(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
aftertask
aktiengesellschaft
alfakis
alfakis
noun
plural of alfaki
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkalifies
alkalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alkalify
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
almsfolk
almsfolk
noun
(archaic) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
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
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
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.
backspacefile
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
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.
beefsteaks
beefsteaks
noun
plural of beefsteak
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
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.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
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.
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breakfaster
breakfaster
noun
One eating breakfast.
breakfasters
breakfasters
noun
plural of breakfaster
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chayefsky
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
coffeecakes
coffeecakes
noun
plural of coffeecake
coffeemakers
coffeemakers
noun
plural of coffeemaker
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
draffsack
fackings
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
facks
facks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fack
faikes
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fairoaks
fakeers
fakeers
noun
plural of fakeer
fakeries
fakeries
noun
plural of fakery
fakers
fakers
noun
plural of faker
fakes
fakes
noun
plural of fake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fake
fakiness
fakiness
noun
(colloquial) fakeness
fakirism
fakirism
noun
The practices of fakirs.
fakirs
fakirs
noun
plural of fakir
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fancysick
fantasiestck
farkas
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
farsakh
farsakh
noun
parasang
fasibitikite
fastback
fastback
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fastwalk
fatbacks
fatbacks
noun
plural of fatback
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
fawkes
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
fibrinokinase
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
filmmakings
filmmakings
noun
plural of filmmaking
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finmarks
finnmarks
firebreaks
firebreaks
noun
plural of firebreak
firecrackers
firecrackers
noun
plural of firecracker
fishback
fishyback
fishybacking
fiskdale
flacks
flacks
noun
plural of flack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flack
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flakeless
flakeless
adj
Without flakes.
flakers
flakers
noun
plural of flaker
flakes
flakes
noun
plural of flake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flake
flakiest
flakiest
adj
superlative form of flaky: most flaky
flakiness
flakiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flaky.
flakinesses
flakinesses
noun
plural of flakiness
flankers
flankers
noun
plural of flanker
flanks
flanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flank
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
flask
flask
noun
(engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
A bed in a gun carriage.
A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
verb
(dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.
flasker
flasker
noun
(historical) A whisky smuggler.
flasket
flasket
noun
(dated) A vessel for serving food.
(dated, UK) A long, shallow basket with two handles.
flaskets
flaskets
noun
plural of flasket
flaskful
flaskful
noun
As much as a flask will hold.
flasklet
flasklet
noun
A small flask; a phial.
flasks
flasks
noun
plural of flask
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flask
flatworks
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
flokatis
flokatis
noun
plural of flokati
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
folksay
folktales
folktales
noun
plural of folktale
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
footmarks
footmarks
noun
plural of footmark
footstalk
footstalk
noun
(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
forebespeak
foreknowableness
forepeaks
forepeaks
noun
plural of forepeak
foreranks
foreranks
noun
plural of forerank
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
forespake
forespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak
forespeak
forespeak
verb
(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.
Alternative spelling of forspeak
forespeaker
forespeaker
noun
(obsolete or historical) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forjaskit
forsake
forsake
verb
(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To decline or refuse (something offered).
forsaken
forsaken
adj
Deserted; abandoned.
Helpless.
verb
past participle of forsake
forsakenly
forsakenly
adv
(rare) helplessly
In a deserted manner; by itself; alone
forsakenness
forsakenness
noun
The state or condition of being forsaken.
forsaker
forsaker
noun
One who forsakes.
forsakers
forsakers
noun
plural of forsaker
forsakes
forsakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forsake
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
forslack
forslack
verb
(intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
(transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.