(in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
(law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
(obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
(obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
A storm of short duration.
A sudden burst of noise and disorder
A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
verb
(intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
(transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
flew
flew
adj
(UK, dialect) shallow; flat
noun
(chiefly plural) The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine equivalent of the upper lip.
verb
simple past tense of fly
flow
flow
noun
(Scotland) A morass or marsh.
(mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
(psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
(rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
(software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
Smoothness or continuity.
The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
The emission of blood during menstruation.
The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
The rising movement of the tide.
verb
(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
(intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
(transitive) To allow (a liquid) to flow.
(transitive) To cover with varnish.
(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
(transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
fowl
fowl
adj
(obsolete) foul
noun
(archaic) A bird.
A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans, together forming the clade Galloanserae.
verb
To hunt fowl.
welf
wolf
wolf
noun
(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
A wolf spider.
Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.
(intransitive, slang) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.