A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
afterwar
afterwar
adj
Following a war.
afterwit
afterwit
noun
A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.
The lack of forethought.
Wisdom which comes after the event.
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
awfuller
awfuller
adj
comparative form of awful: more awful
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
batfowls
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
bowstaff
buffware
buffware
noun
Any pottery of a buff colour.
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
cowflaps
cowflaps
noun
plural of cowflap
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(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).
crawfoot
crawford
crawford
Proper noun
derived from several different placenames.
dataflow
dataflow
noun
Alternative spelling of data flow
dewfalls
dewfalls
noun
plural of dewfall
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downfall
downfall
noun
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
An act of falling down.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
verb
(intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
drawfile
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
dwarfing
dwarfing
noun
The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.
verb
present participle of dwarf
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
facewise
facewise
adv
By means of or in terms of the face.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
fadeaway
fadeaway
noun
(basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
(slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
fairlawn
fairview
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
fallaway
fallaway
adj
(basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
noun
(basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.
fallowed
fallowed
adj
Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fallow
fanshawe
fanworts
fanworts
noun
plural of fanwort
farewell
farewell
adj
Parting, valedictory, final.
intj
Goodbye.
noun
A departure; the act of leaving
A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure
verb
To bid farewell or say goodbye.
farmtown
farmtown
noun
A farmhouse, farmyard and associated buildings
farmwife
farmwife
noun
A farmer's wife.
The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work.
farrowed
farrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of farrow
fastwalk
fawcette
fawkener
fawniest
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
fawnskin
fawnskin
noun
The skin of a fawn
feastraw
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
ferryway
ferwerda
fessways
fessways
adv
Fesswise.
finedraw
finedraw
verb
(transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
firewall
firewall
noun
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
(physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
verb
(intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.
(transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
(transitive, computer security) To protect with a firewall.
fireward
fireward
adj
Which faces a fire; which lies in the direction of a fire; etc.
adv
Toward a fire.
noun
(obsolete) A fire chief.
(obsolete) A fireman.
firmware
firmware
noun
(computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.
Software intended for such embedded computer applications.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
flagtown
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flatware
flatware
noun
(US) Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.
plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery.
flatwash
flatways
flatways
adv
Alternative form of flatwise
flatweed
flatweed
noun
Hypochaeris radicata, a low-lying edible perennial herb often found in lawns.
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flawiest
flawless
flawless
adj
Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.
flaxweed
flaxweed
noun
toadflax
flaxwife
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
fleaweed
fleaweed
noun
A plant, the lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
fleawood
fleawort
fleawort
noun
A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
Any of various unrelated plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
The lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
floodway
floodway
noun
An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
floorway
floorway
noun
An elevated section of floor over which one can walk.
flowable
flowable
adj
That is able to flow.
flowages
flowages
noun
plural of flowage
flyaways
flyaways
noun
plural of flyaway
fofarraw
foldaway
foldaway
adj
That may be folded away when not in use.
noun
A piece of furniture, of any kind, that can be folded away when not in use.
folkways
folkways
noun
plural of folkway
foofaraw
foofaraw
noun
Fuss over something of little importance.
Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwall
footwall
noun
(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
(mining) The under wall of an enclosed vein.
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
footwear
footwear
noun
Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.
foreclaw
foreclaw
noun
A front claw.
foredawn
foredawn
noun
The time just before dawn.
verb
To anticipate dawning or emerging.
forepaws
forepaws
noun
plural of forepaw
foreward
foreward
adv
Misspelling of forward.
noun
(obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
Misspelling of foreword.
forewarm
forewarn
forewarn
verb
To warn in advance.
forswear
forswear
verb
(intransitive or reflexive) To commit perjury; to break an oath.
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
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.
forwaste
forwaste
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.
(transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
forweary
forweary
adj
(obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.
(transitive, obsolete) To weary utterly; tire out.
fowliang
freeward
freeways
freeways
noun
plural of freeway
fretsaws
fretsaws
noun
plural of fretsaw
fretways
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.
fujiwara
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
garefowl
garefowl
noun
The great auk.
The razorbill
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
godawful
guffawed
guffawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of guffaw
halfwise
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
kalewife
knifeway
lawcraft
lawcraft
noun
The art or skill of a lawyer; knowledge of the law.
lawfully
lawfully
adv
Conforming to the law; legally
lawnleaf
lawproof
leafwood
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
leafworm
leafworm
noun
Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
leftward
leftward
adj
To or from the left.
lifeward
lifeward
adj
Leading towards life.
adv
Towards life.
lifeways
lifeways
noun
plural of lifeway
offwards
outfawns
outfawns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfawn
peafowls
peafowls
noun
plural of peafowl
rainfowl
refallow
roofward
roofward
adv
Toward the roof.
saltwife
sawflies
sawflies
noun
plural of sawfly
scofflaw
scofflaw
noun
(US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
seafowls
seafowls
noun
plural of seafowl
selfward
selfward
adj
Towards oneself.
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawfowl
snowfall
snowfall
noun
An instance of falling of snow.
The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
software
software
noun
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
(military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.
(astronomy) A star that is dimmer than a main sequence star of same temperature. They are located below the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
sweatful
sweatful
adj
Full of sweat; sweating.
swiftian
swiftian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist, or his works.