(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterking
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
aftermark
aftermarket
aftermarket
noun
(business) The industry that serves that market.
(business) The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer.
(finance) Trading activity in a security immediately following its initial offering to the public.
verb
(business) To sell goods or services in the aftermarket.
aftermarkets
aftermarkets
noun
plural of aftermarket
aftermilk
afterpeak
afterpeak
noun
(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
afterrake
afterreckoning
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
aftertask
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
afterwork
afterworking
aktiengesellschaft
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
auftakt
auldfarrantlike
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
beefsteaks
beefsteaks
noun
plural of beefsteak
bifteck
blackfeet
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
booklift
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breakfaster
breakfaster
noun
One eating breakfast.
breakfasters
breakfasters
noun
plural of breakfaster
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
brickcroft
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
cankerfret
chuckfarthing
cityfolk
cockcroft
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockloft
cockloft
noun
A small attic or garret
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cocksfoot
cocksfoot
noun
Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crakefeet
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
creekstuff
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fakement
fakement
noun
(archaic) A forgery; something faked.
fantasiestck
fartlek
fartlek
noun
An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
fasibitikite
fastback
fastback
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fastwalk
fatback
fatback
noun
(US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
A fish, the menhaden.
fatbacks
fatbacks
noun
plural of fatback
fatcake
fatelike
fatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fate.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatlike
fatlike
adj
Resembling fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fecket
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
feltlike
feltlike
adj
Resembling felt (the fabric).
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
ferntickle
ferntickled
fetichlike
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
fetlock
fetlock
noun
A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.
fetlocked
fetlocked
adj
(in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
Tied by the fetlock.
fetlocks
fetlocks
noun
plural of fetlock
fetterlock
fetterlock
noun
(heraldry) A shackle or lock.
ficklehearted
ficklest
ficklest
adj
superlative form of fickle: most fickle
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
fiddlestick
fiddlestick
intj
Dated form of fiddlesticks.
noun
A bow used to play the fiddle.
One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
fiddlesticks
fiddlesticks
intj
(euphemistic) Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
noun
plural of fiddlestick
filletlike
filletlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fillet.
finickiest
finickiest
adj
superlative form of finicky: most finicky
finkelstein
finnickiest
finnickiest
adj
superlative form of finnicky: most finnicky
fistlike
fistlike
adj
Resembling a fist (clenched hand).
fitzpatrick
flacket
flacket
noun
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flakelet
flakelet
noun
A small flake.
flakiest
flakiest
adj
superlative form of flaky: most flaky
flasket
flasket
noun
(dated) A vessel for serving food.
(dated, UK) A long, shallow basket with two handles.
flaskets
flaskets
noun
plural of flasket
flasklet
flasklet
noun
A small flask; a phial.
flatlick
flatterdock
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworks
fleckiest
flickertail
flickertail
noun
Nickname for the North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
flinkite
flinkite
Noun
A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
flintlike
flintlike
adj
Resembling flint; stony.
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
fliskiest
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).