(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
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
bulfinch
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chaffman
chaffron
chalfont
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).
cheffing
cheffing
noun
The activity of a chef.
verb
present participle of chef
chenfish
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.
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.
danforth
definish
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
enfranch
fachanan
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
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
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
farhands
farinhas
farinhas
noun
plural of farinha
farmhand
farmhand
noun
(baseball) A player in the minor leagues.
A person who works on a farm.
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.
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fasnacht
felaheen
fellahin
fellahin
noun
plural of fellah
fenchene
fenchene
noun
(organic chemistry) The bicyclic hydrocarbon 7,7-dimethyl-3-methylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
fenchone
fenchone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel
fengkieh
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
fichtean
fiendish
fiendish
adj
Sinister; evil; like a fiend.
Very difficult.
fighting
fighting
adj
Apt to provoke a fight.
Engaged in war or other conflict.
noun
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
verb
present participle of fight
filching
filching
noun
The act of one who filches; theft.
verb
present participle of filch
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
finchley
findhorn
finished
finished
adj
(comparable) Processed or perfected.
Completed; concluded; done.
Done for; doomed; used up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finish
finisher
finisher
noun
(boxing) The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
(rugby) A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
(sports) A player who scores points for their team.
(video games, informal) A finishing move.
A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
A person who finishes or completes something.
The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
finishes
finishes
noun
plural of finish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finish
finochio
finochio
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio
fishbein
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishings
fishings
noun
plural of fishing
fishline
fishline
noun
A fishing line.
fishling
fishling
noun
A small or young fish; fry.
fishnets
fishnets
noun
Pairs or a pair of stockings made of fishnet fabric.
plural of fishnet
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
fishskin
fishskin
noun
Certain fishskins are used to make bags.
The skin of a fish.
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
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.
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
flaunche
flenched
flenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flench
flenches
flenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flench
fleshing
fleshing
verb
present participle of flesh
flinched
flinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flinch
flincher
flincher
noun
One who flinches.
flinches
flinches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch
flitchen
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
flywinch
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
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.
forehent
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.
fortranh
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
foxhound
foxhound
noun
A dog of a medium-sized breed developed for hunting.
franchot
frankish
frankish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.
Proper noun
The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.
fraughan
fraughan
noun
(Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
freehand
freehand
adj
Drawn using the hand without any helping device.
verb
To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.
frenched
frenched
adj
(cooking) Alternative form of Frenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of french
frenchen
frenches
frenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of french
frenchly
frenchly
Adjective
French.
Adverb
In the manner of the French or their language.
freshens
freshens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freshen
freshing
freshing
verb
present participle of fresh
freshman
freshman
noun
(US, Canada, Philippines) A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.
(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
freshmen
freshmen
noun
plural of freshman
frighten
frighten
verb
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
fronniah
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fuchsone
gunfight
gunfight
noun
A battle (or a duel) using small arms.
verb
To engage in battle using small arms.
hafflins
hafniums
halafian
halflang
halfling
halfling
noun
(fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction.
(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
A half-grown person, between a child and an adult.
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.
halfness
halfness
noun
The quality of being half; incompleteness.
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.
halfungs
halsfang
hanafite
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
handfast
handfast
adj
(obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
(rare) Strong; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
(obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
verb
(transitive) To pledge; to bind.
(transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
handfeed
handfeed
verb
(of an animal or machine) To feed by hand.
handfish
handfish
noun
Any of the anglerfishes of the genus Brachionichthys, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
handflag
handfuls
handfuls
noun
plural of handful
handoffs
handoffs
noun
plural of handoff, alternative form of hand-off.
handsful
hanforrd
hangfire
hangfire
noun
Alternative form of hang fire
hanifism
hanifite
hanifiya
hansford
hardfern
hardfern
noun
Blechnum spicant, a fern of Europe and Northwestern America.
havenful
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
hengfeng
hindfell
hindorff
hoffmann
hominify
honeyful
honeyful
adj
(poetic) Full of honey.
honfleur
hornfair
hornfels
hornfels
noun
Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
hornfish
hornfish
noun
The garfish or sea needle.
hosfmann
hufnagel
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
hunfredo
hungrify
hungrify
verb
(informal, transitive) To make hungry.
infights
infights
noun
plural of infight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infight