A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.
afterswarming
afterswell
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwash
afterwisdom
afterwise
afterwise
adj
Wise after the fact.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
afterwrist
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
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
crawfoots
crawfordsville
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
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.
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dwarfness
dwarfness
noun
The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.
dwarfnesses
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farawayness
farawayness
noun
The state of being faraway
farewells
farewells
noun
plural of farewell
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
farnsworth
farrows
farrows
noun
plural of farrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of farrow
fawners
fawners
noun
plural of fawner
feastraw
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.
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
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.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flandowser
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
flatwares
flatwares
noun
plural of flatware
flatworks
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
fleaworts
fleaworts
noun
plural of fleawort
floodwaters
floodwaters
noun
The waters of a flood
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flyswatter
flyswatter
noun
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
flyswatters
flyswatters
noun
plural of flyswatter
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
foldwards
foldwards
adv
(poetic) Towards a sheepfold.
foofaraws
foofaraws
noun
plural of foofaraw
footwarmers
footwarmers
noun
plural of footwarmer
footwears
footwears
noun
plural of footwear
foreanswer
foreanswer
verb
To answer beforehand or in advance
foreknowableness
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
foresaw
foresaw
verb
simple past tense of foresee
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
forestwards
forestwards
adv
Towards a forest.
foreswear
foreswear
verb
Alternative spelling of forswear
foresweared
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
foreswears
foreswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreswear
foresweat
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewarns
forewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn
forewaters
forewaters
noun
plural of forewater
forswat
forswat
adj
(obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
forswear
forswear
verb
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
forswearer
forswearer
noun
One who forswears.
One who swears a false oath; perjurer.
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forswears
forswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear
forwarders
forwarders
noun
plural of forwarder
forwardest
forwardest
adj
Superlative form of forward: most forward.
forwardness
forwardness
noun
The quality of being forward.
forwardnesses
forwardnesses
noun
plural of forwardness
forwards
forwards
adj
(sometimes nonstandard) Synonym of forward.
adv
Synonym of forward (most senses).
noun
Plural of forward.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward.
forwardsearch
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
francestown
freeways
freeways
noun
plural of freeway
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.
fretsaw
fretsaw
noun
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
verb
To cut with a fretsaw.
fretsaws
fretsaws
noun
plural of fretsaw
fretways
frogspawn
frogspawn
noun
A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
frontways
frontways
adv
towards the front; forward
frowardness
frowardness
noun
The quality of being froward.
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
grassflower
gulfwards
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
leafworms
leafworms
noun
plural of leafworm
leftwards
leftwards
adv
Leftward; towards the left.
marshflower
maskflower
mayflowers
mayflowers
noun
plural of mayflower
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
offwards
overforwardness
overforwardness
noun
The quality of being overforward.
paschflower
pasqueflower
pasqueflower
noun
Alternative spelling of pasque flower
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.
phosphowolframic
prelawfulness
rewardfulness
rewardfulness
noun
The quality of being rewardful.
safeblower
safeblower
noun
A criminal who breaks into safes using explosives.
safflower
safflower
noun
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
safflowers
safflowers
noun
plural of safflower
saffronwood
saffronwood
noun
The evergreen tree Elaeodendron croceum.
sandflower
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
scarfwise
scarfwise
adv
In the manner of a scarf.
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
scrofulaweed
seaflower
sealflower
selfward
selfward
adj
Towards oneself.
selfwards
selfwards
Adverb
Towards oneself.
semiwarfare
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
snailfishessnailflower
snailflower
snailflower
noun
Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
snakeflower
snowcraft
snowcraft
noun
The art or skill of travelling or climbing on snowy terrain.
software
software
noun
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
(military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.