(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
fireplow
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
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
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.
(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.
oilproof
oilproof
adj
Resistant to oil.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to oil.
overflap
palfreys
palfreys
noun
plural of palfrey
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
palpifer
palpifer
noun
Alternative form of palpiger
palsgraf
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
pedalfer
pedalfer
noun
(geology) Soil containing aluminum and iron that lacks a hardened layer of carbonates.
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.
piliform
piliform
adj
Resembling hair
planform
planform
noun
(aviation) The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.
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
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
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
prolific
prolific
adj
(botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance
proofful
proudful
proudful
adj
Full of pride; excessively proud.
pulcifer
pulsifer
purfling
purfling
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.
verb
present participle of purfle
purseful
purseful
noun
As much as a purse can hold.
reuplift
reuplift
verb
(transitive) To uplift again.
roofpole
slipform
slipform
noun
(countable) A moveable form used when setting concrete using the slipform technique.
(uncountable) A type of process for setting concrete which uses moveable forms that are moved and reused once the concrete is stiff enough to retain its shape under its own weight.
verb
To use the slipform technique when creating a concrete structure.
spareful
spareful
adj
(dated) frugal.
(obsolete) Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.
(obsolete) sparing; chary.
sportful
sportful
adj
(archaic) playful, merry
related to sport
sprayful
sprayful
adj
(poetic) Full of spray; spraying.
trapfall
upflower
upflower
verb
(intransitive, poetic, archaic) To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.