A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterwash
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterwrath
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
bathflower
chamberfellow
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
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.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
faldworth
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farnsworth
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherway
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
feuchtwanger
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.
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
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
fliegerabwehrkanone
flowchart
flowchart
noun
Alternative spelling of flow chart
flowcharted
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
forehatchway
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
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
forwardsearch
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
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.
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
hereafterward
hereafterward
adv
(archaic) hereafter
leatherflower
marshflower
paschflower
phosphowolframic
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
snailfishessnailflower
starchflower
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
sulphowolframic
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
thenceforward
thenceforward
adv
from then on; from that time on
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thencefoward
thereafterward
threadflower
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
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.
unwrathful
unwrathful
adj
Not wrathful.
unwrathfully
unwrathfully
adv
In an unwrathful manner.
unwrathfulness
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wanthrift
warehouseful
warehouseful
noun
As much as a warehouse can hold.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
washproof
washproof
adj
Capable of being washed without damage or loss.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
watchfree
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherford
weatherford
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
weatherproof
weatherproof
adj
Capable of resisting damage caused by the weather.
verb
(UK) To make something resistant to damage caused by the weather.
weatherproofed
weatherproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weatherproofness
weatherproofness
noun
The quality or degree of being weatherproof.
weatherproofs
weatherproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof
wharf
wharf
noun
A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
verb
(transitive) To place on a wharf.
(transitive) To secure by a wharf.
wharfage
wharfage
noun
A dock, quay, or pier.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
Wharfs collectively.
wharfages
wharfages
noun
plural of wharfage
wharfe
wharfed
wharfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wharf
wharfhead
wharfholder
wharfholder
noun
(historical, rare) The owner of a wharf.
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
wharfinger
wharfinger
noun
(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfland
wharfland
noun
The land area surrounding a wharf.
wharfless
wharfless
adj
Lacking a wharf
wharfman
wharfman
noun
A man who works on a wharf.
wharfmaster
wharfmaster
noun
The supervisor in charge of a wharf.
wharfmasters
wharfmasters
noun
plural of wharfmaster
wharfmen
wharfmen
noun
plural of wharfman
wharfrae
wharfs
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheatcroft
wheelbarrowful
wheelbarrowful
noun
The amount that can fit in a wheelbarrow.
wheelswarf
wheelswarf
noun
swarf (grit worn away by grinding)
whenceforward
whenceforward
adv
(formal or literary) From which point onwards (in time or space).
whereafter
whereafter
adv
(formal) After which time or event.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
witchcraft
witchcraft
noun
Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.