(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
beckford
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beflecks
beflecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befleck
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
breakoff
breakoff
noun
discontinuance (act of breaking off)
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
cokneyfy
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
drakefly
duckwife
ecofreak
ecofreak
noun
(informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
elflocks
elflocks
noun
plural of elflock
facemark
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fairlike
fairlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
fakement
fakement
noun
(archaic) A forgery; something faked.
fakeries
fakeries
noun
plural of fakery
fakiness
fakiness
noun
(colloquial) fakeness
fanechka
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
fanmaker
fanmaker
noun
A manufacturer of fans.
fatelike
fatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fate.
faulkner
faulkner
noun
Obsolete form of falconer.
faunlike
faunlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a faun.
fawkener
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fecifork
feckless
feckless
adj
(Britain, archaic) Lacking vitality.
Lacking purpose.
Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
feedback
feedback
noun
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
verb
(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.
feltlike
feltlike
adj
Resembling felt (the fabric).
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
fengkieh
fernlike
fernlike
adj
Resembling a fern.
fernsick
fetlocks
fetlocks
noun
plural of fetlock
ficklest
ficklest
adj
superlative form of fickle: most fickle
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
filelike
filelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a file (aggregation of stored data).
Resembling or characteristic of a file (rasping tool).
filemark
filemark
noun
(computing) A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.
filmlike
filmlike
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Unrealistically romantic, exciting, scenic, etc.
(of a digital photograph or video) Having qualities similar to those of images captured on photographic film.
Resembling a film.
filmmake
finnesko
finnesko
noun
A thermal boot made from reindeer skin and fur.
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
firelike
firelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fire; fiery.
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
firepink
firepink
noun
Silene virginica, a brilliant red wildflower of eastern North America in the family Caryophyllaceae.
firework
firework
noun
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
fishlike
fishlike
adj
Having some characteristics of a fish.
fiskdale
fistlike
fistlike
adj
Resembling a fist (clenched hand).
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flaglike
flaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
flakelet
flakelet
noun
A small flake.
flakiest
flakiest
adj
superlative form of flaky: most flaky
flankers
flankers
noun
plural of flanker
flapcake
flapcake
noun
(US) flapjack; pancake
flaskets
flaskets
noun
plural of flasket
flasklet
flasklet
noun
A small flask; a phial.
flaxlike
flaxlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flax.
fleadock
fleckier
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
fleckled
flickers
flickers
noun
plural of flicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flinkite
flinkite
Noun
A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
fliskier
flockbed
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
floerkea
floriken
floriken
Noun
An Indian bustard (Otis aurita).
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukiest
flukiest
adj
superlative form of fluky: most fluky
flunkers
flunkers
noun
plural of flunker
flunkeys
flunkeys
noun
plural of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
flunkies
flunkies
noun
plural of flunkey
plural of flunky
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.
foamlike
foamlike
adj
Resembling foam; foamy.
folkfree
folkfree
adj
(obsolete) Having folkright, as a free citizen.
folklike
folklike
adj
(music) Resembling the style of folk music
folklore
folklore
noun
(by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
(mathematics, slang) The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
folkmote
folkmote
noun
Alternative form of folkmoot
folksier
folksier
adj
comparative form of folksy: more folksy
folktale
folktale
noun
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
fondlike
foollike
footlike
footlike
adj
Resembling a foot.
forbreak
forbreak
verb
(archaic) To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
(archaic) To break through, interrupt.
foredeck
foredeck
noun
The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast
foredesk
forehock
forehock
noun
The hock from the foreleg of a pig
forehook
forehook
noun
(nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
forekeel
foreking
foreking
noun
A preceding king.
A predecessor on the throne.
foreknee
foreknew
foreknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreknow
foreknow
foreknow
verb
To have knowledge of beforehand.
forelock
forelock
noun
A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
verb
To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
forelook
forelook
noun
A preview.
Someone or something previewed.
verb
To look beforehand, to preview.
To look forward.
foremark
foremilk
foremilk
noun
The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
forerake
forerank
forerank
noun
The first rank; the front.
foreskin
foreskin
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin.
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.
verb
To remove the foreskin.
To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.
foretack
foretack
noun
(nautical) The fore tack (part of a sail)
foretake
foretake
verb
(transitive) To take or choose before another (option); prefer.
(transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
foretalk
foretalk
noun
Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation.
forkable
forkable
adj
(computing) Capable of being split into separate processes.
(computing) Capable of being split into separate projects.
Capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
forkedly
forkedly
adv
In a forked shape or pattern.
forkhead
forkhead
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
(minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
forkiest
forkless
forkless
adj
Without a fork or forks.
forklike
forklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fork.
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
forsaken
forsaken
adj
Deserted; abandoned.
Helpless.
verb
past participle of forsake
forsaker
forsaker
noun
One who forsakes.
forsakes
forsakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forsake
forslake
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
frankers
frankers
noun
plural of franker
frankest
frankest
adj
superlative form of frank: most frank
freakdom
freakdom
noun
The state or quality of being freakish, strange, or bizarre.