(rare, poetic) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
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.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
basifiers
basifiers
noun
plural of basifier
basifixed
basifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basifying
basifying
verb
present participle of basify
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
bassfield
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
beadflush
beanfeast
beanfeast
noun
(chiefly Britain) A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
(chiefly Britain) Any similar social occasion.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearfoots
beatifies
beatifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify
bedeafens
bedeafens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedeafen
bedframes
bedframes
noun
plural of bedframe
beefaloes
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
birdfarms
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
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.
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blindfast
boarstaff
boatfalls
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
bransford
braunfels
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
buffaloes
buffaloes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffalo
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
busulfans
fabaceous
fabaceous
adj
Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
fabianism
fabianism
Noun
The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
fabianist
fabricius
fabritius
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
fahlbands
fahlbands
noun
plural of fahlband
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fallsburg
faltboats
faltboats
noun
plural of faltboat
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fastballs
fastballs
noun
plural of fastball
faubourgs
faubourgs
noun
plural of faubourg
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
feurabush
fiberglas
fiberglas
noun
Dated form of fiberglass.
fierabras
fierebras
fireballs
fireballs
noun
plural of fireball
firebases
firebases
noun
plural of firebase
fireboats
fireboats
noun
plural of fireboat
firebrats
firebrats
noun
plural of firebrat
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishyback
flabbiest
flabbiest
adj
superlative form of flabby: most flabby
flambeaus
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.
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flatboats
flatboats
noun
plural of flatboat
fleabanes
fleabanes
noun
plural of fleabane
fleabites
fleabites
noun
plural of fleabite
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
focusable
focusable
adj
(graphical user interface) Able to receive the input focus.
Capable of being focused.
foldboats
foldboats
noun
plural of foldboat
footballs
footballs
noun
plural of football
footbaths
footbaths
noun
plural of footbath
forbidals
forebears
forebears
noun
plural of forebear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forebear
frambesia
frambesia
noun
Yaws, the disease.
framboise
framboise
noun
Raspberry liqueur.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
fuseboard
goofballs
goofballs
noun
plural of goofball
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
hoofbeats
hoofbeats
noun
plural of hoofbeat
lifeboats
lifeboats
noun
plural of lifeboat
misbefall
misbefall
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately.
(transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
oakbluffs
obfuscate
obfuscate
adj
(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
verb
(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire in order to obfuscate any evidence of their identity.
To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
To make dark; to overshadow.
outfables
outfables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfable
puffballs
puffballs
noun
plural of puffball
refusable
refusable
adj
That can be refused.
sablefish
sablefish
noun
A dark-coloured marine fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
salubrify
salubrify
verb
(transitive) To make salubrious.
semifable
semifable
noun
That which is part fable and part truth.
shelfback
shiftable
shiftable
adj
That can be shifted
sniffable
sniffable
adj
Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing
softbacks
softbacks
noun
plural of softback
softballs
softballs
noun
plural of softball
softboard
softboard
noun
Low-density fibreboard.
stabilify
stabilify
verb
(transitive) To make stable; stabilize.
stableful
stableful
noun
The amount that fills a stable.
stabproof
stabproof
adj
Resistant to stabbing attacks.
subfacies
subfactor
subfactor
noun
A particular form of subalgebra
subfamily
subfamily
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe
A secondary or subordinate grouping.
subflavor
subflavor
noun
Alternative form of subflavour
subfoliar
subshafts
subshafts
noun
plural of subshaft
surfboard
surfboard
noun
A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.
verb
To use a surfboard; to surf.
surfboats
surfboats
noun
plural of surfboat
syllabify
syllabify
verb
To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize.
tablefuls
tablesful
tablesful
noun
plural of tableful
turbofans
turbofans
noun
plural of turbofan
unbashful
unbashful
adj
Not bashful.
wolfsbane
wolfsbane
noun
Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.
Arnica montana
zebrafish
zebrafish
noun
A small striped fish, Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.
Pterois, a genus of venomous lionfish.
Some species of Percina (logperch), certain North American freshwater fish.