(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
verb
(transitive, rail transport) To connect (rails) together using a fishplate.
fishpoles
fishpoles
noun
plural of fishpole
fishspear
fishspear
noun
A spear for catching fish.
fleshpots
fleshpots
noun
plural of fleshpot
flophouse
flophouse
noun
(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
verb
To stay in a flophouse.
foreporch
foreshape
foreshape
noun
A forward or projecting form, piece, or shape.
verb
(transitive) To shape or mould beforehand; prepare in advance.
halfpaced
halfpence
halfpence
noun
A halfpenny.
plural of halfpenny
halfpenny
halfpenny
adj
Costing or worth one halfpenny.
noun
(plural: halfpence) A quantity of money worth half a penny.
(plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
heatproof
heatproof
adj
insulating and incombustible
verb
(transitive) To make insulating and incombustible.
helpfully
helpfully
adv
In a helpful manner.
hippocerf
holeproof
holeproof
adj
Resistant to the formation of holes.
hopefully
hopefully
adv
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
In a hopeful manner.
hopfinger
hyperfine
hyperfine
adj
Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
hyperform
panfishes
panfishes
noun
plural of panfish
parfleche
parfleche
noun
(US) A form of stiff leather made from rawhide
(US) A shield, bag or other item made from this material
patchleaf
pathfarer
pearlfish
pearlfish
noun
Any of various slender marine fish of the family Carapidae, resembling eels.
pforzheim
pigfishes
pigfishes
noun
plural of pigfish
pinfishes
pinfishes
noun
plural of pinfish
preachify
preachify
verb
To preach didactically; to sermonize.
prefinish
preflight
preflight
adj
(computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.
Taking place before the start of a flight.
noun
An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
verb
To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
prefright
pupfishes
pupfishes
noun
plural of pupfish
sheafripe
sheepfold
sheepfold
noun
A flock of sheep.
An enclosure for keeping sheep.
sheepfoot
snipefish
snipefish
noun
Either of the two species of fish of the genus Macroramphosus.
spadefish
spadefish
noun
Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
Polyodon spathula, the paddlefish.
spatheful
spearfish
spearfish
noun
Any of the marlins in the genus Tetrapturus, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
verb
To fish for spearfish by any method.
To try to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
speechful
speechful
adj
voluble; loquacious
noun
The entire contents of a speech.
speechify
speechify
verb
(intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
(transitive, possibly obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
spikefish
spikefish
noun
Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes.
surfperch
surfperch
noun
Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
unhelpful
unhelpful
adj
Not providing help or assistance; not helpful.
unhopeful
unhopeful
noun
Somebody who is unlikely to achieve success or victory.
upshifted
upshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upshift
viperfish
viperfish
noun
A deepwater fish of the genus Chauliodus, a fierce predator with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.