A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
capefair
craftype
deptford
earflaps
earflaps
noun
plural of earflap
endrumpf
fairhope
feldspar
feldspar
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.
felspars
felspars
noun
plural of felspar
fevercup
firedamp
firedamp
noun
(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
firepans
firepans
noun
plural of firepan
firepink
firepink
noun
Silene virginica, a brilliant red wildflower of eastern North America in the family Caryophyllaceae.
fireplow
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
firestop
firestop
noun
(construction) A fire block.
(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
firetrap
firetrap
noun
(informal) A building with limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flappers
flappers
noun
plural of flapper
flappier
flappier
adj
comparative form of flappy: more flappy
flippers
flippers
noun
plural of flipper
flippery
flippery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
floperoo
flopover
flopover
noun
(television) A form of television signal distortion where the displayed image appears to scroll vertically rather than remaining still.
floppers
floppers
noun
plural of flopper
floppier
floppier
adj
comparative form of floppy: more floppy
flypaper
flypaper
noun
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it
verb
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
footrope
footrope
noun
(nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
(nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
fopperly
forceput
forcipes
foredeep
foredeep
noun
(geology) A depression, on a seafloor next to an orogen, that is filled with sediment.
foreflap
foreloop
forepale
forepart
forepart
noun
The front or anterior part of something.
forepass
forepast
forepast
adj
(obsolete) That has passed; bygone.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
foreplan
foreplan
noun
A plan, device, or strategy created in advance.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To devise beforehand.
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foreplot
forepole
forepost
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
forestep
forestep
noun
an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
foretops
foretops
noun
plural of foretop
foretype
foretype
noun
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
verb
(transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand
foreweep
foreweep
verb
(obsolete) To weep before; usher in with weeping.
forpined
forpined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
forprise
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
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.
forspend
forspend
verb
(transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
forspent
forspent
adj
(archaic, poetic) exhausted
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
frampler
frappeed
freakpot
freeport
freeport
noun
Alternative form of free port
freespac
frippery
frippery
noun
(obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
(obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
(obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
Useless things; trifles.
frumpery
frumpery
noun
Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
frumpier
frumpier
adj
comparative form of frumpy: more frumpy
frumpled
frumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frumple
furzetop
grapeful
grapeful
adj
(poetic) Full of grapes.
gripeful
gripeful
adj
Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
leapfrog
leapfrog
noun
(chiefly Britain, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
verb
(intransitive) To progress.
(transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
(transitive) To overtake.
(transitive, chiefly Britain, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
lieproof
lifedrop
opificer
opificer
noun
(obsolete) A person who creates or makes something.
overflap
overpuff
pacifier
pacifier
noun
(Canada, US) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
Someone or something that pacifies.
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
palpifer
palpifer
noun
Alternative form of palpiger
panfried
panfried
adj
Alternative spelling of pan-fried
panfries
panfries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of panfry
paperful
paperful
noun
Enough to fill a paper.
paraffle
paraffle
noun
An ostentatious display.
parfield
parflesh
parflesh
noun
Alternative form of parfleche
pedalfer
pedalfer
noun
(geology) Soil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates.
pediform
pediform
adj
Having the shape of a foot.
pencraft
pencraft
noun
penmanship; skill in writing; the art of writing
perfecta
perfecta
noun
(chiefly US) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
(historical, Christianity) A female perfect (Cathar leader).
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perfect
perflate
perflate
verb
(dated) To blow through (as of wind).
perforce
perforce
adv
(archaic) By force.
Necessarily; by necessity.
verb
(obsolete) To force; to compel.
performs
performs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perform
perfumed
perfumed
adj
Scented, having been given a pleasant smell.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perfume
perfumer
perfumer
noun
A person who makes or sells perfume.
One who perfumes something.
perfumes
perfumes
noun
plural of perfume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perfume
perfused
perfused
adj
Modified by perfusion
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perfuse
perfuses
perfuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perfuse
petrific
petrific
adj
(now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive.
pettifer
pfitzner
piaffers
piaffers
noun
plural of piaffer
piedfort
piedfort
noun
An unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins.
pieforts
pieforts
noun
plural of piefort
pilfered
pilfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pilfer
pilferer
pilferer
noun
One who pilfers.
pinafore
pinafore
noun
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
playfere
pomfrest
pomfrets
pomfrets
noun
plural of pomfret
poofters
poofters
noun
plural of poofter
porifera
portfire
portfire
noun
(historical) A case of strong paper filled with a composition of nitre, sulphur, and mealed powder, used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.
powerful
powerful
adj
(mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
Leading to many or important deductions.
adv
(Southern US) Synonym of very
praefect
praefect
noun
Alternative form of prefect (Ancient Roman official)
prateful
prateful
adj
(archaic) talkative
predraft
predraft
adj
Occurring before or in preparation for a draft, especially in sports
prefaced
prefaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preface
prefacer
prefacer
noun
The writer of a preface.
prefaces
prefaces
noun
plural of preface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preface
prefaded
prefaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefade
prefades
prefades
noun
plural of prefade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefade
prefator
prefavor
prefeast
prefeast
adj
Before a feast.
noun
A feast held before an event.
prefects
prefects
noun
plural of prefect
prefelic
prefered
prefered
verb
Misspelling of preferred.
preferee
preferee
noun
One who is preferred.
prefight
prefight
adj
Occurring before a fight.
prefiled
prefiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefile
prefiles
prefiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefile
prefills
prefills
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefill
prefinal
prefinal
adj
(linguistics) Immediately before the last.
noun
(linguistics) The consonant immediately before the last.
prefired
prefired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefire
prefires
prefires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefire
prefixal
prefixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of a prefix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a prefix.
prefixed
prefixed
adj
Added as a prefix.
Having a (specified) prefix.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefix
prefixes
prefixes
noun
plural of prefix
plural of prefixe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefix
preflame
preflame
adj
Before the formation of a flame.
preflood
preflood
adj
Before a flood.
prefocus
prefocus
adj
Describing a lamp whose light source is positioned to be in focus when fitted (especially in a motor car)
verb
To focus in advance
preforms
preforms
noun
plural of preform
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preform
prefract
prefrank
prefraud
prefraud
adj
Before fraud.
prefroze
prefroze
verb
simple past tense of prefreeze
preinfer
preoffer
prerefer
presifts
presifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of presift