(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flagships
flagships
noun
plural of flagship
fluoroscoping
fluoroscoping
verb
present participle of fluoroscope
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
foreglimpse
foreglimpse
noun
A glimpse or revelation of the future.
verb
To glimpse something in the future.
foreglimpsed
foreglimpsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreglimpse
fuglemanship
gonfaloniership
gonfaloniership
noun
The role or status of gonfalonier.
lifespring
lifespring
noun
A spring or source of life.
oversimplifying
oversimplifying
verb
present participle of oversimplify
persiflage
persiflage
noun
Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Good-natured banter; raillery.
persiflages
persiflages
noun
plural of persiflage
ploughfish
postflight
postflight
adj
After a flight.
preclassifying
preclassifying
verb
present participle of preclassify
prestigeful
prestigeful
adj
respected, admired
professionalising
professionalising
verb
present participle of professionalise
professionalizing
professionalizing
verb
present participle of professionalize
professorling
professorling
noun
(obsolete) a young and unexperienced professor
profligacies
profligacies
noun
plural of profligacy
profligateness
profligateness
noun
The state or condition of being profligate; wastefulness.
profligates
profligates
noun
plural of profligate
purflings
purflings
noun
plural of purfling
scientificogeographical
selfpropelling
septifragal
septifragal
adj
(botany) Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, while these remain attached to the common axis.
septifragally
septifragally
adv
In a septifragal manner.
shoplifting
shoplifting
noun
(countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
(uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
verb
present participle of shoplift
simplifying
simplifying
verb
present participle of simplify
slipforming
slipforming
noun
The use of the slipform technique in working with concrete.
verb
present participle of slipform
spaceflight
spaceflight
noun
Alternative spelling of space flight
spaceflights
spaceflights
noun
plural of spaceflight
spinifugal
splitfinger
splitfinger
Noun
split-finger fastball
spongeflies
spongillaflies
spongillaflies
noun
plural of spongillafly
spongillafly
spongillafly
noun
Any insect in the neuropteran family Sisyridae, whose aquatic larvae feed on freshwater organism such as sponges in the genus Spongilla and bryozoans.
sprightful
sprightful
adj
sprightly; spirited; lively; animated
sprightfully
sprightfully
adv
In a sprightful manner.
sprightfulness
sprightfulness
noun
(rare) The quality of being sprightful
springfield
springfield
Proper noun
Any of several towns, including the following:
A statutory town in Colorado, USA
A city in Georgia in the United States
An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Indiana in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Lynn Township, Indiana in the United States.
The capital city of the state of Illinois in the United States of America
A home rule-class city in Kentucky in the United States
A major Massachusetts city where basketball was invented in 1891.
A major city in the Ozark mountain region of Missouri and county seat of
A city in Ohio, the county seat of
The fictional town in which is set.
The in Springfield, Massachusetts.
springful
springful
adj
Pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.
noun
As much as flows in a spring (of water).
As much as lasts or is produced in the spring.
stupefyingly
stupefyingly
adv
In a stupefying manner.
superinfluencing
supermagnificently
superqualifying
supersignificantly
supersimplifying
supersulfurizing
unsimplifying
upflings
upflings
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upfling