(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
farnsworth
farrows
farrows
noun
plural of farrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of farrow
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flandowser
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flatworks
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
fleaworts
fleaworts
noun
plural of fleawort
floodwaters
floodwaters
noun
The waters of a flood
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
foldwards
foldwards
adv
(poetic) Towards a sheepfold.
foofaraws
foofaraws
noun
plural of foofaraw
footwarmers
footwarmers
noun
plural of footwarmer
footwears
footwears
noun
plural of footwear
foreanswer
foreanswer
verb
To answer beforehand or in advance
foreknowableness
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
foresaw
foresaw
verb
simple past tense of foresee
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshadowed
foreshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshadower
noun
One who or that which foreshadows.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
forestwards
forestwards
adv
Towards a forest.
foreswear
foreswear
verb
Alternative spelling of forswear
foresweared
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
foreswears
foreswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreswear
foresweat
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewarns
forewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn
forewaters
forewaters
noun
plural of forewater
forswat
forswat
adj
(obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
forswear
forswear
verb
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
forswearer
forswearer
noun
One who forswears.
One who swears a false oath; perjurer.
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forswears
forswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear
forwarders
forwarders
noun
plural of forwarder
forwardest
forwardest
adj
Superlative form of forward: most forward.
forwardness
forwardness
noun
The quality of being forward.
forwardnesses
forwardnesses
noun
plural of forwardness
forwards
forwards
adj
(sometimes nonstandard) Synonym of forward.
adv
Synonym of forward (most senses).
noun
Plural of forward.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward.
forwardsearch
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
francestown
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
frowardness
frowardness
noun
The quality of being froward.
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
grassflower
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
leafworms
leafworms
noun
plural of leafworm
marshflower
maskflower
mayflowers
mayflowers
noun
plural of mayflower
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
offwards
overforwardness
overforwardness
noun
The quality of being overforward.
paschflower
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
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.
phosphowolframic
safeblower
safeblower
noun
A criminal who breaks into safes using explosives.
safflower
safflower
noun
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
safflowers
safflowers
noun
plural of safflower
saffronwood
saffronwood
noun
The evergreen tree Elaeodendron croceum.
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.
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
scrofulaweed
seaflower
sealflower
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
snailfishessnailflower
snailflower
snailflower
noun
Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
snakeflower
snowcraft
snowcraft
noun
The art or skill of travelling or climbing on snowy terrain.
software
software
noun
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
(military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.