The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterwale
afterward
afterward
adv
(US) Alternative form of afterwards
afterwash
afterwise
afterwise
adj
Wise after the fact.
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterwork
afterwort
afwillite
afwillite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
applewife
arrowleaf
arrowleaf
adj
(in plant names) Having arrow-like leaves.
awfullest
awfullest
adj
superlative form of awful: most awful
awfulness
awfulness
noun
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
The state or quality of being awful.
the awfulness of this sacred place
batfowled
batfowler
batfowler
noun
One who takes part in batfowling.
bedwarfed
bedwarfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedwarf
broadwife
chafeweed
chafeweed
noun
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
chaffweed
chaffweed
noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
delftware
delftware
noun
Alternative spelling of Delftware
drawerful
drawerful
noun
A drawer filled with something, or a sufficient quantity of something to fill a drawer
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.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
dwarfness
dwarfness
noun
The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.
earflower
enfroward
fadeaways
fadeaways
noun
plural of fadeaway
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
fanflower
fanflower
noun
A plant in the genus Scaevola.
farewells
farewells
noun
plural of farewell
feedwater
feedwater
noun
Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation.
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fiberware
fibreware
fieldward
fieldward
adj
Towards a field.
firewater
firewater
noun
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
fizzwater
flangeway
flangeway
noun
(rail transport) The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
(rail transport, historical) An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
flankwise
flankwise
adv
In terms of, or by means of, a flank.
flatwares
flatwares
noun
plural of flatware
flaxwench
fleaworts
fleaworts
noun
plural of fleawort
flowerage
flowerage
noun
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
footwears
footwears
noun
plural of footwear
footweary
foreswear
foreswear
verb
Alternative spelling of forswear
foresweat
forewarns
forewarns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn
forewoman
forewoman
noun
(law) A female foreman of a jury.
(management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman).
forswears
forswears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear
forwander
forwander
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.
forwarded
forwarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forward
forwarder
forwarder
adj
Comparative form of forward: more forward.
noun
One who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.
frametown
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
freewater
freewoman
freewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
heathfowl
jawfallen
jawfallen
adj
(archaic) Dejected, dispirited.
(obsolete) Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.
jawfishes
jawfishes
noun
plural of jawfish
jawfooted
leafworms
leafworms
noun
plural of leafworm
leftwards
leftwards
adv
Leftward; towards the left.
luftwaffe
luftwaffe
Proper noun
The German air force, especially during the Second World War.
mayflower
mayflower
noun
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
newfangle
newfangle
adj
(obsolete) Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.
verb
(obsolete) To change by introducing novelties
nonflawed
outfawned
outfawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfawn
overawful
overawful
adj
(obsolete) Excessively awful (awe-inspiring or reverential).
prelawful
reforward
reforward
verb
To forward again, to forward something that has already been forwarded.
rewardful
rewardful
adj
Yielding reward.
safflower
safflower
noun
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
sawfishes
sawfishes
noun
plural of sawfish
scarfwise
scarfwise
adv
In the manner of a scarf.
seaflower
selfwards
selfwards
Adverb
Towards oneself.
snowflake
snowflake
noun
(historical) Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)
(ophthalmology) A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
(slang, derogatory) Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
(slang, derogatory, chiefly alt-right) Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
(slang, usually derogatory) A Caucasian person.
A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
Something that is unique in every presentation.
The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
verb
(computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
softwares
softwares
noun
(nonstandard) plural of software
sweetleaf
sweetleaf
noun
Any plant of the genus Stevia, from which stevia is extracted.
Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot, a medicinal and ornamental herb.
Sauropus androgynus, a plant of the family Phyllanthaceae whose leaves may be used as a potherb.
Symplocos tinctoria, an evergreen shrub or small tree in the southeastern United States.
taffywise
tarflower
undwarfed
undwarfed
adj
Not dwarfed.
unwakeful
unwakeful
adj
Not wakeful.
waferlike
waferlike
adj
Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
waferwork
wakefield
wakefield
noun
(physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator
wakefully
wakefully
adv
In a wakeful manner.
waldflute
waldflute
noun
A kind of large flue pipe for an organ.
walletful
walletful
noun
The quantity contained in a wallet.
wasterful
wasterful
adj
(obsolete) wasteful
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
watchfree
waterfall
waterfall
noun
(colloquial, dated) A beard.
(colloquial, dated) A chignon.
(colloquial, dated) A necktie.
(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
(slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
(technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
verb
(intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
(roller derby) Synonym of recycle
(transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
waterflow
waterflow
noun
the flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.
waterford
waterford
Proper noun
A city in Munster, Ireland
A county of Ireland, see Wikipedia:County Waterford
waterfowl
waterfowl
noun
Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae.
waterfree
waterfree
adj
Free of water.
waterleaf
waterleaf
noun
(architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
(botany) Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family.
(botany) Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum.
(paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.
A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
waveforms
waveforms
noun
plural of waveform
wavefront
wavefront
noun
(physics) An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
waveproof
waveproof
adj
Resistant to waves (undulations in a liquid such as the ocean).
waxflower
waxflower
noun
Any plant of the genus Hoya.
Hoya carnosa, the waxplant.
wayfarers
wayfarers
noun
A pair of wayfarer glasses.
plural of wayfarer.
wayfellow
wayfellow
noun
A fellow wayfarer; one who accompanies another during a journey.
wealthful
wealthful
adj
Full of wealth; prosperous.
wearproof
wearproof
adj
resistant to physical wear
welfaring
welfaring
verb
present participle of welfare
welfarism
welfarism
noun
(philosophy) An axiology or ethical theory in which value is determined by the well-being (e.g., happiness) of people or other sentient beings.
(rare, derogatory) The belief in or support of a welfare state.
welfarist
welfarist
adj
Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
noun
A supporter of the politics or principles of the welfare state.
Someone who supports welfare, especially of animals.
westfalen
wharfages
wharfages
noun
plural of wharfage
wharfhead
wharfless
wharfless
adj
Lacking a wharf
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
wheyfaced
wheyfaces
wheyfaces
noun
plural of wheyface
whiffable
whiteface
whiteface
noun
(countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
(countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
(countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
(countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
(uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
A Hereford cow.
witchleaf
wolfsbane
wolfsbane
noun
Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.