The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
afterdeath
afterhatch
afterhours
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
aftermaths
aftermaths
noun
plural of aftermath
afternight
aftershaft
aftershaft
noun
(ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
aftershave
aftershave
noun
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
aftershine
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterwrath
airfreight
airfreight
noun
The amount charged for such transport.
The transportation of freight by air.
verb
(transitive) To transport by air.
aschaffite
bathflower
bathoflore
bathtubful
bathtubful
noun
As much as a bathtub will hold.
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
befathered
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
chaetifera
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
churnstaff
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
deathfully
deathfully
adv
In a deathful manner.
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
facesheets
facesheets
noun
plural of facesheet
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
fahlunitte
fahrenheit
fahrenheit
Adjective
Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
fahrenhett
faintheart
faintheart
noun
A person who is irresolute or fearful.
faithfully
faithfully
adv
(US) A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended using an honorific.
In a faithful manner.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
famishment
famishment
noun
(now literary) The state or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
fantaddish
fantoddish
fantoddish
adj
irritable
farfetched
farfetched
adj
Alternative spelling of far-fetched
farforthly
farnsworth
farsighted
farsighted
adj
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
fashionist
fashionist
noun
(archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion.
fathearted
fatherhood
fatherhood
noun
The state of being a father.
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fatherless
fatherless
adj
(figurative) Without a known author or inventor.
Without a (living) father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
fathership
fathership
noun
(religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathometer
fathometer
noun
(nautical) A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fatshedera
fatshedera
noun
(botany) A hybrid of flowering plants of the genera Fatsia and Hedera (× Fatshedera).
fautorship
fautorship
noun
The role or status of fautor.
fearnaught
fearnaught
noun
(by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.
A fearless person.
A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
feathercut
featherdom
featherdom
noun
The world or sphere of birds.
featherers
featherers
noun
plural of featherer
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherier
featherier
adj
comparative form of feathery: more feathery
feathering
feathering
noun
(architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
A feathered texture.
Plumage.
The fitting of feathers to arrows.
Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
verb
present participle of feather
featherlet
featherlet
noun
A little feather.
featherman
feathertop
featherway
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
ferfathmur
fetography
fianchetti
fianchetti
noun
plural of fianchetto
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
verb
(chess) To play a fianchetto.
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
fishtailed
fishtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fishtail
flaithship
flashlight
flashlight
noun
(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.
(obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera.
A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
verb
(transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight.
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flatfishes
flatfishes
noun
plural of flatfish
flatwashes
flighthead
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flycatcher
flycatcher
noun
Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.
forefather
forefather
noun
ancestor
cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.
foregather
foregather
verb
Alternative form of forgather
forehearth
forehearth
noun
The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
foreheater
forgathers
forgathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgather
forsythias
forsythias
noun
plural of forsythia
frameshift
frameshift
noun
A frameshift mutation.
verb
To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
framesmith
framesmith
noun
A maker of frames.
fratcheous
fraughtage
fraughtage
noun
(obsolete) freight; cargo
fraughting
fraughting
verb
present participle of fraught
freightage
freightage
noun
The price of transporting goods.
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
frightable
fustianish
gearshifts
gearshifts
noun
plural of gearshift
ghastfully
ghastfully
adv
In a ghastful manner.
ghostcraft
ghostcraft
noun
Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
goatfishes
goatfishes
noun
plural of goatfish
godfathers
godfathers
noun
plural of godfather
gudefather
guitarfish
guitarfish
noun
Any ray in the family Rhinobatidae.
hammerfest
hammerfest
Proper noun
A municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
handcrafts
handcrafts
noun
plural of handcraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcraft
handfasted
handfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handfast
handfastly
handfastly
adv
(obsolete) In a handfast manner
handicraft
handicraft
noun
(rare, obsolete) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
An artifact produced by handicraft.
handyfight
hardfisted
hardfisted
adj
Alternative form of hard-fisted
harefooted
hartsfield
hastefully
hasteproof
hastifness
heartfully
heartfully
adv
In a heartful manner.
heartgrief
heartgrief
noun
heartache; sorrow
hereafters
hereafters
noun
plural of hereafter
hoarfrosts
hoarfrosts
noun
plural of hoarfrost
hofstadter
horsecraft
horsecraft
noun
horsemanship
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
hovercraft
hovercraft
noun
(vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
hydatiform
hydatiform
Adjective
Resembling a hydatid.
infangthef
infangthef
noun
Alternative form of infangthief
infanthood
infanthood
noun
Infancy.
interchaff
interfaith
interfaith
adj
Involving members of different religions.
ketchcraft
lancetfish
lancetfish
noun
A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.
leechcraft
leechcraft
noun
(historical) The art or practice of healing or medicine.
The skill or expertise of a physician, medical knowledge; medical attendance.
lightfaced
lightfaced
adj
Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space.
loathfully
loathfully
adv
In a loathful manner.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
multiflash
multiflash
adj
(photography) Involving more than one flash.
neufchatel
nightfalls
nightfalls
noun
plural of nightfall
nothofagus
parrotfish
parrotfish
noun
Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
pathfinder
pathfinder
noun
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
One who first does something; a pioneer.
photoflash
photoflash
noun
(photography) A flashbulb
(photography) A lamp that emits a brief flash of bright light; used to take photographs in a dark environment
pinfeather
pinfeather
noun
A developing feather as it emerges through the skin
rabbitfish
rabbitfish
noun
Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.
Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.