(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
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
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
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
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.
backspacefile
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
bekerchief
bifteck
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
blackfire
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
buckfield
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chkfile
clarkfield
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cocklewife
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
confervalike
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
creekfishes
crookfingered
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
duckwife
enkerchief
facemaking
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
fantasiestck
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fecifork
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
fenwick
fernsick
ferntickle
ferntickled
ferrick
ferronickel
ferronickel
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
fetichlike
fickle
fickle
adj
(figurative) Changeable.
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
verb
(transitive) To deceive, flatter.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
ficklehearted
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
ficklenesses
ficklenesses
noun
plural of fickleness
fickler
fickler
adj
comparative form of fickle: more fickle
ficklest
ficklest
adj
superlative form of fickle: most fickle
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
ficklewise
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
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
fiddlestick
fiddlestick
intj
Dated form of fiddlesticks.
noun
A bow used to play the fiddle.
One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
fiddlesticks
fiddlesticks
intj
(euphemistic) Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
noun
plural of fiddlestick
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finchbacked
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
finickier
finickier
adj
comparative form of finicky: more finicky
finickiest
finickiest
adj
superlative form of finicky: most finicky
finickiness
finickiness
noun
The quality of being finicky.
finickingness
finickingness
noun
The quality of being finicking.
finnickier
finnickier
adj
comparative form of finnicky: more finnicky
finnickiest
finnickiest
adj
superlative form of finnicky: most finnicky
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.
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
firecracker
firecracker
noun
A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
A person or thing that is exciting and/or unpredictable.
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
firecrackers
firecrackers
noun
plural of firecracker
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
fleckier
fleckiest
fleckiness
fleckiness
noun
The quality of being flecky.
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
fleecelike
fleecelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fleece.
flicked
flicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flick
flicker
flicker
noun
(US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
(figurative) A short moment.
An unsteady flash of light.
One who flicks.
verb
(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
(transitive, intransitive) To flutter or flap.
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flickermouse
flickerproof
flickers
flickers
noun
plural of flicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
flickertail
flickertail
noun
Nickname for the North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flicksville
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
footlicker
footlicker
noun
A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
frackville
frankeniaceae
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
frankincense
frankincense
noun
A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
frecklier
frecklier
adj
comparative form of freckly: more freckly
freckliest
freckliest
adj
superlative form of freckly: most freckly
freckliness
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frederick
frederick
Proper noun
A town in Colorado
A city in Kansas
A city in Maryland, USA, and county seat of Frederick County.
A city in Oklahoma
A town in South Dakota
fredericka
fredericka
Proper noun
form (female given name)
fredericks
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
fredericktown
fredrick
fredrick
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Frederick.
fredrickson
frenchlick
fricke
frickle
frickle
noun
(Canada, US) A snack food consisting of a fried pickle.
(obsolete) A bushel basket.
friedcake
friedcake
noun
(US) A small deep-fried pastry
friedrick
frocklike
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frolickers
frolickers
noun
plural of frolicker
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.