Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
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
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
enfranch
eschaufe
fachanan
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.
famechon
fanechka
farfetch
farfetch
noun
(obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
fasnacht
fauchard
fauchard
noun
(historical) An early European weapon consisting of a curved blade on a long pole.
fecalith
fecalith
noun
Alternative form of fecolith
fichtean
filechar
fishback
flachery
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
flaunche
forchase
franchot
fratched
fratched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fratch
fratcher
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
futharcs
halfback
halfback
noun
(American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
(Australian rules football) One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
(Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
(field hockey) A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
(field sports) Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
(rugby) The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
verb
To play in the position of halfback.
halfcock
halfcock
noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.
verb
(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
halfpace
halfpace
noun
(archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
handcuff
handcuff
noun
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
verb
(figuratively) to restrain or restrict.
To apply handcuffs to
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).