| 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. |
| DEFAULTING | • defaulting v. Present participle of default. • defaulting n. The act or result of being defaulted, especially a failure to meet a financial obligation. • DEFAULT v. to fail to do something required. |
| DEFRAUDING | • defrauding v. Present participle of defraud. • defrauding n. The act of committing fraud. • DEFRAUD v. to swindle. |
| DOUGHFACED | • doughfaced adj. Alternative form of dough-faced. • dough-faced adj. (US, idiomatic) cowardly. • dough-faced adj. (US, idiomatic) obsequious; fawning; pliable. |
| DOUGHFACES | • doughfaces n. Plural of doughface. • DOUGHFACE n. a contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician. |
| FIGUREHEAD | • figurehead n. (Nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. • figurehead n. (By extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man. • figurehead n. (Nautical, slang, obsolete) A person’s face. |
| FIREGUARDS | • fireguards n. Plural of fireguard. • fire␣guards n. Plural of fire guard. • FIREGUARD n. a protective wire frame or railing in front of a fire. |
| FULGURATED | • fulgurated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fulgurate. • FULGURATE v. to flash like lightning. |
| FUSTIGATED | • fustigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fustigate. • FUSTIGATE v. (obsolete) to beat with a club. |
| GARDENFULS | • gardenfuls n. Plural of gardenful. • GARDENFUL n. the contents of a garden. |
| LIFEGUARDS | • lifeguards n. Plural of lifeguard. • Life␣Guards prop.n. A regiment of the British army (part of the Household Cavalry). • LIFEGUARD v. to serve as a lifeguard. |
| SAFEGUARDS | • safeguards n. Plural of safeguard. • safeguards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of safeguard. • safe-guards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of safe-guard. |
| SANGUIFIED | • sanguified v. Simple past tense and past participle of sanguify. • SANGUIFY v. to make blood. |