DEFINITIONS

-wife

a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.

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Words nearby -wife

-wards, -ware, -watch, -ways, -wide, -wife, -wise, -witted, -woman, -word, -worthy
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