To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
deptford
disproof
disproof
Noun
A refutation.
dogproof
dogproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to damage caused by dogs.
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
fairhope
fairport
felapton
filipino
fireplow
firestop
firestop
noun
(construction) A fire block.
(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
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.
flapdock
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flattops
flattops
noun
plural of flattop
flaxdrop
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
flipflop
flipflop
noun
Alternative form of flip-flop
floperoo
flopover
flopover
noun
(television) A form of television signal distortion where the displayed image appears to scroll vertically rather than remaining still.
floppers
floppers
noun
plural of flopper
floppier
floppier
adj
comparative form of floppy: more floppy
floppies
floppies
noun
plural of floppy
floppily
floppily
adv
In a floppy manner.
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flyproof
flyproof
adj
Resistant to flies (the insect).
fogproof
fogproof
adj
Resistant to fogging up.
followup
followup
noun
Alternative spelling of follow-up
foolscap
foolscap
noun
(more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
Alternative form of fool's cap
Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
foolship
foolship
noun
(often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
footgrip
footpace
footpace
noun
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
A walking pace or step.
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
footpath
footpath
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
footpick
footrope
footrope
noun
(nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
(nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
footstep
footstep
noun
(obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
A step, as in a stair.
By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
The act of taking a step.
The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
The sound made by walking, running etc.
fopperly
forceput
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
forcipes
foredeep
foredeep
noun
(geology) A depression, on a seafloor next to an orogen, that is filled with sediment.
foreflap
foreloop
forepale
forepart
forepart
noun
The front or anterior part of something.
forepass
forepast
forepast
adj
(obsolete) That has passed; bygone.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
foreplan
foreplan
noun
A plan, device, or strategy created in advance.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To devise beforehand.
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foreplot
forepole
forepost
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
forestep
forestep
noun
an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
foretops
foretops
noun
plural of foretop
foretype
foretype
noun
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
verb
(transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand
foreweep
foreweep
verb
(obsolete) To weep before; usher in with weeping.
forpined
forpined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
forprise
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspend
forspend
verb
(transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
forspent
forspent
adj
(archaic, poetic) exhausted
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
foxproof
foxproof
adj
Resistant to the predations of foxes.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to the predations of foxes.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fusspot
gasproof
gasproof
adj
Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow gas in.
gulfport
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
joyproof
jumpoffs
jumpoffs
noun
plural of jumpoff
kopfring
lawproof
leapfrog
leapfrog
noun
(chiefly Britain, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
verb
(intransitive) To progress.
(transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
(transitive) To overtake.
(transitive, chiefly Britain, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
lieproof
lifedrop
lupiform
lupiform
adj
Resembling lupus.
mobproof
mobproof
adj
Resistant to incursion by a mob.
mudproof
mudproof
adj
Resistant to mud.
napiform
napiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
offprint
offprint
noun
A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication.
verb
(transitive) To reprint as an excerpt.
offramps
offramps
noun
plural of offramp: alternative spelling of off-ramps
offscape
offscape
noun
(now rare) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.
oilproof
oilproof
adj
Resistant to oil.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to oil.
opificer
opificer
noun
(obsolete) A person who creates or makes something.
opsonify
opsonify
verb
Synonym of opsonize
overflap
overpuff
pacifico
pacifico
noun
(historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
pandolfi
panofsky
pantofle
pantofle
noun
(archaic, historical) A slipper.
parafoil
parafoil
noun
A parachute, kite or glider with an aerofoil-shaped fabric canopy or wing.
The wing or sail of such an apparatus.
paraform
paraform
noun
Synonym of paraformaldehyde
parfocal
parfocal
adj
Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perform
pettifog
pettifog
verb
To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
pettyfog
pettyfog
verb
Alternative form of pettifog
photofit
photofit
noun
An image of a person constructed out of bits of photographs of other people; a facial composite.
piciform
piciform
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to Piciformes
pickford
pickfork
pickoffs
pickoffs
noun
plural of pickoff
piedfort
piedfort
noun
An unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins.
pieforts
pieforts
noun
plural of piefort
piliform
piliform
adj
Resembling hair
pinafore
pinafore
noun
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
pinfolds
pinfolds
noun
plural of pinfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinfold
piniform
piniform
adj
Having the shape of or resembling a pine cone.
pinproof
piriform
piriform
adj
Alternative form of pyriform.
pisiform
pisiform
adj
Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape
noun
A small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus
plafonds
plafonds
noun
plural of plafond
planform
planform
noun
(aviation) The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.
platform
platform
noun
(Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.
(Myanmar) sidewalk
(automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.
(computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
(figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
(figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
(geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
(nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
(rail transport) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
verb
(film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
(obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
(politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
(rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.
(transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
(transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
playfolk
playoffs
playoffs
noun
plural of playoff
pliofilm
plowfish
plowfoot
pointful
pointful
adj
Having a point; not pointless.
Having real substance; apposite, pertinent.
poltfoot
poltfoot
noun
Alternative form of polt foot
polyfoil
polyfoil
noun
(architecture) Multifoil.
polyfold
polyfold
adj
(physics) Having the same total and azimuthal quantum numbers, similar energy values, but different inner quantum numbers.
Having multiple folds.
Having multiple parts or aspects.
noun
(mathematics) A metrizable space together with an equivalence class of sc-smooth structures.
pomfrest
pomfrets
pomfrets
noun
plural of pomfret
pomiform
pomiform
adj
apple-shaped
pondfish
pondfish
noun
Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.