(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.
bekerchief
birkhoff
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
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chirikof
chkfil
chkfile
chuckfarthing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
creekfishes
enkerchief
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fakieh
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fengkieh
fetichlike
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
ficklehearted
fikh
finchbacked
fingerhook
fishback
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishhook
fishhook
noun
(slang) a jack (the playing card)
a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
fishhooks
fishhooks
noun
(slang) A pair of jacks (the playing card)
plural of fishhook
fishkill
fishkill
noun
An environmental event in which fish are killed.
fishlike
fishlike
adj
Having some characteristics of a fish.
fishskin
fishskin
noun
Certain fishskins are used to make bags.
The skin of a fish.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishyback
fishybacking
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
fliegerabwehrkanone
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
folkething
folkish
folkish
adj
(music) In the style of folk music.
(religion, Germanic paganism) Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
(religion, Germanic paganism, especially in white supremacy and Nazism) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences.
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
forksmith
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
frankish
frankish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.
Proper noun
The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.
freakish
freakish
adj
Capricious, unpredictable.
Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
freethink
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
frenchlick
frithsoken
frithwork
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
funfkirchen
haffkinize
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handkerchiefs
headkerchief
headkerchief
noun
A kerchief worn on the head
hickified
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hlidhskjalf
hlithskjalf
hooflike
hooflike
adj
Resembling a hoof.
hydrofranklinite
inkfish
inkfish
noun
(colloquial) A cuttlefish.
(colloquial) An octopus or squid.
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
kaffiyeh
kaffiyeh
noun
Alternative spelling of keffiyeh
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
keffiyeh
keffiyeh
noun
A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
kerchief
kerchief
noun
(dated) A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.
verb
(dated, transitive) To cover with a kerchief.
kerchiefed
kerchiefed
adj
Wearing a kerchief.
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
kerchieft
khalif
khalifa
khalifa
noun
Alternative form of caliph
khalifas
khalifas
noun
plural of khalifa
khalifat
khalifat
noun
Dated form of caliphate.
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
khalifs
khalifs
noun
plural of khalif
kharif
kharif
adj
(South Asia) Of crops: cultivated and harvested during the monsoon season.
khenifra
killifish
killifish
noun
Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.
killifishes
killifishes
noun
plural of killifish
kingfish
kingfish
noun
Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker
Japanese meagre, Argyrosomus japonicus (Australia)
The cobia, Rachycentron canadum, of warm waters globally.
crevalle jack, Caranx hippos (Mauritania)
giant trevally (sometimes travelli) Caranx ignobilis (South Africa)
white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus (United Kingdom)
yellowtail amberjack, Seriola lalandi (Australia, New Zealand)
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
kirchhoff
kirchoff
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenwife
kitschified
kitschified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kitschify
kitschifies
kitschifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitschify
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
klipfish
klipfish
noun
A fish of certain genera in the family Clinidae.
Sun-dried salted cod, exported from Norway.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
kniphofia
kniphofia
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
kuffieh
kufiyeh
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
makeshiftiness
makeshiftiness
noun
The quality of being makeshifty.
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
metchnikoff
milkfish
milkfish
noun
Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia.
milkfishes
milkfishes
noun
plural of milkfish
minkfish
minkfishes
monkfish
monkfish
noun
Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
muckthrift
neckerchief
neckerchief
noun
A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
ofthink
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pickshaft
pinkfish
pinkfishes
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
porkfish
porkfish
noun
Any grunt (fish) of the species Anisotremus virginicus.
porkfishes
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine