(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
firkins
firkins
noun
plural of firkin
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
fisk
fisk
verb
(obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
fiskdale
fiske
fisken
fiskeville
fistlike
fistlike
adj
Resembling a fist (clenched hand).
flacks
flacks
noun
plural of flack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flack
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flakeless
flakeless
adj
Without flakes.
flakers
flakers
noun
plural of flaker
flakes
flakes
noun
plural of flake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flake
flakiest
flakiest
adj
superlative form of flaky: most flaky
flakiness
flakiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flaky.
flakinesses
flakinesses
noun
plural of flakiness
flankers
flankers
noun
plural of flanker
flanks
flanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flank
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
flask
flask
noun
(engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
A bed in a gun carriage.
A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
verb
(dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.
flasker
flasker
noun
(historical) A whisky smuggler.
flasket
flasket
noun
(dated) A vessel for serving food.
(dated, UK) A long, shallow basket with two handles.
flaskets
flaskets
noun
plural of flasket
flaskful
flaskful
noun
As much as a flask will hold.
flasklet
flasklet
noun
A small flask; a phial.
flasks
flasks
noun
plural of flask
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flask
flatworks
fleckiest
fleckiness
fleckiness
noun
The quality of being flecky.
fleckless
fleckless
adj
Without blame; faultless.
Without flecks or spots.
flecklessly
flecklessly
adv
In a fleckless manner.
flecks
flecks
noun
plural of fleck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fleck
fleshhook
fleshhook
noun
(historical) A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flickermouse
flickers
flickers
noun
plural of flicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
flicks
flicks
noun
plural of flick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flick
flicksville
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flisk
flisk
noun
(Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim.
A comb with large teeth.
verb
(Scotland, obsolete) To frisk; to skip; to caper.
flisked
flisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flisk
fliskier
fliskiest
flisky
flisky
adj
frisky; inclined to frisk or caper
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockless
flockless
adj
Without a flock.
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
flocks
flocks
noun
plural of flock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flock
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flokatis
flokatis
noun
plural of flokati
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flukeless
flukeless
adj
Without a fluke.
flukes
flukes
noun
plural of fluke
flukiest
flukiest
adj
superlative form of fluky: most fluky
flukiness
flukiness
noun
The property of being fluky.
flukinesses
flunkers
flunkers
noun
plural of flunker
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkeyism
flunkeyism
noun
Alternative form of flunkyism
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkeys
flunkeys
noun
plural of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
flunkies
flunkies
noun
plural of flunkey
plural of flunky
flunks
flunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flunk
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
flunkyism
flunkyism
noun
The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flusk
flusker
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
fokos
foldskirt
folkestone
folkestone
Proper noun
A coastal town in Kent, England
folkies
folkies
noun
plural of folkie
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.
folklores
folklores
noun
plural of folklore
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
folklorism
folklorism
noun
Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.
folklorist
folklorist
noun
A person who studies or collects folklore
folkloristic
folkloristic
adj
about the traditions and stories of a country or community; Characteristic of folklore.
folklorists
folklorists
noun
plural of folklorist
folkmoots
folkmoots
noun
plural of folkmoot
folkmotes
folkmotes
noun
plural of folkmote
folkmots
folkmots
noun
plural of folkmot
folks
folks
noun
(California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
(US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.
The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
plural of folk
folksay
folksey
folksier
folksier
adj
comparative form of folksy: more folksy
folksiest
folksiest
adj
superlative form of folksy: most folksy
folksily
folksily
adv
In a folksy manner.
folksiness
folksiness
noun
The quality of being folksy.
folksinesses
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
folksinging
folksinging
noun
The singing of folk songs.
folksingings
folksong
folksong
noun
Alternative spelling of folk song
folksongs
folksongs
noun
plural of folksong
folkston
folkston
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
folksy
folksy
adj
Characteristic of simple country life.
Informal, affable and familiar.
folktales
folktales
noun
plural of folktale
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
footlockers
footlockers
noun
plural of footlocker
footmarks
footmarks
noun
plural of footmark
footstalk
footstalk
noun
(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
footstick
footstick
noun
A measuring rod that is one foot long.
A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
footstock
footworks
footworks
noun
plural of footwork
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forebespeak
forecheckers
forecheckers
noun
plural of forechecker
foredecks
foredecks
noun
plural of foredeck
foredesk
foreknowableness
foreknowledges
foreknowledges
noun
plural of foreknowledge
foreknows
foreknows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreknow
forelocks
forelocks
noun
plural of forelock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forelock
foremilks
foremilks
noun
plural of foremilk
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
foreranks
foreranks
noun
plural of forerank
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
foreskin
foreskin
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin.
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.
verb
To remove the foreskin.
To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.
foreskins
foreskins
noun
plural of foreskin
foreskirt
foreskirt
noun
The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
forespeaker
forespeaker
noun
(obsolete or historical) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.