A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
beeftongue
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
camouflage
camouflage
noun
(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
A disguise or covering up.
Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
The act of disguising.
verb
To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
cienfuegos
coalifying
coalifying
verb
present participle of coalify
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
codfishing
cofounding
cofounding
verb
present participle of cofound
coiffuring
coiffuring
verb
present participle of coiffure
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
conferring
conferring
noun
The act of one who confers.
verb
present participle of confer
confessing
confessing
noun
The act of making a confession.
verb
present participle of confess
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
configured
configured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configure
configures
configures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure
confirming
confirming
noun
An act of confirmation.
verb
present participle of confirm
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
conforming
conforming
adj
Exhibiting conformity.
verb
present participle of conform
confragose
consignify
consignify
verb
To signify or denote in combination with something else.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
demonifuge
demonifuge
noun
A remedy to drive out demons.
digitiform
digitiform
adj
Having the shape of a finger.
disfoliage
disglorify
disglorify
verb
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
dolorifuge
dolorifuge
noun
Something which mitigates or removes grief.
doughfoots
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
dropforged
dropforger
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
enfeoffing
enfeoffing
verb
present participle of enfeoff
enfoldings
enfoldings
noun
plural of enfolding
fadmongery
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
fairground
fairground
noun
A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
fairyology
fairyology
noun
The study of fairies.
farlington
farmington
farmington
Proper noun
a small village in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England
an unincorporated settlement in the Peace River Country of British Columbia, Canada.
a communities in and Nova Scotia, Canada.
the name of many places in the United States of America:
a city in Arkansas.
a CDP in California.
a town in Connecticut.
a town in Delaware.
a city in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Kentucky.
a town in Maine
a city in Michigan.
a city in Minnesota.
a town in Mississippi.
a city in Missouri
a town in New Hampshire.
a city in New Mexico.
a town in New York.
an unincorporated community in North Carolina.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Oregon.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Pennsylvania.
a city in Utah
an unincorporated community in Virginia.
a small town in Washington.
a small town in West Virginia.
a town and unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
an unincorporated community in the town of Wisconsin.
towns in and Wisconsin.
farrington
fashioning
fashioning
noun
The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
verb
present participle of fashion
fastigious
fatigation
fatigation
noun
(obsolete) Fatigue.
favaginous
favaginous
adj
(obsolete) Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
fellmonger
fellmonger
noun
(Britain) Someone who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
verb
To prepare animal skin for tanning.
feltmonger
feltmonger
noun
(historical) A person who sells felt.
feminology
feminology
noun
(rare) Synonym of women's studies.
ferngrower
ferroglass
ferroglass
noun
(physics) reentrant spin glass
festooning
festooning
noun
Material with which something is festooned.
verb
present participle of festoon
fetography
fetologies
fetologist
fetologist
noun
One who studies fetology.
fibrinogen
fibrinogen
noun
A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
figuration
figuration
noun
(art) Representation through visual forms.
(sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
Form, outline or boundaries.
Mixture of concords and discords.
Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
The act of giving figure or determinate form.
figuresome
figuresome
adj
Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape
filicology
filicology
noun
The botanical study of ferns.
filigerous
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerhook
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
fingerroot
fingerroot
noun
A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
firedragon
firedragon
noun
A fiery dragon; firedrake.
fireplough
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
fissioning
fissioning
noun
The act of splitting into two separate parts
verb
present participle of fission
flageolets
flageolets
noun
plural of flageolet
flagitious
flagitious
adj
(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
flagonless
flagonless
adj
Without a flagon or, by extension, anything alcoholic to drink.
flagstones
flagstones
noun
plural of flagstone
flamingoes
flamingoes
noun
plural of flamingo
flapdragon
flapdragon
noun
A game in which the players snatch raisins out of burning brandy and swallow them blazing.
Any of the raisins in this game.
flavorings
flavorings
noun
plural of flavoring
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
flemington
flemington
Proper noun
a locality in western New South Wales, Australia.
a suburb of Victoria, Australia, famous for its racecourse.
a rural locality in South New Zealand.
a rural locality in the region of New Zealand.
a built-up area near Scotland
an unincorporated community in Florida, USA.
a small city in Georgia, USA.
a village in Missouri, USA.
a borough in New Jersey, USA
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA.
a small town in West Virginia, USA.
flightshot
floatingly
floatingly
adv
In a floating manner.
floggingly
flogmaster
floodgates
floodgates
noun
plural of floodgate
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
floreating
florigenic
florigenic
adj
(botany) Promoting flowering or the formation of flowers.
florilegia
florilegia
noun
plural of florilegium
floutingly
floutingly
adv
With flouting; insultingly.
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
flummoxing
flummoxing
adj
Confusing, flustering, flabbergasting.
verb
present participle of flummox
fluoresage
fluviology
fluviology
noun
The study of rivers.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
focalising
focalising
verb
present participle of focalise
focalizing
focalizing
verb
present participle of focalize
foenngreek
foenngreek
noun
Archaic form of fenugreek.
fogscoffer
foliageous
foliageous
adj
Resembling foliage.
folkething
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
followings
followings
noun
plural of following
fondlingly
fondlingly
adv
In a fondling manner.
foolmonger
footbridge
footbridge
noun
A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
footganger
footganger
noun
(entomology) A juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phase.
footlights
footlights
noun
plural of footlight
footlining
footnoting
footnoting
verb
present participle of footnote
foragement
foragement
noun
The act of foraging
forbearing
forbearing
adj
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
noun
forbearance; restraint
verb
present participle of forbear
forbidding
forbidding
adj
Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
noun
The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
verb
present participle of forbid
foreallege
forearming
forearming
verb
present participle of forearm
foreassign
foreboding
foreboding
adj
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
noun
A sense of evil to come.
An evil omen.
verb
present participle of forebode
forebridge
forebridge
noun
(nautical) A raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge.
foredating
foredating
verb
present participle of foredate
foredesign
foredesign
verb
(transitive) To design or plan beforehand; forecast.
forefigure
forefinger
forefinger
noun
(human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
foregahger
foreganger
foreganger
noun
(archaic, rare) One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
(nautical) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.
foregather
foregather
verb
Alternative form of forgather
foreglance
foreglance
noun
A glance that is forward or beforehand.
verb
(transitive) To glance forward or beforehand.
foreground
foreground
noun
(computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
verb
To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
foreigners
foreigners
noun
plural of foreigner
foreignism
foreignism
noun
A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.
foreignize
foreignize
verb
(transitive) To make foreign.
(transitive, translation studies) To keep foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.
forejudged
forejudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forejudge
forejudger
forejudger
noun
(law) A judgement by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.
forelaying
forelaying
verb
present participle of forelay
forepaling
forepoling
foresaying
foresaying
verb
present participle of foresay
foreseeing
foreseeing
noun
The act by which something is foreseen; a prophetic vision.
verb
present participle of foresee
foresights
foresights
noun
plural of foresight
foresinger
forestburg
forethough
forfeiting
forfeiting
noun
The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.
verb
present participle of forfeit
forfending
forfending
verb
present participle of forfend
forfoughen
forgathers
forgathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgather
forgetable
forgetness
forgetness
noun
(rare, nonstandard) The act of forgetting, or any property associated with it; oblivion; forgetfulness; obliviousness.