A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
bullfrog
bullfrog
noun
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
bungfull
caffling
cagefuls
cagefuls
noun
plural of cageful
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
clangful
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
cliffing
cliffing
noun
The formation of cliffs.
coffling
coffling
verb
present participle of coffle
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
daffling
defiling
defiling
verb
present participle of defile
dirgeful
dirgeful
adj
funereal
having the qualities of a dirge; moaning
dodgeful
dodgeful
adj
Full of dodges or tricks; shifty, evasive.
effigial
effigial
adj
Relating to an effigy.
effulged
effulged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of effulge
effulges
effulges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effulge
engulfed
engulfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of engulf
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
failings
failings
noun
plural of failing
fairling
fairling
noun
(archaic) A fairing; a present brought from a fair.
fallings
fallings
noun
plural of falling
fanagalo
fanagalo
Proper noun
A pidgin language based primarily on Zulu, spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.
fangless
fangless
adj
Without fangs.
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
farleigh
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faultage
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
feebling
feebling
noun
A feeble person.
verb
present participle of feeble
feelings
feelings
noun
plural of feeling
feingold
fellagha
fellagha
noun
(historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
feltings
feltings
noun
plural of felting
fenagled
fenagled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fenagle
fenagler
fenagles
fenagles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fenagle
ferlying
ferngale
feruling
feruling
noun
Punishment with a ferule.
verb
present participle of ferule
fetology
fetology
noun
The scientific study of fetuses.
fettling
fettling
noun
(gerund, UK) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
(gerund, UK) Repairing; mending; sorting.
(gerund, UK) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
verb
present participle of fettle
fiddling
fiddling
adj
Of petty or trivial importance; footling
noun
action of the verb to fiddle
verb
present participle of fiddle
fiedling
fielding
fielding
noun
(sports) The role of a fielder.
The act of one who fields.
verb
present participle of field
figshell
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
figuline
figuline
adj
(of clay) Suitable for making pottery; fictile.
Made of clay, as by the potter; said of vessels, ornamental figures, etc.
noun
A piece of pottery decorated with representations of natural objects.
figurial
figurial
adj
Represented by figure or delineation.
filagree
filagree
noun
Alternative form of filigree
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
fileting
fileting
verb
present participle of filet
filibegs
filibegs
noun
plural of filibeg
filigera
filigree
filigree
noun
A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
verb
(transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.
fillebeg
fillings
fillings
noun
plural of filling
filmgoer
filmgoer
noun
(chiefly Britain) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filmogen
finagled
finagled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finagle
finagler
finagler
noun
A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
finagles
finagles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle
firbolgs
fireling
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
fishling
fishling
noun
A small or young fish; fry.
fiveling
fiveling
noun
A twin crystal formed from five individuals
fizzling
fizzling
noun
The sound of something that fizzles.
verb
present participle of fizzle
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flagarie
flagboat
flagella
flagella
noun
plural of flagellum
flagfall
flagfall
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A fixed fare charged at the beginning of a taxi ride
(horse racing) The start of a horse race
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggers
flaggers
noun
plural of flagger
flaggery
flaggier
flaggier
adj
comparative form of flaggy: more flaggy
flaggily
flaggily
adv
In a flaggy manner.
flagging
flagging
adj
Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling.
noun
(television) The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
The process by which something flags or tires.
Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
verb
present participle of flag
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flagleaf
flagless
flagless
adj
Without a flag.
flaglike
flaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
flagonet
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagrate
flagrate
verb
(obsolete) To burn.
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flagstad
flagtown
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flailing
flailing
noun
A flailing action or motion.
verb
present participle of flail
flambage
flamberg
flamberg
noun
Alternative spelling of flamberge
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flamming
flamming
verb
present participle of flam
flanagan
flangers
flangers
noun
plural of flanger
flanging
flanging
noun
(architecture) A flange.
(music) A time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
flanigan
flanking
flanking
verb
present participle of flank
flanning
flanning
noun
(architecture) The internal flare of a window jamb, or of a fireplace; an embrasure; coving.
verb
present participle of flan
flapping
flapping
adj
that flaps or flap
noun
(computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
(phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
(uncountable) The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
An instance where one flaps.
verb
present participle of flap
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
flaughts
fleabags
fleabags
noun
plural of fleabag
fleabugs
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
fledgier
fledging
fledging
verb
present participle of fledge
fleecing
fleecing
noun
A confidence trick.
verb
present participle of fleece
fleering
fleering
noun
(obsolete) scorn; derision
verb
present participle of fleer
fleeting
fleeting
adj
Passing quickly; of short duration.
verb
present participle of fleet
fleishig
fleishig
adj
Alternative form of fleischig
flemings
flemming
flensing
flensing
noun
The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
verb
present participle of flense
fleshing
fleshing
verb
present participle of flesh
flexagon
flexagon
noun
(geometry) A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flighted
flighted
adj
(of birds) Capable of flight.
Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flight
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
flingers
flingers
noun
plural of flinger
flinging
flinging
noun
The act by which something is flung.
verb
present participle of fling
flinting
flinting
noun
The act of making a flint tool.
verb
present participle of flint
flipping
flipping
adj
A mild intensifier.
adv
(euphemistic, chiefly Britain) Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
noun
The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
verb
present participle of flip
flirting
flirting
noun
A flirtation.
verb
present participle of flirt
flitting
flitting
adj
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
verb
present participle of flit
floatage
floatage
noun
Alternative form of flotage
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
floccing
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
floeberg
floeberg
noun
An accumulation of ice floes resembling an iceberg.
floggers
floggers
noun
plural of flogger
flogging
flogging
noun
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
verb
present participle of flog
flogster
flogster
noun
(slang, archaic) One who flogs or beats.
floodage
floodage
noun
flooding; inundation
flooding
flooding
noun
(psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
verb
present participle of flood
floorage
floorage
noun
floorspace
flooring
flooring
noun
(sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.