(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.
blowfly
blowfly
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
blowoff
blowoff
noun
(UK, slang) A fart.
(colloquial) An outburst of temper or excitement.
A blowing off of steam, water, etc.
Something that is blown off.
The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
bowfins
bowfins
noun
plural of bowfin
bowlful
bowlful
Noun
As much as is held by a bowl.
conflow
conflow
verb
to flow together into one stream, to converge
cowfish
cowfish
noun
A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
cowflop
cowflop
noun
A cowpat.
crawful
crawful
noun
As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Enough to fill the craw.
curfews
curfews
noun
plural of curfew
cynwulf
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
dowfart
drawoff
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.
fairway
fairway
noun
(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
(military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
(nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
Any tract of land free from obstacles.
fallows
fallows
noun
plural of fallow (uncultivated land)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fallow
fallway
fallway
noun
(US) A well or opening, through the successive floors of a factory or warehouse or the decks of a ship, providing access for goods, material, or people.
A hydraulic canal, as for a water-powered mill.
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.
fanwood
fanwork
fanwork
noun
(architecture) Fan tracery.
A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
fanwort
fanwort
noun
Any of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.
faraway
faraway
adj
Distant.
Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.
noun
One who lives a great distance away.
farrows
farrows
noun
plural of farrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of farrow
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
fatwood
fatwood
noun
A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
fawcett
fawners
fawners
noun
plural of fawner
fawnery
fawnier
fawning
fawning
adj
Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
noun
Servile flattery.
verb
present participle of fawn
faywood
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 of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
finewed
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
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.
flatway
flawful
flawful
adj
Full of flaws; flawed
flawier
flawing
flawing
verb
present participle of flaw
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.
flowing
flowing
adj
Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
Tending to flow.
noun
The action of the verb to flow
verb
present participle of flow
flowoff
flowoff
noun
A channel for conveying such liquid.
Liquid that flows off or out of something.
flyaway
flyaway
adj
(of hair) Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
Flighty; frivolous
noun
(gymnastics) A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists.
(television) A portable satellite television antenna.
A stray hair that is difficult to style.
Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain.
flyblew
flyblew
verb
simple past tense of flyblow
flyblow
flyblow
noun
The larva of the blowfly, especially when found on rotten meat.
verb
(transitive) To deposit eggs upon, as a blowfly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty.
(transitive, by extension) To taint or contaminate.
flyswat
flyswat
noun
flyswatter
flyways
flyways
noun
plural of flyway
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
flywort
foambow
foambow
noun
A kind of rainbow or fogbow seen as sunlight passes through the airborne water droplets of a waterfall.
fogbows
fogbows
noun
plural of fogbow
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
follows
follows
noun
plural of follow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of follow
foochow
footway
footway
noun
A passage for pedestrians only.
forblow
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.
forgrow
forgrow
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
forslow
forslow
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory; loiter.
(transitive, obsolete) To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.
(transitive, obsolete) To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.
forswat
forswat
adj
(obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
forwalk
forwalk
verb
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
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.
forwarn
forwarn
verb
(transitive) To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).
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
forwork
forwork
verb
(archaic, transitive) To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
(archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
(archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.
(archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.
forworn
forworn
adj
(rare or archaic) decayed
(rare or archaic) exhausted
(rare or archaic) worn-out
verb
past participle of forwear
forwrap
forwrap
verb
(transitive, archaic) To wrap up or about; muffle.
fowells
fowlers
fowlers
noun
plural of fowler
fowlery
fowlery
noun
A place where fowl are raised.
fowling
fowling
noun
A session of hunting fowl.
verb
present participle of fowl
fowlkes
fowlpox
fowlpox
noun
A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
foxtown
foxwood
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.
froward
froward
adj
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
prep
(obsolete) Away from.
frowned
frowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frown
frowner
frowner
noun
One who frowns.
frowsts
frowsts
noun
plural of frowst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frowst
frowsty
frowsty
adj
(UK) musty; stuffy (atmosphere)
frowzly
fuckwit
fuckwit
noun
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A very stupid person.
furrows
furrows
noun
plural of furrow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furrow
furrowy
furrowy
adj
Having furrows.
glowfly
guffaws
guffaws
noun
plural of guffaw
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guffaw
halfway
halfway
adv
Half of the way between two points; midway.
Moderately; somewhat.
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
howfing
huswife
huswife
noun
Obsolete form of housewife.
verb
Obsolete form of housewive.
inflows
inflows
noun
plural of inflow
jawfall
jawfall
noun
(archaic, Caribbean) trismus
jawfeet
jawfeet
noun
plural of jawfoot
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
jawfoot
jawfoot
noun
maxilliped
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.
mayfowl
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.
mudflow
mudflow
noun
A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
The dried-out product of such a flow.
newfeld
newfish
newsful
newsful
adj
Full of news; supplying news.
oatfowl
offward
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
outfawn
outfawn
verb
(transitive, rare) To exceed in fawning.
outflew
outflew
verb
simple past tense of outfly
outflow
outflow
noun
(astronomy) A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
(sewage) Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.
A fluid that flows out.
Any outward movement.
The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
verb
(intransitive) To flow outward.
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.