(obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
botsford
daffiest
daffiest
adj
superlative form of daffy: most daffy
daftness
daftness
noun
(countable) Something that is daft.
Property of being daft.
defaults
defaults
noun
plural of default
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of default
deficits
deficits
noun
plural of deficit
deflates
deflates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate
deflects
deflects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflect
deforest
deforest
verb
(transitive) To clear (an area) of forest.
(transitive, law, archaic) To disafforest (remove legal status as forest).
defrosts
defrosts
noun
plural of defrost
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrost
deftness
deftness
noun
The characteristic of being deft.
destuffs
digestif
digestif
noun
An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
disfaith
distaffs
distaffs
noun
plural of distaff
draftees
draftees
noun
plural of draftee
drafters
drafters
noun
plural of drafter
drifters
drifters
noun
plural of drifter
dustfall
dustfall
noun
Fine particles deposited by the atmosphere.
dustoffs
dustoffs
noun
plural of dustoff
dwarfest
dwarfest
adj
(horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf
dyestuff
dyestuff
noun
Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
faddiest
faddiest
adj
superlative form of faddy: most faddy
faddists
faddists
noun
plural of faddist
fastened
fastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fasten
fasthold
fastland
fatbirds
fatheads
fatheads
noun
plural of fathead
feedlots
feedlots
noun
plural of feedlot
festered
festered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fester
feudists
feudists
noun
plural of feudist
fideists
fideists
noun
plural of fideist
fjelsted
flagstad
flatbeds
flatbeds
noun
plural of flatbed
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatbed
fluidist
fluidist
noun
(medicine, historical) A supporter of the doctrine of fluidism.
foldouts
foldouts
noun
plural of foldout
fondants
fondants
noun
plural of fondant
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
forested
forested
adj
Covered in forest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forest
forstand
forstand
verb
(transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To understand; comprehend.
fostered
fostered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foster
freudist
frosteds
frosteds
noun
plural of frosted
frowsted
frowsted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frowst
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.
hardfist
headfast
headfast
noun
(nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc.
holdfast
holdfast
noun
(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
(biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation.
indrafts
indrafts
noun
plural of indraft
infested
infested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infest
landfast
landfast
adj
Connected or anchored to the land.
outfinds
outfinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfind
redrafts
redrafts
noun
plural of redraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redraft
redshift
redshift
noun
(US politics) The statistical bias towards Republican (or Blue Dog) candidates of US federal elections whose reported results vary considerably from those indicated by voter exit polls.
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.
resifted
resifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of resift
safetied
safetied
adj
(firearms) On which the safety mechanism is engaged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of safety
seadrift
sheetfed
sheetfed
adj
(printing, of a press) Into which individual sheets of paper or paperboard are loaded.
softened
softened
adj
(linguistics) aspirated.
Made soft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of soften
softhead
softhead
noun
A fool; a silly or feeble-minded person.
softwood
softwood
noun
(countable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is.
(countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood.
(countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers.
(uncountable) Any commercial timber.
staffard
stafford
stafford
Proper noun
The county town of Staffordshire; several other places of the same name
An English habitational surname from the placename
stamford
stamford
Proper noun
a town in Lincolnshire, England.
standoff
standoff
adj
(military) For use at a distance sufficient from the target to allow defensive fire to be evaded.
noun
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
verb
Nonstandard spelling of stand off.
stanford
stanford
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
A private university in the Bay Area of California.
A place name, including:
a hamlet in Bedfordshire, England.
a village in Kent, England.
a deserted village in Norfolk, England (now in a military area).
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
starford
stedfast
stedfast
adj
Archaic spelling of steadfast.
studfish
studfish
noun
Any of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, such as Fundulus catenatus.
sulfated
sulfated
adj
Treated, or reacted with sulfuric acid or a sulfate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sulfate
telfords
tenfolds
tenfolds
noun
plural of tenfold
toadfish
toadfish
noun
Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
The pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)
The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)