(mineralogy) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.
felspars
felspars
noun
plural of felspar
felspath
filespec
filliped
filliped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fillip
fireplow
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
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.
flapcake
flapcake
noun
(US) flapjack; pancake
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flapless
flapless
adj
Without a flap or flaps.
flappers
flappers
noun
plural of flapper
flappier
flappier
adj
comparative form of flappy: more flappy
fleapits
fleapits
noun
plural of fleapit
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
flippers
flippers
noun
plural of flipper
flippery
flippery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
flippest
flippest
adj
superlative form of flip: most flip
floperoo
flopover
flopover
noun
(television) A form of television signal distortion where the displayed image appears to scroll vertically rather than remaining still.
floppers
floppers
noun
plural of flopper
floppier
floppier
adj
comparative form of floppy: more floppy
floppies
floppies
noun
plural of floppy
flypaper
flypaper
noun
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it
verb
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
fopperly
foreflap
foreloop
forepale
foreplan
foreplan
noun
A plan, device, or strategy created in advance.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To devise beforehand.
foreplay
foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in foreplay.
foreplot
forepole
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
frampler
frumpled
frumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frumple
fuseplug
grapeful
grapeful
adj
(poetic) Full of grapes.
gripeful
gripeful
adj
Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
halfpace
halfpace
noun
(archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
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.
lieproof
lifedrop
lifespan
lifespan
noun
(by extension) The length of time for which something exists or is current or valid.
Some clams have lifespans far longer than those of human beings.
The length of time for which an organism lives.
overflap
paleface
paleface
noun
(derogatory, slang) A white person; a person of European descent.
palfgeys
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
palpifer
palpifer
noun
Alternative form of palpiger
pantofle
pantofle
noun
(archaic, historical) A slipper.
paperful
paperful
noun
Enough to fill a paper.
paraffle
paraffle
noun
An ostentatious display.
parfield
parflesh
parflesh
noun
Alternative form of parfleche
pauseful
pauseful
adj
(poetic) Full of pauses; slow and irregular.
peaceful
peaceful
adj
Inclined to peace.
Motionless and calm.
Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
noun
(India, Islam, Islamophobic, Internet slang, offensive) a Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.
peafowls
peafowls
noun
plural of peafowl
pedalfer
pedalfer
noun
(geology) Soil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates.
penfield
penseful
perflate
perflate
verb
(dated) To blow through (as of wind).
pilfered
pilfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pilfer
pilferer
pilferer
noun
One who pilfers.
pipefuls
pipefuls
noun
plural of pipeful
placeful
placeful
adj
Characteristic of a specific locality;
Focused on a location and its properties.
Forming a well-defined place; acting as an identifiable location.
noun
The quantity that a place contains.
plateful
plateful
noun
The quantity contained on a plate.
playfere
plentify
powerful
powerful
adj
(mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
Leading to many or important deductions.
adv
(Southern US) Synonym of very
prateful
prateful
adj
(archaic) talkative
prefelic
prefiled
prefiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefile
prefiles
prefiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefile
prefills
prefills
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefill
prefinal
prefinal
adj
(linguistics) Immediately before the last.
noun
(linguistics) The consonant immediately before the last.
prefixal
prefixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of a prefix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a prefix.
preflame
preflame
adj
Before the formation of a flame.
preflood
preflood
adj
Before a flood.
pressful
pressful
noun
Enough to fill a press.
prideful
prideful
adj
(chiefly Scotland, Canada, US) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
profiled
profiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of profile
profiler
profiler
noun
(computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
profiles
profiles
noun
plural of profile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profile
pulcifer
pulsifer
purseful
purseful
noun
As much as a purse can hold.
reuplift
reuplift
verb
(transitive) To uplift again.
roofpole
septfoil
septfoil
noun
(architecture) A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
shapeful
shapeful
adj
Having a distinct form; not shapeless.
Having an attractive shape; shapely.
skepfuls
skepfuls
noun
plural of skepful
sleepful
sleepful
adj
Marked by sleep
very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep
sleepify
spaceful
spaceful
adj
(obsolete) wide, extensive, spacious, commodious
spadeful
spadeful
noun
The amount held or moved by a spade at once.
spareful
spareful
adj
(dated) frugal.
(obsolete) Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.
(obsolete) sparing; chary.
speedful
speedful
adj
(archaic) Effectual; efficient.
(archaic) Successful; prosperous.
(nonstandard) Full of speed; hasty; fast.
spellful
spellful
adj
Abounding in spells or charms.
spendful
spendful
adj
Inclined to spend money.
spiceful
spiceful
adj
Full or laden with spice; spicy; aromatic
spiteful
spiteful
adj
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
topliffe
upflowed
upflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upflow
upflower
upflower
verb
(intransitive, poetic, archaic) To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.