A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
bushwife
childwife
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
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.
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
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
fliegerabwehrkanone
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
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
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
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle 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.
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
frenchwise
halfwise
handsawfishes
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
herbwife
hingeflower
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)
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
renfrewshire
renfrewshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.
a council area in Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.
sawfishes
sawfishes
noun
plural of sawfish
schoolfellowship
schoolfellowship
noun
The condition of being schoolfellows.
schweinfurt
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shieldflower
shopwife
showoffishness
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
skewwhiff
skewwhiff
adj
Alternative spelling of skew-whiff
snailfishessnailflower
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
sweetfish
sweetfish
noun
An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
swellfish
swellfish
noun
(zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish.
swellfishes
swellfishes
noun
plural of swellfish
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordfishery
swordfishes
swordfishes
noun
plural of swordfish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swordfish
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
thiefwise
thimbleflower
twelfthtide
twelfthtide
Proper noun
The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself.
twitchfire
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfaithworthiness
unfellowshiped
unfellowshiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfellowship
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
uninterferedwith
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unwishfulness
unwishfulness
noun
(very rare) The state or condition of being unwishful.
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
weakfishes
weakfishes
noun
plural of weakfish
weaselfish
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weighshaft
weightlifter
weightlifter
noun
(weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.
weightlifting
weightlifting
noun
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
werewolfish
werewolfish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
wethersfield
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
wharfinger
wharfinger
noun
(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiffable
whiffed
whiffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiff
whiffen
whiffenpoof
whiffenpoof
noun
A fictional bird, said to fly forwards while looking backwards.
whiffer
whiffer
noun
(informal) An inhaler (device for asthmatics).
whiffers
whiffers
noun
plural of whiffer
whiffet
whiffet
noun
A little whiff or puff.
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffle
whiffle
noun
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A short blow or gust.
verb
(UK) To waste time.
(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To blow a short gust.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
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.
whiffleries
whifflers
whifflers
noun
plural of whiffler
whifflery
whifflery
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour of a whiffler (one who frequently changes course or opinion, or one who argues evasively).
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle