These are the meanings of the letters FPULF when you unscramble them.
- Luff (n.)
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
- Luff (n.)
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
- Luff (n.)
The roundest part of a ship's bow.
- Luff (n.)
The side of a ship toward the wind.
- Luff (v. i.)
To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
- Puff (a.)
Puffed up; vain.
- Puff (n.)
a kind of light pastry.
- Puff (n.)
A puffball.
- Puff (n.)
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
- Puff (n.)
A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
- Puff (n.)
An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
- Puff (n.)
Anything light and filled with air.
- Puff (n.)
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
- Puff (n.)
To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
- Puff (n.)
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- Puff (n.)
To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
- Puff (n.)
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- Puff (v. t.)
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
- Puff (v. t.)
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- Puff (v. t.)
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
- Puff (v. t.)
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- Puff (v. t.)
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.