| 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. |
| AUTOCHTHONES | • autochthones n. Plural of autochthon. • AUTOCHTHON n. one sprung from the ground he inhabits, aborigine, native. |
| BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
| CHAPTERHOUSE | • chapterhouse n. Alternative spelling of chapter house. • chapter-house n. Alternative spelling of chapter house. • chapter␣house n. A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place. |
| CHEMOAUTROPH | • CHEMOAUTROPH n. any organism, e.g. bacteria, that produces energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, also CHEMOAUTOTROPH. |
| DAUGHTERHOOD | • daughterhood n. The condition of being a daughter. • DAUGHTERHOOD n. the state of being a daughter. |
| EXOPHTHALMUS | • exophthalmus n. Alternative form of exophthalmos. • Exophthalmus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain broad-nosed weevils. • EXOPHTHALMUS n. abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, also EXOPHTHALMOS. |
| HEADBOROUGHS | • headboroughs n. Plural of headborough. • HEADBOROUGH n. (historical) the head of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary; a petty constable. |
| HOUSEFATHERS | • housefathers n. Plural of housefather. • HOUSEFATHER n. a man in charge of a dormitory, hall, or hostel. |
| HOUSEHUSBAND | • househusband n. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife. • house␣husband n. Alternative form of househusband. • HOUSEHUSBAND n. a husband who does housekeeping usually while his wife earns the family income. |
| HYPOSULPHATE | • hyposulphate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of hyposulfate. • HYPOSULPHATE n. a dithionate. |
| PLOUGHSHARES | • ploughshares n. Plural of ploughshare. • PLOUGHSHARE n. the cutting blade of a plough, also PLOWSHARE. |
| THIOSULPHATE | • thiosulphate n. A salt of thiosulphuric acid. • THIOSULPHATE n. any salt of thiosulphuric acid, also THIOSULFATE. |
| 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. |