(dated) That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
chefoo
dehoff
fathom
fathom
noun
(archaic or obsolete) Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
(chiefly in the plural) An unspecified depth.
(chiefly nautical, historical) Originally, the distance between an adult man's arms stretched out away from the sides of his torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to his body, measured from the tips of the longest fingers of each hand, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres); subsequently used as a unit for water depth but now generally replaced by the metre.
(figuratively) Control, grasp.
Someone or something that is embraced.
The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
verb
(also figuratively) To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
(archaic or obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
(figuratively) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
(figuratively) To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
(obsolete) To embrace (someone or something).
To measure a depth; to sound.
floush
floush
verb
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flouse (“to splash”)
foehns
foehns
noun
plural of foehn
foeish
forche
forhoo
forhow
forhow
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To cast off; scorn.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.
(transitive, obsolete) To despise; scorn.
forthy
forthy
adv
(obsolete) For this, for this reason; on this account.
(obsolete) Therefore.
conj
Because, for sake, forwhy, since.
forwhy
forwhy
conj
(obsolete) Because; for the reason that.
foshan
foshan
Proper noun
A large sub-provincial city in the south-east of China, in the province of Guangdong.
fother
fother
noun
(dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals.
(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
(obsolete) A load of any sort.
(obsolete) A wagonload.
verb
(dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).
(dialect) To feed animals (with fother).
fought
fought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fight
fourth
fourth
adj
The ordinal form of the number four.
noun
(chiefly US) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
(in the singular) The fourth gear of an engine.
(in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
verb
(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.
foxish
foxish
adj
Like or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly.
frohna
frohne
frothi
froths
froths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of froth
frothy
frothy
adj
(business) Highly speculative; having high risk and high return.
(figurative) lightweight; lacking depth or substance
Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
noun
(Australia, slang, chiefly in the plural) A serving of beer.
frough
goofah
hairof
halfon
hereof
hereof
adv
From or as a result of this.
Of this; concerning this.
hodful
hodful
noun
Enough to fill a hod.
hoeful
hoffer
hoofed
hoofed
adj
Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoof
hoofer
hoofer
noun
(US, slang) A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
hopoff
howffs
howffs
noun
plural of howff
loofah
loofah
noun
A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
Any bathing sponge
The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
oafish
oafish
adj
Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
(Hong Kong) Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.
(India) A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.
verb
(India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.
whoofs
whoofs
noun
plural of whoof
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whoof