| AFFLATUS | • afflatus n. A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. • AFFLATUS n. (Latin) inspiration, a divine imparting of knowledge or power. |
| CATFALLS | • catfalls n. Plural of catfall. • CATFALL n. a rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead. |
| CATFLAPS | • catflaps n. Plural of catflap. • cat-flaps n. Plural of cat-flap. • cat␣flaps n. Plural of cat flap. |
| FANTAILS | • fantails n. Plural of fantail. • FANTAIL n. a fan-shaped tail or end. |
| FASTBALL | • fastball n. (Baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball. • fastball n. (Baseball) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction… • FASTBALL n. a type of pitch in baseball. |
| FATALISM | • fatalism n. (Metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity… • FATALISM n. the doctrine that all events are predetermined. |
| FATALIST | • fatalist n. One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism. • FATALIST n. a believer in fatalism. |
| FLATCAPS | • flatcaps n. Plural of flatcap. • flat␣caps n. Plural of flat cap. • FLATCAP n. a low-crowned hat worn by London citizens in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| FLATCARS | • flatcars n. Plural of flatcar. • FLATCAR n. a railway car without sides or roof. |
| FLATWASH | • FLATWASH n. laundry that can be ironed mechanically, also FLATWORK. |
| FLATWAYS | • flatways adv. Alternative form of flatwise. • FLATWAYS adv. with or on the flat side, also FLATWISE. |
| FRACTALS | • fractals n. Plural of fractal. • FRACTAL n. a complex geometric curve. |
| LANDFAST | • landfast adj. Connected or anchored to the land. • LANDFAST adj. of ice, attached to the shore. |
| LAYSHAFT | • layshaft n. A subsidiary transmission shaft. • LAYSHAFT n. a shaft in a gearbox, allowing choice of gear ratios. |
| PALSTAFF | • palstaff n. (Historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by… • PALSTAFF n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAVE. |
| SPATFALL | • spatfall n. The arrival of spat at the beach during spawning season for shellfish… • SPATFALL n. a mass of shellfish larvae. |
| TAILFANS | • tailfans n. Plural of tailfan. • TAILFAN n. a fanlike swimming organ of some crustaceans. |