(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.
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
blackfire
buckfield
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
clifflike
clifflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cliff; high and steep.
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
dezinkify
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
falkville
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fencelike
fencelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fence (artificial barrier).
feverlike
feverlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fever.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fiendlike
fiendlike
adj
Resembling a fiend.
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
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.
finickier
finickier
adj
comparative form of finicky: more finicky
firebreak
firebreak
noun
(figurative) Any separating barrier.
An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firedrake
firedrake
noun
(figurative, poetic) A worker at a furnace or fire
A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
A fire-breathing dragon.
A kind of firework
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
flaillike
flaillike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flail.
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.
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
fleckiest
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
flintlike
flintlike
adj
Resembling flint; stony.
fliskiest
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floodlike
floodlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flood.
flourlike
flourlike
Adjective
Resembling flour.
flukiness
flukiness
noun
The property of being fluky.
flunkyite
flunkyize
flutelike
flutelike
adj
Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folksiest
folksiest
adj
superlative form of folksy: most folksy
foremilks
foremilks
noun
plural of foremilk
foreskins
foreskins
noun
plural of foreskin
foreskirt
foreskirt
noun
The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forkiness
forkiness
noun
The quality or state of being forky.
forkville
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
frankenia
freakiest
freakiest
adj
superlative form of freaky: most freaky
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
frederika
freethink
friedcake
friedcake
noun
(US) A small deep-fried pastry
friedrick
friskiest
friskiest
adj
superlative form of frisky: most frisky
frocklike
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frostlike
frostlike
adj
Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
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.
fruitlike
fruitlike
adj
Resembling fruit.
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
funkiness
funkiness
noun
The state or quality of being funky.
garfinkel
hickified
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
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
kefalotir
kefiatoid
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
kerchieft
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kiteflier
knifeless
knifeless
adj
Without a knife or knives.
knifelike
knifelike
adj
Resembling a knife or its effects.
kniferest
koopbrief
kristofer
lefkowitz
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
mafficked
mafficked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maffick
mafficker
mafficker
noun
(dated) One who mafficks, or celebrates boisterously.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
muskified
pecksniff
pecksniff
Proper noun
A character in the Dickensian novel , known for his great hypocrisy
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
pinkified
prokofiev
prooflike
prooflike
adj
(numismatics) Of a coin: highly reflective, like the first batch struck from a new die.
refusenik
refusenik
noun
(Soviet Union, slang, historical) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union, typically but not exclusively Jewish, who were refused permission to emigrate.
(colloquial) A person who refuses to do something, for example one who refuses conscription or vaccination.
(colloquial) A person who wants to do something but is refused permission to.
rockfield
scarflike
scarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
scurflike
scurflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of scurf.
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
sheaflike
sheaflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
shelflike
shelflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shelf.
sinkfield
skewwhiff
skewwhiff
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff
skiffless
snakefish
snakefish
noun
Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
Trachinocephalus myops
spikefish
spikefish
noun
Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes.
stickleaf
stifflike
stifflike
adj
(dialect) stiff
stiffneck
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
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
taffylike
taffylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of taffy (the confectionery).
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
trafflike
upflicker
upflicker
verb
(poetic) To flicker upward.
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
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.