Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
awfulness
awfulness
noun
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
The state or quality of being awful.
the awfulness of this sacred place
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
balloonflower
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.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
benchfellow
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
boneflower
boonfellow
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
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cankerflower
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
conflow
conflow
verb
to flow together into one stream, to converge
contraflow
contraflow
noun
An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
Flow in the opposite direction to normal.
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
cushionflower
cynewulf
cynwulf
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
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.
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
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
enfollow
fairlawn
fallowing
fallowing
noun
A period during which a field is left fallow.
verb
present participle of fallow
fallowness
fallowness
noun
The state or quality of being fallow.
fallownesses
fanflower
fanflower
noun
A plant in the genus Scaevola.
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.
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fellowmen
fellowmen
noun
plural of fellowman
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
felonweed
felonwood
felonwood
noun
Synonym of felonwort (“Solanum dulcamara”)
felonwort
felonwort
noun
Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
fennelflower
fennelflower
noun
Nigella damascena, ragged lady
Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia.
fiddletown
fingerflower
flagtown
flandowser
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flannelflower
flawedness
flawing
flawing
verb
present participle of flaw
flawlessness
flawlessness
noun
The quality of being flawless
flawn
flawn
noun
(obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
(obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
flaxwench
flaxwoman
fleetwing
flewelling
fliegerabwehrkanone
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.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flourtown
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcontrol
flowerfence
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
flowerlessness
flowerlessness
noun
The absence of flowers.
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.
flowmanostat
flown
flown
adj
(theater) Suspended in the flies.
verb
(rare, obsolete) past participle of flow
past participle of fly
flowstone
flowstone
noun
(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
flyblown
flyblown
adj
contaminated with flyblows
sordid, squalid
tainted
flywinch
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.