(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
antihuff
antihuff
noun
(US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
archfire
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
ashfield
ashfield
noun
A field that is covered in ash.
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
cavefish
cavefish
noun
Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
chaffier
chaffier
adj
comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffing
chaffing
noun
The act by which somebody is chaffed; a teasing.
verb
present participle of chaff
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chiefage
chiefage
noun
(obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
crawfish
crawfish
noun
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crayfish
crayfish
noun
(Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
verb
Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)
to catch crayfish
dealfish
dealfish
noun
A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
deathify
disfaith
draffish
draffish
adj
worthless; draffy
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
enfamish
enfamish
verb
To famish; to starve.
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
fairhead
fairhope
fairship
fairyish
fairyish
adj
fairylike
faithful
faithful
adj
(mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Consistent with reality.
Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
Having faith.
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
Reliable; worthy of trust.
noun
(in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
fallfish
fallfish
noun
A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.
famished
famished
adj
Extremely hungry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of famish
famishes
famishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
farinhas
farinhas
noun
plural of farinha
farleigh
faroeish
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fasherie
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fashious
fecalith
fecalith
noun
Alternative form of fecolith
fellahin
fellahin
noun
plural of fellah
fichtean
filechar
firehall
firehall
noun
A fire station.
fishable
fishable
adj
(of a lake, pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
(of a species of fish) Able to be fished legally
(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
fishback
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishfall
fishmeal
fishmeal
noun
Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.
fishtail
fishtail
noun
A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
Short for fishtail palm.
The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
verb
(intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.
(intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
(transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
fishtrap
fishways
fishways
noun
plural of fishway
fishyard
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flarfish
flashier
flashier
adj
comparative form of flashy: more flashy
flashily
flashily
adv
In a flashy manner
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flatfish
flatfish
noun
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.
flattish
flattish
adj
Somewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the word.
forhaile
frailish
frailish
adj
Somewhat frail.
frankish
frankish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.
Proper noun
The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.
fravashi
freakish
freakish
adj
Capricious, unpredictable.
Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
fronniah
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
gairfish
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
grafship
grafship
noun
The rank or position of a graf (German or Austrian count).
grayfish
hadfield
hafflins
hafniums
hairhoof
halafian
halflife
halflife
noun
Alternative spelling of half-life
halfling
halfling
noun
(fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction.
(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
A half-grown person, between a child and an adult.
halftime
halftime
noun
(American football) The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.
(US) Alternative spelling of half-time
halfwise
hamiform
hamiform
adj
(conchology) Curved at the extremity.
Shaped like a hook.
hanafite
handfish
handfish
noun
Any of the anglerfishes of the genus Brachionichthys, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
hangfire
hangfire
noun
Alternative form of hang fire
hanifism
hanifite
hanifiya
hardfist
hastifly
hatfield
hatfield
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England.
A town in South Yorkshire, England
A town in Arkansas.
an unincorporated census-designated place in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana, USA
A locality in Jamaica.
A town in Massachusetts.
A city in Minnesota.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
hawfinch
hawfinch
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
hayfield
hayfield
noun
A field of hay.
headfish
headfish
noun
The sunfish (of family Molidae).
hexafoil
hexafoil
noun
A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
hipflask
hipflask
noun
Alternative spelling of hip flask
hornfair
hrimfaxi
humanify
humanify
verb
(transitive) To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
kaffiyeh
kaffiyeh
noun
Alternative spelling of keffiyeh
khalifas
khalifas
noun
plural of khalifa
khalifat
khalifat
noun
Dated form of caliphate.
khenifra
ladyfish
ladyfish
noun
A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.
The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
misfaith
misfaith
noun
Bad or misplaced religious belief.
Lack of faith; distrust.
oafishly
oafishly
adv
in an oafish manner
pathfind
peachify
phialful
phialful
noun
Enough to fill a phial.
phrasify
sailfish
sailfish
noun
A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus).
saltfish
saltfish
noun
salt cod: dried and salted cod.
sandfish
sandfish
noun
Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
Genus Gonorynchus spp. (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
certain sea cucumbers (Holothuria scabra and Thelenota ananas)
sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
shabbify
shabbify
verb
(transitive) To make shabby.
shafiite
shafiite
Noun
A member of the (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence.
shafting
shafting
noun
(engineering) A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
Shafts collectively.
verb
present participle of shaft
sheafing
sheafing
verb
present participle of sheaf
shiftage
shiftage
noun
Movement by shifting.
shiftman
shinleaf
shinleaf
noun
A perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish-white flowers.
(obsolete) Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
(slang) A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
(vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.
Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
verb
(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
(transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
tafinagh
tangfish
tangfish
noun
(UK, dialect) The common harbour seal.
teatfish
tifinagh
toadfish
toadfish
noun
Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
The pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)
The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
trashify
trashify
verb
(informal, transitive) To throw away; to dispose of.
unfaiths
unfaiths
noun
plural of unfaith
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
weakfish
weakfish
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
wharfing
wharfing
noun
(engineering) A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.