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
childwife
cushionflower
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
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
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
fliegerabwehrkanone
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
flywinch
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
halfwise
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
hingeflower
hostlerwife
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
jewelfish
jewelfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jewelfishes
jewelfishes
noun
plural of jewelfish
leftwich
ludwigshafen
nightfowl
oftwhiles
oftwhiles
adv
(archaic) Often; oftentimes.
phosphowolframic
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
plowfish
schoolfellowship
schoolfellowship
noun
The condition of being schoolfellows.
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
shieldflower
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
snailfishessnailflower
snowflight
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
sulphowolframic
swellfish
swellfish
noun
(zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish.
swellfishes
swellfishes
noun
plural of swellfish
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
thimbleflower
twelfthtide
twelfthtide
Proper noun
The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
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.
weaselfish
weightlifter
weightlifter
noun
(weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.
weightlifting
weightlifting
noun
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
werewolfish
werewolfish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
wethersfield
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiffable
whiffle
whiffle
noun
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A short blow or gust.
verb
(UK) To waste time.
(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To blow a short gust.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
whiffled
whiffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiffle
whiffler
whiffler
noun
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye.
(obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
(obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
(obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
whiffleries
whifflers
whifflers
noun
plural of whiffler
whifflery
whifflery
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour of a whiffler (one who frequently changes course or opinion, or one who argues evasively).
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle
whiffletree
whiffletree
noun
(US) a whippletree
whiffletrees
whiffletrees
noun
plural of whiffletree
whiffling
whiffling
noun
A breathy noise, as of a horse or a bird.
Aimless talk; waffle.
verb
present participle of whiffle
whifflingly
whirlpuff
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
whistlefish
whistlefish
noun
(dialect, archaic) A fish: the gossat or rockling.
whistlefishes
whitefield
whitefield
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
whitefieldian
whitefieldism
whitefieldite
whiteflies
whiteflies
noun
plural of whitefly
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
whitfield
whitfield
Proper noun
One of two hamlets and three villages in England.
A in Pennsylvania.
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.
witchleaf
wolfachite
wolffish
wolffish
noun
Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
wolffishes
wolffishes
noun
plural of wolffish
wolfish
wolfish
adj
Fierce; menacing; savage.
Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf.
Pertaining to wolves.
wolfishly
wolfishly
adv
In a wolfish way.
wolfishness
wolfishness
noun
The quality of being wolfish.
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.
yellowfish
yellowfish
noun
Certain species of the genus Labeobarbus of mid-sized ray-finned fish.