| AFORETHOUGHT | • aforethought adj. (Postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time. • AFORETHOUGHT n. a premeditation. |
| AFTERTHOUGHT | • afterthought n. A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient. • afterthought n. Something additional to the original plan or concept. • afterthought v. (Very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought. |
| ARCHERFISHES | • archerfishes n. Plural of archerfish. • ARCHERFISH n. a kind of fish that shoots a jet of water to knock down insects. |
| FEATHERHEADS | • featherheads n. Plural of featherhead. • FEATHERHEAD n. an empty-headed person. |
| FEATHERLIGHT | • featherlight adj. Alternative form of feather-light. • feather-light adj. Extremely light; light as a feather. • FEATHERLIGHT adj. extremely light. |
| FRESHMANSHIP | • freshmanship n. The state of being a freshman. • FRESHMANSHIP n. the state of being a freshman. |
| HANDKERCHIEF | • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. • HANDKERCHIEF n. a small usually square piece of cloth used for usually personal purposes (as blowing the nose) or as a clothing accessory, also HANDKERCHER. |
| HIGHFALUTING | • highfaluting adj. Alternative form of highfalutin. • HIGHFALUTING adj. pretentious, affected, also HIFALUTIN, HIGHFALUTIN. • HIGHFALUTING n. bombastic discourse. |
| HIGHFALUTINS | • HIGHFALUTIN n. bombastic discourse. |
| HOUSEFATHERS | • housefathers n. Plural of housefather. • HOUSEFATHER n. a man in charge of a dormitory, hall, or hostel. |
| ICHTHYOFAUNA | • ichthyofauna n. The fish of a particular region. • ICHTHYOFAUNA n. the fish life of region. |
| PHOTOFLASHES | • photoflashes n. Plural of photoflash. • PHOTOFLASH n. a photographic flash. |
| SHAPESHIFTER | • shapeshifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. • shape-shifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) Alternative form of shapeshifter. • SHAPESHIFTER n. (in folklore) a creature that has the ability to change its physical form at will. |
| SHEATHFISHES | • sheathfishes n. Plural of sheathfish. • SHEATHFISH n. a European siluroid fish allied to the catfishes, the largest freshwater fish of Europe, also SHEATFISH. |
| SPRACHGEFUHL | • sprachgefuhl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • sprachgefühl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • Sprachgefühl n. The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language. |
| SYNCHROFLASH | • synchroflash n. (Photography, chiefly attributive) synchronization of the flash and shutter of a camera. • SYNCHROFLASH n. a mechanism which synchronizes the opening of a camera shutter with the peak of brilliance of a flash bulb. |
| THOROUGHFARE | • thoroughfare n. (Now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through. • thoroughfare n. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. • thoroughfare n. (Uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. |
| THROUGHFARES | • throughfares n. Plural of throughfare. • THROUGHFARE n. (Shakespeare) a thoroughfare. |
| THUNDERFLASH | • thunderflash n. (Military) A pyrotechnic device that generates a loud noise, used to simulate battlefield conditions. • THUNDERFLASH n. a container, such as a blank shell, filled with explosive powder, which makes a flash and a loud explosion when detonated. |