(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
alewife
alewife
noun
(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
applewife
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
blowflies
blowflies
noun
plural of blowfly
bowieful
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
childwife
cliffweed
cocklewife
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
cushionflower
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
downfield
downfield
adj
(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
drawfile
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
elfwife
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fellowheirship
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowlike
fellowlike
adj
Like a comrade; companionable; on equal terms.
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
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.
ficklewise
fiddlebow
fiddletown
fiddlewood
fiddlewood
noun
Any of these trees.
The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
fieldward
fieldward
adj
Towards a field.
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
fillowite
fillowite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
fingerflower
fireflower
fireplow
firewall
firewall
noun
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
(physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
verb
(intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.
(transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
(transitive, computer security) To protect with a firewall.
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawier
flawiest
flaxwife
fleetwing
flewelling
flewit
flexowriter
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flitwite
flixweed
flixweed
noun
A tall, herbaceous flowering plant, Descurainia sophia, related to mustard
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
floorwise
floorwise
adj
(India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
adv
(poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
flowerier
flowerier
adj
comparative form of flowery: more flowery
floweriest
floweriest
adj
superlative form of flowery: most flowery
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flowerist
flowerlike
flowerlike
adj
Resembling a flower, especially in shape
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
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
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
forebowline
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
fowlerite
fowlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.
fowlerville
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
freewill
freewill
adj
Voluntary, done of one's own accord.
friendliwise
fringeflower
funnelwise
funnelwise
adv
In the manner of a funnel.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
fwelling
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
glowflies
halfwise
hingeflower
hostlerwife
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
inflowering
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
ironflower
ivyflower
iwflower
jewelfish
jewelfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jewelfishes
jewelfishes
noun
plural of jewelfish
kalewife
leeuwfontein
lefkowitz
leftwich
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
leftwinger
leftwinger
noun
Alternative form of left-winger
lidflower
lifeward
lifeward
adj
Leading towards life.
adv
Towards life.
lifeway
lifeway
noun
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
lifeways
lifeways
noun
plural of lifeway
lifework
lifework
noun
The main occupation or vocation of a person's life.
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
lowlife
lowlife
noun
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
lowlifer
lowlifer
noun
Synonym of lowlife
lowlifes
lowlifes
noun
plural of lowlife
ludwigshafen
manifoldwise
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
mistflower
mistflower
noun
Any of several plants in the tribe Eupatorieae, especially Ageratina riparia and members of the genus Conoclinium.
miterflower
mitreflower
newfangledism
nonflowering
nonflowering
adj
(biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
oftwhiles
oftwhiles
adv
(archaic) Often; oftentimes.
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
overfellowlike
overflowing
overflowing
noun
overflow
verb
present participle of overflow
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overflowingness
overflowingness
noun
Quality of being overflowing; exuberance.
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
pigflower
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.