(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
crayfishes
crayfishes
noun
plural of crayfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
factoryship
faddishly
faddishly
adv
In a faddish way.
fairishly
fairishly
adv
Tolerably well; acceptably.
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
fairyship
fairyship
noun
(with "your", "her", etc.) Title applied to a fairy.
faithlessly
faithlessly
adv
In a faithless manner
fallalishly
familyish
familyish
adj
(informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
fashionably
fashionably
adv
In a fashionable manner.
featishly
fishability
fishability
noun
The quality or degree of being fishable.
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishyard
fishyback
fishybacking
flashily
flashily
adv
In a flashy manner
flashingly
flashingly
adv
With a flashing appearance.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
forsythia
forsythia
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
forsythias
forsythias
noun
plural of forsythia
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
fuscohyaline
grayfish
grayfishes
hastifly
hayfields
hayfields
noun
plural of hayfield
hydrodesulfurization
hydrodesulfurization
noun
(chemistry) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydrofluosilicate
hydrofluosilicate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid.
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane
hyperfastidious
hyperfastidious
Adjective
Extremely fastidious.
hyperfastidiously
hyperfastidiousness
hyperfederalist
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
ladyfish
ladyfish
noun
A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.
The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
ladyfishes
ladyfishes
noun
plural of ladyfish
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
mayfish
mayfish
noun
A striped killifish (Fundulus majalis).
mayfishes
mayfishes
noun
plural of mayfish
nonfashionably
oafishly
oafishly
adv
in an oafish manner
paraphysiferous
phrasify
phthalylsulfathiazole
phthalylsulfathiazole
noun
The sulfonamide C₁₇H₁₃N₃O₅S₂.
platyfish
platyfish
noun
Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin.
platyfishes
platyfishes
noun
plural of platyfish
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
pseudofaithfully
raffishly
raffishly
adv
In a raffish manner.
referendaryship
referendaryship
noun
The state or business of a referendary.
saccharify
saccharify
verb
(biochemistry, transitive) To convert (soluble polysaccharides) into simple sugars
saccharifying
saccharifying
verb
present participle of saccharify
selfhypnotization
shabbify
shabbify
verb
(transitive) To make shabby.
sheriffalty
shiftability
standoffishly
standoffishly
adv
In a standoffish way.
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
succinylsulfathiazole
succinylsulfathiazole
noun
The sulfonamide C₁₃H₁₃N₃O₅S₂ .
sulfamethylthiazole
tartuffishly
tartufishly
thysanuriform
thysanuriform
adj
Resembling organisms of the order Thysanura.
trashify
trashify
verb
(informal, transitive) To throw away; to dispose of.