| ALPHABETIFORM | • alphabetiform adj. Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols. • ALPHABETIFORM adj. shaped like letters. |
| BUTTERFLYFISH | • butterflyfish n. Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and… • butterfly␣fish n. Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae. • butterfly␣fish n. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums. |
| FEATHERBEDDED | • featherbedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed. • feather-bedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of feather-bed. • FEATHERBED v. to pamper; to protect (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
| FEATHERBRAINS | • featherbrains n. Plural of featherbrain. • feather-brains n. Plural of feather-brain. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| FRANCOPHOBIAS | • FRANCOPHOBIA n. fear of France or the French. |
| FRONTBENCHERS | • frontbenchers n. Plural of frontbencher. • front-benchers n. Plural of front-bencher. • front␣benchers n. Plural of front bencher. |
| LIEBFRAUMILCH | • Liebfraumilch n. A semi-sweet German white wine. • LIEBFRAUMILCH n. a fruity white Rhine wine. |
| REFURBISHINGS | • refurbishings n. Plural of refurbishing. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| REFURBISHMENT | • refurbishment n. The act of refurbishing; renovation. • REFURBISHMENT n. the act of refurbishing. |
| SHUFFLEBOARDS | • shuffleboards n. Plural of shuffleboard. • SHUFFLEBOARD n. an old game in which a coin or other disc was driven along a table by the hand, also SHOVELBOARD. |
| THEREINBEFORE | • thereinbefore adv. (Formal) In a preceding part of that (Speech, book, etc.); before that. • THEREINBEFORE adv. in the preceding part of that writing or document. |