A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
dewfall
dewfall
noun
The forming of dew.
The time when dew begins to form.
elfwife
elfwort
farwell
farwell
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in California, USA.
a village in Michigan, USA.
a tiny city in Minnesota, USA.
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA
fellows
fellows
noun
plural of fellow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fellow
felwort
felwort
noun
A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
flamfew
flamfew
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A worthless thing; a trifle or bauble.
flawier
flowage
flowage
noun
A flowing or overflowing of liquid.
flowers
flowers
noun
plural of flower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flower
flowery
flowery
adj
(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
flyblew
flyblew
verb
simple past tense of flyblow
flywire
flywire
noun
(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
fowells
fowlers
fowlers
noun
plural of fowler
fowlery
fowlery
noun
A place where fowl are raised.
fowlkes
lifeway
lifeway
noun
(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
lowlife
lowlife
noun
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
newfeld
newsful
newsful
adj
Full of news; supplying news.
oidwlfe
oldwife
oldwife
noun
Alternative form of old wife (“various types of fish”)
outflew
outflew
verb
simple past tense of outfly
ownself
ownself
pron
(now chiefly regional, especially Southern US, Caribbean, Singlish) (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
peafowl
peafowl
noun
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
reflown
reflown
verb
past participle of refly
reflows
reflows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reflow
seafowl
seafowl
Noun
Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
twelfth
twelfth
adj
The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
noun
(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
waffled
waffled
adj
Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of waffle
waffles
waffles
noun
plural of waffle
wakeful
wakeful
adj
Awake; not sleeping.
Sleepless.
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
wameful
wameful
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A bellyful.
wareful
wareful
adj
(obsolete) wary; watchful; cautious
warfeld
wealful
wealful
adj
Happy; joyful; felicitous.
Successful; prosperous.
weedful
weedful
adj
full of weeds
weepful
weepful
adj
(obsolete) Full of weeping or lamentation.
welfare
welfare
noun
(chiefly US) Such payment.
(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
(uncountable, chiefly US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (often called welfare assistance in UK English).
verb
(transitive) To provide with welfare or aid.
welford
werwolf
werwolf
noun
Dated spelling of werewolf.
whiffle
whiffle
noun
(obsolete) A fife or small flute.
(obsolete) Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
A short blow or gust.
verb
(UK) To waste time.
(intransitive) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about.
(ornithology, of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
(transitive) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
To blow a short gust.
To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter.
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
whuffle
whuffle
verb
(intransitive) To make a low snuffling or blowing sound.
wifelet
wifelet
noun
(colloquial, endearing) A wife.
(informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship).
(informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.
wileful
wileful
adj
Full of wiles; deceitful.
wilfred
wilfred
Proper noun
name, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.