A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
brickcroft
chirikof
cityfolk
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklewife
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
confervalike
confisk
crookfingered
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
falconlike
falconlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.
fecifork
ferronickel
ferronickel
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
fillock
fillock
noun
A wanton girl.
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
flickermouse
flickerproof
flintlock
flintlock
noun
A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
flintlocks
flintlocks
noun
plural of flintlock
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
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
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flocklike
flocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flocks.
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
folkloric
folkloric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
folkloristic
folkloristic
adj
about the traditions and stories of a country or community; Characteristic of folklore.
footlicker
footlicker
noun
A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
footpick
footstick
footstick
noun
A measuring rod that is one foot long.
A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
forcepslike
forcepslike
adj
Resembling a forceps.
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
fosdick
fossick
fossick
verb
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search for something; to rummage.
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out.
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface or in abandoned workings.
(intransitive, British dialect) To be troublesome.
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
fossicks
fossicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fossick
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
fredericktown
fredrickson
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
frocklike
frolick
frolick
adj
Archaic form of frolic.
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frolickers
frolickers
noun
plural of frolicker
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
frolickly
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
jackassification
jackassification
noun
(nonce word) The condition or process of being or becoming a jackass (stupid person).
kickoff
kickoff
noun
Alternative spelling of kick-off
kickoffs
kickoffs
noun
plural of kickoff
kirchhoff
kirchoff
metchnikoff
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pickford
pickfork
pickoff
pickoff
noun
(baseball) A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base
pickoffs
pickoffs
noun
plural of pickoff
pickproof
pickproof
adj
(of a lock) Resistant to being picked.
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
pocketknife
pocketknife
noun
A knife with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into its handle, and of a size small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket. Since the late 19th century the term "penknife" has not been distinct from "pocketknife", but the latter tends to refer to larger and more robust versions, sometimes with more attached tools, suited to heavier duty for casual or ad hoc applications outdoors or in workshops.
prickfoot
prickproof
puckfoist
pumpkinification
pumpkinification
noun
The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
quickfoot
rockfield
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
rockfishes
rockfishes
noun
plural of rockfish
rockfoil
rockfoil
noun
saxifrage
scoffingstock
sicknessproof
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.
stockfishes
stockfishes
noun
plural of stockfish
tickleproof
tickproof
tickproof
adj
Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).
trickproof
trickproof
adj
Resistant to trickery.
turkification
turkification
Noun
assimilation into the various historical Turkic states and cultures, such as the Ottoman Empire