Wordscapes Words Ending With F

AFF (9) ARF (6) [interjection] Representing the sound of a dog's bark. EFF (9) [verb] Fuck (the taboo swear word, but not in the sense "to copulate") ELF (6) [noun] A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy. | [noun] Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature. | [noun] Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar). EMF (8) IFF (9) [conjunction] If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same. | [conjunction] Logically equivalent to rephrases: | [conjunction] Obsolete spelling of if. KAF (10) KEF (10) [noun] A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect. | [noun] The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. | [noun] The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. KIF (10) [noun] A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect. | [noun] The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. | [noun] The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. OAF (6) [noun] A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. | [noun] An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. OFF (9) [noun] (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point. | [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. REF (6) [noun] A referee. | [noun] A refrigerator. | [verb] To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game. RIF (6)

ALEF (7) ALIF (7) BAFF (12) [verb] To strike or hit. | [verb] To baffle or perplex. BARF (9) [noun] Vomit | [verb] To vomit. | [verb] Of a system: to fail. BEEF (9) [noun] The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine. | [noun] (plural: beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with) | [verb] To complain. BIFF (12) [noun] A sudden, sharp blow or punch. | [noun] A wipeout. | [verb] To punch or hit. BOFF (12) [noun] (entertainment) A big laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A great success; a hit. | [noun] A pupil who works hard; a swot. | [noun] A hit or smack. BUFF (12) [noun] Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. | [noun] A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. | [noun] A brownish yellow colour. | [noun] A buffet; a blow. | [noun] A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. BUMF (11) [noun] Toilet paper. | [noun] Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. CAFF (12) [noun] Café, cafeteria. CALF (9) [noun] A young cow or bull. | [noun] Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. | [noun] A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). | [noun] The back of the leg below the knee. CHEF (12) [noun] The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. | [noun] The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. | [noun] Any cook. CLEF (9) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff COFF (12) COIF (9) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. | [verb] To style or arrange hair. COOF (9) CORF (9) [noun] A large basket, especially as used for coal. | [noun] A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater. | [noun] A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. CUFF (12) [noun] Glove; mitten | [noun] The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist | [noun] The end of a pants leg, folded up | [noun] A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap. | [noun] The scruff of the neck. CUIF (9) CURF (9) DAFF (11) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a blockhead. | [verb] To be foolish; make sport; play; toy. | [verb] To daunt. | [verb] To toss (aside); to dismiss. | [noun] A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales. | [noun] A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. DEAF (8) [noun] A deaf person. | [noun] (with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group. | [verb] To deafen. DELF (8) DOFF (11) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DUFF (11) [noun] Dough. | [noun] A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed. | [noun] A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums. | [noun] Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor. | [noun] The buttocks. | [verb] To disguise something to make it look new. | [noun] A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. FIEF (10) [noun] An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. | [noun] Something over which one has rights or exercises control. | [noun] An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. GAFF (11) [noun] A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat. | [noun] A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe. | [noun] A trick or con. | [noun] Rough or harsh treatment; criticism. | [noun] (especially Manchester and Cockney) A place of residence. GOLF (8) [noun] A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. | [noun] The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet. | [verb] To play the game of golf. GOOF (8) [noun] A mistake or error. | [noun] A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball. | [noun] A child molester. GUFF (11) [noun] Nonsensical talk or thinking. | [noun] Superfluous information. | [noun] Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks. GULF (8) [noun] A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. | [noun] That which swallows; the gullet. | [noun] That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. HAAF (10) [noun] The open sea, especially as a place to fish | [noun] The practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk HALF (10) [noun] One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | [noun] Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider. | [noun] (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. HOOF (10) [noun] The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. | [noun] The human foot. | [noun] An ungula. HOWF (13) HUFF (13) [noun] A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. | [noun] An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. | [noun] One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster. JIFF (17) [noun] A jiffy; a moment; a short time. | [verb] To deceive, swindle, trick KAIF (11) KEEF (11) KERF (11) [noun] The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice. | [noun] The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision. | [noun] The distance between diverging saw teeth. KHAF (14) KIEF (11) LEAF (7) [noun] The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. | [noun] Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | [noun] A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. LIEF (7) [adjective] Beloved, dear, agreeable. | [adjective] Ready, willing. | [adverb] Readily, willingly, rather. | [noun] The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made. LOAF (7) [noun] (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. | [noun] Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. | [noun] Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). | [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. LOOF (7) LUFF (10) [noun] The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. | [noun] The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. | [noun] The roundest part of a ship's bow. MIFF (12) [noun] A small argument; a quarrel. | [noun] A state of being offended. | [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. MUFF (12) [noun] A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. | [noun] Female pubic hair; female genitals. | [noun] A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. | [noun] A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. | [noun] A muffin. NAIF (7) [noun] One who is naive. | [adjective] Naive. NEIF (7) PELF (9) [noun] Money; riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired (compare lucre). POOF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [verb] To vanish or disappear. | [verb] To break wind; to fart. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POUF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. | [interjection] Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. PROF (9) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PUFF (12) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. | [verb] To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. RAFF (10) REEF (7) [noun] A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water. | [noun] A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. | [noun] A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind. | [noun] The itch; any eruptive skin disorder. REIF (7) RIFF (10) [noun] A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. | [noun] A clever or witty remark. | [noun] A variation on something. | [noun] The belly; the bowels. ROLF (7) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROOF (7) [noun] The external covering at the top of a building. | [noun] The top external level of a building. | [noun] The upper part of a cavity. | [verb] To cover or furnish with a roof. RUFF (10) [noun] A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s). | [noun] Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill. | [noun] Senses relating to animals. | [noun] Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff. | [noun] An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit. | [noun] A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle. | [adjective] Not smooth; uneven. SEIF (7) [noun] A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind. SELF (7) [noun] One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition. | [noun] The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts. | [noun] An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves). SERF (7) [noun] A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights | [noun] A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe | [noun] (strategy games) a worker unit SURF (7) [noun] Waves that break on an ocean shoreline. | [noun] An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf. | [noun] The bottom of a drain. TEFF (10) [noun] A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. | [noun] The fine grain of this plant. TIFF (10) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. | [verb] To deck out; to dress. | [verb] (British India) To have lunch. TOFF (10) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TREF (7) TUFF (10) [noun] A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. | [adjective] Strong and resilient; sturdy. | [adjective] (of food) Difficult to cut or chew. TURF (7) [noun] A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. | [noun] A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc. | [noun] A sod of peat used as fuel. WAFF (13) WAIF (10) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WOLF (10) [noun] The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs. | [noun] A man who makes amorous advances to many women. | [noun] A wolf tone or wolf note. WOOF (10) [noun] The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. | [noun] A fabric; the texture of a fabric. | [noun] The sound a dog makes when barking. | [noun] Initialism of well-off older folks. YAFF (13) ZARF (16)

ALOOF (8) [adjective] Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish. | [adverb] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. | [adverb] Without sympathy; unfavorably. BLUFF (13) [noun] An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio. | [noun] An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does. | [noun] The card game poker. | [noun] A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. | [verb] To fluff, puff or swell up. BRIEF (10) [noun] A writ summoning one to answer to any action. | [noun] An answer to any action. | [noun] A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. CALIF (10) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CHAFF (16) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. CHIEF (13) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHUFF (16) [noun] A coarse or stupid fellow. | [adjective] Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled. | [adjective] Stupid; churlish | [noun] (scriptwriting) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot. | [noun] The vagina. CLIFF (13) [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. | [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff DECAF (11) [noun] A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink. DRAFF (12) [noun] Dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash or waste matter. DWARF (12) [noun] Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. | [noun] A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. | [noun] An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. FEOFF (14) FLUFF (14) [noun] Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. | [noun] Anything inconsequential or superficial. | [noun] A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines. GANEF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GANOF (9) GLIFF (12) GONEF (9) GONIF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONOF (9) GRIEF (9) [noun] Suffering, hardship. | [noun] Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. | [noun] Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. GRIFF (12) [noun] Griffin, (white) newcomer | [noun] Grasp; reach | [noun] An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. | [noun] Marijuana. GRUFF (12) [verb] To speak gruffly. | [adjective] Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. | [adjective] Hoarse-voiced. HOWFF (17) [noun] Tavern; public house KALIF (12) KENAF (12) [noun] Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia. | [noun] The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute. KLOOF (12) [noun] A deep glen or ravine. MOTIF (10) [noun] A recurring or dominant element; a theme. | [noun] A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | [noun] A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. PILAF (10) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. POUFF (13) PROOF (10) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. QUAFF (20) [noun] The act of quaffing; a deep draught. | [verb] To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. QUIFF (20) [noun] (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. | [noun] A trick or ploy; a stratagem. | [noun] A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. | [noun] A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. SCARF (10) [noun] A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. | [noun] A headscarf. | [noun] A neckcloth or cravat. | [noun] A type of joint in woodworking. | [verb] To eat very quickly. | [noun] A cormorant. SCOFF (13) [noun] Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. | [noun] An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. | [verb] To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. | [noun] Food. SCUFF (13) [noun] (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping. | [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [noun] A scurf; a scale. SCURF (10) [noun] A skin disease. | [noun] The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. | [noun] Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. | [noun] A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). SERIF (8) [noun] A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman. | [adjective] Of a typeface, provided with serifs. SHEAF (11) [noun] A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. | [noun] Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. | [noun] A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. SHELF (11) [noun] A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects. | [noun] The capacity of such an object | [noun] A projecting ledge that resembles such an object. SKIFF (15) [noun] Term used in tea gardens and denotes the act of cutting/pruning the bushes as per the specific norms. Various types of skiff are used viz Light Skiff (LS), Medium Skiff (MS), Deep Skiff (DS) and Level Of Skiff (LOS). | [noun] A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. | [noun] Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. | [noun] (Nova Scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground SLUFF (11) SNIFF (11) [noun] An instance of sniffing. | [noun] A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | [noun] A brief perception, or tiny amount. SNUFF (11) [noun] Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose. | [noun] Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus. | [noun] A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco. | [noun] The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed). | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SPIFF (13) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPOOF (10) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. | [noun] Semen. STAFF (11) [noun] (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. | [noun] (plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. | [noun] (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business. STIFF (11) [noun] An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff. | [noun] A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. | [noun] A cadaver; a dead person. STUFF (11) [noun] Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. | [noun] Unspecified things or matters. | [noun] The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. SWARF (11) [noun] The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. | [noun] A particular waste chip or shaving. | [verb] To grind down. | [noun] A faint or swoon. THIEF (11) [noun] One who carries out a theft. | [noun] One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. | [noun] A waster in the snuff of a candle. WHARF (14) [noun] A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank. | [noun] The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. | [verb] To secure by a wharf. WHIFF (17) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. | [verb] To fish with a handline. WHOOF (14)

BEGULF (12) BEHALF (14) [noun] The interest or benefit of a person or group, as in "on behalf of" meaning in the interest of or as a representative of. BEHOOF (14) [noun] That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit. BELIEF (11) [noun] Mental acceptance of a claim as true. | [noun] Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. | [noun] Something believed. CUTOFF (14) [noun] The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. | [noun] A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. | [noun] A device that stops the flow of a current. ENGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. ENSERF (9) FLYOFF (18) GONIFF (13) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. HEREOF (12) [adverb] Of this; concerning this. | [adverb] From or as a result of this. INGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. ITSELF (9) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | [pronoun] It; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate | [pronoun] It; used to refer back to an earlier subject KHALIF (16) LAYOFF (15) [noun] (chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | [noun] A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | [noun] A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. MASSIF (11) [noun] A principal mountain mass. | [noun] A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists MYSELF (14) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. | [pronoun] Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. | [pronoun] In my normal state of body or mind. PAYOFF (17) [noun] A payment. | [noun] A reward. | [noun] A bribe. PILAFF (14) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PUTOFF (14) REBUFF (14) [noun] A sudden resistance or refusal. | [noun] Repercussion, or beating back. | [verb] To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. | [verb] To buff again. RELIEF (9) [noun] The removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort. | [noun] Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another. | [noun] A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background. REROOF (9) [verb] To roof again; to tear off an old roof and replace with a new roof. RIPOFF (14) [noun] A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. | [noun] A theft or robbery. | [noun] A scam. RUBOFF (14) RUNOFF (12) [noun] That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. | [noun] Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. | [noun] A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. SCLAFF (14) SCRUFF (14) [noun] Someone with an untidy appearance. | [noun] Stubble, facial hair (on males). | [noun] Crust. | [noun] The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. SETOFF (12) [noun] The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account. SHADUF (13) SHARIF (12) [noun] A traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets. SHERIF (12) [noun] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. SHROFF (15) [noun] A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin. | [noun] A cashier, especially for a carpark. | [noun] Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc. SPLIFF (14) [noun] A cannabis cigarette. TARIFF (12) [noun] A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. | [noun] A schedule of rates, fees or prices. | [noun] A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. TIPOFF (14) [noun] An obvious clue or indication. | [noun] A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. UNCUFF (14) UNROOF (9) [verb] To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.

BAILIFF (15) [noun] (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly: | [noun] A public administrator, particularly: | [noun] A private administrator, particularly BEDWARF (16) [verb] To make to appear small or insignificant by comparison; to dwarf. BLOWOFF (18) [noun] Something that is blown off. | [noun] The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval | [noun] A blowing off of steam, water, etc. BOILOFF (15) [noun] The loss of a liquid through evaporation, especially the vaporization of a cryogenic liquid such as liquid hydrogen or liquid oxygen from a storage tank. | [noun] In aerospace, the unintended loss of propellant from a spacecraft tank due to heating or pressure changes. CAITIFF (15) [noun] A base or despicable person; a wretch | [noun] A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave | [noun] A villain, a coward or wretch CASTOFF (15) [noun] Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject. | [adjective] Discarded, rejected. DEBRIEF (13) [verb] To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence. | [verb] To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc. | [verb] To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner. DISTAFF (14) [noun] A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist. | [noun] The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. | [noun] Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only. DUSTOFF (14) EARMUFF (15) [noun] A garment to keep the ears warm. | [noun] A garment or part worn over a single ear. | [noun] A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears. ENDLEAF (11) ENFEOFF (16) [verb] To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. | [verb] To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. FALLOFF (16) [noun] A reduction or decline. FIXATIF (20) FLYLEAF (16) [noun] A blank page at the front or back of a book. HANDOFF (17) [noun] A pass made in a backward direction. | [noun] The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred. | [noun] The passing of a completed project to another person or group. HERSELF (13) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. | [pronoun] She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate. | [pronoun] The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others) HIMSELF (15) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | [pronoun] He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate | [pronoun] The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself. HISSELF (13) [pronoun] Himself. INFEOFF (16) JUMPOFF (24) KICKOFF (23) [noun] The opening kick of each half of a game of football. | [noun] (by extension) the opening sequence of any event LEADOFF (14) [noun] The first batter in the batting order. | [noun] The first batter of an inning. | [noun] The short distance that a player stands away from their current base. LIFTOFF (16) [noun] The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground. | [noun] The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping. MASTIFF (15) [noun] One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs. MIDRIFF (16) [noun] The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist NONSELF (10) ONESELF (10) [pronoun] A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself. OURSELF (10) [pronoun] The reflexive of the editorial or royal we: myself (as used by a writer or speaker who is referring to themself as we). | [pronoun] The reflexive of the generic we: oneself. PICKOFF (21) [noun] A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base PLAYOFF (18) [noun] A final game in a series needed to break a tie. | [noun] A short series of games to select a league champion. PONTIFF (15) [noun] A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope. | [noun] Any chief figure or leader of a religion. | [noun] A pontifex. RAKEOFF (17) REPROOF (12) [noun] An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke. | [verb] To proof again. RESTAFF (13) RESTUFF (13) SENDOFF (14) [noun] A party for a person (i.e. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party. | [noun] A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life. SHADOOF (14) [noun] A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it. SHEREEF (13) [noun] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. SHERIFF (16) [noun] (except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. | [noun] A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom. | [noun] A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. SHOWOFF (19) [noun] A person given to egotistically attempting to demonstrate prowess or ability. SHUTOFF (16) [noun] A valve used to turn off something. | [noun] The act of turning off something. SPINOFF (15) [noun] An offshoot. | [noun] An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off. | [noun] By-product. SPORTIF (12) SUNROOF (10) [noun] A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven. TAKEOFF (17) [noun] The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight. | [noun] A parody or lampoon of someone or something. | [noun] A quantification, especially of building materials. THEREOF (13) [adverb] Of this, that or it. | [adverb] From that circumstance or origin; therefrom, thence. THYSELF (16) [pronoun] Yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou TURNOFF (13) [noun] A road or path that branches off from a main one. | [noun] A distasteful or uninteresting event or practice. WAVEOFF (19) WERWOLF (16) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WHEREOF (16) [adverb] Of what. | [adverb] Of which. | [conjunction] Of what. WITLOOF (13) [noun] Belgian endive, common chicory (Cichorium intybus)

AARDWOLF (15) [noun] The nocturnal, insectivorous, mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. AIRPROOF (13) APERITIF (13) [noun] An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser. BLASTOFF (16) [noun] The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft BODYSURF (17) [verb] To ride waves or surf without equipment, such as a surfboard. BRUSHOFF (19) [noun] An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal. CALCTUFF (18) CHECKOFF (25) [noun] A mark or item on a checklist that has been completed or verified. | [noun] A list or system used to verify that all required items or tasks have been completed. DANDRIFF (16) DANDRUFF (16) [noun] Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis. | [verb] To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff. DISPROOF (14) [noun] A refutation. DUMMKOPF (22) DYESTUFF (18) [noun] Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc. FOREHOOF (17) HANDCUFF (20) [noun] One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair. | [verb] To apply handcuffs to | [verb] To restrain or restrict. KERCHIEF (20) [noun] A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana. | [verb] To cover with a kerchief. KNOCKOFF (24) [noun] An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original. | [noun] A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. LANGLAUF (12) [noun] Cross-country skiing. | [noun] A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing. | [verb] To go cross-country skiing. LONGLEAF (12) MEATLOAF (13) [noun] A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices. MISCHIEF (18) [noun] Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance. | [noun] A playfully annoying action. | [noun] (collective) A group or a pack of rats. MOONCALF (15) [noun] An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception. | [noun] A poorly-conceived idea or plan. | [noun] A dreamer, someone absent-minded or distracted; a fool, simpleton. OILPROOF (13) OUTBLUFF (16) OVERLEAF (14) [adverb] On the other side of a page OVERRUFF (17) [noun] An act of overruffing | [verb] To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick RIFFRAFF (20) [noun] The rabble; crowds; the common people. | [noun] Sweepings; refuse. SANSERIF (11) [noun] A typeface in which the characters do not have serifs. | [adjective] Of a typeface, without serifs. SEMIDEAF (14) SHINLEAF (14) STANDOFF (15) [verb] To stand some distance apart from something or someone. | [verb] To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture. | [verb] To move away from shore. SUBCHIEF (18) SUNPROOF (13) TIPSTAFF (16) [noun] A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office | [noun] An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff TRADEOFF (15) [noun] An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else. UNBELIEF (13) [noun] An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief WEREWOLF (17) [noun] A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon. WETPROOF (16) WINDSURF (15) [verb] To ride a surfboard that has an attached sail WOODRUFF (18) [noun] Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb. YOURSELF (14) [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular). | [pronoun] You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

BOMBPROOF (20) [noun] An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs. | [verb] To make resistant to bomb blasts. | [adjective] Sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb. BOOKSHELF (21) [noun] A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference. BROADLEAF (15) [noun] A tree (Terminalia latifolia, now Terminalia catappa) of Jamaica. | [noun] A type of tobacco having broad leaves, used for making cigars. | [adjective] Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees. COWLSTAFF (20) CROSSRUFF (17) [noun] A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand | [verb] To execute a play of this kind. DISBELIEF (15) [noun] Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case. | [noun] Astonishment. | [noun] The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief. FEEDSTUFF (19) [noun] Feed for animals; fodder | [noun] Any particular form of such feed FIREPROOF (17) [verb] To make resistant to damage from fire. | [adjective] Resistant to damage from fire. FLAGSTAFF (19) [noun] A pole on which a flag is raised. FOODSTUFF (19) [noun] A material that may be used as food. FOOLPROOF (17) [verb] To make foolproof. | [adjective] For a device: protected, or designed to be proof against misuse or error. | [adjective] For an idea or plan: infallible, or bulletproof. GERMPROOF (17) HEATPROOF (17) [verb] To make insulating and incombustible. | [adjective] Insulating and incombustible LEAKPROOF (18) [verb] To make resistant to leakage. | [adjective] Resistant to leaks; hermetic, sound; as of a dry cell battery. LEITMOTIF (14) [noun] A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. | [noun] A recurring theme. MISBELIEF (16) [noun] An erroneous belief | [noun] A heresy; an unorthodox belief MOTHPROOF (19) [verb] To apply odoriferous materials intended to repel moths from clothing. | [adjective] Resistant to being eaten by moths. NONBELIEF (14) [noun] Failure to believe; lack of religion NONTARIFF (15) [adjective] (of a restriction to trade) not involving the imposition of a tariff in the form of a tax or duty. OVENPROOF (17) [adjective] (of a dish) Suitable for use in an oven, without being damaged by the heat. OVERBRIEF (17) OVERPROOF (17) [noun] A spirit possessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit. | [verb] To proof (allow dough containing yeast to rise) excessively. | [adjective] Possessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit. OVERSTAFF (18) [verb] To furnish with too many staff. OVERSTUFF (18) [verb] To stuff to excess. | [verb] To cover completely with soft upholstery. PICKPROOF (22) PIKESTAFF (21) [noun] The wooden shaft of a pike. | [noun] A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. PLAINTIFF (17) [noun] A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers. RAINPROOF (14) [verb] To make rainproof. | [adjective] (of external clothing) waterproof RUSTPROOF (14) [verb] To make resistant to rust, such as by applying a coating. | [adjective] Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion. SEMIDWARF (18) SKIDPROOF (19) SUGARLOAF (13) [noun] A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century. | [noun] A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf. WATERLEAF (15) [noun] Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum. | [noun] Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family. | [noun] A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable. WINDPROOF (18) [verb] To make resistant to the wind. | [adjective] Providing protection from the wind.

BREADSTUFF (19) [noun] Grain or flour used to make bread. | [noun] Bread and other baked goods made from grain. CHIFFCHAFF (32) [noun] A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. | [noun] Any of several other species of the same genus. | [noun] (onomatopoeic) The song of the chiffchaff. CHILDPROOF (21) [verb] To make something childproof. | [adjective] Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open. | [adjective] Made safe for children. CLOVERLEAF (18) [noun] (with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant | [noun] (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange. | [verb] To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one. CRUSHPROOF (20) FLAMEPROOF (20) [verb] To make flameproof. | [adjective] Resistant to catching fire. GREENSTUFF (17) [noun] Vegetation, greenery | [noun] Green vegetables used as food HIPPOGRIFF (24) [noun] A mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. LIGHTPROOF (19) [adjective] Sealed so that no light can enter. SHANDYGAFF (24) SHELLPROOF (18) [adjective] Resistant to shelling. SHOCKPROOF (24) [verb] To protect from imparting electric shocks. | [adjective] Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged. | [adjective] Protected from imparting electric shocks. SOUNDPROOF (16) [verb] To make resistant to transmitting sound. | [adjective] Not allowing sound through. STAINPROOF (15) UNDERPROOF (16) [verb] To proof insufficiently. | [adjective] Having a lower alcohol content than proof spirit. WATERPROOF (18) [noun] A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water. | [noun] Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; especially, an outer garment made of such material. | [verb] To make waterproof or water-resistant.

BULLETPROOF (18) [verb] To make proof against bullets. | [verb] To make resistant to failure. | [adjective] (of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun. BULLMASTIFF (21) [noun] A breed of very large mastiff originally bred to immobilize poachers. GREASEPROOF (17) LEATHERLEAF (17) [noun] A shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata) found in the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. MANTELSHELF (19) [noun] A shelf above a fireplace. | [noun] A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. NECKERCHIEF (25) [noun] A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck. PILFERPROOF (21) TAMPERPROOF (20) [adjective] Resistant to tampering

ANTIDANDRUFF (20) [adjective] Designed to prevent or treat dandruff. BURGLARPROOF (20) [adjective] Designed or constructed to resist or prevent burglary. HANDKERCHIEF (28) [noun] A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. | [noun] A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. QUARTERSTAFF (27) [noun] A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period. | [noun] Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff. SHATTERPROOF (20) [adjective] Resistant to shattering; difficult to break. WEATHERPROOF (23) [verb] To make something resistant to damage caused by the weather. | [adjective] Capable of resisting damage caused by the weather.