(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
aldhafara
aldhafera
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
chaffered
chaffered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaffer
chamfered
chamfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamfer
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
codfisher
codfisher
noun
One who fishes for cod.
driftfish
driftfish
noun
Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
eldfather
eldfather
noun
(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandfather or forefather.
(obsolete) One's father-in-law.
fairchild
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
faldworth
farmhands
farmhands
noun
plural of farmhand
fauchards
fauchards
noun
plural of fauchard
feathered
feathered
adj
(Appalachia) Badly beaten.
(engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
(in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers.
(poetic) Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
(rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
Covered with feathers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feather
firsthand
firsthand
adj
Direct, without intermediate stages.
Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
fitchered
flanchard
flanchard
noun
(historical) A piece of armor designed to be attached to the sides of a saddle to protect the flanks of the horse.
floorhead
floorhead
noun
(nautical) Any of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.
foolhardy
foolhardy
adj
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
noun
A person who is foolhardy.
forehands
forehands
noun
plural of forehand
foreheads
foreheads
noun
plural of forehead
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
frederich
freeholds
freeholds
noun
plural of freehold
freighted
freighted
adj
(also figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freight
freshened
freshened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freshen
friarhood
friarhood
noun
The state or period of being a friar.
friedheim
friedrich
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
furnished
furnished
adj
equipped with whatever is needed
supplied with furniture
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furnish
furthered
furthered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of further
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
guardfish
guardfish
noun
Synonym of houndfish
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handcraft
handcraft
noun
(obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.
handicraft
verb
To engage in handcraft or handicraft.
hannaford
hartfield
hausdorff
hausdorff
Adjective
Such that any two points have disjoint neighborhoods.
haverford
hazardful
hazardful
adj
Full of hazard; dangerous; risky.
headfirst
headfirst
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
With the head in front; headlong.
headframe
headframe
noun
(mining) the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.
headscarf
headscarf
noun
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
herefords
hertzfeld
hinderful
hornified
hornified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornify
horrified
horrified
adj
Struck with horror.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of horrify
hydriform
hydriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.
hydrofoil
hydrofoil
noun
(nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.
(nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
verb
(nautical) To operate or use or ride atop a hydrofoil wing on a hull so equipped.
hydrofuge
hydrofuge
adj
Describing a hair pile made of very many tiny, closely-spaced hairs, forming a hydrophobic surface on the bodies of certain insects.
pitchford
redfishes
redfishes
noun
plural of redfish
refreshed
refreshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of refresh
richfield
roundfish
roundfish
noun
Any fish that is not a flatfish.
Prosopium cylindraceum, the round whitefish.
The common carp.
serfhoods
sherfield
swordfish
swordfish
noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
verb
To fish for swordfish.
threadfin
threadfin
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Polynemidae.
threefold
threefold
adj
three times as great
triple
adv
by a factor of three
noun
(mathematics) An algebraic variety of dimension 3.
unfrothed
wharfhead
wharfland
wharfland
noun
The land area surrounding a wharf.
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.