| LIGHTTIGHT | • lighttight adj. Alternative form of light-tight. • light-tight adj. Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly. • LIGHTTIGHT adj. impervious to light, also LIGHTPROOF. |
| RETIGHTENS | • retightens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retighten. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
| SKINTIGHTS | • SKINTIGHTS n. close-fitting garments. |
| SMOKETIGHT | • smoketight adj. Impervious to smoke. • SMOKETIGHT adj. proof against smoke. |
| STEAMTIGHT | • steamtight adj. So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape. • STEAMTIGHT adj. impervious to steam. |
| STICKTIGHT | • sticktight n. Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs. • stick-tight n. Beggar’s ticks. • STICKTIGHT n. a plant with sticky burs, bur marigold. |
| SUPERTIGHT | • supertight adj. Extremely tight. • SUPERTIGHT adj. superlatively tight. |
| TIGHTASSED | • tight-assed adj. (Informal, derogatory) Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules… • tight-assed adj. (Informal, derogatory) Excessively concerned with unimportant details; obsessively precise. • tight-assed adj. (Informal, derogatory) Reluctant to spend money. |
| TIGHTASSES | • tightasses n. Plural of tightass. • TIGHTASS n. (colloquial) an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person. |
| TIGHTENERS | • tighteners n. Plural of tightener. • TIGHTENER n. something that serves to tighten. |
| TIGHTENING | • tightening v. Present participle of tighten. • tightening n. The act or process of making more tight. • TIGHTENING n. the act of making tight. |
| TIGHTISHLY | • TIGHTISH adv. somewhat tight. |
| TIGHTROPES | • tightropes n. Plural of tightrope. • tight-ropes n. Plural of tight-rope. • tight␣ropes n. Plural of tight rope. |
| TIGHTWIRES | • tightwires n. Plural of tightwire. • TIGHTWIRE n. a wire tightrope. |
| UPTIGHTEST | • uptightest adj. Superlative form of uptight: most uptight. • UPTIGHT adj. tense; straitlaced. |
| WATERTIGHT | • watertight adj. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. • watertight adj. (Figurative) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify. • WATERTIGHT adj. so well-sealed as not to admit water or let it escape. |