| 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. |
| ARCHERFISHES | • archerfishes n. Plural of archerfish. • ARCHERFISH n. a kind of fish that shoots a jet of water to knock down insects. |
| FEATHERHEADS | • featherheads n. Plural of featherhead. • FEATHERHEAD n. an empty-headed person. |
| FEATHERLIGHT | • featherlight adj. Alternative form of feather-light. • feather-light adj. Extremely light; light as a feather. • FEATHERLIGHT adj. extremely light. |
| FEEDTHROUGHS | • feedthroughs n. Plural of feedthrough. • feed-throughs n. Plural of feed-through. • FEEDTHROUGH n. a device for connecting two parts of an electronic circuit. |
| FORETHOUGHTS | • forethoughts n. Plural of forethought. • FORETHOUGHT n. a thinking or planning out in advance. |
| FRESHMANSHIP | • freshmanship n. The state of being a freshman. • FRESHMANSHIP n. the state of being a freshman. |
| HANDKERCHIEF | • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. • HANDKERCHIEF n. a small usually square piece of cloth used for usually personal purposes (as blowing the nose) or as a clothing accessory, also HANDKERCHER. |
| HORSEFLESHES | • HORSEFLESH n. horses considered esp. with reference to riding, driving, or racing. |
| HOUSEFATHERS | • housefathers n. Plural of housefather. • HOUSEFATHER n. a man in charge of a dormitory, hall, or hostel. |
| SHAPESHIFTER | • shapeshifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. • shape-shifter n. (Fantasy, mythology, science fiction) Alternative form of shapeshifter. • SHAPESHIFTER n. (in folklore) a creature that has the ability to change its physical form at will. |
| SHELLFISHERY | • shellfishery n. A place where shellfish are caught or processed. • shellfishery n. (Uncountable) The catching of shellfish. • SHELLFISHERY n. a commercially exploited population of shellfish. |
| SHERIFFSHIPS | • sheriffships n. Plural of sheriffship. • SHERIFFSHIP n. the office of sheriff. |
| SPRACHGEFUHL | • sprachgefuhl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • sprachgefühl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • Sprachgefühl n. The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language. |
| 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. |
| THUNDERFLASH | • thunderflash n. (Military) A pyrotechnic device that generates a loud noise, used to simulate battlefield conditions. • THUNDERFLASH n. a container, such as a blank shell, filled with explosive powder, which makes a flash and a loud explosion when detonated. |
| UNTHRIFTYHED | • UNTHRIFTYHED n. (Spenser) unthriftiness, also UNTHRIFTYHEAD. |