| 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. |
| 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. |
| INTERBOROUGH | • interborough adj. Between boroughs. • INTERBOROUGH adj. between boroughs. |
| INTERWROUGHT | • interwrought v. Simple past tense and past participle of interwork. • INTERWORK v. to work together or in among. |
| MERRYTHOUGHT | • merrythought n. (Archaic) The furcula or wishbone. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| OVERDRAUGHTS | • overdraughts n. Plural of overdraught. • OVERDRAUGHT n. a current of air passing over, or coming from above, a fire in a furnace, kiln, etc. |
| PHOTOGRAVURE | • photogravure n. (Uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books. • photogravure n. (Countable) A print so made. • photogravure v. To print by this process. |
| ROUGHCASTERS | • roughcasters n. Plural of roughcaster. • ROUGHCASTER n. one who applies roughcast. |
| SUPERGROWTHS | • supergrowths n. Plural of supergrowth. • SUPERGROWTH n. exceptional growth. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| TURBOCHARGED | • turbocharged adj. Having a turbocharger. • turbocharged v. Simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge. • TURBOCHARGED adj. equipped with a turbocharger. |
| TURBOCHARGER | • turbocharger n. Inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air. • TURBOCHARGER n. a centrifugal blower driven by exhaust gas turbines and used to supercharge an engine. |
| UNDERGROWTHS | • undergrowths n. Plural of undergrowth. • UNDERGROWTH n. low growth on the floor of a forest including seedlings and saplings, shrubs, and herbs. |
| UNDERWROUGHT | • underwrought v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork. • UNDERWROUGHT adj. (Shakespeare) insufficiently wrought. |
| WHERETHROUGH | • wherethrough adv. (Archaic) Through which. • wherethrough adv. (Obsolete) By means of which; whereby. • WHERETHROUGH adv. (archaic) through which; through the agency of. |