A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
batfowled
bedfellow
bedfellow
noun
(by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
One with whom one shares a bed.
bedfellows
bedfellows
noun
plural of bedfellow
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bedflower
beflowered
beflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflower
befurbelowed
befurbelowed
adj
(dated, possibly obsolete) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
bloodflower
bloodflower
noun
A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics
Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
childwife
cliffweed
cliffwood
cradlefellow
crawfordsville
crawfordville
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
daffadowndilly
noun
(archaic, poetic) daffodil
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
daffodowndilly
noun
(informal) the daffodil.
daffydowndilly
daffydowndilly
noun
Alternative form of daffadowndilly
daneflower
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
deflow
deflow
verb
(obsolete) To flow down.
deflower
deflower
verb
(transitive) To deprive of flowers.
(transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.
(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
deflowered
deflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deflower
deflowerer
deflowerer
noun
One who deflowers.
deflowerers
deflowerers
noun
plural of deflowerer
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
deflowers
deflowers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflower
delftware
delftware
noun
Alternative spelling of Delftware
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dewfalls
dewfalls
noun
plural of dewfall
dewflower
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
doveflower
downfall
downfall
noun
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
An act of falling down.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
verb
(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
downfallen
downfallen
adj
(figurative) Having undergone a defeat, or been ousted from a position of authority.
Fallen down.
crestfallen, depressed, down in the dumps.
verb
past participle of downfall.
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downfalls
downfalls
noun
plural of downfall
downfield
downfield
adj
(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
downflow
downflow
noun
A downward flow.
downfold
downfold
noun
(geology) A syncline.
downfolded
downfolded
adj
folded down
drawerful
drawerful
noun
A drawer filled with something, or a sufficient quantity of something to fill a drawer
drawfile
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
dropflower
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
faldworth
fallowed
fallowed
adj
Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fallow
farewelled
farewelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farewell
farweltered
fellowed
fellowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellow
fellowred
fellowred
Noun
Fellowship; company.
A company.
fellowshiped
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
felonweed
felonwood
felonwood
noun
Synonym of felonwort (“Solanum dulcamara”)
fiddlebow
fiddletown
fiddlewood
fiddlewood
noun
Any of these trees.
The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
fieldward
fieldward
adj
Towards a field.
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
flandowser
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flatweed
flatweed
noun
Hypochaeris radicata, a low-lying edible perennial herb often found in lawns.
flatwoods
flatwoods
noun
plural of flatwood
flawed
flawed
adj
Having a flaw or imperfection.
flawedness
flaxweed
flaxweed
noun
toadflax
fleaweed
fleaweed
noun
A plant, the lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
fleawood
fleetwood
fleetwood
Proper noun
A coastal town in Lancashire, England
flewed
flewed
adj
(obsolete) Having large flews, the hanging upper lip common to certain breeds of dog.
flintwood
flintwood
noun
The very hard wood of the blackbutt tree.
flixweed
flixweed
noun
A tall, herbaceous flowering plant, Descurainia sophia, related to mustard
floodwall
floodwall
noun
A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
floodwater
floodwater
noun
The water of a flood.
floodwaters
floodwaters
noun
The waters of a flood
floodway
floodway
noun
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
floodways
floodways
noun
plural of floodway
floodwood
floorward
floorward
adv
Toward the floor.
flowcharted
flowed
flowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flow
flowerbed
flowerbed
noun
A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
flowered
flowered
adj
(of a plant) That has produced flowers.
Covered or decorated with flowers, or images of flowers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flower
fluxweed
foldaway
foldaway
adj
That may be folded away when not in use.
noun
A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.
(India) The forwarding of something, such as a letter.
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
fowled
fowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fowl
freewheeled
freewheeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freewheel
friendliwise
frowardly
frowardly
adv
in a froward manner
frowzled
frowzled
adj
Messy and unkempt, especially of hair.
fuelwood
fuelwood
noun
wood grown or felled for use as commercial fuel
fullword
fullwords
furbelowed
furbelowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbelow
godawful
goldflower
groundflower
gulfwards
gulfweed
gulfweed
noun
sargassum; algae of the genus Sargassum.
gulfweeds
gulfweeds
noun
plural of gulfweed
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
hollowfaced
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
lawford
leafwood
leftward
leftward
adj
To or from the left.
leftwardly
leftwardly
adv
In a leftward direction.
leftwards
leftwards
adv
Leftward; towards the left.
lidflower
lifeward
lifeward
adj
Leading towards life.
adv
Towards life.
ludwigshafen
manifoldwise
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
mudflow
mudflow
noun
A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
The dried-out product of such a flow.
mudflows
mudflows
noun
plural of mudflow
newfangled
newfangled
adj
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
Fond of novelty.
newfangledism
newfangledly
newfangledly
adv
In a newfangled manner.
newfangledness
newfangledness
noun
The quality of being newfangled.
newfeld
newfoundland
newfoundland
Proper noun
A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949.
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Noun
A Newfoundland dog, a very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
nonflawed
nonforeknowledge
oddfellow
oddfellow
Noun
A member of a secret order or fraternity established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.