Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
chaffery
chaffery
noun
(obsolete) traffic; bargaining; buying and selling
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.
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
chylific
chylific
adj
That produces chyle
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
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
deathify
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
elfishly
elfishly
adv
In an elfish manner; mischievously.
etherify
etherify
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
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.
feathery
feathery
adj
Resembling feathers.
fetichry
fetishry
filchery
filthify
filthify
verb
(transitive) To make something filthy.
filthily
filthily
adv
in a filthy manner
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
finchley
fisheyes
fisheyes
noun
plural of fisheye
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishyard
fitchery
flachery
flaherty
flashily
flashily
adv
In a flashy manner
flybrush
flysches
flysches
noun
plural of flysch
flywheel
flywheel
noun
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.
flywinch
forsythe
forsythe
Proper noun
A Scottish and Northern Irish surname from the Gaelic Fearsithe meaning "man of peace".
fortyish
fortyish
adj
About forty years old.
Close to the number forty
num
Any number close to forty.
fourthly
fourthly
adv
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
frenchly
frenchly
Adjective
French.
Adverb
In the manner of the French or their language.
frothily
frothily
adv
In a frothy way.
fumishly
grayfish
greyfish
hanifiya
hastifly
hayfield
hayfield
noun
A field of hay.
hayforks
hayforks
noun
plural of hayfork
haylofts
haylofts
noun
plural of hayloft
hominify
honeyful
honeyful
adj
(poetic) Full of honey.
horsefly
horsefly
noun
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
humidify
humidify
verb
To increase the humidity in the air.
hungrify
hungrify
verb
(informal, transitive) To make hungry.
kaffiyeh
kaffiyeh
noun
Alternative spelling of keffiyeh
keffiyeh
keffiyeh
noun
A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.
ladyfish
ladyfish
noun
A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.
The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
layshaft
layshaft
noun
A subsidiary transmission shaft.
mahaffey
meyerhof
nihilify
oafishly
oafishly
adv
in an oafish manner
offishly
offishly
adv
In an offish manner.
peachify
phrasify
shabbify
shabbify
verb
(transitive) To make shabby.
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
sheepify
shiftily
shiftily
adv
In a shifty manner.
spherify
sulphofy
trashify
trashify
verb
(informal, transitive) To throw away; to dispose of.
truthify
truthify
verb
To make true.
unflashy
unflashy
adj
Not flashy.
unfleshy
unfleshy
adj
Not fleshy.
unshifty
unshifty
adj
Not shifty (in various senses).
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
whiggify
whiggify
verb
(transitive) To make whiggish.
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest