(rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
forehanded
forehanded
adj
(not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
(now US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
(obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
(obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
(obsolete, US) Wealthy.
Direct, straightforward, sincere.
adv
With a forehand stroke.
forehandedly
forehandedly
adv
Ahead of time, in advance.
Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
forehandedness
forehandedness
noun
Action taken in advance.
Prudence, foresight, and thriftiness.
Wealth, the quality of having sufficient possessions to live comfortably.
forehands
forehands
noun
plural of forehand
forehandsel
foremasthand
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshortened
foreshortened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten
foresightedness
foresightedness
noun
The prudent exercise of common sense when planning for the future
The quality of having foresight
foresightednesses
foulmouthedness
foulmouthedness
noun
The quality or state of being foul-mouthed.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fountainhead
fountainhead
noun
A spring that is the source of a river.
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
fountainheads
fountainheads
noun
plural of fountainhead
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
foxhound
foxhound
noun
A dog of a medium-sized breed developed for hunting.
foxhounds
foxhounds
noun
plural of foxhound
franchised
franchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of franchise
frankhearted
frankheartedly
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
freehand
freehand
adj
Drawn using the hand without any helping device.
verb
To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.
freehanded
freehanded
adj
(finance) Transferable to other assets.
Freehand, unassisted.
Having empty hands.
Openhanded; generous.
Unconstrained.
adv
Unassisted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freehand
freehandedly
freehandedly
adv
In a freehanded manner.
freehandedness
freehandedness
noun
The quality or state of being freehanded.
freeheartedness
freeheartedness
noun
The quality or state of being freehearted.
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
frenched
frenched
adj
(cooking) Alternative form of Frenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of french
frenchified
frenchified
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Frenchified
verb
past participle of frenchify
frenchweed
freshened
freshened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freshen
freshmanhood
freshmanhood
noun
The state or period of being a freshman.
friedrichshafen
friendship
friendship
noun
(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
(uncountable) Good will.
(uncountable) The condition of being friends.
friendships
friendships
noun
plural of friendship
frightened
frightened
adj
Afraid; suffering from fear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frighten
frightenedly
frightenedly
adv
In a frightened manner.
frightenedness
frightenedness
noun
Quality of being frightened.
fringehead
fringehead
noun
Any of several fishes of the genus Neoclinus.
frontoethmoid
frontosphenoidal
frozenhearted
fundholder
fundholder
noun
(Britain) A general practitioner who manages his or her own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis, syn. Carduelis tristis)
The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria, syn. Carduelis psaltria).
goldfinches
goldfinches
noun
plural of goldfinch
grandfather
grandfather
noun
(by extension) A male forefather.
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
A father of someone's parent.
verb
(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
(transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
grandfatherhood
grandfatherhood
noun
the state of being a grandfather
grandfatherish
grandfatherish
adj
grandfatherly
grandfatherless
grandfatherless
adj
Without a grandfather.
grandfatherly
grandfatherly
adj
Having the characteristics of a grandfather.
In the manner of a grandfather.
grandfathers
grandfathers
noun
plural of grandfather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grandfather
grandfathership
grandfathership
noun
The state of being a grandfather.
griffinhood
griffinhood
noun
(India, dated) The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
groundfishes
groundfishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of groundfish
haddonfield
halfdan
halfendeal
halfendeal
adv
(obsolete) Half.
noun
(archaic) A half.
halfheartedness
halfheartedness
noun
The characteristic of being halfhearted.
halfheartednesses
halleflintoid
handcraft
handcraft
noun
(obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.
handicraft
verb
To engage in handcraft or handicraft.
handcrafted
handcrafted
adj
Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery.
handcrafting
handcrafting
verb
present participle of handcraft
handcraftman
handcrafts
handcrafts
noun
plural of handcraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcraft
handcraftsman
handcraftsman
noun
A handicraftsman.
handcuff
handcuff
noun
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
verb
(figuratively) to restrain or restrict.
To apply handcuffs to
handcuffed
handcuffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handcuff
handcuffing
handcuffing
noun
The act by which somebody is handcuffed.
verb
present participle of handcuff
handcuffs
handcuffs
noun
A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
plural of handcuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcuff
handfast
handfast
adj
(obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
(rare) Strong; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
(obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
verb
(transitive) To pledge; to bind.
(transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
handfasted
handfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handfast
handfasting
handfasting
noun
The ceremony in which people handfast.
verb
present participle of handfast
handfastly
handfastly
adv
(obsolete) In a handfast manner
handfastness
handfasts
handfasts
noun
plural of handfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handfast
handfeed
handfeed
verb
(of an animal or machine) To feed by hand.
handfish
handfish
noun
Any of the anglerfishes of the genus Brachionichthys, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
handflag
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
handful
handful
noun
(colloquial) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
(slang) A five-year prison sentence.
A group or number of things; a bunch.
A small number, usually approximately five.
The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
handfuls
handfuls
noun
plural of handful
handicrafsman
handicrafsmen
handicraft
handicraft
noun
(rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
An artifact produced by handicraft.
handicrafter
handicrafter
noun
One who engages in handicrafts.
handicrafters
handicrafters
noun
plural of handicrafter
handicrafts
handicrafts
noun
plural of handicraft
handicraftship
handicraftship
noun
The skill or art of making handicrafts.
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handicuff
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
handkerchiefs
handoff
handoff
noun
Alternative form of hand-off
handoffs
handoffs
noun
plural of handoff, alternative form of hand-off.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
handsful
handstaff
handstaff
noun
(obsolete) A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin.
The part of a flail that is held in the hand.
handycuff
handyfight
handyframe
hanford
hanford
Proper noun
A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).
A city in central California, USA
hanforrd
hanfurd
hannaford
hansford
hardfern
hardfern
noun
Blechnum spicant, a fern of Europe and Northwestern America.
hardfistedness
hardfistedness
noun
The quality of being covetous or niggardly.
heedfulness
heedfulness
noun
The state or quality of being heedful.
heedfulnesses
helfand
hemingford
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
hindarfjall
hinderful
hinderfully
hindfell
hindorff
holdfastness
holdfastness
noun
The ability to serve as a secure basis for attachment.
holdingford
hoofbound
hoofbound
adj
(dated) Of a horse: exhibiting deformative contraction and dryness of the back part of the hoof.
noun
(dated) Deformative contraction and dryness of the back part of the hoof of a horse.
hornified
hornified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornify
houndfish
houndfish
noun
A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish.
Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
houndfishes
houndfishes
noun
plural of houndfish
houndsfoot
humidification
humidification
noun
The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
humidifying
humidifying
verb
present participle of humidify
hundredfold
hundredfold
adj
Multiplied by a hundred.
adv
By a factor of one hundred.
verb
To increase to hundred times as much; to multiply by hundred.
hunfredo
hungerford
hungerford
Proper noun
A town in Berkshire, England
husbandfield
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydroferricyanic
hydroferricyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroferrocyanate
hydroferrocyanic
hydroferrocyanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen.
hydrofluozirconic
hydroforming
hydroforming
noun
(engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
(organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
hydrofranklinite
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane