(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushoffs
brushoffs
noun
plural of brushoff
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
chauffers
chauffers
noun
plural of chauffer
cheekfuls
chestfuls
chestfuls
noun
plural of chestful
chuffiest
countfish
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
faithfuls
faithfuls
noun
plural of faithful
farmhouse
farmhouse
noun
(traditionally and archetypally) A farmer's residence.
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.
fauchards
fauchards
noun
plural of fauchard
featurish
feurabush
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
firehouse
firehouse
noun
(US, firefighting) A fire station
(dialectal) A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
fishhouse
fishhouse
noun
A business located at the water's edge that provides support to fishermen and which buys and then processes and onsells their catch.
A business that breeds fish for aquariums, selling them either to pet shops or directly to the public.
A restaurant that specializes in fish and seafood.
A temporary shelter belonging to an individual fisherman for use while ice fishing.
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.
fishpound
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashguns
flashguns
noun
plural of flashgun
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flophouse
flophouse
noun
(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
verb
To stay in a flophouse.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
flushgate
flushness
flushness
noun
(engineering) The state of being flush: smoothly aligned, not sticking out.
The state of being flush or well supplied; abundance.
forasmuch
forasmuch
adv
Inasmuch, seeing (that).
foxhounds
foxhounds
noun
plural of foxhound
fuchsines
fuchsines
noun
plural of fuchsine
fughettas
fughettas
noun
plural of fughetta
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
fumishing
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
furbisher
furbisher
noun
One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
furbishes
furbishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish
furloughs
furloughs
noun
plural of furlough
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furlough
furnished
furnished
adj
equipped with whatever is needed
supplied with furniture
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furnish
furnisher
furnisher
noun
one who furnishes
furnishes
furnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furnish
goshawful
goshawful
adj
Euphemistic form of god-awful.
guardfish
guardfish
noun
Synonym of houndfish
gunfights
gunfights
noun
plural of gunfight
handcuffs
handcuffs
noun
A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
plural of handcuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcuff
hausdorff
hausdorff
Adjective
Such that any two points have disjoint neighborhoods.
hausfraus
hausfraus
noun
plural of hausfrau
haushofer
houndfish
houndfish
noun
A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish.
Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
housefast
housefuls
housefuls
noun
plural of houseful
housewife
housewife
noun
(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
(plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.
verb
Alternative form of housewive
huffiness
huffiness
noun
The property of being huffy.
huffishly
huffishly
adv
In a huffish manner.
humidfies
hushfully
hushfully
adv
In a hushful manner.
lufthansa
lufthansa
Proper noun
A particular German airline.
mousefish
mousefish
noun
Gonorynchus gonorynchus, a kind of beaked salmon.
The sargassum fish, Histrio histrio.
mouthfuls
mouthfuls
noun
plural of mouthful
mudfishes
mudfishes
noun
plural of mudfish
mustahfiz
mustahfiz
noun
(military, historical) A member of the territorial militia of the Ottoman Empire.
outfights
outfights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfight
outshifts
overflush
overflush
verb
To flush to excess.
pupfishes
pupfishes
noun
plural of pupfish
puppyfish
pushfully
pushfully
adv
In a pushful manner.
queenfish
queenfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Scomberoides
Seriphus politus, a North American croaker with elongated body and large mouth.
quillfish
quillfish
noun
Ptilichthys goodei, a long, eel-like perciform fish native to the north Pacific Ocean.
refurbish
refurbish
verb
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
refurnish
refurnish
verb
(transitive) To furnish again; to get new furniture for.
(transitive) To supply or provide anew.
reshuffle
reshuffle
noun
an instance of reshuffling, a reorganization
verb
To reorganize or rearrange something, especially government posts.
To shuffle something again, especially playing cards.
roundfish
roundfish
noun
Any fish that is not a flatfish.
Prosopium cylindraceum, the round whitefish.
The common carp.
scatheful
scatheful
adj
(archaic) Causing harm or mischief; destructive, injurious.
schemeful
schemeful
adj
Full of schemes or plans.
schoolful
schoolful
noun
Enough to fill a school.
scourfish
searchful
shelffuls
shelffuls
noun
plural of shelfful
shovelful
shovelful
noun
The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
showerful
showerful
adj
Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
noun
A quantity that falls in a shower.
shufflers
shufflers
noun
plural of shuffler
shuffling
shuffling
adj
Evasive.
Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
noun
(dated) Trickery.
The act or motion of one who shuffles.
The noise created by something moving about.
verb
present participle of shuffle
sighfully
sighfully
adv
In a sighful manner.
skullfish
skullfish
noun
(nautical, whaling, obsolete) A whale more than two years old.
sleuthful
slothfuls
spatheful
speechful
speechful
adj
voluble; loquacious
noun
The entire contents of a speech.
squawfish
squawfish
noun
A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon.
stenchful
stenchful
adj
Full of stench; foul-smelling.
subchiefs
subchiefs
noun
plural of subchief
subshafts
subshafts
noun
plural of subshaft
sunfisher
sunfishes
sunfishes
noun
plural of sunfish
surfperch
surfperch
noun
Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
tartufish
tartufish
adj
Alternative form of tartuffish
theftuous
theftuous
adj
Of the nature of theft; thievish.
thirstful
thirstful
adj
thirsty
thrustful
thrustful
adj
Tending to thrust oneself forward; pushy.
thurifers
thurifers
noun
plural of thurifer
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).
tubfishes
unbashful
unbashful
adj
Not bashful.
unfashion
unfashion
verb
(transitive) To undo the fashioning of; to take apart, or unmake.
unfishing
unfleshed
unfleshed
adj
(of a weapon) Not accustomed to flesh; not having been used in combat.
Having no flesh.
unfleshly
unfleshly
adj
Not pertaining to or devoted to the flesh or the body; not physical.
unflushed
unflushed
adj
Not flushed.
unfoolish
unfoolish
adj
Not foolish.
unfoppish
unfoppish
adj
Not foppish.
unfurnish
unfurnish
verb
(transitive) To strip (a place) of defences or defenders.
(transitive) To strip of furniture.
unselfish
unselfish
adj
Not selfish
unshafted
unshafted
adj
Not shafted.
unsheriff
unsheriff
verb
To depose from the office of sheriff.
unshifted
unshifted
adj
Not shifted.
unshuffle
unshuffle
verb
(transitive) To restore to order from a shuffled state.
unwishful
unwishful
adj
Not wishful.
upshifted
upshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upshift
vouchsafe
vouchsafe
verb
To disclose or divulge.
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.