| 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. |
| COUNTERSHAFT | • countershaft n. Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”). • countershaft v. Synonym of jackshaft. • COUNTERSHAFT n. an intermediate shaft driven by the main shaft. |
| FAINTHEARTED | • fainthearted adj. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful. • faint-hearted adj. Lacking courage; timid. • FAINTHEARTED adj. lacking courage or resolution. |
| FOURTEENTHLY | • fourteenthly adv. In the fourteenth place; fourteenth in a row. • FOURTEENTH adv. number fourteen in sequence. |
| 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). |
| TRUTHFULNESS | • truthfulness n. The quality of being truthful. • TRUTHFULNESS n. the state of being truthful. |
| UNTHRIFTIEST | • unthriftiest adj. Superlative form of unthrifty: most unthrifty. • UNTHRIFTY adj. not thrifty. |
| UNTHRIFTYHED | • UNTHRIFTYHED n. (Spenser) unthriftiness, also UNTHRIFTYHEAD. |
| UNTRUTHFULLY | • untruthfully adv. In an untruthful manner; falsely. • UNTRUTHFUL adv. not containing or telling the truth. |