The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
facemaking
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
feaking
feaking
verb
present participle of feak (alternative form of feaguing).
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
fengkieh
figlike
figlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fig.
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
filemaking
filemaking
noun
The manufacture of files (rasping tools).
fingerhook
fingerlike
fingerlike
adj
Resembling a finger, especially in shape
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
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
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
finickingness
finickingness
noun
The quality of being finicking.
flaglike
flaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
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
fliegerabwehrkanone
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
folkething
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
foreking
foreking
noun
A preceding king.
A predecessor on the throne.
foreknowing
foreknowing
noun
foreknowledge
verb
present participle of foreknow
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
foretalking
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
foretokening
foretokening
noun
Indication in advance.
verb
present participle of foretoken
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
frederiksberg
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
fringelike
fringelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
garfinkel
giftlike
gulflike
gulflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gulf.
intertrafficking
kaifeng
kaifeng
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in east-central Henan, China.
kerfing
kerfing
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.
verb
present participle of kerf
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishers
kingfishers
noun
plural of kingfisher
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kiteflying
kiteflying
noun
(archaic) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.
The flying of kites.
mafeking
monkeyfying
monkeyfying
verb
present participle of monkeyfy
prefranking
safebreaking
safebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a safe.
safecracking
safecracking
noun
The act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
safekeeping
safekeeping
noun
(US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft