AFFLUX | • afflux n. An upward rush of fluid. • afflux n. (Hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused… • AFFLUX n. a flowing towards or together, also AFFLUXION. |
BAFFLE | • baffle v. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. • baffle v. (Intransitive) To struggle in vain. • baffle v. (Now rare) To foil; to thwart. |
COFFLE | • coffle n. A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. • coffle v. (Transitive) To fasten (a line of people or animals) together. • COFFLE v. (Arabic) to chain slaves together. |
CUFFLE | • CUFFLE v. (obsolete) to scuffle. |
DEFFLY | • DEFFLY adj. (Spenser) deftly. |
DUFFLE | • duffle n. Alternative spelling of duffel. • DUFFLE n. a coarse woollen fabric, also DUFFEL. |
EFFLUX | • efflux n. The process of flowing out. • efflux n. That which has flowed out. • efflux v. (Intransitive) To run out; to flow forth. |
MUFFLE | • muffle n. Anything that mutes or deadens sound. • muffle n. A warm piece of clothing for the hands. • muffle n. (Slang, archaic) A boxing glove. |
NAFFLY | • naffly adv. In a way that is naff. • NAFF adv. inferior, tacky. |
PIFFLE | • piffle n. Nonsense, foolish talk. • piffle v. To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner. • piffle v. To waste, to fritter away. |
POFFLE | • POFFLE n. (Scots) a pendicle, an appendage. |
RAFFLE | • raffle n. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize. • raffle n. (Obsolete) A game of dice in which the player who throws three of the same number wins all the stakes. • raffle v. (Transitive) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off. |
RIFFLE | • riffle n. A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water. • riffle n. A succession of small waves. • riffle n. (Mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver… |
RUFFLE | • ruffle n. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. • ruffle n. Disturbance; agitation; commotion. • ruffle n. (Military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff. |
RUFFLY | • ruffly adj. Having many ruffles. • RUFFLY adj. not smooth. |
SIFFLE | • siffle n. A sibilant rale. • siffle v. (Intransitive) To whistle or hiss. • SIFFLE v. to whistle, hiss. |
WAFFLE | • waffle n. (Countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup. • waffle n. (Countable, Britain) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. • waffle n. (Construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs… |
WAFFLY | • waffly adj. Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech). • WAFFLY adj. given to waffling. |
YAFFLE | • yaffle n. (UK, dialectal) The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis. • yaffle v. (Intransitive) Of the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cry. • yaffle v. (Slang, obsolete) To eat. |