The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beforehand
beforehand
adj
(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.
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
bonhoeffer
bufflehorn
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
chiffonade
chiffonade
noun
A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verb
To prepare a chiffonade.
chiffonier
chiffonier
noun
A receptacle for rags or shreds.
A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
codfishing
conchifera
conchiform
conchiform
adj
Shaped like a conch.
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
disfashion
disfashion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disfigure.
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.
echiniform
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
fantoddish
fantoddish
adj
irritable
farnsworth
fashioners
fashioners
noun
plural of fashioner
fashioning
fashioning
noun
The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
verb
present participle of fashion
fashionist
fashionist
noun
(archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion.
fashionize
fashionize
verb
(transitive) To make fashionable; to bring into the realm of fashion.
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
verb
(chess) To play a fianchetto.
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerhook
fishertown
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
folkething
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.
forfoughen
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
forthgoing
forthgoing
adj
Going out or forth; departing.
noun
A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
verb
present participle of forthgo
fortnights
fortnights
noun
plural of fortnight
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
fourteenth
fourteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.
One of fourteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fourteenth position.
franchisor
franchisor
noun
A company which, or a person who, grants franchises.
francophil
frankhouse
fraunhofer
frenchboro
frenchtown
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
frithsoken
frothiness
frothiness
noun
The quality of being frothy
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.
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.
hemingford
hemofuscin
henceforth
henceforth
adv
(formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.
(in metatextual self-reference) Further within this document.
holofernes
holofernes
Proper noun
a character in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar
hominiform
hominiform
noun
Synonym of hominid
honeyfogle
honeyfugle
honeyfugle
verb
Alternative form of honeyfuggle
honorifics
honorifics
noun
plural of honorific
horrifying
horrifying
adj
Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.
verb
present participle of horrify
hotfooting
hotfooting
verb
present participle of hotfoot
houndsfoot
housefront
housefront
noun
The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.
noun
(science fiction) A robot resembling a human.
hungerford
hungerford
Proper noun
A town in Berkshire, England
infanthood
infanthood
noun
Infancy.
infrahyoid
infrahyoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Below the hyoid bone in the neck.
lionfishes
lionfishes
noun
plural of lionfish
misfashion
misfashion
verb
To form or fashion wrongly.
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
moonfishes
moonfishes
noun
plural of moonfish
muttonfish
muttonfish
noun
(Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.
(chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially the mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis, the ocean pout, Macrozoarces americanus, or the Irish pompano, Diapterus auratus.
nonchafing
nonchafing
adj
That does not chafe.
nonfighter
nonfighter
noun
One who is not a fighter.
nothofagus
oafishness
oafishness
noun
The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
offishness
offishness
noun
Quality of being offish.
phenformin
phenformin
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.
philofelon
pondfishes
pondfishes
noun
plural of pondfish
prefashion
punchproof
punchproof
adj
Resistant to being punched, or punched through.
refashions
refashions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refashion
ribbonfish
ribbonfish
noun
Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.
richthofen
schonfield
shirtfront
shirtfront
noun
(Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.
(cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on.
(real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.
A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.
The front part of a shirt.
verb
(transitive, Australia, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.
shorefront
shorefront
adj
Of property or real estate: adjacent to the shore.
noun
The area fronting on a coastline.
snowflight
thencefrom
thencefrom
adv
(obsolete) From that place; therefrom.
thiofurane
thornfield
thornproof
thornproof
adj
Resistant to tearing by thorns.
tonguefish
tonguefish
noun
Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.