The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
benchfellow
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
borowolframic
breechesflower
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cankerflower
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
chamberfellow
cheeseflower
childwife
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
classfellow
classfellow
noun
(dated or India) classmate
cliffweed
cliffwood
clubfellow
clubfellow
noun
A fellow member of a club.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
cocklewife
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
combflower
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
conflow
conflow
verb
to flow together into one stream, to converge
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
coralflower
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
cowlstaff
cowlstaff
noun
A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
cradlefellow
crawfordsville
crawfordville
crawful
crawful
noun
As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Enough to fill the craw.
crossflow
crossflow
noun
A crosswise flow.
verb
To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
crossflower
crowflower
crowflower
noun
(obsolete) A kind of campion.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cupflower
cupflower
noun
Any plant of the genus Nierembergia.
cushionflower
cynewulf
cynwulf
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
ficklewise
flaxwench
fleeceflower
fleeceflower
noun
Any of several plants of the genera Fallopia, Persicaria or Polygonum.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flowchart
flowchart
noun
Alternative spelling of flow chart
flowcharted
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flowcontrol
flowerfence
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
flywinch
forebackwardly
foreclaw
foreclaw
noun
A front claw.
hollowfaced
laceflower
laceflower
noun
Ammi majus.
Daucus carota.
Orlaya sp.
Ptilimnium nuttallii.
Tiarella trifoliata.
lawcraft
lawcraft
noun
The art or skill of a lawyer; knowledge of the law.
leftwich
paschflower
phosphowolframic
rockafellow
schoolfellow
schoolfellow
noun
Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
schoolfellows
schoolfellows
noun
plural of schoolfellow
schoolfellowship
schoolfellowship
noun
The condition of being schoolfellows.
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scofflaw
scofflaw
noun
(US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
scofflaws
scofflaws
noun
plural of scofflaw
scowlful
scowlful
adj
Characterised or marked by a scowl; scowly
scowlproof
screwfly
scrofulaweed
starchflower
sulfowolframic
sulphowolframic
unwatchful
unwatchful
adj
Not watchful
unwatchfully
unwatchfully
adv
In an unwatchful manner.
unwatchfulness
unwatchfulness
noun
The quality of being unwatchful.
walcoff
watchful
watchful
adj
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
watchfully
watchfully
adv
In a watchful manner.
watchfulness
watchfulness
noun
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
watchfulnesses
watchfulnesses
noun
plural of watchfulness
watchglassful
watchglassful
noun
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
welfaristic
welfaristic
adj
Supporting or relating to welfarism.
welfic
wellaffected
werecalf
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wickliffe
wickliffe
Proper noun
a small town in the Rural City of Victoria, Australia.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Ohio, USA.
a CDP in Oklahoma, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
wiclif
wifecarl
wilberforce
wilberforce
Proper noun
most common in Yorkshire.
William Wilberforce, English politician and abolitionist.
witchleaf
wolfachite
wolfcoal
wolframic
wolframic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to wolfram.
wrackful
wrackful
adj
Full of wrack or wreckage; ruinous; destructive.
wreckful
wreckful
adj
(poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous.
wycliffe
wycliffian
wycliffism
wycliffist
wycliffite
wycliffite
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).