A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
breechesflower
bushwife
cheeseflower
cowfish
cowfish
noun
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
cowfishes
cowfishes
noun
plural of cowfish
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
cushionflower
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fanshawe
farnsworth
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fellowheirship
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
fishertown
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.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishweed
fishweir
fishweir
noun
An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishwife
fishwife
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
(archaic) A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
(derogatory) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
fishwives
fishwives
noun
plural of fishwife
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
fishwood
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flatwash
flatwashes
floorshow
floorshow
noun
A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flowsheet
flowsheet
noun
flowchart
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
flywheels
flywheels
noun
plural of flywheel
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
foochowese
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshadowed
foreshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshadower
noun
One who or that which foreshadows.
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
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
foreshowed
foreshower
foreshower
noun
One who predicts.
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreshown
foreshown
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshow
foreshows
foreshows
noun
plural of foreshow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshow
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forwardsearch
freewheelers
freewheelers
noun
plural of freewheeler
freewheelingness
frenchwise
freshwater
freshwater
adj
(economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
Consisting of fresh water.
Living in fresh water.
noun
(countable) A body of fresh water
Alternative spelling of fresh water
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
goshawful
goshawful
adj
Euphemistic form of god-awful.
halfwise
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
horseflower
hostlerwife
housewife
housewife
noun
(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.
howffs
howffs
noun
plural of howff
howfs
howfs
noun
plural of howf
huswife
huswife
noun
Obsolete form of housewife.
verb
Obsolete form of housewive.
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jewelfish
jewelfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jewelfishes
jewelfishes
noun
plural of jewelfish
jewfish
jewfish
noun
Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)