(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.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flatworks
folktales
folktales
noun
plural of folktale
footmarks
footmarks
noun
plural of footmark
footstalk
footstalk
noun
(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
forjaskit
frankston
freakiest
freakiest
adj
superlative form of freaky: most freaky
freakouts
freakouts
noun
plural of freakout
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
leafstalk
leafstalk
noun
The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
makefasts
makefasts
noun
plural of makefast
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
outflanks
outflanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
pickshaft
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
rockshaft
rockstaff
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
softbacks
softbacks
noun
plural of softback
stickfast
stickleaf
strawfork
tackifies
tackifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tackify
trafficks
trafficks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of traffick