(when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
chkfil
elfish
elfish
adj
Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven.
Mischievous.
fellah
fellah
noun
A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
Alternative spelling of fella
filths
filths
noun
plural of filth
filthy
filthy
adj
Covered with filth; very dirty.
Obscene or offensive.
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
verb
(transitive) To cover in filth.
(transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
flaith
flanch
flanch
noun
(heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.
A flange.
flashy
flashy
adj
(archaic) Drunk; tipsy.
(dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
flathe
flathe
noun
(dialectal) A ray or skate (fish).
A flan.
fleche
fleche
noun
Alternative spelling of flèche
fleech
fleech
verb
(intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
flench
fleshy
fleshy
adj
(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
fletch
fletch
noun
(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
verb
(transitive) To feather, as an arrow.
flight
flight
adj
(obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.
noun
(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
A paper airplane.
A series of stairs between landings.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
An instance of flying.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
The act of fleeing.
The act of flying.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
verb
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
flinch
flinch
noun
(croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
A reflexive jerking away.
verb
(croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
Alternative form of flense
To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
flitch
flitch
noun
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
verb
(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
floush
floush
verb
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flouse (“to splash”)
flushy
flushy
adj
Synonym of flushed
flysch
flysch
noun
(geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
fulahs
fulham
fulham
noun
(archaic, UK, colloquial, by extension) Alternative form of fullam (“sham”)
(archaic, UK, slang) Alternative form of fullam (“loaded die”)
haffle
haffle
verb
(UK, dialect) To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
hafler
haflin
hafnyl
halfen
halfen
adj
(obsolete) Lacking half of its due qualities.
halfer
halfer
noun
(decision theory) With regard to the Sleeping Beauty problem: one who argues that the probability of heads is 1/2.
(obsolete) A gelded male fallow deer.
(obsolete) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
halfly
halfly
adv
(obsolete) half
halfon
hatful
hatful
noun
(soccer, UK) A large number (usually talking about goal-scoring chances)
The amount that will fit into a hat
heflin
hodful
hodful
noun
Enough to fill a hod.
hoeful
hueful
hueful
adj
Full of hue or colour; colourful.
huffle
khalif
loofah
loofah
noun
A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
Any bathing sponge
The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
pufahl
shelfy
shelfy
adj
(obsolete) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.