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.
backfold
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
barcroft
becafico
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bocstaff
boldface
boldface
adj
Synonym of boldfaced
noun
(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
verb
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
buffcoat
cacafugo
caffeone
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
calorify
carfloat
cariform
castoffs
castoffs
noun
plural of castoff
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
chaffron
chalfont
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
clontarf
coachful
coachful
noun
As much as a coach will hold.
coalface
coalface
noun
(figurative, UK) A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
(figurative, UK) A place where more tangible, practical, or direct work of an activity is done, as opposed to theoretical or managerial work.
(mining) The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine.
(mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
cofactor
cofactor
noun
(biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
(biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
(mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
A contributing factor.
cofaster
cofather
colstaff
colstaff
noun
A staff allowing two people to carry a burden on their shoulders.
confated
confated
adj
Fated or decreed with something else.
conferva
conferva
noun
An unbranched slender green freshwater alga.
conflate
conflate
adj
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
noun
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
To mix together different elements.
confocal
confocal
adj
(optics, mathematics) Having the same foci
noun
Any of a pair of confocal mirrors or lenses
confract
confriar
cordleaf
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cragford
cranford
crawfoot
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
dogfaces
dogfaces
noun
plural of dogface
dollface
dollface
noun
(slang) An attractive woman.
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
ecofreak
ecofreak
noun
(informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
enfatico
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
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.
factions
factions
noun
plural of faction
factious
factious
adj
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
factored
factored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of factor
factotum
factotum
noun
(dated) A general servant.
(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
(printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.
A jack of all trades.
An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
faculous
faculous
adj
Of or relating to a facula.
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
falconer
falconer
noun
A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
falcones
falconet
falconet
noun
(military, historical) A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
A small or young falcon.
Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
famechon
fanatico
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
fasciola
fasciola
noun
(anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
fasciole
fasciole
noun
(zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
fecaloid
fecaloid
adj
Resembling excrement or faeces.
fiascoes
ficoidal
firecoat
flamenco
flamenco
noun
(countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
verb
(intransitive) To dance flamenco.
flapdock
fleadock
flockman
florance
florican
florican
noun
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
focalise
focalise
verb
Alternative spelling of focalize
focalize
focalize
verb
To concentrate on a particular location; to localize
To focus, or to adjust a focus
To sharpen an image by focusing
focaloid
focaloid
noun
(geometry) A shell bounded by two concentric, confocal ellipses (in two dimensions) or ellipsoids (in three dimensions).
folacins
folacins
noun
plural of folacin
foolscap
foolscap
noun
(more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
Alternative form of fool's cap
Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
footback
footpace
footpace
noun
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
A walking pace or step.
footrace
footrace
noun
A race run on foot.
forblack
forblack
adj
(archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.
forcaria
forcarve
forcarve
verb
(obsolete) To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off.
forchase
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
forecast
forecast
noun
(gambling) exacta
A prediction of the weather.
An estimation of a future condition.
verb
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
To estimate how something will be in the future.
To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
foreclaw
foreclaw
noun
A front claw.
foreface
foreface
noun
The front portion of a dog's face; the muzzle.
foretack
foretack
noun
(nautical) The fore tack (part of a sail)
formican
formican
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ants.
fornacic
fornacis
forncast
forncast
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To arrange beforehand; forecast.
fornical
fornical
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix
forslack
forslack
verb
(intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
(transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.
foucault
foucault
Proper noun
Michel Foucault
foyaitic
foyaitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral foyaite.
fraction
fraction
noun
(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
(archaic) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternately, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
(chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
A small amount.
verb
To divide or break into fractions.
franchot
franckot
francois
fricando
fricando
noun
Archaic form of fricandeau.
frogface
fucation
fucoidal
fucoidal
adj
(botany) fucoid
(geology) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds.
halfcock
halfcock
noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.
verb
(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
lafcadio
lockfast
lockfast
adj
(Scotland) Fastened or secured with a lock.
mooncalf
mooncalf
noun
(now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception.
A dreamer, someone absent-minded or distracted; a fool, simpleton.
A poorly-conceived idea or plan.
moonface
nonfacts
nonfacts
noun
plural of nonfact
nonfocal
nonfocal
adj
Not focal.
oceanful
oceanful
noun
as much as an ocean can hold.
offcasts
offcasts
noun
plural of offcast
official
official
adj
(Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon.
(pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
(pharmacology) Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
(slang) True, real, beyond doubt.
Approved by authority; authorized.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
Discharging an office or function.
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
noun
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
officina
offscape
offscape
noun
(now rare) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.
offtrack
offtrack
adj
Alternative spelling of off-track
olfactor
olfactor
noun
A smelling organ; a nose.
outfaced
outfaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outface
outfaces
outfaces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outface
overface
overface
noun
The upper side or upward-facing surface of an object.
pacifico
pacifico
noun
(historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
parfocal
parfocal
adj
Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
postface
postface
noun
a piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication
postfact
postfact
adj
after the fact; after something has happened
ramforce
ranforce
rockfall
rockfall
noun
A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
scaffold
scaffold
noun
(metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
(sciences) A structure that provides support for some other material.
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
verb
(transitive) To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.
(transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
(transitive) To sustain; to provide support for.
scofflaw
scofflaw
noun
(US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
scrofula
scrofula
noun
(pathology) A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.
softback
softback
noun
A softcover or paperback book.
softcoal
softtack
subfocal
trifocal
trifocal
adj
(optics) Of or pertaining to corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.