(archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.
(obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
adv
At an earlier or preceding time.
chaddsford
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
codfishing
damfoolish
deflourish
disfashion
disfashion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disfigure.
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
dollarfish
dollarfish
noun
Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
doughfoots
downshifts
downshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downshift
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
falsehoods
falsehoods
noun
plural of falsehood
fantoddish
fantoddish
adj
irritable
fatherhood
fatherhood
noun
The state of being a father.
featherdom
featherdom
noun
The world or sphere of birds.
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashflood
flashflood
noun
Alternative spelling of flash flood
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
foolheaded
forehanded
forehanded
adj
(not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
(now US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
(obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
(obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
(obsolete, US) Wealthy.
Direct, straightforward, sincere.
adv
With a forehand stroke.
foreheaded
foreheaded
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of forehead
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshowed
foreshroud
fosterhood
fosterhood
noun
The state of being a foster child.
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
freeholder
freeholder
noun
A person who holds tenure by freehold
fundholder
fundholder
noun
(Britain) A general practitioner who manages his or her own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
One who has money in the public funds.
furloughed
furloughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furlough
ghostified
ghostified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ghostify
godfathers
godfathers
noun
plural of godfather
goldfishes
goldfishes
noun
plural of goldfish
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
hallieford
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.
harefooted
hederiform
hederiform
adj
ivy-shaped
heiferhood
heiferhood
noun
The state or time of being a heifer.
hemingford
hofstadter
hordeiform
houndsfoot
hungerford
hungerford
Proper noun
A town in Berkshire, England
hustisford
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
hydrofoils
hydrofoils
noun
plural of hydrofoil
infanthood
infanthood
noun
Infancy.
infrahyoid
infrahyoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Below the hyoid bone in the neck.
lifeholder
overchafed
overfished
overfished
adj
Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overfish
photoflood
photoflood
noun
(photography) A lamp that produces a broad beam of continuous bright light; used to illuminate a photographic subject
pondfishes
pondfishes
noun
plural of pondfish
roughdraft
rutherford
rutherford
noun
An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.
schonfield
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
shadowfoot
sheepfolds
sheepfolds
noun
plural of sheepfold
sheetflood
sheriffdom
sheriffdom
noun
The office, or period of office, of a sheriff.
The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
shoplifted
shoplifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shoplift
softheaded
softheaded
adj
(informal) Lacking sound judgment or resolve; stupid; weak-minded.
southfield
thirtyfold
thirtyfold
adj
thirty times as great, or as many
adv
By a factor of thirty
thornfield
threadfoot
toadfishes
toadfishes
noun
plural of toadfish
unfathomed
unfathomed
adj
Not explored or understood.
Of unknown depth.
unfreehold
vouchsafed
vouchsafed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of vouchsafe