(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
chefdoms
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
cofather
dolefish
fairhope
famechon
fanhouse
faroeish
farouche
farouche
adj
Sullen or recalcitrant.
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
fathomer
fathomer
noun
One who fathoms.
feedhole
feedhole
noun
(engineering) A hole through or into which something is fed.
Any of the holes in punched paper that engage with the sprocket in a machine.
fenchone
fenchone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
ferforth
ferforth
Adverb
far forth
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
folberth
foolhead
forbathe
forbathe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
forchase
fordoche
forebush
forehalf
forehall
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
forehard
forehead
forehead
noun
(countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
(uncountable) confidence; audacity; impudence.
The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.
forehear
forehear
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To hear beforehand.
forehent
forehill
forehock
forehock
noun
The hock from the foreleg of a pig
forehold
forehold
noun
(nautical) The forward or front part of the hold of a ship.
verb
(transitive, rare) To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.
forehood
forehood
noun
(nautical, ship-building) One of the most forward of the outside and inside planks
forehoof
forehoof
noun
A front hoof.
forehook
forehook
noun
(nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshoe
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
foreshot
foreshot
noun
(architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
(photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.
A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshoot
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forhaile
forhooie
forkhead
forkhead
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
(minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forsythe
forsythe
Proper noun
A Scottish and Northern Irish surname from the Gaelic Fearsithe meaning "man of peace".
forthset
forthset
verb
(transitive) To set forth; present to view; display.
fortieth
fortieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number forty.
noun
One of forty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fortieth position.
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
fourchee
fourcher
fourchet
fourther
foxholes
foxholes
noun
plural of foxhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foxhole
fredholm
freehold
freehold
adj
(property law) Of a tenure or estate in land, held in fee simple absolute in possession by a proprietor; granted out of the allodial title, liable to determine only on escheat.
noun
(property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.
Freehold tenure.
verb
To dispense property in this way.
frothier
frothier
adj
comparative form of frothy: more frothy
fuchsone
gorefish
gotthelf
halftone
halftone
noun
(art) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
(music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
(printing) A picture made by using the process of half-toning.
verb
To reproduce a photograph or other continuous tone image by the use of dots of various sizes.
harefoot
harefoot
noun
A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward, as in dogs.
A type of clover, Trifolium arvense.
hemiform
hereford
herefore
herefore
adv
(now formal) For this reason; on this account; therefore.
Obsolete spelling of herefor
herefrom
herefrom
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from now on
(formal) from this, from here
hertford
hertford
Proper noun
The county town of Hertfordshire, England.
A town in North Carolina, USA
hexafoil
hexafoil
noun
A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
hogframe
hogframe
noun
(nautical) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.
homefarm
homefelt
homefelt
adj
(poetic, obsolete) inward; private
homefolk
homelife
homelife
noun
The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
honeyful
honeyful
adj
(poetic) Full of honey.
honfleur
hoofbeat
hoofbeat
noun
The sound of a hoof striking the ground.
hoofless
hoofless
Adjective
Without hooves.
hooflike
hooflike
adj
Resembling a hoof.
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
hornfels
hornfels
noun
Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
horsefly
horsefly
noun
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
houseful
houseful
noun
as many as a house will hold
hunfredo
kugelhof
lifehold
lifehold
noun
Land held by a life estate.
lifehood
meyerhof
offshore
offshore
adj
Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs.
Located in the sea away from the coast.
Moving away from the shore.
adv
At some distance from the shore.
Away from the shore.
noun
An area or or portion of sea away from the shore.
An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.
verb
To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.
overfish
overfish
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fish excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
overhalf
refought
refought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of refight
rosefish
rosefish
noun
Alternative form of rose fish
safehold
seaforth
selfhood
selfhood
noun
(philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
serfhood
serfhood
Noun
The role or status of a serf.
shopwife
shroffed
shroffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shroff
softhead
softhead
noun
A fool; a silly or feeble-minded person.
thedford
thedford
Proper noun
a village in municipality, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
a village in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Thomas County.
an unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas, USA.
theftdom
theiform
theiform
adj
Having the form of tea.
therefor
therefor
adv
(now chiefly in law) For that; in return for that.
Coordinate terms: herefor, wherefor
Obsolete spelling of therefore
thetford
thetford
Proper noun
a market town in Norfolk, England.
thiefdom
thiefdom
noun
(rare) The fact or practice of thieving; theft.
A place inhabited by thieves, or where thieves are in charge.
unhoofed
unhoofed
adj
Without hooves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoof
wherefor
wherefor
adv
(dated) Alternative spelling of wherefore
conj
For which.
wifehood
wifehood
noun
The character or behaviour that befits a good wife; wifeliness.