| AFTERGUARD | • afterguard n. (Historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails. • afterguard n. (Sailing) The members of a yacht’s crew who attend to the aft sails. • afterguard n. A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work. |
| AQUAFORTIS | • aquafortis n. Alternative form of aqua fortis. • aqua␣fortis n. (Inorganic chemistry, archaic) Nitric acid. • aqua␣fortis n. (Alchemy) A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other… |
| AUTOFLARES | • autoflares n. Plural of autoflare. • AUTOFLARE n. an aircraft automatic landing system. |
| AUTOGRAFTS | • autografts n. Plural of autograft. • AUTOGRAFT v. to make such a graft. |
| FABULATORS | • fabulators n. Plural of fabulator. • FABULATOR n. one who fabulates. |
| FEARNAUGHT | • fearnaught n. A fearless person. • fearnaught n. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought. • fearnaught n. (By extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth. |
| FIORATURAE | • FIORATURA n. (Italian) a florid embellishment introduced into a melody by a singer or player, also FIORITURA. |
| FRAUGHTAGE | • fraughtage n. (Obsolete) freight; cargo. • FRAUGHTAGE n. (Shakespeare) loading, cargo, also FRAUTAGE. |
| FRUGALISTA | • frugalista n. (Informal) A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty. • FRUGALISTA n. a person who tries to stay fashionably dressed on a budget. |
| FRUITARIAN | • fruitarian n. A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption… • FRUITARIAN n. a person who lives on fruit. |
| SUCRALFATE | • sucralfate n. (Pharmacology) A drug used in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is a complex of aluminium… • SUCRALFATE n. a drug used in the treatment of peptic ulcer. |
| SURFACTANT | • surfactant n. (Chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid;… • surfactant n. (Biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more… • SURFACTANT n. a substance which reduces surface tension. |
| ULTRAMAFIC | • ultramafic adj. (Geology) Describing igneous rocks that contain magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica… • ultramafic n. A rock with such properties. • ULTRAMAFIC adj. of rocks, very mafic. |