A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
bungfull
caffling
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
clangful
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
cliffing
cliffing
noun
The formation of cliffs.
coffling
coffling
verb
present participle of coffle
cornflag
cornflag
noun
Alternative form of corn-flag
daffling
defiling
defiling
verb
present participle of defile
engulfed
engulfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of engulf
facingly
facingly
adv
In a facing manner or position.
fadingly
fadingly
adv
In a fading manner; becoming lighter or paler.
failings
failings
noun
plural of failing
fairling
fairling
noun
(archaic) A fairing; a present brought from a fair.
fallings
fallings
noun
plural of falling
fanagalo
fanagalo
Proper noun
A pidgin language based primarily on Zulu, spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.
fangless
fangless
adj
Without fangs.
fanglike
fanglike
adj
Resembling a fang.
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
feebling
feebling
noun
A feeble person.
verb
present participle of feeble
feelings
feelings
noun
plural of feeling
feingold
feltings
feltings
noun
plural of felting
fenagled
fenagled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fenagle
fenagler
fenagles
fenagles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fenagle
ferlying
ferngale
feruling
feruling
noun
Punishment with a ferule.
verb
present participle of ferule
fettling
fettling
noun
(gerund, UK) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
(gerund, UK) Repairing; mending; sorting.
(gerund, UK) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
verb
present participle of fettle
fiddling
fiddling
adj
Of petty or trivial importance; footling
noun
action of the verb to fiddle
verb
present participle of fiddle
fiedling
fielding
fielding
noun
(sports) The role of a fielder.
The act of one who fields.
verb
present participle of field
figuline
figuline
adj
(of clay) Suitable for making pottery; fictile.
Made of clay, as by the potter; said of vessels, ornamental figures, etc.
noun
A piece of pottery decorated with representations of natural objects.
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
fileting
fileting
verb
present participle of filet
fillings
fillings
noun
plural of filling
filmogen
finagled
finagled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finagle
finagler
finagler
noun
A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
finagles
finagles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle
fireling
fishling
fishling
noun
A small or young fish; fry.
fiveling
fiveling
noun
A twin crystal formed from five individuals
fizzling
fizzling
noun
The sound of something that fizzles.
verb
present participle of fizzle
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flagging
flagging
adj
Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling.
noun
(television) The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
The process by which something flags or tires.
Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
verb
present participle of flag
flagonet
flagrant
flagrant
adj
(archaic) On fire; flaming.
(obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
flagtown
flailing
flailing
noun
A flailing action or motion.
verb
present participle of flail
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flamming
flamming
verb
present participle of flam
flanagan
flangers
flangers
noun
plural of flanger
flanging
flanging
noun
(architecture) A flange.
(music) A time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
flanigan
flanking
flanking
verb
present participle of flank
flanning
flanning
noun
(architecture) The internal flare of a window jamb, or of a fireplace; an embrasure; coving.
verb
present participle of flan
flapping
flapping
adj
that flaps or flap
noun
(computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
(phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
(uncountable) The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
An instance where one flaps.
verb
present participle of flap
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
fledging
fledging
verb
present participle of fledge
fleecing
fleecing
noun
A confidence trick.
verb
present participle of fleece
fleering
fleering
noun
(obsolete) scorn; derision
verb
present participle of fleer
fleeting
fleeting
adj
Passing quickly; of short duration.
verb
present participle of fleet
flemings
flemming
flensing
flensing
noun
The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
verb
present participle of flense
fleshing
fleshing
verb
present participle of flesh
flexagon
flexagon
noun
(geometry) A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flingers
flingers
noun
plural of flinger
flinging
flinging
noun
The act by which something is flung.
verb
present participle of fling
flinting
flinting
noun
The act of making a flint tool.
verb
present participle of flint
flipping
flipping
adj
A mild intensifier.
adv
(euphemistic, chiefly Britain) Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
noun
The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
verb
present participle of flip
flirting
flirting
noun
A flirtation.
verb
present participle of flirt
flitting
flitting
adj
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
verb
present participle of flit
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
floccing
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flogging
flogging
noun
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
verb
present participle of flog
flooding
flooding
noun
(psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
verb
present participle of flood
flooring
flooring
noun
(sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
A floor.
A material used to make floors.
verb
present participle of floor
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
florigen
florigen
noun
(botany) a supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants
flossing
flossing
noun
(countable) The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss.
(fishing, uncountable) The use of a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside.
The performance of the floss dance move.
verb
present participle of floss
flouring
flouring
verb
present participle of flour
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
flubbing
flubbing
verb
present participle of flub
fluffing
fluffing
noun
The act by which something is fluffed.
verb
present participle of fluff
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
flunking
flunking
verb
present participle of flunk
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
flutings
flutings
noun
plural of fluting
flyingly
flyingly
adv
So as to fly; with light rapid movement.
flytings
flytings
noun
plural of flyting
folioing
folioing
verb
present participle of folio
folksong
folksong
noun
Alternative spelling of folk song
folkvang
follying
fondling
fondling
noun
(obsolete) A foolish person.
A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
verb
present participle of fondle
footling
footling
adj
trivial, silly and irritating.
noun
A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
verb
present participle of footle
foozling
foozling
verb
present participle of foozle
foulings
foulings
noun
plural of fouling
fourling
fourling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
(obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
fowliang
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
frangula
frangula
noun
(medicine) The bark of Rhamnus frangula used as a laxative or cathartic
frilling
frilling
noun
A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
verb
present participle of frill
frogland
frogling
frogling
noun
a young or little frog
fuddling
fuddling
noun
intoxication from alcohol
verb
present participle of fuddle
fuelling
fuelling
noun
Britain standard spelling of fueling.
verb
(British spelling) (Canadian spelling, common) present participle of fuel
fugleman
fugleman
noun
(by extension) A political leader, or a ringleader.
The member of a military group who leads the way or demonstrates drill; hence, someone who keeps the beat or timing, and/or demonstrates motions in other contexts.
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
verb
present participle of fumble
fumingly
fumingly
adv
In a rage.
fungales
fungible
fungible
adj
(finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any fungible item.
furlongs
furlongs
noun
plural of furlong
fwelling
genuflex
genuflex
verb
Alternative form of genuflect
giftling
giftling
noun
A little gift.
glandorf
glenford
gliffing
gliffing
verb
present participle of gliff
golfings
golfings
noun
plural of golfing
gonfalon
gonfalon
noun
A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.
greenfly
greenfly
noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth
Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly
Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris)
Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead
especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid
grenfell
groanful
groanful
adj
(obsolete) agonizing; sad
gunflint
gunflint
noun
The piece of flint or other suitable natural stone that is used in a flintlock weapon to generate a spark
halflang
halfling
halfling
noun
(fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction.
(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
A half-grown person, between a child and an adult.