| ANTIBACKLASH | • antibacklash adj. (Mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery). • ANTIBACKLASH adj. arising in opposition to a backlash. |
| BUCCANEERISH | • buccaneerish adj. Like a buccaneer; piratical. • BUCCANEERISH adj. of or like a buccaneer. |
| DILETTANTISH | • dilettantish adj. Amateurish. • DILETTANTISH adj. somewhat like a dilettante, also DILETTANTEISH. |
| DISEMBELLISH | • disembellish v. (Transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. • DISEMBELLISH v. to deprive of embellishment. |
| DISESTABLISH | • disestablish v. To deprive (An established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status. • disestablish v. To abolish (an existing position of employment). • DISESTABLISH v. to deprive of an established status. |
| DISSENTERISH | • DISSENTERISH adj. like a (religious) dissenter. |
| ELECTROCLASH | • electroclash n. A music style fusing dance music, punk and electronic. • ELECTROCLASH n. a type of electronic music. |
| GAZETTEERISH | • gazetteerish adj. Like a gazetteer in style. • GAZETTEERISH adj. appropriate to a gazetteer. |
| MOSQUITOFISH | • mosquitofish n. Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia. • MOSQUITOFISH n. a species of freshwater fish, native to the southeastern US. |
| OVERFLOURISH | • overflourish v. (Obsolete) To make excessive display or flourish of. • overflourish v. (Obsolete) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over. • OVERFLOURISH v. to cover with blossom, or with flourishes or ornament. |
| POLLYANNAISH | • pollyannaish adj. Alternative form of Pollyannaish. • Pollyannaish adj. (Derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic. • pollyanna-ish adj. Alternative form of Pollyannaish. |
| PREESTABLISH | • preestablish v. (Transitive) To establish beforehand. • preëstablish v. Dated spelling of preestablish. • pre-establish v. Alternative form of preestablish. |
| SCHOOLBOYISH | • schoolboyish adj. Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour. • SCHOOLBOYISH adj. of or like a schoolboy. |
| SQUIRRELFISH | • squirrelfish n. Any member of the subfamily Holocentrinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish. • SQUIRRELFISH n. any of various brightly-coloured marine fishes of the family Holocentridae of shallow tropical waters, so called because their large eyes resemble those of the squirrel. |
| SYCOPHANTISH | • sycophantish adj. (Archaic) sycophantic. • SYCOPHANTISH adj. like a sycophant. |
| SYNCHROFLASH | • synchroflash n. (Photography, chiefly attributive) synchronization of the flash and shutter of a camera. • SYNCHROFLASH n. a mechanism which synchronizes the opening of a camera shutter with the peak of brilliance of a flash bulb. |
| THUNDERFLASH | • thunderflash n. (Military) A pyrotechnic device that generates a loud noise, used to simulate battlefield conditions. • THUNDERFLASH n. a container, such as a blank shell, filled with explosive powder, which makes a flash and a loud explosion when detonated. |
| UNCOQUETTISH | • uncoquettish adj. Not coquettish. • UNCOQUETTISH adj. not coquettish. |
| UNDERNOURISH | • undernourish v. (Transitive) To provide with insufficient nourishment. • UNDERNOURISH v. to nourish insufficiently. |