(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
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.
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.
buckfield
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
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.
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
fancysick
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
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
fleckiest
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
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
kerchieft
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kirchhoff
mafficked
mafficked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maffick
mafficker
mafficker
noun
(dated) One who mafficks, or celebrates boisterously.
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.
prickfoot
puckfoist
quickfoot
rockfield
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.
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
skinflick
skinflick
noun
(slang) A pornographic movie.
stickfast
stickfuls
stickleaf
stiffneck
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
tackified
tackified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tackify
tackifier
tackifier
noun
(manufacturing, chemistry) A tackiness agent; a substance which is added in order to increase tack.
tackifies
tackifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tackify
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
tickproof
tickproof
adj
Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).
trafficks
trafficks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of traffick
upflicker
upflicker
verb
(poetic) To flicker upward.
wickliffe
wickliffe
Proper noun
a small town in the Rural City of Victoria, Australia.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA
a city in Ohio, USA.
a CDP in Oklahoma, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
wreckfish
wreckfish
noun
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.