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.
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.
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
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
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
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
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
fuseplug
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.
palfgeys
palsgraf
pettifog
pettifog
verb
To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
pettyfog
pettyfog
verb
Alternative form of pettifog
pfennige
pfennigs
pfennigs
noun
plural of pfennig
piaffing
piaffing
verb
present participle of piaffe
piffling
piffling
adj
unimportant
verb
present participle of piffle
pinguefy
pinguefy
verb
(rare) To make or become fat.
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.
verb
present participle of purfle
spiffing
spiffing
adj
(Britain, colloquial) Smart or appealing in dress or appearance.
(Britain, colloquial) Very good, excellent.
verb
present participle of spiff
spitfrog
spoofing
spoofing
noun
(computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.
(computing) Phishing.
verb
present participle of spoof
upflings
upflings
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upfling