The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
bailiffship
bailiffship
noun
The role or status of a bailiff.
bailiffships
bailiffships
noun
plural of bailiffship
balloonfish
balloonfish
noun
The pufferfish; blowfish
balloonfishes
balloonfishes
noun
plural of balloonfish
barrelfish
barrelfish
noun
The black rudderfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis
barrelfishes
barrelfishes
noun
plural of barrelfish
bashful
bashful
adj
Indicating bashfulness.
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
beadflush
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
buffalofish
buffalofishes
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bumbailiffship
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
enfranchisable
enfranchisable
adj
Able to be enfranchised.
fahlbands
fahlbands
noun
plural of fahlband
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fashionable
fashionable
adj
(archaic) genteel; well-bred
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
noun
A fashionable person; a fop.
fashionableness
fashionableness
noun
The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
fashionables
fashionables
noun
plural of fashionable
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
feebleheartedness
fibrochondrosteal
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
fishability
fishability
noun
The quality or degree of being fishable.
fishable
fishable
adj
(of a lake, pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
(of a species of fish) Able to be fished legally
(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
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.
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashboards
flashboards
noun
plural of flashboard
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashbulbs
flashbulbs
noun
plural of flashbulb
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashcubes
flashcubes
noun
plural of flashcube
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
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.
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
husbandfield
infashionable
infashionable
adj
Obsolete form of unfashionable.
ischiofibular
ischiofibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ischium and fibula.
nonfashionable
nonfashionable
Adjective
Not fashionable.
nonfashionableness
nonfashionably
overbashful
overbashful
adj
Excessively bashful.
overbashfully
overbashfulness
overbashfulness
noun
Excessive bashfulness.
sablefish
sablefish
noun
A dark-coloured marine fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
sablefishes
sablefishes
noun
plural of sablefish
shelfback
shiftability
shiftable
shiftable
adj
That can be shifted
shuffleboard
shuffleboard
noun
(countable) The long, narrow board on which this game is played.
(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
shuffleboards
shuffleboards
noun
plural of shuffleboard
subtrochleariform
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
ultrafashionable
ultrafashionable
adj
Extremely fashionable.
unbashful
unbashful
adj
Not bashful.
unbashfully
unbashfully
adv
In an unbashful manner.
unbashfulness
unbashfulness
noun
The quality of being unbashful.
unfashionable
unfashionable
adj
(obsolete) That cannot be fashioned; unshapely, distorted.