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Showing words for ALEWIFE using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Alewife
alewife
5 Letter Words for Alewife
alife, aweel, filea
4 Letter Words for Alewife
aiel, aile, alee, alef, alew, alif, awee, eale, eila, fail, fawe, feal, feel, feil, fele, fiel, fila, file, flaw, flea, flee, flew, ilea, leaf, leef, lief, life, lwei, waif, wail, wale, wali, weal, weel, weil, weli, wiel, wife, wile
3 Letter Words for Alewife
ail, ale, alf, alw, awe, awl, eel, efl, ela, elf, eli, ewe, faw, fee, fei, few, fie, fil, ife, ile, iwa, lai, law, lea, lee, lei, lew, lie, lif, wae, waf, wee, wef
Definitions for Alewife
[1] a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, resembling a small shad.
[2] a woman who owns or operates an alehouse.
[3] a North American fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, similar to the herring Clupea harengus: family Clupeidae (herrings)
Words nearby Alewife
aleutian, aleutian current, aleutian islands, aleutian range, alevin, alewife, alex, alexa, alexander, alexander archipelago, alexander city
Origin of Alewife
2Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at ale, wife
Word origin for Alewife
C19: perhaps an alteration (through influence of alewife, that is, a large rotund woman, alluding to the fish's shape) of French alose shad