(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
befleck
befleck
verb
(poetic) to cover with small spots or flecks
bifteck
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
brufsky
bukeyef
chkfile
confisk
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
elflike
elflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an elf.
elflock
elflock
noun
(now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
fackler
fadlike
fadlike
Adjective
Having characteristics of a fad.
fakeers
fakeers
noun
plural of fakeer
falkirk
falkirk
Proper noun
A town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in
A unitary council area in Scotland, and previously a local government district in Region (1975-1996).
falkner
fanback
fanback
noun
(often attributive) A kind of chair whose back has a number of vertical elements that spread out like a fan.
fanlike
fanlike
adj
Resembling a fan (hand-held cooling device).
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.
farsakh
farsakh
noun
parasang
fartlek
fartlek
noun
An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout.
fatback
fatback
noun
(US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
A fish, the menhaden.
fatcake
fatlike
fatlike
adj
Resembling fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
feaking
feaking
verb
present participle of feak (alternative form of feaguing).
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
finikin
finikin
adj
(dated) Excessively dainty or fastidious.
noun
Alternative form of finnikin
finking
finking
verb
present participle of fink
finlike
finlike
adj
Resembling a fin, especially in shape.
finmark
finnack
finnick
firbank
firking
firking
verb
present participle of firk
firkins
firkins
noun
plural of firkin
flacked
flacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flack
flacker
flacker
verb
(intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.
(intransitive) To flutter like a bird.
flacket
flacket
noun
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
flakage
flakage
noun
(archaeology) The presence of flaking in an artifact.
flakers
flakers
noun
plural of flaker
flakier
flakier
adj
comparative form of flaky: more flaky
flakily
flakily
adv
In a flaky way.
flaking
flaking
adj
Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
noun
A piece of flaked material.
verb
present participle of flake
flanked
flanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flank
flanken
flanken
noun
A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone
flanker
flanker
noun
(American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
(military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
(rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
verb
(obsolete) To attack sideways.
(obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.
flasker
flasker
noun
(historical) A whisky smuggler.
flasket
flasket
noun
(dated) A vessel for serving food.
(dated, UK) A long, shallow basket with two handles.
flecked
flecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleck
flecken
flecker
flecker
verb
(transitive) To fleck; to speckle.
flicked
flicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flick
flicker
flicker
noun
(US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
(figurative) A short moment.
An unsteady flash of light.
One who flicks.
verb
(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
(transitive, intransitive) To flutter or flap.
flisked
flisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flisk
flocked
flocked
adj
(of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
(of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
(of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flock
flocker
flocker
noun
One who or that which flocks; a bird species that forms flocks.
flokati
flokati
noun
A handwoven woolen rug with a thick pile.
flokite
flookan
flukier
flukier
adj
comparative form of fluky: more fluky
flukily
flukily
adv
In a fluky way; with unexpected luck.
fluking
fluking
verb
present participle of fluke
flunked
flunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flunk
flunker
flunker
noun
(slang, Canada, US) Someone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
flunkey
flunkey
noun
(US, finance, slang) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.
(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.
flusker
flyback
flyback
noun
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
flybook
flybook
noun
(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
foelike
foelike
adj
Of, like, or characteristic of a foe or enemy; adversarial.
fogbank
fogbank
noun
A bank of fog.
folkies
folkies
noun
plural of folkie
folkish
folkish
adj
(music) In the style of folk music.
(religion, Germanic paganism) Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
(religion, Germanic paganism, especially in white supremacy and Nazism) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences.
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
folkmot
folksay
folksey
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
fondouk
fondouk
noun
Alternative spelling of fonduk
foraker
forkers
forkers
noun
plural of forker
forkful
forkful
noun
The amount that a fork will hold.
forkier
forking
forking
noun
division into forks
verb
present participle of fork
forkman
forkmen
forsake
forsake
verb
(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To decline or refuse (something offered).
forseek
forseek
verb
(transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
forsook
forsook
verb
simple past tense of forsake
fortake
fortake
verb
(transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire 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.
fosdick
foskett
fossick
fossick
verb
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search for something; to rummage.
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out.
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface or in abandoned workings.
(intransitive, British dialect) To be troublesome.
fowlkes
foxlike
foxlike
adj
Like a fox.
foxskin
foxskin
noun
The pelt of a fox.
fraktur
fraktur
noun
(US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.
(typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries.
franked
franked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frank
frankel
franker
franker
adj
comparative form of frank: more frank
noun
Somebody or something which franks.
frankie
frankie
noun
An Indian snack resembling a burrito.
frankly
frankly
adv
(sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident.
(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.
In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.
freaked
freaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freak
frecked
frecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freck
frecken
frecket
freckle
freckle
noun
(Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
(Australia, slang) The anus.
A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
Any small spot or discoloration.
verb
(intransitive) To become covered with freckles.
(transitive) To cover with freckles.
freckly
freckly
adj
Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
adv
(obsolete) hurriedly
boldly; eagerly.
fredkin
fredrik
frickle
frickle
noun
(Canada, US) A snack food consisting of a fried pickle.
(obsolete) A bushel basket.
frisked
frisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frisk
frisker
frisker
noun
(archaic) A wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
One who frisks or dances.
frisket
frisket
noun
(printing) A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask.
friskin
friskle
friszka
frocked
frocked
adj
Dressed in a frock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frock
frolick
frolick
adj
Archaic form of frolic.
frsiket
fuckers
fuckers
noun
plural of fucker
fucking
fucking
adj
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
(vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
adv
(vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.
infix
(vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word inflix is put between two words
noun
(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
(vulgar, figuratively) An act of mistreatment.
verb
present participle of fuck
fuckups
fuckups
noun
plural of fuckup
fuckwit
fuckwit
noun
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A very stupid person.
fukuoka
fukuoka
Proper noun
The capital city of Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.
funduck
funkers
funkers
noun
plural of funker
funkias
funkias
noun
plural of funkia
funkier
funkier
adj
comparative form of funky: more funky
funking
funking
verb
present participle of funk
furmark
fussock
fussock
noun
(archaic) A fat woman.
futhark
futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
futhork
futhork
noun
Alternative spelling of futhorc
futtock
futtock
noun
(nautical) Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.