| FOREMOTHER | • foremother n. A female ancestor. • FOREMOTHER n. a female ancestor. |
| FOREMOTHERS | • foremothers n. Plural of foremother. • FOREMOTHER n. a female ancestor. |
| FORESHORTEN | • foreshorten v. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually. • foreshorten v. To abridge, reduce, contract. • foreshorten v. To make shorter. |
| FORESHORTENED | • foreshortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| FORESHORTENING | • foreshortening n. (Art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by… • foreshortening n. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. • foreshortening v. Present participle of foreshorten. |
| FORESHORTENINGS | • foreshortenings n. Plural of foreshortening. • FORESHORTENING n. a shortening by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| FORESHORTENS | • foreshortens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| HEADFOREMOST | • headforemost adv. Headfirst. • HEADFOREMOST adv. headfirst. |
| HERETOFORE | • heretofore adv. (Formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. • heretofore adv. (Metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein. • HERETOFORE n. the past. |
| HERETOFORES | • HERETOFORE n. the past. |
| PHOTOREFRACTIVE | • photorefractive adj. (Physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light. • PHOTOREFRACTIVE adj. designating or relating to surgical procedures in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea and correct refractive errors such as myopia or astigmatism; esp. in photorefractive keratectomy. |
| SOOTHFASTNESSES | • SOOTHFASTNESS n. the state of being soothfast. |
| THERETOFORE | • theretofore adv. Until that time. • theretofore adv. Before that. • THERETOFORE adv. up to that time. |
| THERMOFORMABLE | • thermoformable adj. Capable of being thermoformed. • THERMOFORMABLE adj. capable of being thermoformed. |
| THERMOFORMED | • thermoformed v. Simple past tense and past participle of thermoform. • THERMOFORM v. to give a final shape to plastics by heat and pressure. |
| WEATHERPROOF | • weatherproof adj. Capable of resisting damage caused by the weather. • weatherproof v. (UK) To make something resistant to damage caused by the weather. • WEATHERPROOF n. proof against the weather. |
| WEATHERPROOFED | • weatherproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof. • WEATHERPROOF v. to make able to withstand exposure to weather without damage or loss of function. |
| WEATHERPROOFING | • weatherproofing n. (UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something… • weatherproofing v. Present participle of weatherproof. • WEATHERPROOF v. to make able to withstand exposure to weather without damage or loss of function. |
| WEATHERPROOFS | • weatherproofs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof. • WEATHERPROOF v. to make able to withstand exposure to weather without damage or loss of function. |