(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
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.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
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
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.
backframe
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.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
beefcakes
beefcakes
noun
plural of beefcake
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
befreckle
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
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
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
buckfield
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chayefsky
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
cheekfuls
chefornak
chockfull
chuckfull
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockcroft
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cocksfoot
cocksfoot
noun
Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
crakefeet
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
crockford
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
defrocked
defrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defrock
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
draffsack
facemaker
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fancysick
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
fetlocked
fetlocked
adj
(in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
Tied by the fetlock.
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finickier
finickier
adj
comparative form of finicky: more finicky
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
finicking
finicking
adj
finical
noun
finicky behaviour; fussing
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
fishyback
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
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.
fleckered
fleckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flecker
fleckiest
fleckless
fleckless
adj
Without blame; faultless.
Without flecks or spots.
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockless
flockless
adj
Without a flock.
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floodcock
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
folkcraft
folkcraft
noun
folk craftsmanship
folkloric
folkloric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
footstick
footstick
noun
A measuring rod that is one foot long.
A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
footstock
foredecks
foredecks
noun
plural of foredeck
forelocks
forelocks
noun
plural of forelock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forelock
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
franciska
francklin
francklyn
frankclay
freckened
frecklier
frecklier
adj
comparative form of freckly: more freckly
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frederick
frederick
Proper noun
A town in Colorado
A city in Kansas
A city in Maryland, USA, and county seat of Frederick County.
A city in Oklahoma
A town in South Dakota
friedcake
friedcake
noun
(US) A small deep-fried pastry
friedrick
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
frockless
frockless
adj
Without a frock.
frocklike
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frolickly
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halftrack
halftrack
noun
Alternative form of half-track
hickified
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jacknifed
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
kerchieft
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kirchhoff
knockoffs
knockoffs
noun
plural of knockoff
lockeford
mafficked
mafficked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maffick
mafficker
mafficker
noun
(dated) One who mafficks, or celebrates boisterously.
mockfully
mockfully
adv
(obsolete) mockingly
monkcraft
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
pickproof
pickproof
adj
(of a lock) Resistant to being picked.
pickshaft
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
pokerface
prickfoot
puckfoist
quickfoot
rackproof
rockcraft
rockfalls
rockfalls
noun
plural of rockfall
rockfield
rockshaft
rockstaff
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
scarfskin
scarfskin
noun
(archaic) The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, especially that which forms the cuticle of a nail.