(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
albified
albified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albify
babyfied
babyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babyfy
backfall
backfall
noun
(music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
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.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backflap
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).
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.
backfold
bafflers
bafflers
noun
plural of baffler
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bailiffs
bailiffs
noun
plural of bailiff
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
balefire
balefire
noun
An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
bandfile
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
barcroft
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
basified
basified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of basify
basifier
basifier
noun
(chemistry) That which converts into a salifiable base.
basifies
basifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basify
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
batfowls
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beanfest
bearfoot
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
beaufert
beauford
beaufort
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
becafico
bedeafen
bedeafen
verb
(archaic) To deafen.
bedframe
bedframe
noun
The frame of a bed.
bedstaff
bedstaff
noun
(obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
beefalos
beefalos
noun
plural of beefalo
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beefhead
beefhead
noun
(US, slang) A Texan.
befallen
befallen
verb
past participle of befall
befamine
befanned
befavour
befleaed
befleaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflea
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
bergfall
bergfall
noun
The fall of a mountain rock.
betafite
betafite
noun
(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral in the pyrochlore group, having chemical formula (Ca,U)₂(Ti,Nb,Ta)₂O₆(OH).
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifanged
bifanged
adj
Having two fangs.
bifidate
bifidate
adj
bifid
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
birdfarm
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
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.
blaffert
blameful
blameful
adj
That imputes or conveys blame
blameworthy
blanford
blastful
blastoff
blastoff
noun
The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
bluefarb
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
bobfloat
bocstaff
boffolas
boffolas
noun
plural of boffola
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
bookfair
boufarik
bouffage
bouffage
noun
(rare) A satisfying meal
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
bowstaff
bradford
bradford
Proper noun
A city in West Yorkshire, England.
name derived from the surname, of mostly American usage.
braeface
brainfag
brandify
branford
breakoff
breakoff
noun
discontinuance (act of breaking off)
buffable
buffable
adj
Capable of being buffed.
buffalos
buffalos
noun
plural of buffalo
buffball
buffcoat
buffware
buffware
noun
Any pottery of a buff colour.
busulfan
busulfan
Noun
A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
defiable
defiable
adj
That can be defied.
fabaceae
fabiform
fabiform
adj
Shaped like a bean
fabiolas
fabledom
fabledom
noun
(qualified by the name of a subculture) The legends of a particular subculture.
All fables, collectively, and the worlds depicted in them.
Cultural beliefs that are not grounded in fact.
fableist
fableist
noun
Alternative form of fablist
fabliaux
fabliaux
noun
plural of fabliau
fabriane
fabriano
fabrique
fabronia
fabulate
fabulate
noun
(specifically) A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.
A folk story that is not entirely believable.
verb
(intransitive) To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
(intransitive, obsolete) To tell fables, to narrate with fables.
(transitive, archaic) To relate as or in the manner of a fable.
fabulist
fabulist
noun
(figurative) A liar.
A person who writes or tells fables.
fabulize
fabulize
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To make fabulous, improve.
To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.
fabulous
fabulous
adj
(obsolete) Known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.
(slang or euphemistic) Gay or pertaining to gay people.
(slang) Camp, effeminate.
(slang) Fashionable, glamorous.
(slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
Fictional or not believable; made up.
Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
faburden
faburden
noun
(music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
(music) A succession of chords of the sixth.
(obsolete) A refrain.
faceable
faceable
adj
Capable of being faced (in various senses).
factable
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
fairbank
fairbank
verb
(gambling, slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
fairborn
fairburn
fairbury
fairbury
Proper noun
A city in Illinois, USA.
A city in Nebraska, USA
faizabad
falbalas
falbalas
noun
plural of falbala
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.
fallible
fallible
adj
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
fallibly
fallibly
adv
In a fallible manner
faltboat
faltboat
noun
A kind of collapsible canoe.
farmable
farmable
adj
(of land) Suitable for farming.
fastback
fastback
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear
fastball
fastball
noun
(baseball) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers
(baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
fatbacks
fatbacks
noun
plural of fatback
fatbirds
fattable
faubourg
faubourg
noun
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
feaberry
feaberry
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A gooseberry.
fearable
fearable
adj
Capable of being feared.
fearbabe
feasible
feasible
adj
Able to be done in practice.
feasibly
feasibly
adv
In a feasible manner
february
feedable
feedable
adj
Capable of being fed (given as food).
Capable of being fed (given food).
feedback
feedback
noun
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
verb
(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.
feedbags
feedbags
noun
plural of feedbag
feelable
feelable
adj
Capable of being felt.
fellable
fellable
adj
Fit to be felled.
fendable
fibranne
fibranne
noun
A rayon fabric having some qualities of linen.
fibratus
fibratus
noun
a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations.
fibrilla
fibrilla
noun
A minute thread or fibre; a fibril.
fibromas
fibulare
fibulare
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.