(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
blowfishes
blowfishes
noun
plural of blowfish
bluefishes
bluefishes
noun
plural of bluefish
blushfully
blushfully
adv
In a blushful manner
boarfishes
boarfishes
noun
plural of boarfish
bonefishes
bonefishes
noun
plural of bonefish
bonhoeffer
bookshelfs
brushfires
brushfires
noun
plural of brushfire
brushproof
brushproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by brushing.
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
bufflehorn
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
burchfield
burrfishes
burrfishes
noun
plural of burrfish
bushelfuls
butterfish
butterfish
noun
(informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally)
(obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
cherubfish
chifferobe
chifferobe
noun
Alternative spelling of chifforobe
chifforobe
chifforobe
noun
A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers
coffeebush
combfishes
combfishes
noun
plural of combfish
enfeeblish
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
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.
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashbulbs
flashbulbs
noun
plural of flashbulb
flashcubes
flashcubes
noun
plural of flashcube
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
fleshbrush
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
foxborough
frenchboro
frenchburg
frightable
frithborgh
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
herebefore
herebefore
adv
(archaic) before now
numbfishes
numbfishes
noun
plural of numbfish
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.
rhombiform
rhombiform
adj
(geometry) In the shape of a rhombus.
ribbonfish
ribbonfish
noun
Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.
shaftsburg
shaftsbury
subsheriff
subsheriff
noun
A lesser or subsidiary sheriff.
thimbleful
thimbleful
noun
(by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.
As much as a thimble will hold.
turboshaft
turboshaft
noun
A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.