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There are 18 words ending with TAFF

BROOMSTAFF	• broomstaff n. (Obsolete) A broomstick. • BROOMSTAFF n. (archaic) a broomstick.
COWLSTAFF	• cowlstaff n. A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders. • cowl-staff n. Alternative form of cowlstaff. • COWLSTAFF n. a staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
DISTAFF	• distaff n. A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary… • distaff n. The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. • distaff n. Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
FLAGSTAFF	• flagstaff n. A pole on which a flag is raised. • Flagstaff prop.n. A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. • Flagstaff prop.n. A town in Victoria, Australia.
HANDSTAFF	• handstaff n. The part of a flail that is held in the hand. • handstaff n. (Obsolete) A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin. • HANDSTAFF n. a staff-like handle e.g. of a flail.
JACKSTAFF	• jackstaff n. (Nautical) a short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack). • jack-staff n. Alternative spelling of jackstaff. • JACKSTAFF n. a short staff at a ship's bow, on which a jack is hoisted.
OVERSTAFF	• overstaff v. (Transitive) To furnish with too many staff. • OVERSTAFF v. to employ too many staff.
PACKSTAFF	• packstaff n. A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder. • PACKSTAFF n. a staff for supporting a pedlar's pack when he or she rests.
PALSTAFF	• palstaff n. (Historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by… • PALSTAFF n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAVE.
PIKESTAFF	• pikestaff n. The wooden shaft of a pike. • pikestaff n. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. • PIKESTAFF n. the staff, or shaft, of a pike.
PLOUGHSTAFF	• ploughstaff n. (UK) The hind part or handle of a plough. • PLOUGHSTAFF n. one of the handles of a plough, also PLOWSTAFF.
PLOWSTAFF	• plowstaff n. (US) The hind part or handle of a plow. • PLOWSTAFF n. one of the handles of a plow, also PLOUGHSTAFF.
QUARTERSTAFF	• quarterstaff n. A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as… • quarterstaff n. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff. • quarter-staff n. Alternative form of quarterstaff.
RESTAFF	• restaff v. (Transitive) To staff again or anew; to supply with new employees. • RESTAFF v. to staff again.
STAFF	• staff n. (Plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. • staff n. (Music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. • staff n. (Plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
TIPSTAFF	• tipstaff n. A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office. • tipstaff n. An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff. • TIPSTAFF n. an attendant in a law court.
WAITSTAFF	• waitstaff n. (US, Canada) Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant. • wait␣staff n. (US, Canada) Alternative form of waitstaff. • WAITSTAFF n. waiters and waitresses collectively.
WHIPSTAFF	• whipstaff n. (Nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship. • WHIPSTAFF n. a vertical lever controlling ship's rudder.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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