(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chuckfarthing
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
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
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
confervalike
confisk
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
crookfingered
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
enkerchief
facemaking
fackings
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
fancysick
fantasiestck
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
fenwick
fernsick
ferntickle
ferntickled
ferronickel
ferronickel
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
fickleness
fickleness
noun
The quality of being fickle.
ficklenesses
ficklenesses
noun
plural of fickleness
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
finback
finback
noun
A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finchbacked
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
finnack
finnick
finnickier
finnickier
adj
comparative form of finnicky: more finnicky
finnickiest
finnickiest
adj
superlative form of finnicky: most finnicky
finnicking
finnicky
finnicky
adj
Alternative form of finicky
fishybacking
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
fleckiness
fleckiness
noun
The quality of being flecky.
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
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
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
franciscka
franciska
franciskus
francklin
frankeniaceae
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
frankincense
frankincense
noun
A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
freckliness
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
fredericktown
fredrickson
frenchlick
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
fucking
fucking
adj
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
(vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
adv
(vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.
infix
(vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word inflix is put between two words
noun
(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
(vulgar, figuratively) An act of mistreatment.
verb
present participle of fuck
funfkirchen
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handkerchiefs
intertrafficked
intertrafficking
jackassification
jackassification
noun
(nonce word) The condition or process of being or becoming a jackass (stupid person).
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jackknifing
jackknifing
verb
present participle of jackknife
jacknifed
jacknifing
kenefic
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenwife
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
kupfernickel
kupfernickel
noun
(archaic) cupronickel
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
metchnikoff
neckerchief
neckerchief
noun
A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
pecksniffery
pecksniffery
Noun
unctuous, hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour
pecksniffian
pecksniffian
adj
Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
pecksniffianism
pecksniffism
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pocketknife
pocketknife
noun
A knife with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into its handle, and of a size small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket. Since the late 19th century the term "penknife" has not been distinct from "pocketknife", but the latter tends to refer to larger and more robust versions, sometimes with more attached tools, suited to heavier duty for casual or ad hoc applications outdoors or in workshops.
pumpkinification
pumpkinification
noun
The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
safecracking
safecracking
noun
The act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
scarfskin
scarfskin
noun
(archaic) The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, especially that which forms the cuticle of a nail.
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scoffingstock
sicknessproof
skinflick
skinflick
noun
(slang) A pornographic movie.
stiffneck
stiffneckedly
stiffneckedness
stiffneckedness
noun
Alternative form of stiff-neckedness
tackifying
tackifying
verb
present participle of tackify
trafficking
trafficking
noun
(biochemistry) The movement of an enzyme (or other protein) through tissue.
Clipping of arms trafficking: the smuggling of illegal arms.
Clipping of drug trafficking: the distribution of illegal drugs.
Clipping of human trafficking.
verb
present participle of traffic
present participle of traffick
tscheffkinite
tscheffkinite
noun
a complex silicate mineral of calcium, cerium, thorium, iron, magnesium and titanium
turkification
turkification
Noun
assimilation into the various historical Turkic states and cultures, such as the Ottoman Empire