(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
antihuff
antihuff
noun
(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
archfire
archfool
archfool
noun
(archaic) An extremely foolish person.
archform
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
ashfield
ashfield
noun
A field that is covered in ash.
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
beefhead
beefhead
noun
(US, slang) A Texan.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
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.
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
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
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
disfaith
draffish
draffish
adj
worthless; draffy
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
enfranch
eschaufe
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.
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
fathomer
fathomer
noun
One who fathoms.
fauchard
fauchard
noun
(historical) An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole.
feathers
feathers
noun
plural of feather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feather
feathery
feathery
adj
Resembling feathers.
fecalith
fecalith
noun
Alternative form of fecolith
feedhead
felaheen
fellagha
fellagha
noun
(historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
fellahin
fellahin
noun
plural of fellah
fellatah
fellatah
Noun
A member of the Fula people.
felspath
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fichtean
filechar
firehall
firehall
noun
A fire station.
fishable
fishable
adj
(of a lake, pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
(of a species of fish) Able to be fished legally
(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
fishback
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishfall
fishmeal
fishmeal
noun
Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.
fishtail
fishtail
noun
A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
Short for fishtail palm.
The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
verb
(intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.
(intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
(transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
fishtrap
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishyard
flachery
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flaherty
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
flarfish
flashers
flashers
noun
plural of flasher
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashier
flashier
adj
comparative form of flashy: more flashy
flashily
flashily
adv
In a flashy manner
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flashpan
flashpan
noun
Alternative form of flash pan
flatfish
flatfish
noun
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.
flathead
flathead
noun
(US, informal) Alternative form of flathead catfish
(plural only "flatheads") A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
(plural only "flatheads", automotive) A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.
Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
flattish
flattish
adj
Somewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the word.
flatwash
flaughts
flaunche
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
foalhood
foalhood
noun
The state or time of being a foal.
foolhead
footbath
footbath
noun
A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with.
A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet.
The act of soaking or washing the feet.
foothalt
foothalt
noun
A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
footpath
footpath
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
forbathe
forbathe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
forchase
forehalf
forehall
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
forehard
forehead
forehead
noun
(countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
(uncountable) confidence; audacity; impudence.
The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.