(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterreckoning
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
aktiengesellschaft
backfall
backfall
noun
(music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfield
backfield
noun
(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.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfill
backfill
noun
(US) Reserve support personnel.
(US) That which backfills; a replacement.
(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfilling
backfilling
noun
The process by which something is backfilled.
verb
present participle of backfill
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
backflap
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.
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfold
backframe
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backoff
backoff
noun
(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.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backspacefile
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
beefcake
beefcake
noun
(informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef, cake.
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
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
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfigured
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
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.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
cankerflower
cankerfret
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chayefsky
chefornak
chuckfarthing
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clarkfield
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
coffeecake
coffeecake
noun
Alternative form of coffee cake
coffeecakes
coffeecakes
noun
plural of coffeecake
coffeemaker
coffeemaker
noun
(obsolete) A person who makes coffee.
Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
coffeemakers
coffeemakers
noun
plural of coffeemaker
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
confervalike
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crakefeet
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
draffsack
ecofreak
ecofreak
noun
(informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
facemaker
facemaking
facemark
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fack
fack
noun
(UK dialectal) One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
verb
(UK, Cockney, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck.
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
fackings
fackins
fackins
noun
(obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
fackler
facks
facks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fack
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
fallback
fallback
adj
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
noun
(construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating, in a relatively closed container.
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
An act of falling back.
Pulverised material that falls back to earth after a nuclear explosion; fallout.
verb
Misspelling of fall back.
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fanback
fanback
noun
(often attributive) A kind of chair whose back has a number of vertical elements that spread out like a fan.
fancysick
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fanechka
fantasiestck
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fastback
fastback
noun
A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
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.
fatbacks
fatbacks
noun
plural of fatback
fatcake
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
feedback
feedback
noun
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
verb
(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
fernambuck
ficklehearted
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
finback
finback
noun
A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale.
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finchbacked
finnack
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
firecracker
firecracker
noun
A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
A person or thing that is exciting and/or unpredictable.
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
firecrackers
firecrackers
noun
plural of firecracker
fishback
fishyback
fishybacking
fitzpatrick
flack
flack
noun
(Canada, US) A publicist, a publicity agent.
Alternative spelling of flak.
verb
(Canada, US) To publicise, to promote.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
(intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.
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.
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flacket
flacket
noun
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flacks
flacks
noun
plural of flack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flack
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flapcake
flapcake
noun
(US) flapjack; pancake
flapdock
flapjack
flapjack
noun
(Britain) A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
(US) A pancake.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
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.