(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
capfuls
capfuls
noun
plural of capful
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
cupfuls
cupfuls
noun
plural of cupful
cupsful
duplify
earflap
earflap
noun
either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears
elfship
elfship
noun
A compellation for an elf.
eyeflap
eyeflap
noun
A blinder on a horse's bridle.
faipule
faipule
noun
The leader of an atoll of Tokelau.
felippe
felspar
felspar
noun
Alternative spelling of feldspar
filippa
filippi
filippo
fillips
fillips
noun
plural of fillip
fipples
fipples
noun
plural of fipple
flapped
flapped
adj
Fitted with a flap.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flap
flapper
flapper
noun
(colloquial, chiefly historical) A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum or displaying daring freedom or boldness; now particularly associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
(colloquial, historical) A young girl usually between the ages of 15 and 18, especially one not "out" socially.
(hunting) A young game bird just able to fly, particularly a wild duck.
(plumbing) A flapper valve.
(rock climbing) Any injury that results in a loose flap of skin on the fingers, making gripping difficult.
(slang) The hand.
A flipper; a limb of a turtle, which functions as a flipper or paddle when swimming.
One who or that which flaps.
flappet
flappet
noun
An African lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea; properly the flappet lark
flatcap
flatcap
noun
Alternative form of flat cap (“headgear”)
flattop
flattop
noun
(US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
(US, navy, informal) An aircraft carrier.
(music) A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.
fleapit
fleapit
noun
Alternative spelling of flea pit
fliping
fliping
verb
present participle of flipe
flipped
flipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flip
flipper
flipper
noun
(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
(dated, slang) The hand.
(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
(informal, US) Television remote control, clicker.
(theater) A small flat used to support a larger one.
A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
A kitchen spatula.
In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
verb
To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
flippin
flopped
flopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flop
flopper
flopper
noun
(US, slang) A person who deliberately falls down on a slippery floor or in front of an automobile etc. so as to claim compensation.
(skittles) The knocking down of all nine pins in one go.
One who flops.
flumped
flumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flump
flyflap
flyflap
noun
A piece of leather etc. attached to a stick to be swung to drive away flies.
flypast
flypast
noun
(Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
fopling
fopling
noun
(archaic) A petty fop.
fowlpox
fowlpox
noun
A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
frapler
frapler
noun
(obsolete) A blusterer; a rowdy.
frumple
frumple
verb
(transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
helpful
helpful
adj
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
hopeful
hopeful
adj
feeling hope
inspiring hope
noun
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
kerflap
kerflop
kerflop
intj
The sound of something flopping heavily, or moving along in a flopping manner.
lampfly
lampful
lampful
noun
Enough to fill a lamp.
lapfuls
lapsful
lapsful
noun
plural of lapful
leafcup
leafcup
noun
A coarse American composite weed, Polymnia uvedalia, now Smallanthus uvedalia.
leapful
leapful
adj
Full of leaps: requiring one to leap or making many leaps.
lipfert
loopful
loopful
noun
As much as a loop will contain
pageful
pageful
noun
As much (text etc.) as a page will hold.
pailful
pailful
noun
The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail.
painful
painful
adj
(informal) Very bad, poor.
(now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious.
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
palfrey
palfrey
noun
(historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
palisfy
palmful
palmful
noun
Enough to fill the palm of one's hand.
palsify
panfuls
panfuls
noun
plural of panful
pangful
pangful
adj
(rare, chiefly poetic) Full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.
parafle
parafle
noun
Alternative form of paraffle
peafowl
peafowl
noun
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
peckful
penfold
penfold
noun
Alternative spelling of pinfold
perloff
pestful
pestful
adj
pestiferous
piffled
piffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piffle
piffler
piffler
noun
A blathering fool.
piffles
piffles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piffle
pilaffs
pilaffs
noun
plural of pilaff
pilfers
pilfers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pilfer
pilfery
pilfery
noun
petty theft
pilifer
pilifer
noun
A bristly structure forming part of a hearing organ on the heads of hawkmoths of the subtribe Choerocampina, used in detecting the echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats.
pilloff
pinfall
pinfall
noun
(bowling) The number of pins toppled by a bowler or bowling team during a game, tournament, career, or some other measured period.
(wrestling, countable) A victorious maneuver in which both of an opponent's shoulders are held against the mat for a prescribed period of time.
pinfold
pinfold
noun
An open enclosure for animals, especially an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land.
verb
(transitive) To confine (animals) in a pinfold.
pipeful
pipeful
noun
Enough tobacco to fill a pipe for smoking.
pitfall
pitfall
noun
(computing) An antipattern.
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
(literally) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
(mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
pitfold
pithful
pithful
adj
Full of pith.
pitiful
pitiful
adj
(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
Of an amount or number: very small.
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
adv
(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
plafker
plafond
plafond
noun
(anatomy) The tibial plafond.
A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
A painting or decoration on a ceiling.
planful
planful
adj
(psychology) Intentional.
Having (many) plans.
playful
playful
adj
experimental.
fun, recreational, not serious.
funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
playoff
playoff
noun
(US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
plebify
plebify
verb
(transitive) To make plebeian; to vulgarize.
plotful
plotful
adj
Abounding with plots; scheming.
pluffer
plumify
plurify
plurify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become many.
pokeful
pokeful
noun
Enough to fill a poke; a bagful or sackful.
pondful
pondful
noun
Enough to fill a pond.
potfuls
potfuls
noun
plural of potful
poutful
poutful
adj
pouty
prayful
prayful
adj
Synonym of prayerful
prefile
prefile
verb
(transitive) To file in advance.
prefill
prefill
verb
(transitive) To fill in advance.
prefool
prelife
prelife
adj
Before the start of life
preyful
preyful
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to take prey.
(obsolete) Rich in prey.
profile
profile
noun
(Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
(archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
(civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.