(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
farnsworth
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
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.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshadowed
foreshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshadower
noun
One who or that which foreshadows.
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
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
forwardsearch
freshwater
freshwater
adj
(economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
Consisting of fresh water.
Living in fresh water.
noun
(countable) A body of fresh water
Alternative spelling of fresh water
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
marshflower
paschflower
phosphowolframic
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
snailfishessnailflower
starchflower
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
sulphowolframic
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
unfaithworthiness
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unwrathfulness
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
warehouseful
warehouseful
noun
As much as a warehouse can hold.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
washproof
washproof
adj
Capable of being washed without damage or loss.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofness
weatherproofness
noun
The quality or degree of being weatherproof.
weatherproofs
weatherproofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof
wharfages
wharfages
noun
plural of wharfage
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfless
wharfless
adj
Lacking a wharf
wharfmaster
wharfmaster
noun
The supervisor in charge of a wharf.
wharfmasters
wharfmasters
noun
plural of wharfmaster
wharfs
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.