| DISFEATURE | • disfeature v. (Transitive) To deprive of features; to mar the features of. • DISFEATURE v. to deprive of features; to mar the features of, also DEFEATURE. |
| DRAFTINESS | • draftiness n. The characteristic of being drafty. • DRAFTINESS n. the state of being drafty. |
| DRIVESHAFT | • driveshaft n. A shaft used to transmit rotary motion. • drive␣shaft n. Alternative form of driveshaft. • DRIVESHAFT n. a shaft from a driving wheel communicating motion to machinery. |
| FACTORISED | • factorised v. Simple past tense and past participle of factorise. • FACTORISE v. to reduce a number to its prime factors, also FACTORIZE. |
| FALDISTORY | • faldistory n. (Obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. • FALDISTORY n. (obsolete) the throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. |
| FARSIGHTED | • farsighted adj. Unable to focus with one’s eyes on near objects; presbyopic. • farsighted adj. Considering the future with respect to one’s own plans or deeds; showing anticipation. • far-sighted adj. Alternative spelling of farsighted. |
| FEDERALIST | • federalist n. (Politics) Advocate of federalism. • federalist n. (Canada, politics) Supporter of the view that the province of Québec should remain within the Canadian… • federalist n. (Theology) A covenantalist. |
| HARDFISTED | • hardfisted adj. Alternative form of hard-fisted. • hard-fisted adj. Having hard or strong hands. • hard-fisted adj. Covetous; niggardly. |
| ISOGRAFTED | • isografted v. Simple past tense and past participle of isograft. • ISOGRAFT v. to transplant from one to another of the same species. |
| KARSTIFIED | • karstified v. Simple past tense and past participle of karstify. • KARSTIFY v. to develop underground drainage. |
| MISGRAFTED | • misgrafted v. Simple past tense and past participle of misgraft. • MISGRAFT v. to graft wrongly. |
| STAFFRIDER | • STAFFRIDER n. (South African) a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train. |
| STANDFIRST | • standfirst n. (UK, journalism) Explanatory text under the main heading of a news article, smaller than the heading… • STANDFIRST n. an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, which summarizes the article. |
| STARDRIFTS | • STARDRIFT n. a common proper motion of a number of stars in the same region. |
| STARFISHED | • starfished v. Simple past tense and past participle of starfish. • STARFISHED adj. spreadeagled. |
| STRATIFIED | • stratified adj. Arranged in a sequence of layers or strata. • stratified adj. (Of society) having a class structure. • stratified v. Simple past tense and past participle of stratify. |
| 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. |
| TRANSFIXED | • transfixed adj. Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. • transfixed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transfix. • TRANSFIX v. to impale. |