Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkalifies
alkalifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alkalify
alkalify
alkalify
verb
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
alkalifying
alkalifying
verb
present participle of alkalify
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
almsfolk
almsfolk
noun
(archaic) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
aufklarung
aufklrung
auldfarrantlike
backfall
backfall
noun
(music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfilling
backfilling
noun
The process by which something is backfilled.
verb
present participle of backfill
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflap
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backflow
backflow
noun
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
backfold
backspacefile
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
befleck
befleck
verb
(poetic) to cover with small spots or flecks
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
beflecks
beflecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befleck
befreckle
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfigured
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
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
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bondfolk
bookfold
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bookfuls
booklift
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookshelfs
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
brookfield
brookflower
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
buckfield
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
cankerflower
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
chkfil
chkfile
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chockfull
chuckfull
cityfolk
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clarkfield
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cocklewife
cockloft
cockloft
noun
A small attic or garret
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
confervalike
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
defalk
defalk
verb
(archaic) To reduce by deducting a part, especially when used in a financial sense.
(obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
dislikeful
dislikeful
adj
(obsolete) Unpleasant; disagreeable.
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
distelfinks
distelfinks
noun
plural of distelfink
drakefly
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
elfenfolk
elfenfolk
noun
Alternative form of elvenfolk
elfkin
elfkin
noun
A little elf.
elflike
elflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an elf.
elflock
elflock
noun
(now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.
elflocks
elflocks
noun
plural of elflock
faailk
fablemaker
fablemaker
noun
One who invents fables.
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
fackler
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
fadlike
fadlike
Adjective
Having characteristics of a fad.
fairlike
fairlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
falanaka
falanaka
noun
Archaic form of falanouc.
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
falk
falk
noun
(UK, dialect) The razorbill.
falkenhayn
falkirk
falkirk
Proper noun
A town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in
A unitary council area in Scotland, and previously a local government district in Region (1975-1996).
falkland
falkland
Proper noun
the
a village and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
falkner
falkville
fallback
fallback
adj
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
noun
(construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
An act of falling back.
Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.
verb
Misspelling of fall back.
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fallbrook
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.