| 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. |
| BACKSTRAIGHT | • backstraight n. Alternative form of back straight (“backstretch”). • back␣straight n. (Athletics, horse racing) The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing… |
| BANTAMWEIGHT | • bantamweight n. (Boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight… • bantamweight n. A boxer or other competitor of this weight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| COUNTERLIGHT | • COUNTERLIGHT n. a light opposite to any object, disturbing the effect of its light. |
| FEATHERLIGHT | • featherlight adj. Alternative form of feather-light. • feather-light adj. Extremely light; light as a feather. • FEATHERLIGHT adj. extremely light. |
| 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. |
| MIDDLEWEIGHT | • middleweight n. (Uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super… • middleweight n. (Countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc. • middleweight n. (Countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior. |
| PLOUGHWRIGHT | • ploughwright n. (Chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of plowwright. • PLOUGHWRIGHT n. one who makes ploughs, also PLOWWRIGHT. |
| POSTMIDNIGHT | • postmidnight adj. After midnight, but prior to dawn. • post-midnight adj. Alternative form of postmidnight. • POSTMIDNIGHT adj. taking place after midnight. |
| QUARTERLIGHT | • quarterlight n. A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent. • quarter␣light n. (Britain) a small triangular side window in a motor car. • QUARTERLIGHT n. a small triangular ventilation window in a car. |
| SUMMERWEIGHT | • summerweight adj. (Of clothing) Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers. • SUMMERWEIGHT adj. of clothes, suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light. |
| UNDERWROUGHT | • underwrought v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork. • UNDERWROUGHT adj. (Shakespeare) insufficiently wrought. |
| WELTERWEIGHT | • welterweight adj. Alternative spelling of welter-weight. • welterweight n. Alternative spelling of welter-weight. • welter-weight adj. (Boxing) between lightweight and middleweight. |
| WILLIEWAUGHT | • WILLIEWAUGHT n. (Scots) a deep draught of alcohol. |
| WINTERWEIGHT | • winterweight adj. (Of clothing) Of relatively heavy weight, intended for use in cold winters. • WINTERWEIGHT adj. of clothes, suitable in weight for wear in the winter; relatively heavy. |