Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowoffs
blowoffs
noun
plural of blowoff
bowlfuls
bowlfuls
noun
plural of bowlful
bowstaff
bushwife
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
cowflops
cowflops
noun
plural of cowflop
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
dewfalls
dewfalls
noun
plural of dewfall
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
fanshawe
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
fastwalk
fawniest
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
feastraw
felworts
felworts
noun
plural of felwort
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
fesswise
fesswise
adv
(heraldry) In the manner of a fess; as a broad horizontal stripe across the middle of an escutcheon.
fewneses
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
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.
fishwood
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
fistwise
fistwise
adv
By means of the fists; by fighting with the fists.
In the manner of a fist.
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flatwash
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawiest
flawless
flawless
adj
Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.
flowages
flowages
noun
plural of flowage
flyaways
flyaways
noun
plural of flyaway
flyblows
flyblows
noun
plural of flyblow
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
forebows
forenews
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
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.
foreslow
foreslow
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be slow or tardy; to slow down.
(obsolete, transitive) To slow, hinder, delay, impede.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
forswear
forswear
verb
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
forswore
forswore
verb
simple past tense of foreswear
forsworn
forsworn
adj
Having lied under oath; perjured.
verb
past participle of forswear
forwards
forwards
adj
(sometimes nonstandard) Synonym of forward.
adv
Synonym of forward (most senses).
noun
Plural of forward.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward.
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
fowlings
fowlings
noun
plural of fowling
freeways
freeways
noun
plural of freeway
fretsaws
fretsaws
noun
plural of fretsaw
fretways
fretwise
frostbow
frostbow
noun
A white arc or circle in the sky during frosty weather, formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air.
frowners
frowners
noun
plural of frowner
frowsier
frowsier
adj
comparative form of frowsy: more frowsy
frowsily
frowsily
adv
In a frowsy manner.
frowsted
frowsted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frowst
halfwise
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
lifeways
lifeways
noun
plural of lifeway
lowlifes
lowlifes
noun
plural of lowlife
midwifes
midwifes
verb
(rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of midwife
mudflows
mudflows
noun
plural of mudflow
offwards
outfawns
outfawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfawn
outflows
outflows
noun
plural of outflow
outswift
peafowls
peafowls
noun
plural of peafowl
plowfish
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
roofwise
saltwife
sawflies
sawflies
noun
plural of sawfly
scofflaw
scofflaw
noun
(US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
scowlful
scowlful
adj
Characterised or marked by a scowl; scowly
screwfly
seafowls
seafowls
noun
plural of seafowl
selfward
selfward
adj
Towards oneself.
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawfowl
shopwife
showfolk
showfolk
noun
showpeople
showoffs
showoffs
noun
plural of showoff
snowfall
snowfall
noun
An instance of falling of snow.
The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
snowfowl
software
software
noun
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
(military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.
(countable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
(countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
(uncountable) Any commercial timber.
spaewife
spaewife
noun
female fortuneteller
subdwarf
subdwarf
noun
(astronomy) A star that is dimmer than a main sequence star of same temperature. They are located below the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
sweatful
sweatful
adj
Full of sweat; sweating.
sweetful
sweetful
adj
(now uncommon) Characterised by sweetness; delightful; charming.
swifters
swifters
noun
plural of swifter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swifter
swiftest
swiftest
adj
superlative form of swift: most swift
swiftian
swiftian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist, or his works.
swiftlet
swiftlet
noun
Any of the various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.
swiftown
turfwise
turfwise
adv
(rare) In terms of turf.
twelfths
twelfths
noun
plural of twelfth
twofolds
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
waffness
waftages
waftages
noun
plural of waftage
waftures
waftures
noun
plural of wafture
wagstaff
wamefous
wamefuls
wamefuls
noun
plural of wameful
warfares
warfares
noun
plural of warfare
wasteful
wasteful
adj
(obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
wastrife
waveoffs
waveoffs
noun
plural of waveoff
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
weftwise
weftwise
adj
In the orientation of the weft in woven yarn.
welfares
welfares
noun
plural of welfare
westfahl
westfall
whiffers
whiffers
noun
plural of whiffer
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
wifedoms
wifeless
wifeless
adj
Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
Without a wife present.
wifeship
wifeship
noun
The role or status of a wife.
windfish
windsurf
windsurf
noun
An act of windsurfing
verb
To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail
wingfish
wingfish
noun
A sea robin with large, wing-like pectoral fins.
witloofs
witloofs
noun
plural of witloof
wolffish
wolffish
noun
Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
wolfless
wolfless
adj
Without wolves.
wolframs
wolfskin
wolfskin
noun
The skin of a wolf.
woodfish
wormfish
wormfish
noun
Any of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.