(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bulfinch
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushwife
chuffier
chuffily
chuffily
adv
In a clownish manner.
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
dishfuls
dishfuls
noun
plural of dishful
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
dumbfish
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
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.
fashious
fitzhugh
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.
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
frubbish
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fuchsite
fuchsite
noun
(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
fumishly
gruffish
gruffish
adj
Somewhat gruff.
gunfight
gunfight
noun
A battle (or a duel) using small arms.
verb
To engage in battle using small arms.
gurdfish
hafniums
huffiest
huffiest
adj
superlative form of huffy: most huffy
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
humfried
humidify
humidify
verb
To increase the humidity in the air.
humified
humified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humify
humifuse
humifuse
adj
(botany) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent
hungrify
hungrify
verb
(informal, transitive) To make hungry.
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
infought
infought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infight
junefish
lightful
lightful
adj
(poetic) Full of light; bright.
Light; cheerful.
lumpfish
lumpfish
noun
lumpsucker
lungfish
lungfish
noun
air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
mightful
mightful
adj
(now literary, archaic) Mighty, powerful.
mirthful
mirthful
adj
Filled with mirth.
numbfish
numbfish
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
outfight
outfight
verb
To fight or battle better than.
outshift
phialful
phialful
noun
Enough to fill a phial.
rightful
rightful
adj
By right; by law.
scumfish
shiftful
shiftful
adj
Habitually travelling; itinerant.
shipfuls
sightful
sightful
adj
(obsolete) Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous
Having full sight; clear-sighted; perspicacious and discerning; observant
snuffish
snuffish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of snuff; snuffy.
studfish
studfish
noun
Any of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, such as Fundulus catenatus.
subchief
subchief
noun
A lesser or secondary chief.
suckfish
suckfish
noun
The suckerfish, or remora.
surffish
thinkful
thinkful
adj
thoughtful
thurifer
thurifer
noun
An acolyte who carries a thurible.
truthify
truthify
verb
To make true.
unfaiths
unfaiths
noun
plural of unfaith
unfinish
unfinish
noun
A state of incompletion; lack of finish; unfinishedness
unfished
unfished
adj
Not fished.
unshifts
unshifts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unshift
unshifty
unshifty
adj
Not shifty (in various senses).
unthrift
unthrift
adj
Unthrifty.
noun
(now rare) Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
upshifts
upshifts
noun
plural of upshift
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upshift