Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
farawayness
farawayness
noun
The state of being faraway
fawnery
featherway
ferryway
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
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.
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
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
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
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
ivyflower
julyflower
leftwardly
leftwardly
adv
In a leftward direction.
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.
overfellowly
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overforwardly
overpowerfully
oversorrowfully
oysterwife
pennyflower
powerfully
powerfully
adv
In a powerful manner.
prelawfully
screwfly
swordfishery
twentyfourmo
twentyfourmo
noun
Alternative form of twenty-fourmo
unflowery
unflowery
adj
(of speech or writing) Not flowery; simple, direct, and possibly austere.
Not bearing a flowery motif.
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.
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.
wearifully
wearifully
adv
In a weariful manner.
whifflery
whifflery
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour of a whiffler (one who frequently changes course or opinion, or one who argues evasively).
whitefishery
whitefishery
noun
The industry of fishing for whitefish.
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.