A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
aforeward
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterwisdom
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
broadwife
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
cradlefellow
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
daneflower
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
dowfart
downdraft
downdraft
noun
(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
drawoff
enfroward
faldworth
farrowed
farrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farrow
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
flandowser
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
floodwater
floodwater
noun
The water of a flood.
floodwaters
floodwaters
noun
The waters of a flood
floorward
floorward
adv
Toward the floor.
flowcharted
foldwards
foldwards
adv
(poetic) Towards a sheepfold.
forebackwardly
foredawn
foredawn
noun
The time just before dawn.
verb
To anticipate dawning or emerging.
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
forestwards
forestwards
adv
Towards a forest.
foresweared
foreward
foreward
adv
Misspelling of forward.
noun
(obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
Misspelling of foreword.
forewarned
forewarned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forewarn
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
forwander
forwander
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.
forward
forward
adj
(figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
(finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
(obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
(of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Having the usual order or sequence.
Situated toward or at the front of something.
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
adv
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
At, near or towards the front of something.
In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
In the usual order or sequence.
Into the future.
So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
noun
(Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
(dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
(finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
(ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
(nautical) The front part of a vessel.
(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”)..
verb
(transitive) To advance, promote.
(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
(transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
forwardal
forwardal
noun
(India) The forwarding of something, such as a letter.
forwardation
forwardation
noun
Synonym of contango
forwarded
forwarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forward
forwarder
forwarder
adj
Comparative form of forward: more forward.
noun
One who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.
forwarders
forwarders
noun
plural of forwarder
forwardest
forwardest
adj
Superlative form of forward: most forward.
forwarding
forwarding
noun
The act by which something is forwarded.
verb
present participle of forward
forwardly
forwardly
adv
In a forward manner
forwardness
forwardness
noun
The quality of being forward.
forwardnesses
forwardnesses
noun
plural of forwardness
forwards
forwards
adj
(sometimes nonstandard) Synonym of forward.
adv
Synonym of forward (most senses).
noun
Plural of forward.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward.
forwardsearch
forwearied
forwearied
adj
(obsolete) Worn out, exhausted.
freedwoman
freedwoman
noun
A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
fromward
fromward
adj
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.
Turned away; averse.
adv
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward.
noun
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
prep
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
frontward
frontward
adj
Frontwards.
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
froward
froward
adj
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
prep
(obsolete) Away from.
frowardly
frowardly
adv
in a froward manner
frowardness
frowardness
noun
The quality of being froward.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
lawford
newfoundlander
newfoundlander
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
offward
offwards
overforward
overforward
adj
Excessively forward.
overforwardly
overforwardness
overforwardness
noun
The quality of being overforward.
reforward
reforward
verb
To forward again, to forward something that has already been forwarded.
rewardproof
roadfellow
roofward
roofward
adv
Toward the roof.
saffronwood
saffronwood
noun
The evergreen tree Elaeodendron croceum.
sandflower
scrofulaweed
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
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
sweepforward
swordcraft
swordcraft
noun
Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay.
Management by the sword, military skill, or military power; military compulsion.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
thenceforward
thenceforward
adv
from then on; from that time on
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thencefoward
threadflower
toadflower
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
unfarrowed
unfarrowed
adj
Without a farrow or litter.
unforewarned
unforewarned
adj
Not forewarned.
unforewarnedness
unforward
unforward
adj
Not forward or bold; retiring.
unforwarded
unforwarded
adj
Not forwarded.
unforwardly
unfroward
unfroward
adj
Not froward.
unfrowardly
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.
waldorf
waldorf
Noun
A Waldorf salad.
Proper noun
A city in Maryland.
A city in Minnesota.
walford
wallford
wallingford
wandflower
warfold
warford
warfordsburg
warfourd
waterflood
waterflood
noun
An inundation of water.
verb
To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil.
waterflooded
waterflooded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waterflood
waterfloods
waterfloods
noun
plural of waterflood
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waterflood
waterford
waterford
Proper noun
A city in Munster, Ireland
A county of Ireland, see Wikipedia:County Waterford
waterproofed
waterproofed
adj
Having been made waterproof
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waterproof
watford
watford
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England
A village in Northamptonshire, England
weatherford
weatherford
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA.
a city in Texas, USA
weatherproofed
weatherproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof
wharfholder
wharfholder
noun
(historical, rare) The owner of a wharf.
whenceforward
whenceforward
adv
(formal or literary) From which point onwards (in time or space).
wolfward
wolfwards
wondercraft
woodcraf
woodcraft
woodcraft
noun
(uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.
Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
verb
To carve or craft from wood.
woodcrafter
woodcrafter
noun
One who engages in woodcraft.
woodcraftiness
woodcraftiness
noun
The quality of possessing woodcraft skills for outdoor survival in woodland habitats.
woodcrafts
woodcrafts
noun
plural of woodcraft
woodcraftsman
woodcraftsman
noun
Alternative form of woodcraftman
woodcrafty
woodcrafty
adj
Skilled in woodcraft.
woodmancraft
woodmancraft
noun
Synonym of woodcraft (“skills related to a woodland habitat”)
wordcraft
wordcraft
noun
Skill with words; clever use of words or speech, rhetoric.