(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
(plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.
verb
Alternative form of housewive
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
housewifish
housewifish
adj
Housewifely.
huswife
huswife
noun
Obsolete form of housewife.
verb
Obsolete form of housewive.
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
ludwigshafen
schweinfurt
showerful
showerful
adj
Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
noun
A quantity that falls in a shower.
showful
showful
adj
(archaic) showy; gaudy
noun
Enough to fill a show.
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
squawfish
squawfish
noun
A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon.
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
sulphowolframic
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfaithworthiness
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unwatchfulness
unwatchfulness
noun
The quality of being unwatchful.
unwishful
unwishful
adj
Not wishful.
unwishfully
unwishfully
adv
(rare) In an unwishful manner; without wishing.
unwishfulness
unwishfulness
noun
(very rare) The state or condition of being unwishful.
unworshipful
unworshipful
adj
Not worshipful.
unwrathfulness
warehouseful
warehouseful
noun
As much as a warehouse can hold.
watchfulness
watchfulness
noun
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
watchfulnesses
watchfulnesses
noun
plural of watchfulness
watchglassful
watchglassful
noun
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
wishful
wishful
adj
(obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
Expressing a wish or longing for something.
wishfully
wishfully
adv
In a wishful manner.
wishfulness
wishfulness
noun
The state or quality of being wishful.
Wishful thinking.
wolfhounds
wolfhounds
noun
plural of wolfhound
worshipful
worshipful
adj
(chiefly Britain) Used as respectful form of address for a person or body of persons, especially in the name of a livery company. For example, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Orange Order in Ireland.
Tending to worship; showing reverence.
noun
(obsolete) One who is respected or worshipped.
worshipfully
worshipfully
adv
In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
worshipfulness
worshipfulness
noun
The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.