(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
aktiengesellschaft
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.
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
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookshelfs
chayefsky
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
cheekfuls
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
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
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
creekfishes
farsakh
farsakh
noun
parasang
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
fishback
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishhook
fishhook
noun
(slang) a jack (the playing card)
a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
fishhooks
fishhooks
noun
(slang) A pair of jacks (the playing card)
plural of fishhook
fishkill
fishkill
noun
An environmental event in which fish are killed.
fishlike
fishlike
adj
Having some characteristics of a fish.
fishskin
fishskin
noun
Certain fishskins are used to make bags.
The skin of a fish.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishyback
fishybacking
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.
fleshhook
fleshhook
noun
(historical) A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
folkish
folkish
adj
(music) In the style of folk music.
(religion, Germanic paganism) Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
(religion, Germanic paganism, especially in white supremacy and Nazism) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences.
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
forecheckers
forecheckers
noun
plural of forechecker
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
forksmith
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
frankheartness
frankhouse
frankish
frankish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.
Proper noun
The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.
freakish
freakish
adj
Capricious, unpredictable.
Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
frithsoken
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
futharks
futharks
noun
plural of futhark
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
handkerchiefs
hayforks
hayforks
noun
plural of hayfork
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hlidhskjalf
hlithskjalf
homefolks
hoofmarks
hoofmarks
noun
plural of hoofmark
inkfish
inkfish
noun
(colloquial) A cuttlefish.
(colloquial) An octopus or squid.
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
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.
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
khafs
khafs
noun
plural of khaf
khalifas
khalifas
noun
plural of khalifa
khalifs
khalifs
noun
plural of khalif
killifish
killifish
noun
Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.
killifishes
killifishes
noun
plural of killifish
kingfish
kingfish
noun
Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker
Japanese meagre, Argyrosomus japonicus (Australia)
The cobia, Rachycentron canadum, of warm waters globally.
crevalle jack, Caranx hippos (Mauritania)
giant trevally (sometimes travelli) Caranx ignobilis (South Africa)
white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus (United Kingdom)
yellowtail amberjack, Seriola lalandi (Australia, New Zealand)
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishers
kingfishers
noun
plural of kingfisher
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kitschified
kitschified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kitschify
kitschifies
kitschifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitschify
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
klipfish
klipfish
noun
A fish of certain genera in the family Clinidae.
Sun-dried salted cod, exported from Norway.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
makeshiftiness
makeshiftiness
noun
The quality of being makeshifty.
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
markgenossenschaft
milkfish
milkfish
noun
Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia.
milkfishes
milkfishes
noun
plural of milkfish
minkfish
minkfishes
monkfish
monkfish
noun
Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
okshoofd
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pickshaft
pinkfish
pinkfishes
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
porkfish
porkfish
noun
Any grunt (fish) of the species Anisotremus virginicus.
porkfishes
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
rockfishes
rockfishes
noun
plural of rockfish
rockshaft
schwarzkopf
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.
sefekhet
seqfchk
shacklefords
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
shakefork
shakefork
noun
(heraldry) A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.
(obsolete) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
shakeproof
shakeproof
adj
(engineering) Of a washer: resistant to being loosened by vibration.
sharkful
sharkful
adj
Abounding in sharks.
sheaflike
sheaflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
shelfback
shelflike
shelflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shelf.
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shockproof
shockproof
adj
Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
Protected from imparting electric shocks.
verb
(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.
shopfolk
shopfolk
noun
(archaic) People who work in shops: shopkeepers and shop assistants.
showfolk
showfolk
noun
showpeople
shriekproof
shrinkageproof
shrinkproof
shrinkproof
adj
resistant to shrinkage
skewwhiff
skewwhiff
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff
skilfish
skilfish
noun
A fish, of the genus Erilepis, found on deep rocky bottoms in the North Pacific.
skilletfish
skilletfishes
skullfish
skullfish
noun
(nautical, whaling, obsolete) A whale more than two years old.
smokefarthings
smokeshaft
snakefish
snakefish
noun
Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
Trachinocephalus myops
snakefishes
snakefishes
noun
plural of snakefish
spikefish
spikefish
noun
Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes.
spikefishes
spikefishes
noun
plural of spikefish
stockfather
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.
stockfishes
stockfishes
noun
plural of stockfish
suckerfish
suckerfish
noun
The remora and other fish of family Echeneidae, especially Echeneis naucrates.