A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
bedwarf
bedwarf
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
curfews
curfews
noun
plural of curfew
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dwarfed
dwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dwarf
dwarfer
dwarfer
adj
(horticulture) comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf
elfwife
elfwort
facebow
facebow
noun
(dentistry) A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.
fanweed
fanweed
noun
The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense.
fanwise
fanwise
adj
In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
adv
In a fanwise manner.
farwell
farwell
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in California, USA.
a village in Michigan, USA.
a tiny city in Minnesota, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA
fawcett
fawners
fawners
noun
plural of fawner
fawnery
fawnier
feedway
feedway
noun
The channel along which material is fed into a machine for processing.
fellows
fellows
noun
plural of fellow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fellow
felwort
felwort
noun
A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
fenwick
ferdwit
fewmand
fewmets
fewmets
noun
plural of fewmet
fewness
fewness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being few.
fewsome
fewsome
adj
Alternative form of fusome
Alternative form of viewsome
finewed
fitchew
fitchew
noun
(obsolete) polecat
fitweed
fitweed
noun
Eryngium foetidum, a plant supposed to be a remedy for fits.
flamfew
flamfew
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A worthless thing; a trifle or bauble.
flawier
flowage
flowage
noun
A flowing or overflowing of liquid.
flowers
flowers
noun
plural of flower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flower
flowery
flowery
adj
(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
flyblew
flyblew
verb
simple past tense of flyblow
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
forebow
forehew
forehew
verb
(transitive) To hew or cut in front.
forepaw
forepaw
noun
Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
foresaw
foresaw
verb
simple past tense of foresee
forevow
forewit
forewit
noun
One who puts himself forward as a leader in matters of taste or criticism.
Timely knowledge; precaution; foresight.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To foreknow.
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
forwean
forwean
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.
forwear
forwear
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.
forweep
forweep
verb
(intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To exhaust (oneself) with weeping; weep excessively; (of a vine) to bleed excessively.
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
forwent
forwent
verb
simple past tense of forgo
forwore
fowells
fowlers
fowlers
noun
plural of fowler
fowlery
fowlery
noun
A place where fowl are raised.
fowlkes
freeway
freeway
noun
(In parts of Canada, the U.S. and Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
A toll-free highway.
fretsaw
fretsaw
noun
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
verb
To cut with a fretsaw.
frowned
frowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frown
frowner
frowner
noun
One who frowns.
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
huswife
huswife
noun
Obsolete form of housewife.
verb
Obsolete form of housewive.
jawfeet
jawfeet
noun
plural of jawfoot
jewfish
jewfish
noun
Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
lowlife
lowlife
noun
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
midwife
midwife
noun
(rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
verb
(transitive) To act as a midwife.
(transitive, figuratively) To facilitate the emergence of.
newfeld
newfish
newsful
newsful
adj
Full of news; supplying news.
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
outflew
outflew
verb
simple past tense of outfly
overfew
ownself
ownself
pron
(now chiefly regional, especially Southern US, Caribbean, Singlish) (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
peafowl
peafowl
noun
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
piewife
reflown
reflown
verb
past participle of refly
reflows
reflows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reflow
renfrew
renfrew
Proper noun
A town in council area, Scotland; historically it was the county town of Renfrewshire
A local government district in Region, Scotland, between 1975 and 1996, which was split between Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
A ghost town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Idaho, USA.
an unincorporated village in Pennsylvania, USA.
safeway
seafowl
seafowl
Noun
Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
seawife
swarfer
swiften
swiften
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.
swifter
swifter
adj
comparative form of swift: more swift
noun
(nautical) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(nautical) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned.
(nautical) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To tighten (e.g. slack standing rigging) by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
swiftie
swiftie
noun
Alternative form of Tom Swifty.
Someone or something that moves swiftly.
twelfth
twelfth
adj
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
noun
(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
twofers
twofers
noun
plural of twofer
unwifed
unwifed
adj
Not married to a woman.
wafered
wafered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wafer
waferer
waferer
noun
(obsolete) A maker of wafers.
waffies
waffled
waffled
adj
Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waffle
waffles
waffles
noun
plural of waffle
waftage
waftage
noun
Conveyance on a buoyant medium, such as air or water.
wafters
wafters
noun
plural of wafter
wafture
wafture
noun
Something that is wafted.
The act of wafting something.
wakeful
wakeful
adj
Awake; not sleeping.
Sleepless.
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
wamefou
wameful
wameful
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A bellyful.
wanrufe
wanrufe
noun
(obsolete) Disquietude; unrest.
wareful
wareful
adj
(obsolete) wary; watchful; cautious
warfare
warfare
noun
Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
verb
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
warfeld
warfore
waveoff
waveoff
noun
An order to a pilot to abort a landing and go around for another attempt.
wayfare
wayfare
noun
(archaic) Travel, journeying.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make a journey; to travel.
wealful
wealful
adj
Happy; joyful; felicitous.
Successful; prosperous.
webfeet
webfeet
noun
plural of webfoot
webfoot
webfoot
noun
a foot that has toes connected by folds of skin
a web-footed animal
weedful
weedful
adj
full of weeds
weepful
weepful
adj
(obsolete) Full of weeping or lamentation.
weftage
weftage
noun
(obsolete) texture
welfare
welfare
noun
(chiefly US) Such payment.
(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
(uncountable, chiefly US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (often called welfare assistance in UK English).
verb
(transitive) To provide with welfare or aid.
welford
werefox
werefox
noun
(mythology) A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.
werwolf
werwolf
noun
Dated spelling of werewolf.
wexford
wexford
Proper noun
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Wexford, Ireland.
wharfed
wharfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wharf
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
whereof
whereof
adv
(archaic) Of what.
(archaic) Of which.
conj
(archaic) With or by which.
(formal) Of what.
(formal) Of which.
(formal) Of whom.
whiffed
whiffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiff
whiffen
whiffer
whiffer
noun
(informal) An inhaler (device for asthmatics).
whiffet
whiffet
noun
A little whiff or puff.
whiffle
whiffle
noun
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A short blow or gust.
verb
(UK) To waste time.
(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To blow a short gust.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
whoofed
whoofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whoof
whuffle
whuffle
verb
(intransitive) To make a low snuffling or blowing sound.
wifedom
wifedom
noun
A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.
The condition of marriage for a woman.
wifeism
wifeism
noun
(Nigeria, politics) A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank.
wifekin
wifekin
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A wife.
wifelet
wifelet
noun
(colloquial, endearing) A wife.
(informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship).
(informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.
wileful
wileful
adj
Full of wiles; deceitful.
wilfred
wilfred
Proper noun
name, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.