A building on the shore beside the departure point of a ferry, where passengers may purchase tickets etc.
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
feurabush
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
fichus
fichus
noun
plural of fichu
figureheadless
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
figureheadship
figureheadship
noun
The role or status of figurehead.
firehouse
firehouse
noun
(US, firefighting) A fire station
(dialectal) A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
firehouses
firehouses
noun
plural of firehouse
fishful
fishful
adj
Abounding in fish.
fishhouse
fishhouse
noun
A business located at the water's edge that provides support to fishermen and which buys and then processes and onsells their catch.
A business that breeds fish for aquariums, selling them either to pet shops or directly to the public.
A restaurant that specializes in fish and seafood.
A temporary shelter belonging to an individual fisherman for use while ice fishing.
fishmouth
fishmouth
noun
(colloquial) A chronically open mouth.
(roofing) A half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
(surgery) A horizontal incision on the breast aligned with the nipples made to drain or excise the breast fat as a form of top surgery.
(surgery) A wide incision made to drain fluid from under the fingernail.
fishpound
flannelbush
flannelbush
noun
Any of various shrubs of the genus Fremontodendron.
flannelmouths
flannelmouths
noun
plural of flannelmouth
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashbulbs
flashbulbs
noun
plural of flashbulb
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashcubes
flashcubes
noun
plural of flashcube
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashguns
flashguns
noun
plural of flashgun
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flaughts
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
fleshbrush
fleshful
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flophouse
flophouse
noun
(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
verb
To stay in a flophouse.
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
floush
floush
verb
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flouse (“to splash”)
fluegelhorns
fluegelhorns
noun
plural of fluegelhorn
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
fluophosphate
fluophosphate
noun
(chemistry) A double salt of fluoric acid and phosphoric acid.
fluorophosphate
fluorophosphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion PO₃F²⁻ formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a fluorine atom; any salt containing such an anion
(organic chemistry) The functional group >PO₃F formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate group with a fluorine atom; any compound containing such a group
flush
flush
adj
(typography) Short for flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
Wealthy or well off.
noun
(computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
verb
(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
(intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
(intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
(mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
(mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
(transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
(transitive) To cause to blush.
(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
(transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
(transitive) To excite, inflame.
(transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
(transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
flushed
flushed
adj
Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flush
flusher
flusher
noun
(US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
flusherman
flushermen
flushers
flushers
noun
plural of flusher
flushes
flushes
noun
plural of flush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flush
flushest
flushest
adj
superlative form of flush: most flush
flushgate
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
flushingly
flushingly
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
flushness
flushness
noun
(engineering) The state of being flush: smoothly aligned, not sticking out.
The state of being flush or well supplied; abundance.
flushnesses
flushnesses
noun
plural of flushness
flushy
flushy
adj
Synonym of flushed
flybrush
forasmuch
forasmuch
adv
Inasmuch, seeing (that).
forebush
forerunnership
forerunnership
noun
The state or condition of a forerunner.
foreshoulder
foreshroud
foresightful
foresightful
adj
Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent
forestburgh
forethoughtfulness
forethoughtfulness
noun
The condition of being forethoughtful
forethoughtless
forethoughtless
adj
Without forethought.
forethoughts
forethoughts
noun
plural of forethought
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
foulish
foulish
adj
Obsolete form of foolish.
Somewhat foul.
foulmouthedness
foulmouthedness
noun
The quality or state of being foul-mouthed.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fountainheads
fountainheads
noun
plural of fountainhead
fourfiusher
fourflusher
fourflusher
noun
Alternative spelling of four-flusher (“cheat; charlatan”)
fourflushers
fourflushers
noun
plural of fourflusher
fourscorth
fourteenths
fourteenths
noun
plural of fourteenth
fourths
fourths
noun
plural of fourth
foushee
foxhounds
foxhounds
noun
plural of foxhound
foxhuntings
fraischeur
fraischeur
noun
(obsolete) freshness; coolness
frankhouse
fratcheous
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
freechurchism
frelinghuysen
frightfulness
frightfulness
noun
The quality of being frightful.
frightfulnesses
frightfulnesses
noun
plural of frightfulness
frogmouths
frogmouths
noun
plural of frogmouth
frubbish
fruchtschiefer
fruchtschiefer
noun
(mineralogy) A local variety of contact metamorphic rock derived from argillite.
fruithurst
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
frumpishness
frumpishness
noun
The quality of being frumpish.
frush
frush
adj
Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
noun
(obsolete) noise; clatter; crash
A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.
The frog of a horse's foot.
verb
(historical, transitive) To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).
(obsolete, intransitive) To charge, rush violently.
(obsolete, transitive) To break up, smash.
fuchs
fuchsia
fuchsia
adj
Having a purplish-red colour.
noun
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
fuchsin
fuchsin
noun
Alternative spelling of fuchsine
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsines
fuchsines
noun
plural of fuchsine
fuchsinophil
fuchsinophil
adj
Alternative form of fuchsinophilic
noun
(cytology) Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
fuchsinophilous
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fuchsite
fuchsite
noun
(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
fuchsone
fuciphagous
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
fuehrers
fuehrers
noun
plural of fuehrer
fughettas
fughettas
noun
plural of fughetta
fuglemanship
fuhrers
fuhrers
noun
plural of fuhrer
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
fulahs
fulhams
fulhams
noun
plural of fulham
fullish
fullish
adj
Somewhat full; reasonably full, quite full.
fulshear
fumish
fumish
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to fumes or smoke.
fumishing
fumishly
fumishness
fumishness
noun
(obsolete) fretfulness; passion
furbish
furbish
verb
To polish or burnish.
To renovate or recondition.
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
furbisher
furbisher
noun
One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
furbishes
furbishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
furbishment
furloughs
furloughs
noun
plural of furlough
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furlough
furnish
furnish
noun
Material used to create an engineered product.
verb
(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
(transitive, figuratively) To supply (somebody) with something.
(transitive, figuratively) To supply or give (something).
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
furnished
furnished
adj
equipped with whatever is needed
supplied with furniture
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furnish
furnisher
furnisher
noun
one who furnishes
furnishes
furnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furnish
furnishing
furnishing
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories.
(of an animal, in the plural) A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc.
verb
present participle of furnish
furnishings
furnishings
noun
Accessories used with a dress.
Furniture generally.
Items of furniture and/or accessories by which something is equipped so as to be more useful, convenient, or comfortable.
The objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space.
plural of furnishing
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.