Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
awfulness
awfulness
noun
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
The state or quality of being awful.
the awfulness of this sacred place
awfulnesses
awfulnesses
noun
plural of awfulness
balloonflower
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
benchfellow
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
boneflower
boonfellow
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cankerflower
clanfellow
clanfellow
noun
A fellow member of a clan.
coneflower
coneflower
noun
Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
cornflower
cornflower
adj
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
noun
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Cornflower blue.
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
cushionflower
cynewulf
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
daneflower
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
downfallen
downfallen
adj
(figurative) Having undergone a defeat, or been ousted from a position of authority.
Fallen down.
crestfallen, depressed, down in the dumps.
verb
past participle of downfall.
downfield
downfield
adj
(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
downfolded
downfolded
adj
folded down
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
enflower
enflower
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.
enflowered
enflowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enflower
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
enfollow
fallowness
fallowness
noun
The state or quality of being fallow.
fallownesses
fanflower
fanflower
noun
A plant in the genus Scaevola.
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fellowmen
fellowmen
noun
plural of fellowman
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
felonweed
felonwood
felonwood
noun
Synonym of felonwort (“Solanum dulcamara”)
felonwort
felonwort
noun
Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
fennelflower
fennelflower
noun
Nigella damascena, ragged lady
Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia.
fiddletown
fingerflower
flandowser
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flannelflower
flawedness
flawlessness
flawlessness
noun
The quality of being flawless
flaxwench
fleetwing
flewelling
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flowerfence
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
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
flowerlessness
flowerlessness
noun
The absence of flowers.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
flowstone
flowstone
noun
(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
fowlerton
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
friendliwise
fringeflower
frownless
frownless
adj
Without a frown.
fullgrownness
funnelwise
funnelwise
adv
In the manner of a funnel.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
fwelling
gangflower
gnatflower
groundflower
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
hingeflower
honeyflower
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
inflowering
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
ironflower
jawfallen
jawfallen
adj
(archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
(obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
juneflower
kynewulf
lanternflower
lawfullness
lawfulness
lawfulness
noun
Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws.
lawfulnesses
lawfulnesses
noun
plural of lawfulness
lawnleaf
leeuwfontein
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
leftwinger
leftwinger
noun
Alternative form of left-winger
longfellow
longfellow
Proper noun
originally a nickname for a tall person.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet.
ludwigshafen
lungflower
manifoldwise
moneyflower
monkeyflower
monkeyflower
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mimulus.
monkflower
moonflower
moonflower
noun
(obsolete) The ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare
Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba.
Species in genus Cereus and in Hylocereus.
Species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
Species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.
The corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
moonflowers
moonflowers
noun
plural of moonflower
newfangle
newfangle
adj
(obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
verb
(obsolete) To change by introducing novelties
newfangled
newfangled
adj
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
Fond of novelty.
newfangledism
newfangledly
newfangledly
adv
In a newfangled manner.
newfangledness
newfangledness
noun
The quality of being newfangled.
newfanglement
newfanglement
noun
(countable) Something that is newfangled.
(uncountable) The quality of being newfangled; novelty or innovation, especially when very complicated or faddish.
newfangleness
newfangleness
noun
Obsolete form of newfangledness.
newfeld
newfoundland
newfoundland
Proper noun
A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949.
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Noun
A Newfoundland dog, a very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
newsful
newsful
adj
Full of news; supplying news.
nonflawed
nonflowering
nonflowering
adj
(biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
nonforeknowledge
noonflower
noonflower
noun
Flowers of the family Aizoaceae, especially those of the genus Carpobrotus.
Flowers of the genus Bauhinia.
Tragopogon, a type of aster that closes at midday.
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.
overflown
overflown
verb
(US, proscribed) past participle of overflow
past participle of overfly
overpowerfulness
oversorrowfulness
ownself
ownself
pron
(now chiefly regional, especially Southern US, Caribbean, Singlish) (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.