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.
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
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
bullhoof
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
chaffron
chalfont
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
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.
chefdoms
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.
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chirikof
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
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
danforth
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
fairhope
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.
falmouth
falmouth
Proper noun
definition
A harbour town in Cornwall, England.
famechon
fanhouse
farmhold
faroeish
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fashious
fasthold
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
fathomer
fathomer
noun
One who fathoms.
feedhole
feedhole
noun
(engineering) A hole through or into which something is fed.
Any of the holes in punched paper that engage with the sprocket in a machine.
fenchone
fenchone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
ferforth
ferforth
Adverb
far forth
findhorn
finochio
finochio
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishbolt
fishbolt
noun
(engineering) A bolt used to fasten fishplates.
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishhold
fishhood
fishhood
noun
The state or condition of being a fish.
fishhook
fishhook
noun
(slang) a jack (the playing card)
a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
fishwood
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
foalhood
foalhood
noun
The state or time of being a foal.
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
folberth
foolfish
foolfish
noun
filefish
winter flounder
foolhead
foolship
foolship
noun
(often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
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.
foothill
foothill
noun
A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
foothils
foothold
foothold
noun
(by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
(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
fordoche
forebush
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.
forehear
forehear
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hear beforehand.
forehent
forehill
forehock
forehock
noun
The hock from the foreleg of a pig
forehold
forehold
noun
(nautical) The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.
verb
(transitive, rare) To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.
forehood
forehood
noun
(nautical, ship-building) One of the most forward of the outside and inside planks
forehoof
forehoof
noun
A front hoof.
forehook
forehook
noun
(nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshoe
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
foreshot
foreshot
noun
(architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
(photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.
A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshoot
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forhaile
forhooie
forkhead
forkhead
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
(minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forsloth
forsloth
verb
(transitive) To lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.
forsooth
forsooth
adv
(archaic or poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
forsythe
forsythe
Proper noun
A Scottish and Northern Irish surname from the Gaelic Fearsithe meaning "man of peace".
forthcut
forthcut
verb
(obsolete) To cut; plow.
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
forthset
forthset
verb
(transitive) To set forth; present to view; display.
fortieth
fortieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number forty.
noun
One of forty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fortieth position.
fortranh
fortyish
fortyish
adj
About forty years old.
Close to the number forty
num
Any number close to forty.
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
fourchee
fourcher
fourchet
fourther
fourthly
fourthly
adv
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
foxholes
foxholes
noun
plural of foxhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foxhole
foxhound
foxhound
noun
A dog of a medium-sized breed developed for hunting.
foxworth
franchot
fredholm
freehold
freehold
adj
(property law) Of a tenure or estate in land, held in fee simple absolute in possession by a proprietor; granted out of the allodial title, liable to determine only on escheat.
noun
(property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.
Freehold tenure.
verb
To dispense property in this way.
friborgh
frithbot
frogfish
frogfish
noun
(archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.
Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
froggish
froggish
adj
Aggressive.
Inclined to fight.
Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
froghood
froghood
noun
The state or period of being a frog.
frohlich
fronniah
froppish
froppish
adj
(obsolete) peevish; froward
frothier
frothier
adj
comparative form of frothy: more frothy
frothily
frothily
adv
In a frothy way.
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
fuchsone
furlough
furlough
noun
(Britain) especially one granted to a missionary.
(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
The documents authorizing such leave.
verb
(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
futhorcs
futhorcs
noun
plural of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
goldfish
goldfish
noun
(figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.
A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
gorefish
gotthelf
gufought
haftarot
haftorah
haftorot
hairhoof
hakafoth
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.
halfmoon
halfmoon
noun
(biology) Any of certain fish in subfamily Scorpidinae, such as
a species of sea chub, Medialuna californiensis, native to the Pacific coast of North America.
halftone
halftone
noun
(art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
(music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
(printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
verb
To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes