Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
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.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fancysick
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
finksburg
finnmarks
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fishhooks
fishhooks
noun
(slang) A pair of jacks (the playing card)
plural of fishhook
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishyback
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flakiness
flakiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flaky.
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
fliskiest
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
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.
foldskirt
folksiest
folksiest
adj
superlative form of folksy: most folksy
footstick
footstick
noun
A measuring rod that is one foot long.
A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
foremilks
foremilks
noun
plural of foremilk
foreskins
foreskins
noun
plural of foreskin
foreskirt
foreskirt
noun
The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
forjaskit
forkiness
forkiness
noun
The quality or state of being forky.
forklifts
forklifts
noun
plural of forklift
forksmith
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
franciska
franklins
franklins
noun
plural of franklin
freakiest
freakiest
adj
superlative form of freaky: most freaky
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
friskiest
friskiest
adj
superlative form of frisky: most frisky
frogskins
frogskins
noun
plural of frogskin
frostlike
frostlike
adj
Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
funkiness
funkiness
noun
The state or quality of being funky.
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
killifish
killifish
noun
Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.
kingsford
kissproof
kissproof
adj
(of lipstick) Resistant to smearing when the wearer is kissed.
knifeless
knifeless
adj
Without a knife or knives.
kniferest
kristofer
kristofor
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
muskified
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
pickshaft
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
puckfoist
refusenik
refusenik
noun
(Soviet Union, slang, historical) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union, typically but not exclusively Jewish, who were refused permission to emigrate.
(colloquial) A person who refuses to do something, for example one who refuses conscription or vaccination.
(colloquial) A person who wants to do something but is refused permission to.
riskproof
riskproof
adj
Resistant to risk.
safranyik
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
scarfskin
scarfskin
noun
(archaic) The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, especially that which forms the cuticle of a nail.
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
skewwhiff
skewwhiff
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff
skidproof
skidproof
adj
Resistant to skidding; nonslip.
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.
snakefish
snakefish
noun
Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
Trachinocephalus myops
spikefish
spikefish
noun
Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes.
stickfast
stickfuls
stickleaf
stifflike
stifflike
adj
(dialect) stiff
stiffneck
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
tackifies
tackifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tackify
trafficks
trafficks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of traffick
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).
unskilful
unskilful
adj
(Britain) Alternative spelling of unskillful
wreckfish
wreckfish
noun
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.