Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
fadeaway
fadeaway
noun
(basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
(slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
fadeaways
fadeaways
noun
plural of fadeaway
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
farawayness
farawayness
noun
The state of being faraway
fawnery
featherway
feedway
feedway
noun
The channel along which material is fed into a machine for processing.
fellowly
fellowly
adj
Fellowlike; companionable, sociable or sympathetic.
adv
In a fellowly manner.
ferryway
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
fittywise
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flawlessly
flawlessly
adv
In a flawless manner.
flowerfly
flowerfly
noun
Alternative spelling of flower-fly
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
flowery
flowery
adj
(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
flyblew
flyblew
verb
simple past tense of flyblow
flyflower
flyswatter
flyswatter
noun
A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
flyswatters
flyswatters
noun
plural of flyswatter
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
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
footweary
forebackwardly
forehatchway
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forweary
forweary
adj
(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.
(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
fowey
fowey
Proper noun
a small town and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England.
a river in Cornwall which flows from Bodmin Moor to the English Channel at the town of Fowey.
fowlery
fowlery
noun
A place where fowl are raised.
freeway
freeway
noun
(In parts of Canada, the U.S. and Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
A toll-free highway.
freeways
freeways
noun
plural of freeway
fretways
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
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.
honeyflower
housewifely
housewifely
adj
Befitting a housewife.
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
ivyflower
julyflower
knifeway
kynewulf
leftwardly
leftwardly
adv
In a leftward direction.
lifeway
lifeway
noun
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
lifeways
lifeways
noun
plural of lifeway
lyreflower
mayflower
mayflower
noun
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
mayflowers
mayflowers
noun
plural of mayflower
midwifery
midwifery
noun
The practice and science of being a midwife.
moneyflower
monkeyflower
monkeyflower
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Mimulus.
newfangledly
newfangledly
adv
In a newfangled manner.
overfellowly
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overforwardly
overpowerfully
oversorrowfully
oysterwife
pennyflower
playfellow
playfellow
noun
(dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
playfellows
playfellows
noun
plural of playfellow
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
prelawfully
safeway
screwfly
swordfishery
taffywise
twelfhynde
twelfhyndeman
twelfthly
twelfthly
adv
In the twelfth place.
twentyfold
twentyfold
adj
By a factor of twenty.
twentyfourmo
twentyfourmo
noun
Alternative form of twenty-fourmo
tweyfold
unfellowly
unfellowly
adj
Not fellowly.
unflowery
unflowery
adj
(of speech or writing) Not flowery; simple, direct, and possibly austere.
Not bearing a flowery motif.
unhousewifely
unhousewifely
adj
Not housewifely.
unwakefully
unwastefully
unwastefully
adv
Not wastefully, in a way that avoids waste.
unwifely
unwifely
adj
Not wifely.
unwoefully
unwonderfully
wafery
wafery
adj
(of bread) Sliced very thinly.
Like a wafer (especially, thin, brittle, light).
noun
(obsolete, historical) A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
wakefully
wakefully
adv
In a wakeful manner.
wastefully
wastefully
adv
In a wasteful manner.
wasterfully
wayfare
wayfare
noun
(archaic) Travel, journeying.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make a journey; to travel.
wayfarer
wayfarer
noun
A traveller, especially one on foot.
A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms.
wayfarers
wayfarers
noun
A pair of wayfarer glasses.
plural of wayfarer.
wayfellow
wayfellow
noun
A fellow wayfarer; one who accompanies another during a journey.
waynesfield
wealthfully
wealthfully
adv
In prosperity or happiness; prosperously.
wearifully
wearifully
adv
In a weariful manner.
wefty
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
wheyfaced
wheyfaces
wheyfaces
noun
plural of wheyface
whifflery
whifflery
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour of a whiffler (one who frequently changes course or opinion, or one who argues evasively).
whiskyfied
whitefishery
whitefishery
noun
The industry of fishing for whitefish.
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
wifely
wifely
adj
Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
woefully
woefully
adv
In a woeful manner; to an unfortunately great extent.
woefully inadequate
wolfberry
wolfberry
noun
Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
The berry of this plant.
The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.
wonderfully
wonderfully
adv
In a wonderful manner.
To an extent inspiring wonder.
wycliffe
wycliffite
wycliffite
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mediaeval English theologian John Wycliffe (mid-1320s–1384), his ideas, or his English translation of the Bible (Wyclif’s Bible).
Noun
A follower of John Wycliffe.
wyclifite
yellowfin
yellowfin
noun
especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)
yellowfish
yellowfish
noun
Certain species of the genus Labeobarbus of mid-sized ray-finned fish.
yellowknife
yellowknife
Proper noun
Capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
yokefellow
yokefellow
noun
(now rare, historical) Someone joined in marriage to another; a spouse.
A companion; a fellow labourer, a person who works at the same task as another.