Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backspacefile
beflecks
beflecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befleck
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
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
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
cheekfuls
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
elflocks
elflocks
noun
plural of elflock
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
feckless
feckless
adj
(Britain, archaic) Lacking vitality.
Lacking purpose.
Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
fecklessly
fecklessly
adv
In a feckless manner
fecklessness
fecklessness
noun
The state of being feckless.
fetlocks
fetlocks
noun
plural of fetlock
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
ficklenesses
ficklenesses
noun
plural of fickleness
ficklest
ficklest
adj
superlative form of fickle: most fickle
ficklewise
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
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
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
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
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
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
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
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.
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
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
folkloristic
folkloristic
adj
about the traditions and stories of a country or community; Characteristic of folklore.
footlockers
footlockers
noun
plural of footlocker
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forelocks
forelocks
noun
plural of forelock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forelock
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
forslack
forslack
verb
(intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
(transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.
freckledness
freckledness
noun
The quality of being freckled.
freckles
freckles
noun
plural of freckle
freckliest
freckliest
adj
superlative form of freckly: most freckly
freckliness
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frockless
frockless
adj
Without a frock.
frolickers
frolickers
noun
plural of frolicker
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
lockfast
lockfast
adj
(Scotland) Fastened or secured with a lock.
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
pocketfuls
pocketfuls
noun
plural of pocketful
pocketsful
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
rackfuls
rackfuls
noun
plural of rackful
rockfalls
rockfalls
noun
plural of rockfall
sackful
sackful
adj
(obsolete) Intent on plunder.
noun
(figuratively) A large number or amount (of something).
The amount a sack will contain.
sackfuls
sackfuls
noun
plural of sackful
sacksful
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
shacklefords
shelfback
skinflick
skinflick
noun
(slang) A pornographic movie.
smackful
socketful
speckfall
stackful
stackful
adj
(programming) Using a stack (last-in-first-out data structure).
noun
Enough to fill or form a stack.
stickful
stickful
noun
(printing, dated) As much type as fills a composing stick.