A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fliegerabwehrkanone
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
halfwise
handsawfishes
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
ludwigshafen
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
sawfishes
sawfishes
noun
plural of sawfish
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
snailfishessnailflower
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
unfaithworthiness
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
weakfishes
weakfishes
noun
plural of weakfish
weaselfish
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weighshaft
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
wharfinger
wharfinger
noun
(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiffable
whiteface
whiteface
noun
(countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
(countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
(countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
(countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
(uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.