(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
alkalifying
alkalifying
verb
present participle of alkalify
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
cityfolk
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
drakefly
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
falkenhayn
farkleberry
farkleberry
noun
(countable) A berry from a shrub of this species.
(uncountable) A species of Vaccinium (Vaccinium arboreum) native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri, and south to Florida and eastern Texas, and taking the form of a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3-5 m (rarely 9 m) tall.
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
fecklessly
fecklessly
adv
In a feckless manner
feckly
feckly
adv
(Scotland) mostly; for the greater part
(Scotland) partly
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
fickly
fickly
adv
(obsolete) In a fickle manner.
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
finickingly
finickingly
adv
finically
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flakily
flakily
adv
In a flaky way.
flaky
flaky
adj
(informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
(informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
flanky
flecklessly
flecklessly
adv
In a fleckless manner.
flecky
flecky
adj
Having flecks.
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flicky
flicky
adj
(slang) Easily flicked; thus, light and fast
noun
(slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade
flisky
flisky
adj
frisky; inclined to frisk or caper
flocky
flocky
adj
Abounding with flocks; floccose.
flukey
flukey
adj
lucky
unstable, prone to rapid and unpredictable changes
flukily
flukily
adv
In a fluky way; with unexpected luck.
fluky
fluky
adj
Alternative spelling of flukey
flunkey
flunkey
noun
(US, finance, slang) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.
(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkeyism
flunkeyism
noun
Alternative form of flunkyism
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkeyite
flunkeyize
flunkeys
flunkeys
noun
plural of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
flunky
flunky
noun
Alternative form of flunkey
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
flunkyism
flunkyism
noun
The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flunkyite
flunkyize
flyback
flyback
noun
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
flybook
flybook
noun
(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
folksay
folksey
folksily
folksily
adv
In a folksy manner.
folksy
folksy
adj
Characteristic of simple country life.
Informal, affable and familiar.
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
folky
folky
adj
(music, informal) Having the character of folk music
forebackwardly
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forkedly
forkedly
adv
In a forked shape or pattern.
forsakenly
forsakenly
adv
(rare) helplessly
In a deserted manner; by itself; alone
francklyn
frankability
frankability
noun
The quality of being frankable.
frankclay
frankheartedly
frankly
frankly
adv
(sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident.
(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.
In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.
franklyn
freakily
freakily
adv
In a freaky manner.
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
freckly
freckly
adj
Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
adv
(obsolete) hurriedly
boldly; eagerly.
friskily
friskily
adv
in a frisky manner
friskingly
friskingly
adv
With frisking movements; while leaping.
frolickly
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
fylker
hydrofranklinite
kiteflying
kiteflying
noun
(archaic) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.
The flying of kites.
knifley
kynewulf
layfolk
layfolk
noun
(uncommon) laypeople
lyfkie
mockfully
mockfully
adv
(obsolete) mockingly
monkeyflower
monkeyflower
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mimulus.
nonflakily
nonflaky
nonflaky
adj
Not flaky.
oklafalaya
outflunky
overfrankly
playfolk
rebukefully
rebukefully
adv
In a rebukeful manner.
skilfully
skilfully
adv
Britain standard spelling of skillfully.
skillfully
skillfully
adv
In a skillful manner; with skill.
skinflintily
skinflinty
skyful
skyful
noun
As much as a sky will hold.
snakefly
snakefly
noun
Any insect of the order Raphidioptera.
stiffneckedly
superthankfully
taffylike
taffylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of taffy (the confectionery).
thankfully
thankfully
adv
(sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.
In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
unfairylike
unfairylike
adj
Not fairylike.
unflaky
unflaky
Adjective
Not flaky.
unflickeringly
unflickeringly
adv
Without flickering.
unfrankly
unfrankly
adv
In a way that is not frank.
unfreakishly
unfreakishly
adv
Not freakishly.
unskilfully
unskilfully
adv
Alternative spelling of unskillfully
unskillfully
unskillfully
adv
In an unskilled manner.
unthankfully
unthankfully
adv
In an unthankful way; ungratefully.
unwakefully
wakefully
wakefully
adv
In a wakeful manner.
yellowknife
yellowknife
Proper noun
Capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
yokefellow
yokefellow
noun
(now rare, historical) Someone joined in marriage to another; a spouse.
A companion; a fellow labourer, a person who works at the same task as another.