(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
bufflehorn
bullfights
bullfights
noun
plural of bullfight
burchfield
bushelfuls
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chapfallen
chapfallen
adj
Crestfallen, dejected.
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
cheefuller
cheerfully
cheerfully
adv
In a cheerful manner.
chelmsford
chelmsford
Proper noun
The county town of Essex, England
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chloroform
chloroform
noun
(organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
verb
To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chylifying
chylifying
verb
present participle of chylify
coalfishes
coalfishes
noun
plural of coalfish
cuttlefish
cuttlefish
noun
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened
damfoolish
damselfish
damselfish
noun
Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family.
dealfishes
dealfishes
noun
plural of dealfish
deathfully
deathfully
adv
In a deathful manner.
deflourish
delightful
delightful
adj
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
dishpanful
dishpanful
noun
As much as a dishpan will hold.
dollarfish
dollarfish
noun
Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
eightyfold
eightyfold
adj
By a factor of eighty.
elfishness
elfishness
noun
The quality or state of being elfish.
enfeeblish
ethnoflora
ethnoflora
noun
The flora of a region that is used by that region's native inhabitants
fahlunitte
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.
falkenhayn
fallfishes
fallfishes
noun
plural of fallfish
falsehoods
falsehoods
noun
plural of falsehood
farforthly
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.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
featherlet
featherlet
noun
A little feather.
felichthys
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
felsophyre
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fetichlike
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
feverishly
feverishly
adv
With excitement and determination.
With speed; rapidly.
fichtelite
fichtelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
fiddlehead
fiddlehead
noun
A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption.
The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
fieldfight
fiendishly
fiendishly
adv
Extremely, very in harsh or negative contexts.
In a fiendish manner; evilly, wickedly.
fightingly
fightingly
adv
So as to fight; pugnaciously.
filchingly
filchingly
adv
By means of petty theft.
filefishes
filefishes
noun
plural of filefish
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
filthified
filthified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filthify
filthiness
filthiness
noun
The property of being filthy.
finchville
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
fireplough
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishergirl
fishtailed
fishtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fishtail
flagfishes
flaithship
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flapperish
flarfishes
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
flashflood
flashflood
noun
Alternative spelling of flash flood
flashiness
flashiness
noun
The quality of being flashy.
flashingly
flashingly
adv
With a flashing appearance.
flashlamps
flashlamps
noun
plural of flashlamp
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.
flashproof
flashproof
adj
Resistant to sparks and fire.
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flatfishes
flatfishes
noun
plural of flatfish
flatwashes
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
flechettes
flechettes
noun
plural of flechette
fleechment
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fleshbrush
fleshiness
fleshiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
fleshliest
fleshliest
adj
superlative form of fleshly: most fleshly
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flichtered
flighthead
flightiest
flightiest
adj
superlative form of flighty: most flighty
flightless
flightless
adj
Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
flightshot
flintshire
flintshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
A local government principal area. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
floorcloth
floorcloth
noun
A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
floorshift
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
flusherman
flushermen
flushingly
flushingly
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
flutemouth
flutemouth
noun
The trumpetfish.
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.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
folkething
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.