(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
afluking
afrika
afrikaans
afrikah
afrikander
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afrikaner
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afrikanerize
afterking
aftermilk
afterreckoning
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
afterworking
aktiengesellschaft
alfaki
alfakis
alfakis
noun
plural of alfaki
alfirk
alikuluf
alikulufan
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkalifiable
alkalifiable
adj
Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkalifies
alkalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alkalify
alkalify
alkalify
verb
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
alkalifying
alkalifying
verb
present participle of alkalify
auldfarrantlike
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfilling
backfilling
noun
The process by which something is backfilled.
verb
present participle of backfill
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backspacefile
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
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
blackfigured
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
bookfair
boufarik
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chuckfarthing
clarkfield
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
confervalike
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
diefenbaker
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
faailk
fabrikoid
facemaking
fackings
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
fadlike
fadlike
Adjective
Having characteristics of a fad.
faikes
fairbank
fairbank
verb
(gambling, slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fairkeeper
fairlike
fairlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
fairoaks
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fakeries
fakeries
noun
plural of fakery
faki
fakieh
fakiness
fakiness
noun
(colloquial) fakeness
faking
faking
verb
present participle of fake
fakir
fakir
noun
(Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
(derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
fakirism
fakirism
noun
The practices of fakirs.
fakirs
fakirs
noun
plural of fakir
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falkirk
falkirk
Proper noun
A town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in
A unitary council area in Scotland, and previously a local government district in Region (1975-1996).
falkville
fancysick
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
fanlike
fanlike
adj
Resembling a fan (hand-held cooling device).
fanmaking
fanmaking
noun
The manufacture of fans.
fantasiestck
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
farika
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
farmerlike
farmerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmer.
farrierlike
fasibitikite
fatelike
fatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fate.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatlike
fatlike
adj
Resembling fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
faunlike
faunlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a faun.
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
feaking
feaking
verb
present participle of feak (alternative form of feaguing).
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
fibrinokinase
ficklehearted
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
filemaker
filemaker
noun
A manufacturer of files (rasping tools).
filemaking
filemaking
noun
The manufacture of files (rasping tools).
filemark
filemark
noun
(computing) A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
filmmake
filmmaker
filmmaker
noun
A producer or director of films/movies.
filmmaking
filmmaking
noun
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
The manufacture of physical film.
filmmakings
filmmakings
noun
plural of filmmaking
finback
finback
noun
A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finchbacked
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
finmark
finmarks
finnack
finnmark
finnmark
Proper noun
A county in Norway.
finnmarks
firbank
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
firebreak
firebreak
noun
(figurative) Any separating barrier.
An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.