A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
bushwife
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
fanshawe
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fishweed
fishweir
fishweir
noun
An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishwife
fishwife
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
(archaic) A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
(derogatory) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flywheel
flywheel
noun
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
halfwise
herbwife
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
leftwich
shopwife
twelfths
twelfths
noun
plural of twelfth
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
westfahl
wharfage
wharfage
noun
A dock, quay, or pier.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
Wharfs collectively.
wharfmen
wharfmen
noun
plural of wharfman
wharfrae
wherefor
wherefor
adv
(dated) Alternative spelling of wherefore
conj
For which.
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
whiffers
whiffers
noun
plural of whiffer
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffled
whiffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiffle
whiffler
whiffler
noun
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye.
(obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
(obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
(obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
wifehood
wifehood
noun
The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.