(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
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
backspacefile
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
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
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
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.
chkfil
chkfile
cityfolk
clarkfield
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cocklewife
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
confervalike
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
ferntickle
ferntickled
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
fickly
fickly
adv
(obsolete) In a fickle manner.
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
fillock
fillock
noun
A wanton girl.
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
finickingly
finickingly
adv
finically
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
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flatlick
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.
flick
flick
noun
(dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
A flitch.
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
verb
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
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
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flicks
flicks
noun
plural of flick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flick
flicksville
flicky
flicky
adj
(slang) Easily flicked; thus, light and fast
noun
(slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flipjack
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
folkloric
folkloric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
folkloristic
folkloristic
adj
about the traditions and stories of a country or community; Characteristic of folklore.
footlicker
footlicker
noun
A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
frackville
francklin
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
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.
frenchlick
frickle
frickle
noun
(Canada, US) A snack food consisting of a fried pickle.
(obsolete) A bushel basket.
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
frocklike
frolick
frolick
adj
Archaic form of frolic.
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
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
frolickly
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
killcalf
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
rockfield
rockfoil
rockfoil
noun
saxifrage
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
skinflick
skinflick
noun
(slang) A pornographic movie.
stickful
stickful
noun
(printing, dated) As much type as fills a composing stick.
An amount that is held on one stick.
stickfuls
stickleaf
stiffneckedly
thicketful
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.