(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
buckfield
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
falkville
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
feverlike
feverlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fever.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fiendlike
fiendlike
adj
Resembling a fiend.
filemaker
filemaker
noun
A manufacturer of files (rasping tools).
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
filmmaker
filmmaker
noun
A producer or director of films/movies.
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flaillike
flaillike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flail.
flakiness
flakiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flaky.
flamelike
flamelike
adj
Resembling a flame or its colour.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
fleckiest
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
flintlike
flintlike
adj
Resembling flint; stony.
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
fliskiest
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floodlike
floodlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flood.
flourlike
flourlike
Adjective
Resembling flour.
flukiness
flukiness
noun
The property of being fluky.
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
flunkyism
flunkyism
noun
The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
flunkyite
flunkyize
flutelike
flutelike
adj
Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
foldskirt
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkloric
folkloric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
folksiest
folksiest
adj
superlative form of folksy: most folksy
foremilks
foremilks
noun
plural of foremilk
forklifts
forklifts
noun
plural of forklift
forkville
francklin
franklins
franklins
noun
plural of franklin
frecklier
frecklier
adj
comparative form of freckly: more freckly
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
frocklike
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frolickly
frostlike
frostlike
adj
Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
fruitlike
fruitlike
adj
Resembling fruit.
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
garfinkel
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
kefalotir
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
killifish
killifish
noun
Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kiteflier
knifeless
knifeless
adj
Without a knife or knives.
knifelike
knifelike
adj
Resembling a knife or its effects.
lefkowitz
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
prooflike
prooflike
adj
(numismatics) Of a coin: highly reflective, like the first batch struck from a new die.
rockfield
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
sheaflike
sheaflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
shelflike
shelflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shelf.
sinkfield
skiffless
skiffling
skiffling
noun
In quarrying, rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
skilfully
skilfully
adv
Britain standard spelling of skillfully.
skinflick
skinflick
noun
(slang) A pornographic movie.
skinflint
skinflint
noun
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
skullfish
skullfish
noun
(nautical, whaling, obsolete) A whale more than two years old.
stickfuls
stickleaf
stifflike
stifflike
adj
(dialect) stiff
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
taffylike
taffylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of taffy (the confectionery).
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
trafflike
unflaking
unskilful
unskilful
adj
(Britain) Alternative spelling of unskillful
upflicker
upflicker
verb
(poetic) To flicker upward.
waferlike
waferlike
adj
Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
wakefield
wakefield
noun
(physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator
wickliffe
wickliffe
Proper noun
a small town in the Rural City of Victoria, Australia.