(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
airflow
airflow
noun
Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
alewife
alewife
noun
(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
applewife
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
borowolframic
bowieful
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
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
childwife
cliffweed
cliffwood
cocklewife
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
cushionflower
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
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
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
drawfile
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
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
elfwife
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
fairlawn
fallowing
fallowing
noun
A period during which a field is left fallow.
verb
present participle of fallow
fallowist
fallowist
noun
One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawningly
fawningly
adv
In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fellowheirship
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowlike
fellowlike
adj
Like a comrade; companionable; on equal terms.
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.
ficklewise
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
fillowite
fillowite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
fingerflower
fireflower
fireplow
firewall
firewall
noun
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
(physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
verb
(intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.
(transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
(transitive, computer security) To protect with a firewall.
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawier
flawiest
flawing
flawing
verb
present participle of flaw
flaxwife
fleetwing
flewelling
flewit
flexowriter
fliegerabwehrkanone
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flintwood
flintwood
noun
The very hard wood of the blackbutt tree.
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flitwite
flixweed
flixweed
noun
A tall, herbaceous flowering plant, Descurainia sophia, related to mustard
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floorwise
floorwise
adj
(India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
adv
(poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowerier
flowerier
adj
comparative form of flowery: more flowery
floweriest
floweriest
adj
superlative form of flowery: most flowery
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flowerist
flowerlike
flowerlike
adj
Resembling a flower, especially in shape
flowing
flowing
adj
Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
Tending to flow.
noun
The action of the verb to flow
verb
present participle of flow
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
flywinch
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
following
following
adj
(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
About to be specified.
Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
noun
(with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
Vocation; business; profession.
prep
After, subsequent to.
verb
present participle of follow
followingly
followingly
adv
accordingly
as follows
subsequently, consequently
followings
followings
noun
plural of following
forebowline
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
fowlerite
fowlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.
fowlerville
fowliang
fowling
fowling
noun
A session of hunting fowl.
verb
present participle of fowl
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
franklintown
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
freewill
freewill
adj
Voluntary, done of one's own accord.
friendliwise
fringeflower
frowningly
frowningly
adv
While or as if frowning
frowsily
frowsily
adv
In a frowsy manner.
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
frowzily
frowzily
adv
In a frowzy manner
funnelwise
funnelwise
adv
In the manner of a funnel.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
fwelling
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.