| FEATHERBEDDED | • featherbedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed. • feather-bedded v. Simple past tense and past participle of feather-bed. • FEATHERBED v. to pamper; to protect (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
| FEATHERBRAINS | • featherbrains n. Plural of featherbrain. • feather-brains n. Plural of feather-brain. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FEATHEREDGING | • featheredging v. Present participle of featheredge. • feather␣edging v. Present participle of feather edge. • FEATHEREDGE v. to provide with feathered edge. |
| FEATHERHEADED | • featherheaded adj. Alternative form of feather-headed. • feather-headed adj. (Colloquial) giddy; frivolous; foolish. • FEATHERHEADED adj. foolish, empty-headed. |
| FEATHERSTITCH | • featherstitch n. A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib. • featherstitch v. To make stitches of this kind. • FEATHERSTITCH n. an embroidery stitch consisting of a line of diagonal blanket stitches worked alternately to the left and right. |
| FEATHERWEIGHT | • featherweight n. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. • featherweight n. A sportsman who fights in this division. • featherweight n. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse. |
| HORSEFEATHERS | • horsefeathers interj. (Euphemistic) Indicates disbelief. • horsefeathers n. Plural of horsefeather (singular not used). • horsefeathers n. (Euphemistic) Nonsense; indicates disbelief. |
| LEATHERJACKET | • leatherjacket n. The larva of some crane flies. • leatherjacket n. Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and… • leatherjacket n. Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack. |
| LEATHERLEAVES | • leatherleaves n. Plural of leatherleaf. • LEATHERLEAF n. an ericaceous bog shrub with coriaceous leaves. |
| MOUTHBREATHER | • mouthbreather n. Alternative spelling of mouth breather. • mouth-breather n. Alternative spelling of mouth breather. • mouth␣breather n. A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose. |
| OVERWEATHERED | • overweathered v. Simple past tense and past participle of overweather. • OVERWEATHER v. (Shakespeare) to batter by violence of weather. |
| WEATHERBOARDS | • weatherboards n. Plural of weatherboard. • WEATHERBOARD n. a board shaped so as to shed water. |
| WEATHERCASTER | • weathercaster n. The presenter of a weathercast. • WEATHERCASTER n. a weather forecaster esp. on radio or television. |
| WEATHERCLOTHS | • weather␣cloths n. Plural of weather cloth. • WEATHERCLOTH n. a protecting tarpaulin on deck. |
| WEATHERCOCKED | • weathercocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock. • WEATHERCOCK v. to serve as a weathercock for. |
| WEATHERLINESS | • weatherliness n. (Nautical) The quality of being weatherly. • WEATHERLINESS n. the state of being weatherly. |
| WEATHEROMETER | • weatherometer n. A device that measures the controlled weathering of a sample of material under the influence of light… • WEATHEROMETER n. an instrument for measuring weather-resisting properties of paint. |
| WEATHERPERSON | • weatherperson n. (Uncommon) A weather forecaster. • WEATHERPERSON n. a person who reports and forecasts the weather. |
| 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. |