A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
blushful
blushful
adj
Full of blushes.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonyfish
brushful
brushful
noun
A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
bulfinch
bullhoof
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushwife
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
camshaft
camshaft
noun
A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
capsheaf
capsheaf
noun
(by extension) A crowning point
The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc
catchfly
catchfly
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffers
chaffers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaffer
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chaffman
chaffron
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chalfont
chamfers
chamfers
noun
plural of chamfer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chamfer
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
charmful
charmful
adj
Abounding with charms.
charshaf
chaufers
chauffer
chauffer
noun
(chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
A chafing dish
A small, portable stove
Misspelling of chauffeur.
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheerful
cheerful
adj
Bright and pleasant.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
chefdoms
cheffetz
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chelifer
chelifer
noun
book-scorpion
chenfish
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiefery
chiefery
noun
(historical) An Irish head tax
A colonial administrative centre.
The form of government in which people are ruled by a chief.
The land ruled over by a chief; chieftainship.
The leaders or chiefs of a people, collectively.
The status or role of a chief; chieftainship.
chiefess
chiefess
noun
(Hawaii) Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief.
chiefest
chiefest
adj
superlative form of chief: most chief
chiefish
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chirikof
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chuffest
chuffier
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chuffing
chuffing
adj
(England, slang) Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".
noun
A noisy puffing sound, as of a steam locomotive.
verb
present participle of chuff
churnful
churnful
noun
As much as a churn will hold.
chylific
chylific
adj
That produces chyle
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
coachful
coachful
noun
As much as a coach will hold.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
cofather
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
danforth
dealfish
dealfish
noun
A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
dearthfu
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
deathify
definish
disfaith
disflesh
disflesh
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disembody.
(obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
dishfuls
dishfuls
noun
plural of dishful
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
verb
To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
dolefish
dollfish
draffish
draffish
adj
worthless; draffy
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
dumbfish
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
elfishly
elfishly
adv
In an elfish manner; mischievously.
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
enfranch
eschaufe
eschrufe
etherify
etherify
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
fachanan
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
fairhead
fairhope
fairship
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
faithful
faithful
adj
(mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Consistent with reality.
Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
Having faith.
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
Reliable; worthy of trust.
noun
(in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
falashas
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
fallfish
fallfish
noun
A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.
falmouth
falmouth
Proper noun
definition
A harbour town in Cornwall, England.
famechon
famished
famished
adj
Extremely hungry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of famish
famishes
famishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish
fanechka
fanhouse
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
fanshawe
farfetch
farfetch
noun
(obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
farhands
farinhas
farinhas
noun
plural of farinha
farleigh
farmhand
farmhand
noun
(baseball) A player in the minor leagues.
A person who works on a farm.
farmhold
faroeish
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
farquhar
farsalah
farsalah
noun
(historical) An old unit of weight used in trading, equal to 35 pounds.
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthest
farthest
adj
Alternative form of furthest. (See also usage notes at further.)
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fasherie
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fashious
fasnacht
fasthold
fatheads
fatheads
noun
plural of fathead
fathered
fathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of father
fatherly
fatherly
adj
Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adv
In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.