(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
bleachfield
bleachfield
noun
(now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfishes
blindfishes
noun
plural of blindfish
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluefishes
bluefishes
noun
plural of bluefish
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
blushful
blushful
adj
Full of blushes.
blushfully
blushfully
adv
In a blushful manner
blushfulness
blushfulness
noun
The quality of being blushful.
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookshelfs
borofluohydric
brachiofacial
brachiofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and the face.
brachiofaciolingual
brachyfacial
brachyfacial
adj
(anatomy) Having a short face.
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
breathful
breathful
adj
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
That breathes.
noun
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
breechesflower
brushful
brushful
noun
A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.
buffalofish
buffalofishes
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
buffleheaded
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bufflehorn
bulfinch
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
bullfighter
bullfighter
noun
One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
bullfighters
bullfighters
noun
plural of bullfighter
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bullhoof
bullyhuff
bumbailiffship
bumblebeefish
bumblebeefishes
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
burchfield
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
bushelfuls
bushful
bushful
noun
As much as a bush holds.
butterflyfish
butterflyfish
noun
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
calathiform
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
calfish
calfish
adj
(dated) Silly and awkward through immaturity.
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
cathodofluorescence
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chaffless
chaffless
adj
Without chaff.
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chairlift
chairlift
noun
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
chalaziferous
chalaziferous
adj
Having or bearing chalazas.
chalcidiform
chalfont
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
chamberfellow
chanceful
chanceful
adj
(obsolete) hazardous
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
chancefulness
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
changefulness
changefulness
noun
Propensity to change.
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.