(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
bailiffry
baldfaced
baldfaced
adj
Alternative form of bald-faced
balefires
balefires
noun
plural of balefire
balefully
balefully
adv
In a baleful, ominous manner.
ballfield
ballfield
noun
Baseball playing field.
ballproof
ballproof
adj
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms; bulletproof.
bandfiled
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
barrelful
barrelful
noun
As much as a barrel will hold.
barrowful
barrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barrow
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
basifugal
basifugal
adj
(botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
bassfield
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
battleful
battleful
adj
Full of battles or conflicts.
beadflush
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
beefaloes
befalling
befalling
adj
(archaic) Appertaining; appropriate; fitting.
noun
A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
verb
present participle of befall
beflagged
beflagged
adj
Decorated or hung with a flag or flags.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beflag
beflannel
beflatter
beflatter
verb
(transitive) To flatter greatly or excessively.
befleaing
befleaing
verb
present participle of beflea
belafonte
belfather
bifilarly
bifilarly
adv
In a bifilar manner.
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
birchleaf
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
blackface
blackface
noun
(countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed.
(uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to portray a black person.
blackfeet
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfire
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blandford
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blindfast
bloodleaf
bloodleaf
noun
A plant of the genus Iresine that has colored leaves.
bluffable
bluffable
adj
Capable of being bluffed.
bluffdale
boatfalls
boldfaced
boldfaced
adj
(typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
Impudent, brazen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boldface (to print or write in a bold manner)
boldfaces
boldfaces
noun
plural of boldface
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boldface
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
braunfels
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
breastful
breastful
noun
The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
broadleaf
broadleaf
adj
Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.
Used in the name of a plant or tree: having especially broad leaves.
noun
A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica.
A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars.
buffaloed
buffaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buffalo
buffaloes
buffaloes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buffalo
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bullfeast
bullfeast
noun
(obsolete) A bullfight.
busulfans
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
corflambo
debateful
debateful
adj
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
deferable
deferable
adj
Alternative form of deferrable
defilable
defilable
adj
Capable of being defiled.
definable
definable
adj
Able to be defined.
Many words are definable by using other words.
definably
definably
adv
In a definable manner; identifiably.
diabolify
diabolify
verb
(transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
draftable
draftable
adj
Capable of being drafted.
fableland
fabulists
fabulists
noun
plural of fabulist
fahlbands
fahlbands
noun
plural of fahlband
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fallbrook
fallsburg
faltboats
faltboats
noun
plural of faltboat
fanciable
fanciable
adj
(UK, informal) Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
(dated) Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed).
faribault
faribault
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
fastballs
fastballs
noun
plural of fastball
fatigable
fatigable
adj
Susceptible to fatigue; able to become physically exhausted.
favorable
favorable
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourable
favorably
favorably
adv
In a favorable manner.
febricula
febricula
noun
A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.
fiberglas
fiberglas
noun
Dated form of fiberglass.
fibrillae
fibrillae
noun
plural of fibrilla
fibrillar
fibrillar
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to fibrils.
Having the characteristics of fibrils.
fibroglia
fibroglia
noun
fibrils on the surface of fibroblasts
fibularia
fibularia
noun
plural of fibulare
fieldball
fieldball
noun
A version of handball played by a team of up to eleven players outdoors.
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
figurable
figurable
adj
Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
filtrable
filtrable
adj
Alternative form of filterable
fimbrilla
fireballs
fireballs
noun
plural of fireball
flabbella
flabbiest
flabbiest
adj
superlative form of flabby: most flabby
flabellum
flabellum
noun
(botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.
A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
flambeaus
flambeaux
flambeaux
noun
plural of flambeau
flambeing
flambeing
verb
present participle of flambe
flamberge
flamberge
noun
(weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.
flamboyer
flamboyer
noun
(archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.
flammable
flammable
adj
Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
Easily set on fire.
Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
noun
Any flammable substance.
flammably
flammably
adv
In a flammable manner.
flappable
flappable
adj
(informal) Capable of becoming flustered or upset.
flareback
flareback
noun
A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction.
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flatboats
flatboats
noun
plural of flatboat
flatbread
flatbread
noun
A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
flaxboard
fleabanes
fleabanes
noun
plural of fleabane
fleabites
fleabites
noun
plural of fleabite
flirtable
flirtable
adj
Suitable for flirting with.
floatable
floatable
adj
That may be floated.
noun
(usually in the plural) Anything that floats.
floggable
floggable
adj
Able to be flogged.
For which a person can be flogged.
floodable
floodable
adj
able to be flooded
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
focusable
focusable
adj
(graphical user interface) Able to receive the input focus.
Capable of being focused.
foldboats
foldboats
noun
plural of foldboat
footballs
footballs
noun
plural of football
forbidals
forbiddal
forbiddal
noun
(archaic) The act of forbidding something.
forceable
forceable
adj
Obsolete form of forcible (“able to be forced”).
forgeable
forgeable
adj
(metallurgy) That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure).
(of signatures, money, etc.) That can be forged (counterfeited).
fractable
fractable
noun
(architecture) A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line.
frameable
frameable
adj
Able to be framed or presented in a certain way.
Suitable for framing.
frangible
frangible
adj
Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
noun
Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.
frankable
frankable
adj
(Australia, finance) Eligible for franking, a system of tax credit.
Eligible for franking (free postage).
freezable
freezable
adj
Capable of being frozen; especially capable of use after subsequent thawing.
noun
Any food item that can be frozen.
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
funambule
funambulo
funebrial
funebrial
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
futurable
futurable
adj
Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible.