(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.
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
fleckiest
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
flunkyite
flutelike
flutelike
adj
Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music
foldskirt
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
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.
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.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forjaskit
forklifts
forklifts
noun
plural of forklift
forksmith
freakiest
freakiest
adj
superlative form of freaky: most freaky
freethink
friskiest
friskiest
adj
superlative form of frisky: most frisky
frithwork
frostlike
frostlike
adj
Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fruitlike
fruitlike
adj
Resembling fruit.
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
kefalotir
kefiatoid
kerchieft
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kiteflier
kniferest
kristofer
kristofor
lefkowitz
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
pickshaft
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
prickfoot
puckfoist
quickfoot
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
skinflint
skinflint
noun
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
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).
tackified
tackified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tackify
tackifier
tackifier
noun
(manufacturing, chemistry) A tackiness agent; a substance which is added in order to increase tack.
tackifies
tackifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tackify
taffylike
taffylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of taffy (the confectionery).
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
tickproof
tickproof
adj
Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).
trafficks
trafficks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of traffick
trafflike
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).