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.
brookflower
cankerflower
cocklewife
cofferwork
cofferwork
noun
(masonry) rubblework faced with stone
coforeknown
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
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.
duckwife
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
fellowlike
fellowlike
adj
Like a comrade; companionable; on equal terms.
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
fenwick
ficklewise
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
firework
firework
noun
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
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
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flowerlike
flowerlike
adj
Resembling a flower, especially in shape
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
flowerwork
flowk
flowk
noun
Archaic form of fluke. (type of worm)
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
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.
footwork
footwork
noun
(uncountable, music) A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreknow
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
formwork
formwork
noun
(construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured
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.
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
forwork
forwork
verb
(archaic, transitive) To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
(archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
(archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.
(archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.
fowk
fowkes
fowlkes
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
fredericktown
fretwork
fretwork
noun
ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through
fretworked
fretworked
adj
Adorned with fretwork.
fretworks
fretworks
noun
plural of fretwork
frithwork
frostwork
frostwork
noun
Any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
Any pattern that resembles a frost formation.
fuckwit
fuckwit
noun
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A very stupid person.
funkstown
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
kalewife
kitchenwife
knifeway
kynewulf
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
lefkowitz
lifework
lifework
noun
The main occupation or vocation of a person's life.
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
maskflower
monkeyflower
monkeyflower
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mimulus.
monkflower
muskflower
muskflower
noun
The monkeyflower Erythranthe moschata.
nonforeknowledge
overfellowlike
rockafellow
schwarzkopf
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
showfolk
showfolk
noun
showpeople
silkflower
skewwhiff
skewwhiff
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff
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
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
swingknife
tewfik
tickfaw
townfolk
townfolk
noun
Synonym of townsfolk
townfolks
townfolks
noun
plural of townfolk
townsfolk
townsfolk
noun
The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
twinkleproof
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfellowlike
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unforeknown
unforeknown
adj
Not known in advance.
unfowllike
unwakeful
unwakeful
adj
Not wakeful.
unwakefully
unwakefulness
unwakefulness
noun
The property of being unwakeful.
unwifelike
unwifelike
adj
Not wifelike.
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