(archaic, transitive) To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.
cowflap
cowflap
noun
Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)
crawful
crawful
noun
As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Enough to fill the craw.
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
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.
fewmand
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
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.
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.
flyswat
flyswat
noun
flyswatter
flyways
flyways
noun
plural of flyway
foambow
foambow
noun
A kind of rainbow or fogbow seen as sunlight passes through the airborne water droplets of a waterfall.
folkway
folkway
noun
Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
footway
footway
noun
A passage for pedestrians only.
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
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.
forwrap
forwrap
verb
(transitive, archaic) To wrap up or about; muffle.
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.
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.
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
lawford
lifeway
lifeway
noun
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
mayfowl
oatfowl
offward
outfawn
outfawn
verb
(transitive, rare) To exceed in fawning.
peafowl
peafowl
noun
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
safawid
safeway
safflow
safflow
noun
Obsolete form of safflower.
sawfish
sawfish
noun
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
sawflom
seafowl
seafowl
Noun
Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
seawife
swarfer
swayful
swayful
adj
Able to sway; swaying.
Full of sway or influence; influential; powerful.
tickfaw
unaflow
unaflow
adj
Alternative form of uniflow
unawful
upwafts
upwafts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upwaft
wafdist
wafered
wafered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wafer
waferer
waferer
noun
(obsolete) A maker of wafers.
waffies
waffing
waffing
verb
present participle of waff
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
wafting
wafting
noun
An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
verb
present participle of waft
wafture
wafture
noun
Something that is wafted.
The act of wafting something.
waifing
waifing
verb
present participle of waif
wailful
wailful
adj
(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.
wainful
wainful
noun
A quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
wakeful
wakeful
adj
Awake; not sleeping.
Sleepless.
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
wakwafi
walcoff
waldorf
waldorf
Noun
A Waldorf salad.
Proper noun
A city in Maryland.
A city in Minnesota.
walford
wallful
wallful
noun
As much as (the surface of) a wall will hold
wamefou
wameful
wameful
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A bellyful.
wanrufe
wanrufe
noun
(obsolete) Disquietude; unrest.
wantful
wantful
adj
Full of want or desire; desirous.
Full of want or lack; lacking; poor.
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
warfold
warford
warfore
warmful
warmful
adj
(archaic) Full of warmth; warming.
warwolf
warwolf
noun
Obsolete form of werewolf.
washoff
washoff
noun
Material transferred by this process.
The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
watford
watford
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England
A village in Northamptonshire, England
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.
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.
wharfed
wharfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wharf
wharfie
wharfie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.