BRIGHTNESS | • brightness n. The quality of being bright. • brightness n. The perceived luminance of an object. • brightness n. Intelligence, cleverness. |
CHEATGRASS | • cheatgrass n. Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires… • cheat␣grass n. Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and… |
FORESIGHTS | • foresights n. Plural of foresight. • FORESIGHT n. the act or power of foreseeing. |
GASTHAUSER | • GASTHAUS n. (German) a small hotel in Germany. |
GEARSHIFTS | • gearshifts n. Plural of gearshift. • gear␣shifts n. Plural of gear shift. • GEARSHIFT n. a device for selecting or engaging and disengaging gears. |
GRAPESHOTS | • grapeshots n. Plural of grapeshot. • GRAPESHOT n. clustered iron shot that scatters when fired. |
NIGHTDRESS | • nightdress n. A nightgown; female attire designed to be worn to bed. • NIGHTDRESS n. a garment worn at night. |
OTHERGUESS | • otherguess adj. (Now rare) Of another kind; different. • otherguess adv. (Obsolete) In another way. • OTHERGUESS adv. (obsolete) in another manner, also OTHERGATES. |
OVERSIGHTS | • oversights n. Plural of oversight. • OVERSIGHT n. a failure to notice something, a mistake. |
RIGHTSIZES | • rightsizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rightsize. • right-sizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of right-size. • RIGHTSIZE v. to adapt an organisation to an appropriate size by means of redundancies. |
SHOESTRING | • shoestring n. (Chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace. • shoestring n. (Figuratively, often attributively). • shoestring adj. (US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes. |
SIGHTSEERS | • sightseers n. Plural of sightseer. • SIGHTSEER n. one who sightsees. |
SLAUGHTERS | • slaughters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slaughter. • Slaughters prop.n. The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area. • SLAUGHTER v. to kill, esp. animals for food. |
THEURGISTS | • theurgists n. Plural of theurgist. • THEURGIST n. a believer in theurgy, magic performed with the aid of beneficent spirits. |
THRESHINGS | • threshings n. Plural of threshing. • THRESHING n. the act of threshing. |
WHEATGRASS | • wheatgrass n. Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for… • wheatgrass n. A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass. • WHEATGRASS n. a young plant of the genus Agropyron, a relative of wheat, popular as a health food. |