(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.
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.
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
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.
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
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
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
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
forwardsearch
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.
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.
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
ludwigshafen
marshflower
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
paschflower
phosphowolframic
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
sawfish
sawfish
noun
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
sawfishes
sawfishes
noun
plural of sawfish
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
shadowfoot
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawfowl
snailfishessnailflower
squawfish
squawfish
noun
A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon.
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
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.
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
unfaithworthiness
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.
unwatchfulness
unwatchfulness
noun
The quality of being unwatchful.
unwrathfulness
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
warehouseful
warehouseful
noun
As much as a warehouse can hold.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
washoff
washoff
noun
Material transferred by this process.
The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
washproof
washproof
adj
Capable of being washed without damage or loss.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfulness
watchfulness
noun
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
watchfulnesses
watchfulnesses
noun
plural of watchfulness
watchglassful
watchglassful
noun
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
weakfishes
weakfishes
noun
plural of weakfish
weaselfish
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofness
weatherproofness
noun
The quality or degree of being weatherproof.
weatherproofs
weatherproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof
weighshaft
westfahl
wharfages
wharfages
noun
plural of wharfage
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfless
wharfless
adj
Lacking a wharf
wharfmaster
wharfmaster
noun
The supervisor in charge of a wharf.
wharfmasters
wharfmasters
noun
plural of wharfmaster
wharfs
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wheatflakes
wheatflakes
noun
plural of wheatflake
wheelswarf
wheelswarf
noun
swarf (grit worn away by grinding)
wheyfaces
wheyfaces
noun
plural of wheyface
whipstaff
whipstaff
noun
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.