| 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. |
| 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. |
| DAUGHTERHOOD | • daughterhood n. The condition of being a daughter. • DAUGHTERHOOD n. the state of being a daughter. |
| DRIVETHROUGH | • drive-through adj. Of an establishment, providing service to occupants of automobiles while still in their still-running vehicle. • drive-through adj. Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service. • drive-through n. An establishment, especially a restaurant, providing drive-through service. |
| 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. |
| HEADBOROUGHS | • headboroughs n. Plural of headborough. • HEADBOROUGH n. (historical) the head of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary; a petty constable. |
| MERRYTHOUGHT | • merrythought n. (Archaic) The furcula or wishbone. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| PLOUGHSHARES | • ploughshares n. Plural of ploughshare. • PLOUGHSHARE n. the cutting blade of a plough, also PLOWSHARE. |
| THERETHROUGH | • therethrough adv. Through that. • THERETHROUGH adv. through that; by that means. |
| THOROUGHBRED | • thoroughbred adj. Bred from pure stock. • thoroughbred adj. Well-bred and properly educated. • thoroughbred n. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). |
| 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. |
| THOROUGHNESS | • thoroughness n. The state of being thorough. • thoroughness n. Attention to detail. • THOROUGHNESS n. the state of being thorough. |
| THROUGHFARES | • throughfares n. Plural of throughfare. • THROUGHFARE n. (Shakespeare) a thoroughfare. |
| THROUGHITHER | • THROUGHITHER adv. in confusion, also THROUGHOTHER. |
| THROUGHOTHER | • throughother adj. (Ireland, dialect) untidy. • THROUGHOTHER adv. in confusion, also THROUGHITHER. |
| WHERETHROUGH | • wherethrough adv. (Archaic) Through which. • wherethrough adv. (Obsolete) By means of which; whereby. • WHERETHROUGH adv. (archaic) through which; through the agency of. |