A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
capefair
caprifig
caprifig
noun
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.
catproof
catproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
verb
To make resistant to damage caused by domestic cats.
copurify
copurify
verb
To purify two or more materials simultaneously, normally by chromatography
craftype
deptford
disproof
disproof
Noun
A refutation.
dogproof
dogproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to damage caused by dogs.
driftpin
driftpin
noun
(engineering) A smooth drift.
earflaps
earflaps
noun
plural of earflap
endrumpf
fairhope
fairplay
fairplay
noun
Alternative form of fair play
fairport
fairship
feldspar
feldspar
noun
(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
fevercup
firedamp
firedamp
noun
(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
firepans
firepans
noun
plural of firepan
firepink
firepink
noun
Silene virginica, a brilliant red wildflower of eastern North America in the family Caryophyllaceae.
fireplow
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
firestop
firestop
noun
(construction) A fire block.
(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
firetrap
firetrap
noun
(informal) A building with limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
fishtrap
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).
flappers
flappers
noun
plural of flapper
flappier
flappier
adj
comparative form of flappy: more flappy
flaxdrop
flippers
flippers
noun
plural of flipper
flippery
flippery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
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
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.
flyproof
flyproof
adj
Resistant to flies (the insect).
flytraps
flytraps
noun
plural of flytrap
fogproof
fogproof
adj
Resistant to fogging up.
footgrip
footrope
footrope
noun
(nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
(nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
fopperly
forceput
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
forcipes
foredeep
foredeep
noun
(geology) A depression, on a seafloor next to an orogen, that is filled with sediment.
foreflap
foreloop
forepale
forepart
forepart
noun
The front or anterior part of something.
forepass
forepast
forepast
adj
(obsolete) That has passed; bygone.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
forepeak
forepeak
noun
(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
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
forepost
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
forestep
forestep
noun
an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
foretops
foretops
noun
plural of foretop
foretype
foretype
noun
A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
verb
(transitive) To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehand
foreweep
foreweep
verb
(obsolete) To weep before; usher in with weeping.
forpined
forpined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forpine
forprise
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forspeak
forspeak
verb
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
forspend
forspend
verb
(transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
forspent
forspent
adj
(archaic, poetic) exhausted
forspoke
forspoke
verb
simple past tense of forspeak
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
foxproof
foxproof
adj
Resistant to the predations of foxes.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to the predations of foxes.
(nautical, usually in the plural) Rope lashed tightly over the rigging or other area.
verb
present participle of frap
freakpot
freeport
freeport
noun
Alternative form of free port
freespac
frippery
frippery
noun
(obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
(obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
(obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
Useless things; trifles.
froppish
froppish
adj
(obsolete) peevish; froward
frumpery
frumpery
noun
Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
frumpier
frumpier
adj
comparative form of frumpy: more frumpy
frumpily
frumpily
adv
In a frumpy manner.
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
frumpled
frumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frumple
furzetop
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
impurify
impurify
Verb
To make impure.
inparfit
joyproof
kopfring
lawproof
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
lupiform
lupiform
adj
Resembling lupus.
mobproof
mobproof
adj
Resistant to incursion by a mob.
mudproof
mudproof
adj
Resistant to mud.
napiform
napiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
offprint
offprint
noun
A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication.
verb
(transitive) To reprint as an excerpt.
offramps
offramps
noun
plural of offramp: alternative spelling of off-ramps
oilproof
oilproof
adj
Resistant to oil.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to oil.
opificer
opificer
noun
(obsolete) A person who creates or makes something.
overflap
overpuff
pacifier
pacifier
noun
(Canada, US) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
Someone or something that pacifies.
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
palpifer
palpifer
noun
Alternative form of palpiger
palsgraf
panfried
panfried
adj
Alternative spelling of pan-fried
panfries
panfries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of panfry
paperful
paperful
noun
Enough to fill a paper.
paraffin
paraffin
noun
(UK) A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
(chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
paraffin wax.
verb
To embed in paraffin wax.
To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
paraffle
paraffle
noun
An ostentatious display.
parafoil
parafoil
noun
A parachute, kite or glider with an aerofoil-shaped fabric canopy or wing.
The wing or sail of such an apparatus.
paraform
paraform
noun
Synonym of paraformaldehyde
parfaits
parfaits
noun
plural of parfait
parfield
parflesh
parflesh
noun
Alternative form of parfleche
parfocal
parfocal
adj
Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
parsifal
pedalfer
pedalfer
noun
(geology) Soil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates.
pediform
pediform
adj
Having the shape of a foot.
pencraft
pencraft
noun
penmanship; skill in writing; the art of writing
perfecta
perfecta
noun
(chiefly US) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
(historical, Christianity) A female perfect (Cathar leader).