A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
chondrofibromatous
craftmanship
craftmanship
noun
Alternative form of craftsmanship
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmanships
craftsmanships
noun
plural of craftsmanship
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement
noun
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.
disenfranchisements
disenfranchisements
noun
plural of disenfranchisement
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
disfranchisements
disfranchisements
noun
plural of disfranchisement
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
enfranchisement
enfranchisement
noun
(land legal, England & Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
A release from slavery
The act of enfranchising
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
famishment
famishment
noun
(now literary) The state or process of being famished.
(obsolete) Famine.
famishments
famishments
noun
plural of famishment
farthermost
farthermost
adj
superlative form of far: most far; most remote or distant; furthermost.
fathomableness
fathomableness
Noun
The quality of being fathomable.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fathomlessly
fathomlessly
adv
In a fathomless manner, to a fathomless degree.
fathomlessness
fathomlessness
noun
The state or condition of being fathomless.
fathoms
fathoms
noun
plural of fathom
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fathom
fichteanism
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flannelmouths
flannelmouths
noun
plural of flannelmouth
footmanship
footmanship
noun
(archaic) The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).
(historical) The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
foremasthand
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
frameshift
frameshift
noun
A frameshift mutation.
verb
To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
framesmith
framesmith
noun
A maker of frames.
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
gemeinschaft
gemeinschaft
noun
(sociology) A society or group characterized by a strong sense of common identity, personal relationships, and attachments to various concerns.
An association or group of individuals sharing common beliefs, attitudes, and tastes; a fellowship.
gemeinschaften
halftimes
halftimes
noun
plural of halftime
hammerfest
hammerfest
Proper noun
A municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
handcraftsman
handcraftsman
noun
A handicraftsman.
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hastiform
hastiform
adj
spear-shaped; hastate
headforemost
headforemost
adv
headfirst
highfalutinism
highfalutinism
noun
highfalutin language or behaviour
hoffmannist
hofmannsthal
humidifications
humidifications
noun
plural of humidification
landsmanshaft
landsmanshaften
magnetofluidmechanics
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
makeshiftiness
makeshiftiness
noun
The quality of being makeshifty.
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
mantelshelf
mantelshelf
noun
(climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
A shelf above a fireplace.
markgenossenschaft
matchsafe
methylsulfanol
misfaith
misfaith
noun
Bad or misplaced religious belief.
Lack of faith; distrust.
misfaiths
misfaiths
noun
plural of misfaith
misfather
multiflash
multiflash
adj
(photography) Involving more than one flash.
mustahfiz
mustahfiz
noun
(military, historical) A member of the territorial militia of the Ottoman Empire.
osteochondrofibroma
platformish
refashionment
refashionment
noun
The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.
semishaft
semithoroughfare
shaftman
shaftman
noun
A man who sinks a mineshaft.
shaftment
shaftment
noun
An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)
Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.
shaftsman
shaftsman
noun
Alternative form of shaftman
shamefast
shamefast
adj
(archaic) Bashful, modest; shy.
shamefastly
shamefastly
adv
In a shamefast manner.
shamefastness
shamefastness
noun
The state or condition of being shamefast.
shelfmate
shelfmate
noun
A book or other object located on the same shelf.
shiftman
smithcraft
smithcraft
noun
The art or occupation of a smith.
smokefarthings
smokeshaft
smoothification
spathiform
spathiform
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling spar in form.
sportfisherman
sportfisherman
noun
A boat intended for sportfishing.
A person who participates in sportfishing.
stomachful
stomachful
adj
(obsolete) sullen; obstinate; perverse
noun
As much as one can stomach.
Enough to fill one's stomach.
stomachfully
stomachfulness
subtrochleariform
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
sulfamethazine
sulfamethazine
noun
sulfadimidine
sulfamethylthiazole
sulfonethylmethane
sulfonmethane
sulfonmethane
noun
(organic chemistry) A sedative drug with chemical formula C₇H₁₆O₄S₂; acetone diethyl sulfone.
thalamiflorous
thalamiflorous
adj
Alternative form of thalamifloral
thoroughfaresome
thysanuriform
thysanuriform
adj
Resembling organisms of the order Thysanura.
unfathomableness
unfathomableness
noun
The quality of being unfathomable.
urofuscohematin
urofuscohematin
noun
A red pigment derived from hematin, occurring in the urine.
vouchsafement
vouchsafement
noun
That which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.