AFTERHEATS | • afterheats n. Plural of afterheat. • AFTERHEAT n. the heat from fission products in a nuclear reactor after it has been shut down. |
AFTERMATHS | • aftermaths n. Plural of aftermath. • AFTERMATH n. a second mowing of grass in the same season. |
AFTERSHAFT | • aftershaft n. (Ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds. • after-shaft n. Alternative spelling of aftershaft. • AFTERSHAFT n. the second shaft coming out of the quill of a feather. |
BUTTERFISH | • butterfish n. Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially. • butterfish n. (Informal) The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally). • BUTTERFISH n. a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus. |
FRATCHIEST | • FRATCHY adj. quarrelsome. |
FRAUGHTEST | • fraughtest adj. Superlative form of fraught: most fraught. • FRAUGHT adj. laden with tension. |
HAMFATTERS | • hamfatters n. Plural of hamfatter. • HAMFATTER v. to perform as a third-rate minstrel. |
SHIPFITTER | • shipfitter n. A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship. • ship␣fitter n. Alternative spelling of shipfitter. • SHIPFITTER n. one who fits out a ship. |
SHOPFITTER | • shopfitter n. One who carries out shopfitting. • SHOPFITTER n. a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises. |
STEPFATHER | • stepfather n. (In the narrow sense) A husband of one’s biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship… • stepfather n. (In the broad sense) A husband of one’s parent distinct from one’s biological father. • step-father n. Alternative form of stepfather. |
STOUTHRIEF | • stouthrief n. (Archaic) A Scottish criminal offense; a form of rief (theft) committed by force. • STOUTHRIEF n. (Scots) theft with violence. |
THRIFTIEST | • thriftiest adj. Superlative form of thrifty: most thrifty. • THRIFTY adj. frugal. |
THRIFTLESS | • thriftless adj. Wastefully reckless in the use of money or resources. • thriftless adj. Not thriving. • THRIFTLESS adj. lacking usefulness or worth. |