) using small arms.
verb
To engage in battle using small arms.
gunfighter
gunfighter
noun
A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.
gunfighters
gunfighters
noun
plural of gunfighter
gunfighting
gunfighting
noun
combat with guns
gunfights
gunfights
noun
plural of gunfight
gurdfish
hafnium
hafnium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
hafniums
handcuffing
handcuffing
noun
The act by which somebody is handcuffed.
verb
present participle of handcuff
handicuff
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hauflin
hectocotyliferous
hederiferous
hederiferous
adj
Producing or bearing ivy.
heliofugal
hemofuscin
hemoglobiniferous
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
hexafluoride
hexafluoride
noun
(chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
hifalutin
highfalutin
highfalutin
adj
(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
noun
(archaic) Pompous speech or writing.
highfaluting
highfaluting
adj
Alternative form of highfalutin
highfalutinism
highfalutinism
noun
highfalutin language or behaviour
hiliferous
hinderful
hinderfully
houndfish
houndfish
noun
A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish.
Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
houndfishes
houndfishes
noun
plural of houndfish
houseflies
houseflies
noun
plural of housefly
housefurnishings
housefurnishings
noun
plural of housefurnishing
housewife
housewife
noun
(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
(plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.
verb
Alternative form of housewive
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
housewifish
housewifish
adj
Housewifely.
huddersfield
huddersfield
Proper noun
A town in West Yorkshire, England
huffier
huffier
adj
comparative form of huffy: more huffy
huffiest
huffiest
adj
superlative form of huffy: most huffy
huffily
huffily
adv
In a huffy manner.
huffiness
huffiness
noun
The property of being huffy.
huffinesses
huffing
huffing
noun
(colloquial) The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.
verb
present participle of huff
huffingly
huffingly
adj
In a huffing manner.
huffish
huffish
adj
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
huffishly
huffishly
adv
In a huffish manner.
huffishness
huffishness
noun
The quality of being huffish.
humanification
humanification
noun
The process or result of humanifying.
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.