(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
dumpfile
earflaps
earflaps
noun
plural of earflap
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
fairplay
fairplay
noun
Alternative form of fair play
felapton
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
felspath
filespec
filipina
filipino
filippic
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.
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
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.
flapcake
flapcake
noun
(US) flapjack; pancake
flapdock
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).
flapjack
flapjack
noun
(Britain) A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
(US) A pancake.
flapless
flapless
adj
Without a flap or flaps.
flappers
flappers
noun
plural of flapper
flappier
flappier
adj
comparative form of flappy: more flappy
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
flashpan
flashpan
noun
Alternative form of flash pan
flatcaps
flatcaps
noun
plural of flatcap
flattops
flattops
noun
plural of flattop
flaxdrop
fleapits
fleapits
noun
plural of fleapit
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
flipflop
flipflop
noun
Alternative form of flip-flop
flipjack
flippant
flippant
adj
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
(chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
flippers
flippers
noun
plural of flipper
flippery
flippery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
flippest
flippest
adj
superlative form of flip: most flip
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
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
floppily
floppily
adv
In a floppy manner.
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
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.
flypasts
flypasts
noun
plural of flypast
flyproof
flyproof
adj
Resistant to flies (the insect).
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.
flytraps
flytraps
noun
plural of flytrap
followup
followup
noun
Alternative spelling of follow-up
foolscap
foolscap
noun
(more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
Alternative form of fool's cap
Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
foolship
foolship
noun
(often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
fopperly
forcipal
forcipal
adj
Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
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.
(archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
klipfish
klipfish
noun
A fish of certain genera in the family Clinidae.
Sun-dried salted cod, exported from Norway.
lapidify
lapidify
verb
(intransitive) To become stone or stony.
(transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify.
(transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
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
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.
lumpfish
lumpfish
noun
lumpsucker
lupiform
lupiform
adj
Resembling lupus.
oilproof
oilproof
adj
Resistant to oil.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to oil.
overflap
pailfuls
pailfuls
noun
plural of pailful
pailsful
paleface
paleface
noun
(derogatory, slang) A white person; a person of European descent.
palfgeys
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
palpifer
palpifer
noun
Alternative form of palpiger
palsgraf
palstaff
palstaff
noun
(historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff.
pandolfi
panicful
pantofle
pantofle
noun
(archaic, historical) A slipper.
paperful
paperful
noun
Enough to fill a paper.
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.
parfield
parflesh
parflesh
noun
Alternative form of parfleche
parfocal
parfocal
adj
Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
parsifal
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).
phialful
phialful
noun
Enough to fill a phial.
piffling
piffling
adj
unimportant
verb
present participle of piffle
pilfered
pilfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pilfer
pilferer
pilferer
noun
One who pilfers.
piliform
piliform
adj
Resembling hair
pinfolds
pinfolds
noun
plural of pinfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinfold
pipefuls
pipefuls
noun
plural of pipeful
pitfalls
pitfalls
noun
plural of pitfall
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.
plafonds
plafonds
noun
plural of plafond
plainful
plainful
adj
(archaic) Full of lamentation.
Plain; obvious.
noun
As much as a plain contains.
planform
planform
noun
(aviation) The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.
plastify
plastify
verb
To make or become plastic or malleable.
plateful
plateful
noun
The quantity contained on a plate.
platform
platform
noun
(Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.
(Myanmar) sidewalk
(automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.
(computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
(figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
(figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.
(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
(geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
(nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
(rail transport) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
verb
(film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
(obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
(politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
(rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.
(transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
(transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).
playfair
playfair
Noun
the Playfair cipher, or an encryption using it
playfere
playfolk
playoffs
playoffs
noun
plural of playoff
plentify
pliofilm
plowfish
plowfoot
pointful
pointful
adj
Having a point; not pointless.
Having real substance; apposite, pertinent.
poltfoot
poltfoot
noun
Alternative form of polt foot
polyfoil
polyfoil
noun
(architecture) Multifoil.
polyfold
polyfold
adj
(physics) Having the same total and azimuthal quantum numbers, similar energy values, but different inner quantum numbers.
Having multiple folds.
Having multiple parts or aspects.
noun
(mathematics) A metrizable space together with an equivalence class of sc-smooth structures.
pouchful
pouchful
noun
As much as a pouch can hold.
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
prankful
prankful
adj
Full of pranks; mischievous.
prateful
prateful
adj
(archaic) talkative
pratfall
pratfall
noun
A fall onto the buttocks.
A humiliating mistake.
A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.
verb
To fall on to the buttocks.
prefelic
prefiled
prefiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefile
prefiles
prefiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefile