A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
fingerflower
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
fliegerabwehrkanone
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flowing
flowing
adj
Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
Tending to flow.
noun
The action of the verb to flow
verb
present participle of flow
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
flyblowing
flyblowing
verb
present participle of flyblow
following
following
adj
(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
About to be specified.
Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
noun
(with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
Vocation; business; profession.
prep
After, subsequent to.
verb
present participle of follow
followingly
followingly
adv
accordingly
as follows
subsequently, consequently
followings
followings
noun
plural of following
foreknowing
foreknowing
noun
foreknowledge
verb
present participle of foreknow
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forewinning
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forwarding
forwarding
noun
The act by which something is forwarded.
verb
present participle of forward
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
fowliang
fowling
fowling
noun
A session of hunting fowl.
verb
present participle of fowl
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
fringeflower
frowning
frowning
noun
The act of giving a frown.
verb
present participle of frown
frowningly
frowningly
adv
While or as if frowning
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
fruitgrowing
fruitgrowing
noun
The commercial growing of fruit.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furrowing
furrowing
noun
A furrowed pattern.
verb
present participle of furrow
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
glowflies
goodwife
goodwife
noun
(obsolete) A female head of a household.
(obsolete) A title of respect for a woman.
hingeflower
howfing
inflowering
inflowing
inflowing
adj
Flowing in or inward.
noun
gerund of inflow: the act or process of flowing in; an inflow.
verb
present participle of inflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
nightfowl
nonflowering
nonflowering
adj
(biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
nonflowing
nonflowing
adj
That does not flow.
nonfollowing
onflowing
onflowing
adj
flowing onward
outfawning
outfawning
verb
present participle of outfawn
outflowing
outflowing
adj
flowing out
noun
The act of something flowing out.
outfrowning
outfrowning
verb
present participle of outfrown
overflowing
overflowing
noun
overflow
verb
present participle of overflow
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overflowingness
overflowingness
noun
Quality of being overflowing; exuberance.
pigflower
preflowering
preflowering
adj
(botany) Prior to flowering
reflowering
reflowering
noun
The process of flowering again.
verb
present participle of reflower
reflowing
reflowing
noun
A flowing again or back.
verb
present participle of reflow
roupingwife
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
snowflight
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
tigerflower
townfaring
townifying
underflowing
underflowing
verb
present participle of underflow
unflowering
unflowering
adj
Not flowering; that does not produce flowers.
unflowing
unflowing
adj
Not flowing.
unfollowing
unfollowing
verb
present participle of unfollow
unfrowning
unfrowning
adj
Not frowning.
unoverflowing
unoverflowing
adj
Not overflowing.
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
upflowing
upflowing
verb
present participle of upflow
wallingford
warningproof
waterfowling
waterfowling
noun
The sport of hunting waterfowl.
waterproofing
waterproofing
noun
A waterproof material.
The treatment of something to make it waterproof.
verb
present participle of waterproof
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
whiggification
whiggification
noun
The process or result of whiggifying.
whoofing
whoofing
verb
present participle of whoof
wildfowling
wildfowling
verb
present participle of wildfowl
wildfowlings
woffington
wolfing
wolfing
noun
The hunting of wolves for their skins.
verb
present participle of wolf
wolfling
wolfling
noun
A wolf cub.
wolfsbergite
wolfsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) chalcostibite; jamesonite
woofing
woofing
noun
Act of woofing; barking.
Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.