| DOWNDRAFT | • downdraft n. (Meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole. • DOWNDRAFT n. a downward movement of air, also DOWNDRAUGHT. |
| DRAWKNIFE | • drawknife n. A joiner’s tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it… • drawknife n. A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from… • drawknife v. (Transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife. |
| DWARFNESS | • dwarfness n. The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen. • DWARFNESS n. the state of being dwarf. |
| FANCYWORK | • fancywork n. Decorative embroidery. • FANCYWORK n. ornamental needlework. |
| FARROWING | • farrowing v. Present participle of farrow. • farrowing adj. Producing a litter of piglets. • farrowing n. The act of producing a litter of pigs. |
| FERNSHAWS | • fernshaws n. Plural of fernshaw. • FERNSHAW n. a thicket of ferns. |
| FIREWOMAN | • firewoman n. A female firefighter. • firewoman n. A female fireman (person who heats a steam engine). • FIREWOMAN n. a female firefighter. |
| FOREWARNS | • forewarns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn. • FOREWARN v. to warn in advance, also FORWARN. |
| FOREWOMAN | • forewoman n. (Management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman). • forewoman n. (Law) A female foreman of a jury. • FOREWOMAN n. a woman overseer. |
| FORWANDER | • forwander v. (Intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide. • forwander v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary. • FORWANDER v. (archaic) to wander away; to go astray. |
| FORWARNED | • forwarned v. Simple past tense and past participle of forwarn. • FORWARN v. to warn in advance, also FOREWARN. |
| FREEWOMAN | • freewoman n. (Historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave. • FREEWOMAN n. a woman who is free or enjoys liberty. |
| FROGSPAWN | • frogspawn n. A gelatinous mass of frogs’ eggs, laid in ponds and ditches. • frog␣spawn n. Alternative form of frogspawn. • FROGSPAWN n. the gelatinous egg mass of a frog. |
| FRONTWARD | • frontward adj. Frontwards. • frontward adv. Frontwards. • FRONTWARD adv. towards the front, also FRONTWARDS. |
| FRONTWAYS | • frontways adv. Towards the front; forward. • FRONTWAYS adv. towards the front, also FRONTWISE. |
| WARFARING | • warfaring v. Present participle of warfare. • warfaring n. Warfare; conflict. • WARFARING n. the business of waging war. |
| WARFARINS | • warfarins n. Plural of warfarin. • WARFARIN n. a rat poison. |
| WAVEFRONT | • wavefront n. (Physics) An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase. • WAVEFRONT n. in a propagating vibratory disturbance, the continuous locus of points which are in the same phase of vibration. |
| WAYFARING | • wayfaring adj. Travelling, especially on foot. • wayfaring adj. Peripatetic. • wayfaring n. Travel, especially on foot. |
| WHARFINGS | • wharfings n. Plural of wharfing. • WHARFING n. material used for making wharfs. |