Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
balloonflower
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
boneflower
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cankerflower
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
cushionflower
daneflower
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
fairlawn
fanflower
fanflower
noun
A plant in the genus Scaevola.
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
felonwort
felonwort
noun
Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
fennelflower
fennelflower
noun
Nigella damascena, ragged lady
Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia.
fingerflower
flandowser
flannelflower
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flourtown
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcontrol
flowerfence
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
fowlerton
franklintown
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
friendliwise
fringeflower
frownful
frownful
adj
Frowning; scowling
frowningly
frowningly
adv
While or as if frowning
frownless
frownless
adj
Without a frown.
fullgrownness
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
gangflower
gnatflower
groundflower
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
hingeflower
honeyflower
inflowering
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
ironflower
juneflower
lanternflower
leftwinger
leftwinger
noun
Alternative form of left-winger
llanfairpwllgwyngyll
llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Proper noun
A town in Anglesey, Wales, full name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
lungflower
moneyflower
monkeyflower
monkeyflower
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mimulus.
monkflower
moonflower
moonflower
noun
(obsolete) The ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare
Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba.
Species in genus Cereus and in Hylocereus.
Species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
Species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.
The corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
moonflowers
moonflowers
noun
plural of moonflower
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
nonflowering
nonflowering
adj
(biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
nonforeknowledge
noonflower
noonflower
noun
Flowers of the family Aizoaceae, especially those of the genus Carpobrotus.
Flowers of the genus Bauhinia.
Tragopogon, a type of aster that closes at midday.
overflowing
overflowing
noun
overflow
verb
present participle of overflow
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overflowingness
overflowingness
noun
Quality of being overflowing; exuberance.
overflown
overflown
verb
(US, proscribed) past participle of overflow
past participle of overfly
overpowerfulness
oversorrowfulness
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
pennyflower
powerfulness
powerfulness
noun
The quality of being powerful.
preflowering
preflowering
adj
(botany) Prior to flowering
prelawfulness
rainfowl
reflowering
reflowering
noun
The process of flowering again.
verb
present participle of reflower
reflowing
reflowing
noun
A flowing again or back.
verb
present participle of reflow
reflown
reflown
verb
past participle of refly
renownful
renownful
adj
(archaic) Having great renown; famous.
rewardfulness
rewardfulness
noun
The quality of being rewardful.
sandflower
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
shelfworn
shelfworn
adj
Alternative form of shelf-worn
snailfishessnailflower
snailflower
snailflower
noun
Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
snakeflower
snowflower
sorrowfulness
sorrowfulness
noun
The quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
spoonflower
spoonflower
noun
A plant, the yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
A plant, white arrow arum (Peltandra sagittifolia)
sunflower
sunflower
noun
(informal, organic chemistry) Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound such as coronene
A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers.
The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
sunflowers
sunflowers
noun
plural of sunflower
swanflower
thunderflower
tongueflower
twinflower
twinflower
noun
Dyschoriste oblongifolia, a dicotyledonous flowering plant of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.
Linnaea borealis, a woodland subshrub with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.
twinflowers
twinflowers
noun
plural of twinflower
twinkleproof
undeflowered
undeflowered
adj
Not having been deflowered; pure, virginal.
underfellow
underfellow
noun
(archaic) A mean, low fellow.
(archaic) An underling.
underflow
underflow
noun
(computing) A condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored; usually treated as an error condition
(computing) The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack
A current flowing below the surface.
verb
(computing) To trigger the condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored.
underflowed
underflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underflow
underflowing
underflowing
verb
present participle of underflow
underflows
underflows
noun
plural of underflow
unfarewelled
unfarewelled
adj
Not bidden farewell.
unflower
unflower
verb
(transitive) To deflower; to take the virginity of.
(transitive) To strip the flowers from.
unflowered
unflowered
adj
Not having flowered.
unflowering
unflowering
adj
Not flowering; that does not produce flowers.
unflowery
unflowery
adj
(of speech or writing) Not flowery; simple, direct, and possibly austere.