To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
fairhope
fairport
felapton
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
flapdock
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flattops
flattops
noun
plural of flattop
flaxdrop
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.
footpace
footpace
noun
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
A walking pace or step.
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
footpath
footpath
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
foreflap
forepale
forepart
forepart
noun
The front or anterior part of something.
forepass
forepast
forepast
adj
(obsolete) That has passed; bygone.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
foreplan
foreplan
noun
A plan, device, or strategy created in advance.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To devise beforehand.
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow gas in.
lawproof
leapfrog
leapfrog
noun
(chiefly Britain, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
verb
(intransitive) To progress.
(transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
(transitive) To overtake.
(transitive, chiefly Britain, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
napiform
napiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
offramps
offramps
noun
plural of offramp: alternative spelling of off-ramps
offscape
offscape
noun
(now rare) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.
overflap
pacifico
pacifico
noun
(historical) A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
pandolfi
panofsky
pantofle
pantofle
noun
(archaic, historical) A slipper.
parafoil
parafoil
noun
A parachute, kite or glider with an aerofoil-shaped fabric canopy or wing.
The wing or sail of such an apparatus.
paraform
paraform
noun
Synonym of paraformaldehyde
parfocal
parfocal
adj
Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
peafowls
peafowls
noun
plural of peafowl
pinafore
pinafore
noun
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
plafonds
plafonds
noun
plural of plafond
planform
planform
noun
(aviation) The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.
platform
platform
noun
(Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.
(Myanmar) sidewalk
(automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.
(computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
(figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
(figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
(geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
(nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
(rail transport) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
verb
(film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
(obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
(politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
(rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.
(transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
(transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
playfolk
playoffs
playoffs
noun
plural of playoff
pooftahs
pooftahs
noun
plural of pooftah
porifera
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
prefator
prefavor
profaned
profaned
adj
Treated with irreverence or without due respect.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of profane
profaner
profaner
adj
comparative form of profane: more profane
noun
One who profanes; a person who desecrates or defiles.
profanes
profanes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profane
proforma
proforma
adj
Alternative spelling of pro forma
profunda
profunda
noun
(anatomy) A deep-seated artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg.
ratproof
ratproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by rats.
saponify
saponify
verb
(intransitive) To be converted into soap.
(transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
(transitive, chemistry) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali.