AFFREIGHTMENTS | • affreightments n. Plural of affreightment. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
ELECTROFISHING | • electrofishing n. A kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific… • ELECTROFISHING n. fishing by stunning fish with electric shock. |
FARSIGHTEDNESS | • farsightedness n. (Pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia. • farsightedness n. The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future. • far-sightedness n. Alternative form of farsightedness. |
FEATHERBEDDING | • featherbedding v. Present participle of featherbed. • featherbedding n. (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes… • feather-bedding v. Present participle of feather-bed. |
FEATHERWEIGHTS | • featherweights n. Plural of featherweight. • FEATHERWEIGHT n. a weight division in boxing. |
FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
FORESHORTENING | • foreshortening n. (Art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by… • foreshortening n. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. • foreshortening v. Present participle of foreshorten. |
FREEWHEELINGLY | • freewheelingly adv. In a freewheeling manner; without constraint. • FREEWHEELING adv. coasting. |
OVERFREIGHTING | • overfreighting v. Present participle of overfreight. • OVERFREIGHT v. to overload. |
REFLECTOGRAPHS | • reflectographs n. Plural of reflectograph. • REFLECTOGRAPH n. an image produced by reflectography. |
REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
RIGHTFULNESSES | • RIGHTFULNESS n. the state of being rightful. |