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.
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
confecting
confecting
verb
present participle of confect
conflating
conflating
verb
present participle of conflate
defrosting
defrosting
noun
The process by which something is defrosted.
verb
present participle of defrost
digitiform
digitiform
adj
Having the shape of a finger.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
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
fastigious
fatigation
fatigation
noun
(obsolete) Fatigue.
festooning
festooning
noun
Material with which something is festooned.
verb
present participle of festoon
fetologies
fetologist
fetologist
noun
One who studies fetology.
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.
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.
flagitious
flagitious
adj
(literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
(literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
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.
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
floutingly
floutingly
adv
With flouting; insultingly.
folkething
footbridge
footbridge
noun
A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
footlights
footlights
noun
plural of footlight
footlining
footnoting
footnoting
verb
present participle of footnote
foredating
foredating
verb
present participle of foredate
foresights
foresights
noun
plural of foresight
forfeiting
forfeiting
noun
The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.
verb
present participle of forfeit
forgetting
forgetting
noun
The mental act by which something is forgotten.
verb
present participle of forget
forletting
forletting
verb
present participle of forlet
formatting
formatting
noun
The code in a markup language which determines a document's format.
The visual style of a document, including fonts, borders, etc.
verb
present participle of format
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
forthgoing
forthgoing
adj
Going out or forth; departing.
noun
A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
verb
present participle of forthgo
forthright
forthright
adj
(archaic) Proceeding straight forth.
Fixed; settled; decided.
Frank, outspoken.
Markedly simple.
Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
adv
(archaic) Straight forward, in a straight direction.
At once, forthwith.
Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
Swiftly.
noun
(archaic) A straight path.
fortifying
fortifying
noun
The process by which something is fortified.
verb
present participle of fortify
fortnights
fortnights
noun
plural of fortnight
fosterling
fosterling
noun
a foster child
frightsome
frightsome
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
fringefoot
frithborgh
frontignac
frontignac
noun
A type of muscat wine made in Frontignan, France.
frontignan
frontingly
fugitation
fugitation
noun
(Scotland, law) The act of absconding from justice; outlawry.
fumigation
fumigation
noun
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
fumigators
fumigators
noun
plural of fumigator
fumigatory
fumigatory
adj
Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
fungitoxic
fungitoxic
adj
That is toxic to fungi.
fustigator
fustigator
noun
A person who fustigates.
ghostified
ghostified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ghostify
goatfishes
goatfishes
noun
plural of goatfish
graftonite
graftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
horsefight
hotfooting
hotfooting
verb
present participle of hotfoot
introfying
lightproof
lightproof
adj
Sealed so that no light can enter.
morgengift
morgengift
noun
(historical) A marriage dowry, among the Anglo-Saxons.
mortifying
mortifying
adj
Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
noun
mortification; abstinence
verb
present participle of mortify
nonfighter
nonfighter
noun
One who is not a fighter.
offsetting
offsetting
noun
An amount offset
The act of offsetting
verb
present participle of offset
outfabling
outfabling
verb
present participle of outfable
outfasting
outfasting
verb
present participle of outfast
outfawning
outfawning
verb
present participle of outfawn
outfeeding
outfeeling
outfeeling
verb
present participle of outfeel
outfencing
outfencing
verb
present participle of outfence
outfighter
outfigured
outfigured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfigure
outfinding
outfinding
verb
present participle of outfind
outfitting
outfitting
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A furnishing or accoutrement.
verb
present participle of outfit
outflaming
outflaming
verb
present participle of outflame
outflaring
outflaring
noun
A flaring outward.
verb
present participle of outflare
outfleeing
outfleeing
verb
present participle of outflee
outflowing
outflowing
adj
flowing out
noun
The act of something flowing out.
outfooling
outfooling
verb
present participle of outfool
outfooting
outfooting
verb
present participle of outfoot
overflight
overflight
noun
The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.
overgifted
pigeonfoot
pigeonfoot
noun
The dovesfoot geranium (Geranium molle).
postfixing
postfixing
verb
present participle of postfix
postflight
postflight
adj
After a flight.
profligate
profligate
adj
(obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
noun
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
verb
(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
refloating
refloating
verb
present participle of refloat
refronting
refronting
verb
present participle of refront
rightforth
sgraffiato
sgraffiato
noun
Alternative form of sgraffito
sightproof
sightproof
adj
invisible; not able to be seen
snowflight
stingproof
stingproof
adj
Resistant to being stung.
storifying
storifying
verb
present participle of storify
strigiform
strigiform
noun
Any owl of the order Strigiformes
tigerproof
tigerproof
adj
Resistant to tiger attack.
tonguefish
tonguefish
noun
Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.