The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
cankerflower
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fanwork
fanwork
noun
(architecture) Fan tracery.
A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
fastwalk
fawkener
fawkes
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworks
fliegerabwehrkanone
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
forebackwardly
foreknowable
foreknowable
adj
That may be known in advance.
foreknowableness
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
forwalk
forwalk
verb
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
frankewing
franklintown
franktown
kalewife
knifeway
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
maskflower
rockafellow
schwarzkopf
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
snakeflower
snowflake
snowflake
noun
(historical) Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)
(ophthalmology) A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
(slang, derogatory) Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
(slang, derogatory, chiefly alt-right) Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
(slang, usually derogatory) A Caucasian person.
A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
Something that is unique in every presentation.
The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
verb
(computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
snowflakes
snowflakes
noun
plural of snowflake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snowflake
strawfork
tickfaw
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unwakeful
unwakeful
adj
Not wakeful.
unwakefully
unwakefulness
unwakefulness
noun
The property of being unwakeful.
waferlike
waferlike
adj
Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
wafermaker
wafermaking
waferwork
wafflike
wakefield
wakefield
noun
(physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator
wakeful
wakeful
adj
Awake; not sleeping.
Sleepless.
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
wakefully
wakefully
adv
In a wakeful manner.
wakefulness
wakefulness
noun
The state of being wakeful.
wakefulnesses
wakefulnesses
noun
plural of wakefulness
wakerife
wakerifeness
wakf
wakf
noun
Alternative spelling of waqf
wakif
wakif
noun
Alternative form of waqif
wakwafi
walkrife
waukrife
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
weakfishes
weakfishes
noun
plural of weakfish
weogufka
wheatflakes
wheatflakes
noun
plural of wheatflake
womanfolk
workfare
workfare
noun
(US) A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid