| CROSSRUFFING | • crossruffing v. Present participle of crossruff. • cross-ruffing v. Present participle of cross-ruff. • CROSSRUFF v. in whist and bridge, to trump alternately. |
| EFFRONTERIES | • effronteries n. Plural of effrontery. • EFFRONTERY n. shameless boldness; presumptuousness. |
| FIREFIGHTERS | • firefighters n. Plural of firefighter. • FIREFIGHTER n. a person who fights fires. |
| FLASHFORWARD | • flashforward n. (Authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative. • flashforward v. To use this dramatic device. • flash␣forward v. (Of a memory or vision) To move forward in time. |
| FORAMINIFERS | • foraminifers n. Plural of foraminifer. • FORAMINIFER n. a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project, also FORAM. |
| FRANKFURTERS | • frankfurters n. Plural of frankfurter. • Frankfurters n. Plural of Frankfurter. • FRANKFURTER n. (German) a small smoked sausage, also FRANKFORT, FRANKFURT. |
| FRIGORIFICOS | • FRIGORIFICO n. (Spanish) a slaughtering and meat-freezing establishment. |
| FRONDIFEROUS | • frondiferous adj. Producing fronds. • FRONDIFEROUS adj. bearing or producing fronds. |
| FRUCTIFEROUS | • fructiferous adj. Bearing fruit. • FRUCTIFEROUS adj. bearing fruit. |
| FURFURACEOUS | • furfuraceous adj. Made of bran. • furfuraceous adj. Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran; resembling dandruff. • FURFURACEOUS adj. containing bran or particles resembling bran, also FURFUROUS. |
| QUARTERSTAFF | • quarterstaff n. A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as… • quarterstaff n. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff. • quarter-staff n. Alternative form of quarterstaff. |
| REAFFORESTED | • reafforested v. Simple past tense and past participle of reafforest. • REAFFOREST v. to plant with forest again. |
| REFRESHFULLY | • refreshfully adv. In a refreshful manner. • REFRESHFUL adv. (archaic) full of power to refresh. |
| TRAFFICATORS | • trafficators n. Plural of trafficator. • TRAFFICATOR n. formerly, a movable pointer raised or lowered by the driver of a vehicle to warn of a change of direction. |
| UNDERSHERIFF | • undersheriff n. In certain jurisdictions, a deputy sheriff; second in command to a sheriff. • UNDERSHERIFF n. one below the rank of sheriff. |