(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
finnicky
finnicky
adj
Alternative form of finicky
fishyback
fishybacking
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flecklessly
flecklessly
adv
In a fleckless manner.
flecky
flecky
adj
Having flecks.
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flicky
flicky
adj
(slang) Easily flicked; thus, light and fast
noun
(slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade
flocky
flocky
adj
Abounding with flocks; floccose.
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flyback
flyback
noun
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
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
forebackwardly
francklyn
frankclay
freckly
freckly
adj
Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
adv
(obsolete) hurriedly
boldly; eagerly.
frolickly
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
fruitcakey
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
gimcrackery
gimcrackery
noun
tastelessness
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
gimmickry
gimmickry
noun
Gimmicks collectively.
The use of gimmicks.
gimmicky
gimmicky
adj
Containing gimmicks.
Resembling, or characteristic of a gimmick.
glykopectic
glykopexic
goldylocks
goldylocks
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of goldilocks
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
hackberry
hackberry
noun
(uncountable) The wood of these plants.
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.
hackery
hackery
noun
(obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
(slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
hackeymal
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackly
hackly
adj
(geology) Jagged or rough.
hackney
hackney
adj
(figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
Offered for hire.
noun
(archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
(transitive) To use as a hackney.
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyedly
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
hackneys
hackneys
noun
plural of hackney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney
hacky
hacky
adj
(Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
(colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
(comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
(computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
Like a hack; amateurish.
hassocky
hassocky
adj
Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
haycock
haycock
noun
A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack.
haycocks
haycocks
noun
plural of haycock
hayrack
hayrack
noun
A freestanding vertical drying-rack for animal fodder.
hayracks
hayracks
noun
plural of hayrack
hayrick
hayrick
noun
A haystack.
hayricks
hayricks
noun
plural of hayrick
hayshock
haystack
haystack
noun
(canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
(programming) The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
haysuck
heavyback
hemikaryotic
heterokaryotic
heterokaryotic
adj
Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons
heyduck
hickey
hickey
noun
(US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
(informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
(originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
(printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
(printing, informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.
A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
hickeyes
hickeys
hickeys
noun
plural of hickey
hickory
hickory
adj
Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
noun
(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
(countable, golf, informal) A club made from this wood.
(uncountable) The wood of these trees.
A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
Carya illinoinensis is the source of pecan nuts.
hickorywithe
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
hicky
hicky
noun
Alternative form of hickey (“bruise-like mark of mouth on skin”)
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hinckley
hockday
hockday
Proper noun
Hocktide
hockelty
hockey
hockey
noun
(Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
(Commonwealth) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
(US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
(darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.
A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
hockeys
hockeys
noun
plural of hockey
hockley
hockley
Proper noun
a large village in District, Essex, England,
an inner city area in Birmingham, England.
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Virginia, USA.
a village in the town of Ontario, Canada.
hockmoney
hockney
hocky
hollyhock
hollyhock
noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
hollyhocks
hollyhocks
noun
plural of hollyhock
homesickly
homesickly
adv
In a homesick way.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
horsejockey
huckaby
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.