A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
driftweed
driftweed
noun
Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.
driftwind
driftwind
noun
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
driftwood
driftwood
noun
A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farrowing
farrowing
adj
Producing a litter of piglets
noun
The act of producing a litter of pigs
verb
present participle of farrow
fevertwig
fiberware
fibreware
fieldward
fieldward
adj
Towards a field.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldwort
fieldwort
noun
(botany) gentian
firepower
firepower
noun
(figurative) The ability and resources to dominate.
The ability to deliver fire.
The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
firetower
firewater
firewater
noun
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
fireweeds
fireweeds
noun
plural of fireweed
firewoods
firewoods
noun
plural of firewood
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
fireworms
fireworms
noun
plural of fireworm
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fizzwater
flintwork
flintwork
noun
decorative flint facing
work with flint
floorwise
floorwise
adj
(India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
adv
(poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
flowerier
flowerier
adj
comparative form of flowery: more flowery
flowerily
flowerily
adv
In a flowery way.
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
flowerist
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forthwith
forthwith
adv
(chiefly formal, literary) Without delay; immediately.
fowlerite
fowlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.
frithwork
frontwise
frontwise
adv
Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
frowsiest
frowsiest
adj
superlative form of frowsy: most frowsy
frowstier
frowstier
adj
comparative form of frowsty: more frowsty
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
frowziest
frowziest
adj
superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
fruitwise
fruitwood
fruitwood
noun
In orchard culture, the woody growth of the scion of any grafted fruit tree above the graft, as opposed to the rootstock, which is the part of the plant below the graft.
Particular branches or twigs in particular positions, or of particular types or ages, that may be expected to bear fruit in most types of orchard trees, since fruit is not borne randomly all over the tree.
The wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications.
fruitworm
fruitworm
noun
The larva of any of several moths; they are responsible for damage to many types of fruit crop
furrowing
furrowing
noun
A furrowed pattern.
verb
present participle of furrow
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
ivyflower
lidflower
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
midwifery
midwifery
noun
The practice and science of being a midwife.
overswift
overswift
adj
(rare) Overly swift.
pigflower
rauwolfia
rauwolfia
noun
Any of a group of alkaloids extracted from these trees.
Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus Rauwolfia, that yield materials of medical use.
reflowing
reflowing
noun
A flowing again or back.
verb
present participle of reflow
scarfwise
scarfwise
adv
In the manner of a scarf.
snowdrift
snowdrift
noun
A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
swiftlier
swiftlier
adv
comparative form of swiftly: more swiftly
swordfish
swordfish
noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
verb
To fish for swordfish.
tripewife
waferlike
waferlike
adj
Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
wanthrift
warfaring
warfaring
noun
warfare; conflict
verb
present participle of warfare
warfarins
warfarins
noun
plural of warfarin
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
wayfaring
wayfaring
adj
Peripatetic.
Travelling, especially on foot.
noun
Travel, especially on foot.
verb
present participle of wayfare
welfaring
welfaring
verb
present participle of welfare
welfarism
welfarism
noun
(philosophy) An axiology or ethical theory in which value is determined by the well-being (e.g., happiness) of people or other sentient beings.
(rare, derogatory) The belief in or support of a welfare state.
welfarist
welfarist
adj
Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
noun
A supporter of the politics or principles of the welfare state.
Someone who supports welfare, especially of animals.
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
whifflers
whifflers
noun
plural of whiffler
whifflery
whifflery
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour of a whiffler (one who frequently changes course or opinion, or one who argues evasively).
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
whirlpuff
whiteford
wildfires
wildfires
noun
plural of wildfire
wileproof
williford
wiltproof
wiltproof
adj
Resistant to wilting.
windproof
windproof
adj
Providing protection from the wind.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to the wind.
winifrede
winnifred
winnifred
Proper noun
name; spelling variant of Winifred.
winterfed
winterfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of winterfeed
wolframic
wolframic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Of or pertaining to wolfram.
wreckfish
wreckfish
noun
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.