| CATFISHING | • catfishing v. Present participle of catfish (“to fish for catfish”). • catfishing v. Present participle of catfish (“to create and operate a fake online profile”). • CATFISH v. to create a false identity on social media in order to lure someone into establishing a relationship. |
| CHIEFTAINS | • chieftains n. Plural of chieftain. • CHIEFTAIN n. the head of a clan; a leader or commander. |
| CRANKSHAFT | • crankshaft n. A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank. • crankshaft v. (Of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways… • crank␣shaft n. Alternative form of crankshaft. |
| FAMISHMENT | • famishment n. (Now literary) The state or process of being famished. • famishment n. (Obsolete) Famine. • FAMISHMENT n. the state of being famished. |
| FASHIONIST | • fashionist n. (Archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion. • FASHIONIST n. a follower or setter of fashion, also FASHIONISTA. |
| FATHERINGS | • FATHERING n. the male act of procreating. |
| FLASHPOINT | • flashpoint n. Alternative form of flash point. • flash␣point n. (Physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface… • flash␣point n. (Figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest. |
| FLINTHEADS | • flintheads n. Plural of flinthead. • FLINTHEAD n. an American wading bird, aka crested ibis. |
| HANDCRAFTS | • handcrafts n. Plural of handcraft. • handcrafts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcraft. • HANDCRAFT v. to fashion by hand. |
| HANDFASTED | • handfasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of handfast. • HANDFAST v. to betroth. |
| HANDSTAFFS | • handstaffs n. Plural of handstaff. • HANDSTAFF n. a staff-like handle e.g. of a flail. |
| INTIFADAHS | • intifadahs n. Plural of intifadah. • INTIFADAH n. (Arabic) the uprising in 1987 and continued resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jordan, also INTIFADA, INTIFADEH. |
| INTIFADEHS | • intifadehs n. Plural of intifadeh. • INTIFADEH n. (Arabic) the uprising in 1987 and continued resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jordan, also INTIFADA, INTIFADAH. |
| LOANSHIFTS | • loanshifts n. Plural of loanshift. • LOANSHIFT n. the adaptation of a word from one language to another. |
| MINESHAFTS | • mineshafts n. Plural of mineshaft. • mine␣shafts n. Plural of mine shaft. • MINESHAFT n. a vertical entrance into a mine. |
| NIGHTFALLS | • nightfalls n. Plural of nightfall. • NIGHTFALL n. the onset or beginning of the night. |
| RANKSHIFTS | • rankshifts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rankshift. • rankshifts n. Plural of rankshift. • RANKSHIFT v. to shift or be shifted from one linguistic rank to another. |
| THIOFURANS | • thiofurans n. Plural of thiofuran. • THIOFURAN n. a five-membered heterocyclic compound with sulphur, aka thiophen. |
| THREADFINS | • threadfins n. Plural of threadfin. • THREADFIN n. any small, spiny-finned tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with five threads on its pectoral fins. |
| UNFRAUGHTS | • UNFRAUGHT v. to unload. |