Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
curfewing
cushionflower
daffadowndillies
daffadowndillies
noun
plural of daffadowndilly
daffodowndillies
daffodowndillies
noun
plural of daffodowndilly
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
downfield
downfield
adj
(chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field
adv
Towards the lower part of a field
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
elfinwood
elfinwood
noun
krummholz
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
fanwise
fanwise
adj
In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
adv
In a fanwise manner.
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawnier
fawniest
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
fawnlike
fawnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fawn.
featherwing
fellowing
fellowing
verb
present participle of fellow
fellowshiping
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fenwick
fiddletown
finedraw
finedraw
verb
(transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
finedrawing
finedrawing
verb
present participle of finedraw
fineview
finew
finew
noun
moldiness
finewed
fingerflower
fingerwise
fingerwise
adv
In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
firewarden
firewarden
noun
An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires.
fishertown
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.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
fleetwing
flewelling
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
fordwine
fordwine
Verb
To fade away; waste away; decay; dwindle; wither; vanish.
forebowline
foreknowing
foreknowing
noun
foreknowledge
verb
present participle of foreknow
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
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
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forewarningly
forewarningly
adv
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewind
forewind
noun
A favourable wind.
forewing
forewing
noun
Alternative spelling of fore wing
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forewinning
forewritten
forewritten
adj
Written beforehand or in advance.
verb
past participle of forewrite
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
fountainwise
fountainwise
adv
In the manner of a fountain.
frankewing
fredericktown
freewheeling
freewheeling
adj
Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
verb
present participle of freewheel.
freewheelingness
freewriting
freewriting
noun
A prewriting technique in which the writer writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.
verb
present participle of freewrite
freewritings
freewritings
noun
plural of freewriting
freewritten
freewritten
verb
past participle of freewrite
frenchwise
friendliwise
friendswood
fringeflower
frontwise
frontwise
adv
Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
frowsiness
frowstiness
frowstiness
noun
Quality of being frowsty.
frowziness
frowziness
noun
The quality of being frowzy.
fruitwomen
funnelwise
funnelwise
adv
In the manner of a funnel.
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
fwelling
handsawfishes
hawfinches
hawfinches
noun
plural of hawfinch
henwife
henwife
noun
A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
hingeflower
housewifeliness
housewifeliness
noun
The quality of being housewifely.
housewifelinesses
inflowering
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
interwhiff
ironflower
kitchenwife
knifeway
leeuwfontein
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
leftwinger
leftwinger
noun
Alternative form of left-winger
ludwigshafen
manifoldwise
minenwerfer
minenwerfer
noun
(military, now historical) A type of trench mortar used by German forces especially during the First World War, or the shells fired by such a mortar.
newfangledism
newfashioned
newfashioned
adj
Alternative form of new-fashioned
newfie
newfie
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Newfoundland.
newfish
nonflowering
nonflowering
adj
(biology) Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers.
overflowing
overflowing
noun
overflow
verb
present participle of overflow
overflowingly
overflowingly
adv
So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
overflowingness
overflowingness
noun
Quality of being overflowing; exuberance.
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
preflowering
preflowering
adj
(botany) Prior to flowering
puddingwife
reflowering
reflowering
noun
The process of flowering again.
verb
present participle of reflower
reflowing
reflowing
noun
A flowing again or back.
verb
present participle of reflow
renfrewshire
renfrewshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.
a council area in Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.
roupingwife
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
schweinfurt
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
showoffishness
shufflewing
shufflewing
Noun
The hedge sparrow.
snailfishessnailflower
snailflower
snailflower
noun
Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
snowfield
snowfield
noun
A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
swiften
swiften
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.
swiftness
swiftness
noun
The state of being swift.
swiftnesses
swiftnesses
noun
plural of swiftness
swingknife
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
townified
twinflower
twinflower
noun
Dyschoriste oblongifolia, a dicotyledonous flowering plant of the family Acanthaceae, native to coastal plains regions of the United States.
Linnaea borealis, a woodland subshrub with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves and pendulous pink flowers that occur in pairs.