| FARTHINGALE | • farthingale n. (Historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women’s dresses; a hooped petticoat. • FARTHINGALE n. a skirt spreader. |
| FIFTEENTHLY | • fifteenthly adv. In the fifteenth place; fifteenth in a row. • FIFTEENTH adv. number fifteen in sequence. |
| FISHTAILING | • fishtailing v. Present participle of fishtail. • FISHTAIL v. to swing the tail of a moving vehicle from side to side. |
| FLASHPOINTS | • flashpoints n. Plural of flashpoint. • flash␣points n. Plural of flash point. • FLASHPOINT n. a critical moment beyond which a situation will inevitably erupt into violence. |
| FLICHTERING | • FLICHTER v. (Scots) to flutter and quiver. |
| FLIGHTINESS | • flightiness n. The quality of being flighty. • FLIGHTINESS n. the state of being flighty. |
| FORTNIGHTLY | • fortnightly n. A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks). • fortnightly adj. Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks. • fortnightly adv. Once in a fortnight; once every two weeks. |
| HALLEFLINTA | • halleflinta n. A type of metamorphic rock, formed from volcanic tuff and rich in quartz and feldspars. • hälleflinta n. A fine-grained rock consisting of an intimate mixture of quartz and feldspar, sometimes banded or striated… • HALLEFLINTA n. (Swedish) a dense rock containing quartz and feldspar. |
| HELILIFTING | • helilifting v. Present participle of helilift. • HELILIFT v. to transport by helicopter. |
| HIGHFALUTIN | • highfalutin adj. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical. • highfalutin n. (Archaic) Pompous speech or writing. • high␣falutin adj. Alternative spelling of highfalutin. |
| OUTFLASHING | • outflashing v. Present participle of outflash. • OUTFLASH v. to flash more brightly. |
| OUTFLUSHING | • outflushing v. Present participle of outflush. • OUTFLUSH v. to flush more strongly. |
| SHOPLIFTING | • shoplifting n. (Uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift. • shoplifting n. (Countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours. • shoplifting v. Present participle of shoplift. |
| TRICHLORFON | • trichlorfon n. Metrifonate. • TRICHLORFON n. a crystalline compound used esp. as an insecticide, also TRICHLORPHON. |
| UNFLASHIEST | • UNFLASHY adj. not flashy. |
| UNTHRIFTILY | • unthriftily adv. In a way that is not thrifty. • unthriftily adv. (Obsolete) In an immoral or dissolute manner. • UNTHRIFTY adv. not thrifty. |