| CATCHFLIES | • catchflies n. Plural of catchfly. • catch␣flies v. (Idiomatic) To have one’s mouth wide open for a prolonged period. • catch␣flies v. (Theater, informal) Of an actor: to distract the audience by moving or gesturing when the focus should be elsewhere. |
| FATHERLIER | • FATHERLY adj. like a father. |
| FATHERLIKE | • fatherlike adj. Having the qualities of a father. • FATHERLIKE adj. like a father. |
| FELSPATHIC | • felspathic adj. Alternative form of feldspathic. • FELSPATHIC adj. of or like felspar, also FELDSPATHIC, FELDSPATHOSE, FELSPATHOSE. |
| FISHPLATES | • fishplates n. Plural of fishplate. • FISHPLATE n. an iron plate used to join railway lines. |
| FISHTAILED | • fishtailed v. Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail. • FISHTAIL v. to swing the tail of a moving vehicle from side to side. |
| FLATFISHES | • flatfishes n. Plural of flatfish. • FLATFISH n. a marine fish that habitually lies on its side. |
| FLINTHEADS | • flintheads n. Plural of flinthead. • FLINTHEAD n. an American wading bird, aka crested ibis. |
| HALFWITTED | • halfwitted adj. Alternative spelling of half-witted. • half-witted adj. Having a low intelligence; dim-witted. • HALFWITTED adj. feebleminded. |
| KHALIFATES | • khalifates n. Plural of khalifate. • KHALIFATE n. (Arabic) the office of khalif, also CALIFATE, CALIPHATE, KALIPHATE, KHALIFAT, KHILAFAT. |
| LIGHTFACED | • lightfaced adj. Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. • LIGHTFACED adj. in a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |
| LIGHTFACES | • lightfaces n. Plural of lightface. • LIGHTFACE n. a typeface having comparatively light thin lines. |
| SAFELIGHTS | • safelights n. Plural of safelight. • SAFELIGHT n. a light used in a photographic darkroom etc., which emits light of an intensity and colour which will not damage the materials being processed. |
| SALTFISHES | • saltfishes n. Plural of saltfish. • SALTFISH n. salted cod. |
| ULTRAFICHE | • ultrafiche n. An ultramicrofiche. • ULTRAFICHE n. a sheet of microfilm the same size as a microfiche but with a greater number of microcopied records on it. |
| WHEATFIELD | • wheatfield n. A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat. • WHEATFIELD n. a field of wheat. |