A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
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.
bushwife
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
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).
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
fanshawe
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishweed
fishweir
fishweir
noun
An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishwife
fishwife
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A person, especially a woman, with poor personal hygiene.
(archaic) A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
(derogatory) A vulgar, abusive or nagging woman with a loud, unpleasant voice.
fishwood
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flatwash
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
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.
foxworth
halfwise
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
herbwife
hoofworm
huswifes
huswifes
noun
plural of huswife
leftwich
plowfish
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawfowl
shopwife
showfolk
showfolk
noun
showpeople
showoffs
showoffs
noun
plural of showoff
throwoff
twelfths
twelfths
noun
plural of twelfth
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
watchful
watchful
adj
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
westfahl
wharfage
wharfage
noun
A dock, quay, or pier.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
Wharfs collectively.
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
The material for constructing a wharf.
verb
present participle of wharf
wharfman
wharfman
noun
A man who works on a wharf.
wharfmen
wharfmen
noun
plural of wharfman
wharfrae
wherefor
wherefor
adv
(dated) Alternative spelling of wherefore
conj
For which.
wheyface
wheyface
noun
One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
whiffers
whiffers
noun
plural of whiffer
whiffets
whiffets
noun
plural of whiffet
whiffing
whiffing
noun
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
verb
present participle of whiff
whiffled
whiffled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of whiffle
whiffler
whiffler
noun
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye.
(obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
(obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
(obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
(obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
whiffles
whiffles
noun
plural of whiffle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiffle
whiggify
whiggify
verb
(transitive) To make whiggish.
whiskful
whiskful
noun
As much as a whisk will hold.
whitefly
whitefly
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
whitford
whoofing
whoofing
verb
present participle of whoof
wifehood
wifehood
noun
The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.
The quality or state of being a wife.
wifeship
wifeship
noun
The role or status of a wife.
windfish
wingfish
wingfish
noun
A sea robin with large, wing-like pectoral fins.
wolffish
wolffish
noun
Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae.
wolfhood
wolfhood
noun
The state or time of being a wolf.
woodfish
wormfish
wormfish
noun
Any of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.