Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afterstretch
aktiengesellschaft
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternities
archconfraternities
noun
plural of archconfraternity
archsacrificator
artificership
artificership
noun
The state or business of an artificer.
aschaffite
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
camshaft
camshaft
noun
A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
camshafts
camshafts
noun
plural of camshaft
candleshrift
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
catfish
catfish
noun
(Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
(Internet) Such a fake profile.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb
(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
To fish for catfish.
catfishes
catfishes
noun
plural of catfish
cathodofluorescence
chaetiferous
chaetiferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing chaetae.
chaffiest
chaffiest
adj
superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
cheefullest
cheerfullest
cheerfullest
adj
superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
chesterfield
chesterfield
noun
(Canada) Any couch or sofa.
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
chesterfieldian
chesterfieldian
Noun
Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the
Adjective
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
chesterfields
chesterfields
noun
plural of chesterfield
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chestfuls
chestfuls
noun
plural of chestful
chiefest
chiefest
adj
superlative form of chief: most chief
chieftaincies
chieftaincies
noun
plural of chieftaincy
chieftainess
chieftainess
noun
A female chieftain.
The wife of a chieftain.
chieftainries
chieftainries
noun
plural of chieftainry
chieftains
chieftains
noun
plural of chieftain
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chieftainships
chieftainships
noun
plural of chieftainship
chieftess
chieftess
noun
Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain.
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chloroformist
chloroformist
noun
(medicine, archaic) One who uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.
chondrofibromatous
christiform
christoff
christoffel
christoffer
christoforo
chuffest
chuffiest
churnstaff
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cofathership
convictfish
convictfishes
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
cornetfishes
cornetfishes
noun
plural of cornetfish
counterflashing
counterflashing
noun
(construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
countershaft
countershaft
noun
Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”)
verb
Synonym of jackshaft
countershafting
countershafting
verb
present participle of countershaft
countfish
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
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
crestfish
crestfish
noun
Any of the fish in the lampriform family Lophotidae.
cushioncraft
cutlassfish
cutlassfish
noun
A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.
cutlassfishes
cutlassfishes
noun
plural of cutlassfish
cuttlefish
cuttlefish
noun
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened
cuttlefishes
cuttlefishes
noun
plural of cuttlefish
desaccharification
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
dispatchful
dispatchful
adj
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task.
doctorfish
doctorfish
noun
Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
doctorfishes
doctorfishes
noun
plural of doctorfish
effranchisement
effranchisement
noun
Obsolete form of enfranchisement.
electrofishing
electrofishing
noun
a kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
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
facesheet
facesheet
noun
(construction) A sheet of material serving as an outer face, like those surrounding the core of a sandwich panel.
facesheets
facesheets
noun
plural of facesheet
factish
factish
adj
Focused on fact rather than reason or speculation.
Similar to facts, but not necessarily factual; fact-like.
noun
(sociology) A scientific "fact" whose power is believed in, but which is ultimately a construction, just as fetishes are constructions believed to hold spiritual powers.
factorship
factorship
Noun
The business of a factor.
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
farfetchedness
farfetchedness
noun
The quality of being far-fetched.
fasnacht
fastnacht
featherstitch
featherstitch
noun
A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.
verb
To make stitches of this kind.
featherstitching
featherstitching
verb
present participle of featherstitch
feldspathic
feldspathic
adj
(mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
felichthys
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
festschrift
festschrift
noun
A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person.
festschriften
festschriften
noun
plural of festschrift
festschrifts
fetchers
fetchers
noun
plural of fetcher
fetches
fetches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fetch
fetiches
fetiches
noun
plural of fetich
plural of fetiche
fetichism
fetichism
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
fetichist
fetichist
noun
Archaic form of fetishist.
fetichistic
fetichistic
adj
Dated form of fetishistic.
fetishic
fetishic
adj
Of or relating to a fetish.
fetishistic
fetishistic
adj
Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
fianchettos
fianchettos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto
fibrobronchitis
fibrochondritis
fibrochondrosteal
fichteanism
fischerite
fitches
fitches
noun
plural of fitch
fitchets
fitchets
noun
plural of fitchet
fitchews
fitchews
noun
plural of fitchew
flechettes
flechettes
noun
plural of flechette
fletcherise
fletcherised
fletcherising
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
fletchers
fletchers
noun
plural of fletcher
fletches
fletches
noun
plural of fletch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fletch
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flichters
flitches
flitches
noun
plural of flitch
floorcloths
floorcloths
noun
plural of floorcloth
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flycatchers
flycatchers
noun
plural of flycatcher
footcloths
footcloths
noun
plural of footcloth
forecastlehead
forthcomingness
forthcomingness
noun
The state or quality of being forthcoming.
fourscorth
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
fratcheous
frenchiest
friedrichstrasse
fritzsche
fruchtschiefer
fruchtschiefer
noun
(mineralogy) A local variety of contact metamorphic rock derived from argillite.