A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
curfew
curfew
noun
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
A signal indicating this time.
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
The time when such restriction begins.
deflow
deflow
verb
(obsolete) To flow down.
dwarfs
dwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwarf
dwarfy
dwarfy
adj
Much undersized; dwarfish.
fallow
fallow
adj
(color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
noun
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
verb
(transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
farrow
farrow
adj
(of cows) Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
noun
A litter of piglets.
verb
To give birth to a (litter of piglets).
fawkes
fawned
fawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fawn
fawner
fawner
noun
One who fawns; a sycophant.
fawnia
fawzia
fellow
fellow
noun
(Australian Aboriginal) Alternative form of fella (“used as a general intensifier”)
(Canada, US) A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).
(UK, slang) Synonym of schoolmate (“a student at the same school”)
(US) A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.
(US) A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.
(also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
(by extension, often humorous or ironic) An animal or object.
(chiefly Britain) A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.
(chiefly Southern US, derogatory) A black man.
(chiefly in the negative) A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.
(chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
(chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
(chiefly in the plural) One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.
(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
(derogatory) A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.
(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
(rare) Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
(specifically, Britain, historical) A senior member of an Inn of Court.
(specifically, also figuratively) An associate in the commission of a crime or other wrongful act; an accomplice.
A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.
A colleague or partner.
A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.
A person living at the same time, or about the same age as another, especially when in the same field of study or work.
A person's servant or slave.
An equal in character, power, rank, etc.; a peer.
An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).
Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.
One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
Originally (obsolete), a person's partner (of either sex) in life or marriage; a spouse; also, the mate of an animal; now (dated), a person's male lover or partner; a boyfriend; a husband.
Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
verb
(also reflexive) Followed by to or with: to associate or join (oneself, someone, or something) with some other person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
(archaic) To address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).
(chiefly passive, poetic, archaic) To equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (some other person or thing).
(chiefly passive, sometimes reflexive) Followed by to or with: to cause or portray (someone or something) to be equal to some other person or thing.
(intransitive, poetic, obsolete) Followed by with: to associate or join with a person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
(poetic) To associate or go together with (someone or something); to become a partner of (someone or something).
To pair or suit (someone or something) with some other person or thing; also, to pair or suit someone or something with (some other person or thing); to arrange (things) in pairs.
feower
fetlow
fewest
fewest
det
superlative degree of few; the smallest number.
fewnes
fewter
fewter
noun
A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
verb
(transitive) To rest (a spear) in its fewter.
fidawi
flawed
flawed
adj
Having a flaw or imperfection.
flewed
flewed
adj
(obsolete) Having large flews, the hanging upper lip common to certain breeds of dog.
flewit
flotow
flowed
flowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flow
flower
flower
noun
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
(in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
(in the plural, obsolete) Menstrual discharges.
(obsolete) Flour.
(printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
(rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
(usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
A cut flower; the stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
The best examples or representatives of a group.
The best state of things; the prime.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
(intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
(intransitive) To put forth blooms.
(intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
(transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
flyway
flyway
noun
A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
fogbow
fogbow
noun
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.
follow
follow
noun
(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.
(sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
verb
(social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
(transitive, intransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
(transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
(transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
forbow
forhow
forhow
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To cast off; scorn.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.
(transitive, obsolete) To despise; scorn.
forwhy
forwhy
conj
(obsolete) Because; for the reason that.
fowage
fowent
fowkes
fowled
fowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fowl
fowler
fowler
noun
A hunter of wildfowl.
frower
frower
noun
A froe or frow (cleaving tool).
frowns
frowns
noun
plural of frown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frown
frowny
frowny
adj
(informal or childish) Frowning.
She made a frowny face.
noun
Short for frowny face.
frowst
frowst
noun
Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
verb
(intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
frowsy
frowsy
adj
Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
frowze
frowze
verb
Alternative form of frowse
frowzy
frowzy
adj
Alternative spelling of frowsy
furrow
furrow
noun
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
verb
(transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
(transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
(transitive) To wrinkle.
gowfer
guffaw
guffaw
noun
A boisterous laugh.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh boisterously.
gwynfa
howffs
howffs
noun
plural of howff
inflow
inflow
noun
(figurative) Influence from outside.
Anything which flows in or into
The act or process of flowing in or into
verb
To flow in.
lawful
lawful
adj
(law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
noun
(role-playing games) A character having a lawful alignment.
newfie
newfie
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Newfoundland.
onflow
onflow
noun
A flowing onward.
pewful
pewful
noun
An amount sufficient to fill a pew.
reflew
reflew
verb
simple past tense of refly
reflow
reflow
noun
(computing) The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
A flowing back again.
verb
(intransitive) To flow back again; to flow once more.
(transitive, chiefly engineering) To cause to flow again, to remelt.
(transitive, computing, wordprocessing) To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
sawfly
sawfly
noun
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
swarfs
swarfs
noun
plural of swarf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarf
swifts
swifts
noun
plural of swift
swifty
swifty
noun
Alternative form of swiftie
tafwiz
tafwiz
noun
(Islam) The delegation of the power of divorce by the husband to the wife or any other party.
tewfik
twofer
twofer
noun
A cabling device used in theatre, allowing two stage lighting instruments to be connected to one dimmer.
Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.
The fashion of wearing long sleeves outside a short-sleeved shirt.
unweft
unwoof
upflow
upflow
noun
A flowing upward.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To flow or stream upwards.
upwaft
upwaft
verb
(archaic, poetic, intransitive) To waft upward.
waeful
wafers
wafers
noun
plural of wafer
wafery
wafery
adj
(of bread) Sliced very thinly.
Like a wafer (especially, thin, brittle, light).
noun
(obsolete, historical) A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
waffed
waffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waff
waffie
waffle
waffle
noun
(Britain, dialectal) The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
(colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
(construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
(countable, Britain) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
(textiles, chiefly attributively) A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
verb
(intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
(intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
(intransitive, Britain, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
(intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
(intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
(transitive) To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
(transitive, intransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
(transitive, slang) To smash (something).
waffly
waffly
adj
Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech)
waflib
wafted
wafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waft
wafter
wafter
noun
(obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
(obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
One who, or that which, wafts.
waifed
waifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waif
wamefu
wamfle
warful
warful
adj
Indicative of war; warlike.
watfiv
watfor
waufie
webfed
wedfee
wefted
welfic
werfel
wfpcii
wharfe
wharfs
whiffs
whiffs
noun
plural of whiff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiff
whiffy
whiffy
adj
(colloquial) Having a bad smell.
whoofs
whoofs
noun
plural of whoof
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whoof
whyfor
whyfor
adv
(dialect) why; for what reason
wiclif
wifely
wifely
adj
Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
wifing
wifing
verb
present participle of wife
wifish
wifish
adj
Like a wife; wifely.
wifock
wigful
wigful
noun
An amount done by people who wear wigs.
As much as will fit in or on a wig.
wilful
wilful
adj
Intentional; deliberate.
Stubborn and determined.
winful
witful
witful
adj
Full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible
woeful
woeful
adj
Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
Lamentable, deplorable.
Wretched; paltry; poor.
wolfed
wolfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wolf
wolfen
wolfer
wolfer
noun
One who devours food greedily; one who wolfs down food.