A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
dogproof
dogproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to damage caused by dogs.
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
fogproof
fogproof
adj
Resistant to fogging up.
footgrip
frapping
frapping
noun
(nautical, usually in the plural) Rope lashed tightly over the rigging or other area.
verb
present participle of frap
gasproof
gasproof
adj
Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow gas in.
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
grafship
grafship
noun
The rank or position of a graf (German or Austrian count).
grapeful
grapeful
adj
(poetic) Full of grapes.
gripeful
gripeful
adj
Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
gulfport
kopfring
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.
palsgraf
prefight
prefight
adj
Occurring before a fight.
proofing
proofing
noun
A step in creating yeast breads and baked goods, during which the yeast is allowed to leaven the dough.
verb
present participle of proof
purfling
purfling
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.