(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cocksfoot
cocksfoot
noun
Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
fastbacks
fastbacks
noun
plural of fastback
fatstocks
fatstocks
noun
plural of fatstock
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flatworks
fleckiest
fliskiest
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
foldskirt
folkmoots
folkmoots
noun
plural of folkmoot
folkmotes
folkmotes
noun
plural of folkmote
folksiest
folksiest
adj
superlative form of folksy: most folksy
folktales
folktales
noun
plural of folktale
footmarks
footmarks
noun
plural of footmark
footstalk
footstalk
noun
(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
footstick
footstick
noun
A measuring rod that is one foot long.
A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
footstock
footworks
footworks
noun
plural of footwork
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.
forjaskit
forjesket
forklifts
forklifts
noun
plural of forklift
forksmith
frankston
freakiest
freakiest
adj
superlative form of freaky: most freaky
freakouts
freakouts
noun
plural of freakout
fretworks
fretworks
noun
plural of fretwork
friskiest
friskiest
adj
superlative form of frisky: most frisky
frostlike
frostlike
adj
Resembling frost or some aspect of it.
frostwork
frostwork
noun
Any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
Any pattern that resembles a frost formation.
funkstown
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
kalifates
kalifates
noun
plural of kalifate
kniferest
kristofer
kristofor
leafstalk
leafstalk
noun
The stalk that supports a leaf and connects it to the plant.
makefasts
makefasts
noun
plural of makefast
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
outflanks
outflanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
pickshaft
pikestaff
pikestaff
noun
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
The wooden shaft of a pike.
puckfoist
rockshaft
rockstaff
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
skinflint
skinflint
noun
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
socketful
softbacks
softbacks
noun
plural of softback
stickfast
stickfuls
stickleaf
stifflike
stifflike
adj
(dialect) stiff
stiffneck
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
strawfork
swiftlike
swiftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swift (the bird).
tackifies
tackifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tackify
townfolks
townfolks
noun
plural of townfolk
townsfolk
townsfolk
noun
The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
trafficks
trafficks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of traffick
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).