(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
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.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
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
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
falkville
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
fallbrook
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
faulkland
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
filemaker
filemaker
noun
A manufacturer of files (rasping tools).
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
filmmaker
filmmaker
noun
A producer or director of films/movies.
flagmaker
flagmaker
noun
One who manufactures flags.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flaillike
flaillike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flail.
flakeless
flakeless
adj
Without flakes.
flakiness
flakiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being flaky.
flamelike
flamelike
adj
Resembling a flame or its colour.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
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.
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
flatworks
floodmark
floodmark
noun
A mark indicating the height reached by the waters in a previous flood.
folkcraft
folkcraft
noun
folk craftsmanship
folktales
folktales
noun
plural of folktale
folkvangr
footstalk
footstalk
noun
(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
foreflank
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
francklin
francklyn
frankable
frankable
adj
(Australia, finance) Eligible for franking, a system of tax credit.
Eligible for franking (free postage).
frankclay
frankfold
franklins
franklins
noun
plural of franklin
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
garfinkel
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
halftrack
halftrack
noun
Alternative form of half-track
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
karlfeldt
kefalotir
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
lakefront
lakefront
adj
Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.
noun
Land or an area which is adjacent to a lake.
leafstalk
leafstalk
noun
The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
leakproof
leakproof
adj
Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to leakage.
oakbluffs
outflanks
outflanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank
rockfalls
rockfalls
noun
plural of rockfall
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
sheaflike
sheaflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
shelfback
snakeleaf
snowflake
snowflake
noun
(historical) Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)
(ophthalmology) A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
(slang, derogatory) Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
(slang, derogatory, chiefly alt-right) Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
(slang, usually derogatory) A Caucasian person.
A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
Something that is unique in every presentation.
The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
verb
(computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
speckfall
stickleaf
taffylike
taffylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of taffy (the confectionery).
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
trafflike
unfakable
unfakable
adj
That cannot be faked.
unflaking
unflanked
unflanked
adj
Not flanked.
unfrankly
unfrankly
adv
In a way that is not frank.
unwakeful
unwakeful
adj
Not wakeful.
waferlike
waferlike
adj
Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
wakefield
wakefield
noun
(physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator