| AFFRIGHTMENT | • affrightment n. (Obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation. • affrightment n. (Obsolete) A cause of fear. • affrightment n. (Archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened. |
| BUTTERFISHES | • butterfishes n. Plural of butterfish. • BUTTERFISH n. a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus. |
| FAINTHEARTED | • fainthearted adj. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful. • faint-hearted adj. Lacking courage; timid. • FAINTHEARTED adj. lacking courage or resolution. |
| FEATHERLIGHT | • featherlight adj. Alternative form of feather-light. • feather-light adj. Extremely light; light as a feather. • FEATHERLIGHT adj. extremely light. |
| FESTSCHRIFTS | • festschrifts n. Plural of festschrift. • FESTSCHRIFT n. (German) a volume of writing by different authors presented as a tribute or memorial esp. to a scholar. |
| FRATCHETIEST | • FRATCHETY adj. quarrelsome, also FRATCHING, FRATCHY. |
| HAMFATTERING | • HAMFATTER v. to perform as a third-rate minstrel. |
| SHIRTFRONTED | • shirtfronted adj. Wearing a shirtfront. • shirtfronted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shirtfront. • SHIRTFRONT v. to knock (a person) to the ground by striking him or her in the chest with one's shoulder. |
| SPENDTHRIFTS | • spendthrifts n. Plural of spendthrift. • SPENDTHRIFT n. one who spends his money recklessly. |
| THEREINAFTER | • thereinafter adv. In the following part (of a document or speech). • THEREINAFTER adv. in the following part of that matter (as writing, document, or speech). |
| THRIFTLESSLY | • thriftlessly adv. In a thriftless manner. • THRIFTLESS adv. lacking usefulness or worth. |
| UNTHRIFTIEST | • unthriftiest adj. Superlative form of unthrifty: most unthrifty. • UNTHRIFTY adj. not thrifty. |
| UNTHRIFTYHED | • UNTHRIFTYHED n. (Spenser) unthriftiness, also UNTHRIFTYHEAD. |
| WEIGHTLIFTER | • weightlifter n. (Weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts. • weightlifter n. A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance… • weight␣lifter n. Alternative spelling of weightlifter. |