A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterwash
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterwrath
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
awheft
bathflower
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chafeweed
chafeweed
noun
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
chaffwax
chaffwax
noun
(UK, law, historical) A chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
chaffweed
chaffweed
noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
chamberfellow
changchowfu
chaochowfu
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
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).
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
faldworth
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fanshawe
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farnsworth
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherway
featherweed
featherweed
noun
The flowering plant Gamochaeta ustulata in the sunflower family.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
featherwood
featherwood
noun
(prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fernshaw
fernshaw
noun
A thicket of ferns.
feuchtwanger
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fishway
fishway
Noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishwoman
fishwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who sells fish.
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flatwash
flatwashes
flaxwench
fliegerabwehrkanone
flowchart
flowchart
noun
Alternative spelling of flow chart
flowcharted
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
forehatchway
foreshadow
foreshadow
verb
(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance.
foreshadowed
foreshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow
foreshadower
foreshadower
noun
One who or that which foreshadows.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshadows
foreshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
forwardsearch
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
freshwater
freshwater
adj
(economics) neoclassical, in reference to U.S. macroeconomics and economics departments near the Great Lakes.
(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
Consisting of fresh water.
Living in fresh water.
noun
(countable) A body of fresh water
Alternative spelling of fresh water
freshwaters
freshwaters
noun
plural of freshwater
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
goshawful
goshawful
adj
Euphemistic form of god-awful.
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
halfway
halfway
adv
Half of the way between two points; midway.
Moderately; somewhat.
halfwise
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
halfword
halfword
noun
(computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handflower
handflower
noun
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handsawfish
handsawfishes
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
heathfowl
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
hereafterward
hereafterward
adv
(archaic) hereafter
hollowfaced
jawfish
jawfish
noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
leatherflower
ludwigshafen
marshflower
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
paschflower
phosphowolframic
playfellowship
playfellowship
noun
(rare) The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
sawfish
sawfish
noun
Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw.
sawfishes
sawfishes
noun
plural of sawfish
schaefferstown
schwarzkopf
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
shadflower
shadflower
noun
Draba verna, a plant in the mustard family.
shadowfoot
shaftway
shaftway
noun
The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.
shawfowl
snailfishessnailflower
squawfish
squawfish
noun
A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon.
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
starchflower
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
sulphowolframic
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
thenceforward
thenceforward
adv
from then on; from that time on
thenceforwards
thenceforwards
adv
From then on; from that time on
thencefoward
thereafterward
threadflower
twelfhyndeman
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unwatchful
unwatchful
adj
Not watchful
unwatchfully
unwatchfully
adv
In an unwatchful manner.
unwatchfulness
unwatchfulness
noun
The quality of being unwatchful.
unwrathful
unwrathful
adj
Not wrathful.
unwrathfully
unwrathfully
adv
In an unwrathful manner.
unwrathfulness
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wanthrift
warehouseful
warehouseful
noun
As much as a warehouse can hold.
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
washoff
washoff
noun
Material transferred by this process.
The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall.
washproof
washproof
adj
Capable of being washed without damage or loss.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
watchfree
watchful
watchful
adj
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
watchfully
watchfully
adv
In a watchful manner.
watchfulness
watchfulness
noun
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
watchfulnesses
watchfulnesses
noun
plural of watchfulness
watchglassful
watchglassful
noun
Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.