(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Such a flight.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
verb
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
altdorf
belfort
blufter
calfret
cartful
cartful
noun
As much as a cart will hold.
craftly
elfwort
falster
faltere
falters
falters
noun
plural of falter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of falter
fartlek
fartlek
noun
An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
faulter
faulter
noun
(obsolete) One who commits a fault.
verb
Archaic spelling of falter.
felwort
felwort
noun
A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
fertile
fertile
adj
(figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
(physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
Capable of developing past the egg stage.
Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
fettler
fettler
noun
(by extension) Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
(mining, historical) An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.
(slang, UK, Lancashire) A friend or mate
A person who maintains railway lines.
Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
filator
filbert
filbert
noun
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
The hazel tree.
The hazelnut.
filters
filters
noun
plural of filter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filter
firelit
firelit
adj
Illuminated by a fire
firstly
firstly
adv
(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.
flatcar
flatcar
noun
(rail transport, US) A railroad freight car without sides and roof.
flatter
flatter
adj
comparative form of flat: more flat
noun
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
verb
To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
To portray someone to advantage.
flector
flector
noun
Dated form of flexor.
fleeter
fleeter
adj
comparative form of fleet: more fleet
noun
A member of a fleet.
flether
fleuret
fleuret
noun
A fencing foil.
An ornament resembling a small flower.
flinter
flirted
flirted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flirt
flirter
flirter
noun
One who flirts.
flitter
flitter
noun
(archaic Southern US, Caribbean) Pronunciation spelling of fritter.
(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.
A fluttering movement
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
A small perceptible feeling
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
verb
To flutter or quiver.
To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
To scatter in pieces.
floater
floater
noun
(Australia) A pie floater.
(India) A sandal.
(US, politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.
(basketball) Early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.
(finance) A floating rate bond.
(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.
(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
(politics, US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.
(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.
(slang) A misstep; a faux pas.
(slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” said individual.
(sports) An unaffiliated player.
(surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).
A small suet dumpling put into soup.
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
One who or that which floats.
flobert
flobert
Noun
A small cartridge designed for target shooting; a ball cap.
floeter
florate
florate
adj
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.
floreat
florent
floreta
florets
florets
noun
plural of floret
florist
florist
noun
A florist's shop.
A person who cultivates flowers.
A person who sells flowers.
A person who studies or writes about flowers.
floruit
floruit
noun
The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak.
flotter
flouter
flouter
noun
A person who flouts.
fluster
fluster
noun
A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.
verb
(by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
(dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
(intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
flustra
fluters
fluters
noun
plural of fluter
fluther
flutier
flutier
adj
comparative form of fluty: more fluty
flutter
flutter
noun
(Britain) A small bet or risky investment.
(audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
(uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
A hasty game of cards or similar.
A state of agitation.
An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
verb
(espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
(intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
(intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be frivolous.
(transitive) To cause something to flap.
(transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
flytier
flytrap
flytrap
noun
A trap for catching flies.
The Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant.
The spreading dogbane.
flywort
footler
footler
noun
one who footles, foolish trifler
forfalt
forleft
forleft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forleave
forleit
formelt
formelt
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To melt; melt away; dissolve.
fortlet
fortlet
noun
A little fort.
fractal
fractal
adj
(figurative) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.
(heraldry) Having a broken part
(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal.
noun
(figurative) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property.
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales.
frailty
frailty
noun
(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
fretful
fretful
adj
Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish.
Unable to relax; fidgety or restless.
frislet
frislet
noun
A kind of small ruffle.
froglet
froglet
noun
(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.
A frog that skips the tadpole stage and emerges as a fully-developed frog.
frontal
frontal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
(anatomy) Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
(meteorology) Of or relating to a weather front.
(zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
noun
(Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone..
(architecture) The façade of a building.
fulbert
futural
futural
adj
(grammar) Having a future tense.
Of or relating to the future.
holtorf
hurtful
hurtful
adj
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
klafter
klafter
noun
A unit of length formerly widely used in Central Europe, derived from the span of a man's outstretched arms, typically defined as six local feet (equivalent to a fathom) or about 1.8 meters.
leffert
lifters
lifters
noun
plural of lifter
lipfert
lofters
lofters
noun
plural of lofter
loftier
loftier
adj
comparative form of lofty: more lofty
reffelt
reflate
reflate
verb
(economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
To reinflate, to inflate again.
reflect
reflect
verb
(intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
(intransitive) To be mirrored.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.
(transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
(transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
(transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.
reflets
reflets
noun
plural of reflet
refloat
refloat
noun
The process of getting something to float again.
verb
(transitive) To cause to float again.
refutal
refutal
noun
A refutation.
restful
restful
adj
(computing) Alternative form of RESTful
peaceful; having a peaceful aspect
restorative; aiding rest
rooflet
rooflet
noun
A small roof or covering.
rustful
rustful
adj
(archaic) Full of rust; resembling or causing rust; rusty.
(archaic, figurative) Dull; impaired by inactivity.
ruthful
ruthful
adj
Causing pity; piteous.
Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.
Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
slifter
starful
starful
adj
(poetic) Full of stars.
stifler
stifler
noun
(military) A camouflet.
One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.
stofler
tearful
tearful
adj
Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.
Sorrowful.
telfers
telford
telford
Proper noun
A new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
telfore
tilford
tramful
trayful
trayful
noun
As much as a tray will hold.
treeful
treeful
noun
The quantity or number which fills a tree.
treflee
trefler
trefoil
trefoil
noun
(topology) Ellipsis of trefoil knot.
A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
trifled
trifled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trifle
trifler
trifler
noun
A pewterer who produced small pewter utensils such as salt cellars.
One who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential.
trifles
trifles
noun
plural of trifle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trifle
triflet
trifoil
trifold
trifold
adj
Of a mirror: having three reflective surfaces hinged together.
threefold
noun
A wallet with three equal-sized sections that fold together.
Any sheet of paper or cardboard, folded into three sections along two parallel creases and used to present information, typically as a brochure or display board.
Anything folded into thirds to resemble a trifold.
trifoly
trifoly
noun
Melilot; sweet clover
The plant trefoil.
truffle
truffle
noun
(by analogy) Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.