(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
archaeopterygiformes
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bumbailiffship
bumblebeefish
bumblebeefishes
charadriiformes
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chloroformism
chloroformism
noun
(medicine, archaic) addiction to chloroform
chloroformist
chloroformist
noun
(medicine, archaic) One who uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.
chondrofibromatous
christiform
chromiferous
chromiferous
adj
Containing, or yielding chromium.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
climbingfish
climbingfishes
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
craftmanship
craftmanship
noun
Alternative form of craftsmanship
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmanships
craftsmanships
noun
plural of craftsmanship
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
damfoolish
damselfish
damselfish
noun
Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family.
damselfishes
damselfishes
noun
plural of damselfish
dehumidifiers
dehumidifiers
noun
plural of dehumidifier
dehumidifies
dehumidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify
diffeomorphism
diffeomorphism
noun
(mathematics) A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dinornithiformes
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
doughfaceism
doughfaceism
noun
(derogatory) The character of a doughface; pliability.
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
drumfishes
drumfishes
noun
plural of drumfish
dumbfish
dumfriesshire
dumfriesshire
Proper noun
a historic county in Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Region. Its county town was
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
facioscapulohumeral
facioscapulohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy.
familyish
familyish
adj
(informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
famish
famish
verb
(intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve to death.
(intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
(intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
(obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
(transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
(transitive) To force, control, or constrain by famine.
(transitive) To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
famished
famished
adj
Extremely hungry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of famish
famishes
famishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish
famishing
famishing
verb
present participle of famish
famishment
famishment
noun
(now literary) The state or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
famishments
famishments
noun
plural of famishment
farmerish
farmerish
adj
Characteristic of a farmer.
farmership
farmership
noun
Skill in farming.
fashionmonger
fashionmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.
fashionmonging
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
fetichism
fetichism
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
fetishism
fetishism
noun
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
fetishmonger
fichteanism
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filmish
filmish
adj
(informal, colloquial) Of, relating to, or characteristic of films, movies, or the film industry; cinematic.
filmographies
filmographies
noun
plural of filmography
fingersmith
fingersmith
noun
midwife
pickpocket
firemanship
firemanship
noun
The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
fisherman
fisherman
noun
A person whose profession is catching fish.
A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.
Any person who attempts to catch fish.
fishermen
fishermen
noun
plural of fisherman
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
fishman
fishman
noun
A man who sells fish.
fishmeal
fishmeal
noun
Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.
fishmeals
fishmeals
noun
plural of fishmeal
fishmen
fishmen
noun
plural of fishman
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
fishmongers
fishmongers
noun
plural of fishmonger
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.
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
flamefish
flamefishes
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
fleischmanns
flemish
flemish
noun
(nautical) Short for Flemish coil (“a rope that has been arranged into a neat, flat spiral coil”).
verb
(transitive, nautical) Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.
flemished
flemished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flemish
flemishes
flemishes
noun
plural of flemish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flemish
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
footmanship
footmanship
noun
(archaic) The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).
(historical) The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
foreadmonish
foreadmonish
verb
(rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
foremanships
foremanships
noun
plural of foremanship
forksmith
formaldehydesulphoxylic
forthcomingness
forthcomingness
noun
The state or quality of being forthcoming.
frameshift
frameshift
noun
A frameshift mutation.
verb
To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
framesmith
framesmith
noun
A maker of frames.
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
francophilism
freechurchism
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
frenchism
frenchism
Noun
A custom peculiar to France.
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of French.
freshmanic
freshmanic
adj
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
freshmanship
freshmanship
noun
The state of being a freshman.
frightsome
frightsome
adj
Feeling fright; afraid; frightened.
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
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.
fuglemanship
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
fumish
fumish
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to fumes or smoke.
fumishing
fumishly
fumishness
fumishness
noun
(obsolete) fretfulness; passion
furbishment
furnishment
furnishment
noun
(obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
(obsolete) furniture
gemeinschaft
gemeinschaft
noun
(sociology) A society or group characterized by a strong sense of common identity, personal relationships, and attachments to various concerns.
An association or group of individuals sharing common beliefs, attitudes, and tastes; a fellowship.
gemeinschaften
hafniums
halftimes
halftimes
noun
plural of halftime
hammerfish
hammerfish
noun
The hammerhead shark.
handicrafsman
handicrafsmen
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hanifism
hastiform
hastiform
adj
spear-shaped; hastate
hemofuscin
hemoglobiniferous
hesperornithiformes
highfalutinism
highfalutinism
noun
highfalutin language or behaviour
himself
himself
pron
(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
(Ireland, otherwise archaic) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
(reflexive) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
hoffmannist
hoffmeister
humidfies
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
humidifiers
humidifiers
noun
plural of humidifier
humidifies
humidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humidify
humifuse
humifuse
adj
(botany) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent