A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterwash
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterwrath
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
awheft
bathflower
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
benchfellow
bethflower
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
breechesflower
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
bushwife
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chafeweed
chafeweed
noun
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
chaffweed
chaffweed
noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
chamberfellow
cheeseflower
childwife
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
cowfishes
cowfishes
noun
plural of cowfish
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
cushionflower
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fanshawe
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherway
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fellowheirship
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
feuchtwanger
fevertwitch
fightwite
fightwite
noun
(historical, law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.
fishertown
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
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.
fishwives
fishwives
noun
plural of fishwife
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fitchew
fitchew
noun
(obsolete) polecat
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flatwashes
flaxwench
fliegerabwehrkanone
flowcharted
flowsheet
flowsheet
noun
flowchart
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
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.
flywheels
flywheels
noun
plural of flywheel
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
followeth
followeth
verb
(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of follow
foochowese
forehatchway
forehew
forehew
verb
(transitive) To hew or cut in front.
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshadowed
foreshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshadower
noun
One who or that which foreshadows.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
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.
foreshowed
foreshower
foreshower
noun
One who predicts.
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreshown
foreshown
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshow
foreshows
foreshows
noun
plural of foreshow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshow
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
forwardsearch
freewheel
freewheel
noun
a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
verb
(by extension) To operate free from constraints.
(of a cyclist) To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill.
(of a gear) To continue spinning after disengagement.
(of a motorist) To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
freewheeled
freewheeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freewheel
freewheeler
freewheeler
noun
A person who is primarily concerned with having a good time.
A vehicle that can freewheel.
Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly.
freewheelers
freewheelers
noun
plural of freewheeler
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
frenchtown
frenchweed
frenchwise
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
freshwater
freshwater
adj
(economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
Consisting of fresh water.
Living in fresh water.
noun
(countable) A body of fresh water
Alternative spelling of fresh water
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
halfwise
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.
handsawfishes
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
heathfowl
helmetflower
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
herbwife
hereafterward
hereafterward
adv
(archaic) hereafter
hingeflower
hollowfaced
honeyflower
horseflower
hostlerwife
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
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewifeship
housewifeship
noun
The management of a household; housewifery.
The role or status of a housewife.
housewifish
housewifish
adj
Housewifely.
huswife
huswife
noun
Obsolete form of housewife.
verb
Obsolete form of housewive.
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
interwhiff
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jewelfish
jewelfish
noun
Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jewelfishes
jewelfishes
noun
plural of jewelfish
jewfish
jewfish
noun
Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)