To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
aftership
ahnfeltia
antiflash
antiflash
adj
Alternative form of anti-flash
antitheft
antitheft
adj
Against or preventing from being stolen.
archthief
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
befreight
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
catfishes
catfishes
noun
plural of catfish
chaffiest
chaffiest
adj
superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
chairlift
chairlift
noun
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
chatfield
chieftain
chieftain
noun
(by extension) A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
chieftess
chieftess
noun
Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain.
christoff
chuffiest
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cofighter
countfish
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
demythify
dogfights
dogfights
noun
plural of dogfight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogfight
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
driftfish
driftfish
noun
Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
eightfoil
eightfoil
noun
(heraldry) An octofoil.
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
faecalith
fahlunite
fahlunite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydration of iolite.
faithfuls
faithfuls
noun
plural of faithful
faithless
faithless
adj
Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
Not observant of promises or covenants.
Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
Serving to disappoint or deceive
Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
fanlights
fanlights
noun
plural of fanlight
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farenheit
farthings
farthings
noun
plural of farthing
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fathoming
fathoming
verb
present participle of fathom
featishly
featurish
fetichism
fetichism
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
fetichist
fetichist
noun
Archaic form of fetishist.
fetichize
fetisheer
fetishism
fetishism
noun
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
fetishist
fetishist
noun
(archaic) A believer in magical fetishes or talismans.
One who has a sexual fetish.
fetishize
fetishize
verb
(transitive) To make into a fetish, or magical object.
(transitive) To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
fifteenth
fifteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fifteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising two octaves.
One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
fiftieths
fiftieths
noun
plural of fiftieth
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
fightings
fightings
noun
plural of fighting
fightwite
fightwite
noun
(historical, law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.
filesmith
filesmith
noun
A maker of files (rasping tools).
filthiest
filthiest
adj
superlative form of filthy: most filthy
filthless
filthless
adj
Free of filth; clean; pure.
firefight
firefight
noun
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
firelight
firelight
noun
The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
fireshaft
firethorn
firethorn
noun
A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
firsthand
firsthand
adj
Direct, without intermediate stages.
Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
firstship
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishbolts
fishbolts
noun
plural of fishbolt
fisheater
fishgarth
fishgarth
noun
A fishweir.
fishmouth
fishmouth
noun
(colloquial) A chronically open mouth.
(roofing) A half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
(surgery) A horizontal incision on the breast aligned with the nipples made to drain or excise the breast fat as a form of top surgery.
(surgery) A wide incision made to drain fluid from under the fingernail.
fishplate
fishplate
noun
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
verb
(transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.
fishtails
fishtails
noun
plural of fishtail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fishtail
fistfight
fistfight
noun
A fight using bare fists.
verb
To fight using bare fists.
fitchburg
fitchered
flashiest
flashiest
adj
superlative form of flash: most flash
fleshiest
fleshiest
adj
superlative form of fleshy: most fleshy
fletching
fletching
noun
The fins or feathers so attached.
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
verb
present participle of fletch
flichters
flightful
flightful
adj
(archaic) Able to fly.
flightier
flightier
adj
comparative form of flighty: more flighty
flightily
flightily
adv
In a flighty manner.
flighting
flighting
verb
present participle of flight
flinthead
flinthead
noun
A bird, the wood stork.
flitching
flitching
verb
present participle of flitch
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.
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
foothills
foothills
noun
plural of foothill
footlight
footlight
noun
A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
foregirth
foregirth
noun
(equestrianism) A martingale.
forenight
forenight
noun
(Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
foreright
foreright
adj
(obsolete) Characterising a wind blowing on the line of one's travel; favourable.
adv
(obsolete) Directly forwards, straight ahead.
foreshift
foreshift
noun
An early shift, or one which precedes another.
foresight
foresight
noun
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
forestish
forestish
adj
(archaic, nonce word) Characteristic of a forest.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forksmith
formalith
forsythia
forsythia
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
forthwith
forthwith
adv
(chiefly formal, literary) Without delay; immediately.
fortieths
fortieths
noun
plural of fortieth
fortnight
fortnight
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, dated in North America) A period of 2 weeks.
fothering
fothering
verb
present participle of fother
fourchite
fratching
fratching
verb
present participle of fratch
freethink
freighted
freighted
adj
(also figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freight
freighter
freighter
noun
(aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
(nautical) A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
One for whom freight is transported.
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
frightens
frightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten
frightful
frightful
adj
(hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
Afraid, frightened.
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
adv
(dialect) Frightfully; very.
frighting
frighting
verb
present participle of fright
frithborh
frithborh
noun
(obsolete) A frankpledge.
frithwork
fritzsche
frostfish
frostfish
noun
(New Zealand) The scabbardfish.
(US, dialect) The smelt.
The tomcod.
frothiest
frothiest
adj
superlative form of frothy: most frothy
fulbright
gearshift
gearshift
noun
Alternative spelling of gear shift
verb
(rare) To shift gears.
ghostfish
ghostfish
noun
The wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus.
ghostlify
ghostlify
verb
To make ghostly; to haunt
griffiths
griffiths
Proper noun
derived from the given name Griffith
gunfights
gunfights
noun
plural of gunfight
halftimes
halftimes
noun
plural of halftime
hartfield
hastiform
hastiform
adj
spear-shaped; hastate
headfirst
headfirst
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
With the head in front; headlong.
heftiness
heftiness
noun
The property of being hefty.
hifalutin
hintproof
historify
historify
verb
To record in or as history.
hoofprint
hoofprint
noun
The mark of a hoof.
infighter
infighter
noun
A person who engages in infighting.
itchproof
kerchieft
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
lifschitz
lightface
lightface
noun
The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space).
lightfast
lightfast
adj
Resistant to fading.
lightfoot
lightfoot
adj
(poetic) Light-footed.
lithified
lithified
adj
Having undergone lithification.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lithify
loanshift
loanshift
noun
A word whose meaning has changed in this way.
The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
misfaiths
misfaiths
noun
plural of misfaith
misfather
misthrift
misthrift
noun
(rare) Extravagance; the wasting of money.
mustahfiz
mustahfiz
noun
(military, historical) A member of the territorial militia of the Ottoman Empire.
mythified
mythified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mythify
mythifier
nightfall
nightfall
noun
The close of the day; the coming of night.
nightfish
nightflit
nightfowl
nightlife
nightlife
noun
Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.
oftwhiles
oftwhiles
adv
(archaic) Often; oftentimes.
outfights
outfights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfight