(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
aldhafara
aldhafera
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
chaffered
chaffered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaffer
chamfered
chamfered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamfer
eldfather
eldfather
noun
(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandfather or forefather.
(obsolete) One's father-in-law.
fairchild
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
faldworth
farmhands
farmhands
noun
plural of farmhand
fauchards
fauchards
noun
plural of fauchard
feathered
feathered
adj
(Appalachia) Badly beaten.
(engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
(in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers.
(poetic) Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
(rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
Covered with feathers.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feather
firsthand
firsthand
adj
Direct, without intermediate stages.
Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
flanchard
flanchard
noun
(historical) A piece of armor designed to be attached to the sides of a saddle to protect the flanks of the horse.
floorhead
floorhead
noun
(nautical) Any of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.
foolhardy
foolhardy
adj
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
noun
A person who is foolhardy.
forehands
forehands
noun
plural of forehand
foreheads
foreheads
noun
plural of forehead
forthward
forthward
adv
(obsolete) Forward.
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
friarhood
friarhood
noun
The state or period of being a friar.
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
guardfish
guardfish
noun
Synonym of houndfish
halfwords
halfwords
noun
plural of halfword
handcraft
handcraft
noun
(obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.
handicraft
verb
To engage in handcraft or handicraft.
hannaford
hartfield
hausdorff
hausdorff
Adjective
Such that any two points have disjoint neighborhoods.
haverford
hazardful
hazardful
adj
Full of hazard; dangerous; risky.
headfirst
headfirst
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; hastily.
With the head in front; headlong.
headframe
headframe
noun
(mining) the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.
headscarf
headscarf
noun
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
threadfin
threadfin
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Polynemidae.
wharfhead
wharfland
wharfland
noun
The land area surrounding a wharf.
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.