(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
ahnfeltia
antiflash
antiflash
adj
Alternative form of anti-flash
antitheft
antitheft
adj
Against or preventing from being stolen.
chieftain
chieftain
noun
(by extension) A leader of a group.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
countfish
dehnstufe
dehnstufe
noun
(Indo-European linguistics) The lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
downshift
downshift
noun
(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
A reduction in quality or quantity.
verb
(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
evenforth
fahlunite
fahlunite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydration of iolite.
fanchette
fanlights
fanlights
noun
plural of fanlight
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farenheit
farthings
farthings
noun
plural of farthing
fastnacht
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fathoming
fathoming
verb
present participle of fathom
fifteenth
fifteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fifteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising two octaves.
One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
fightings
fightings
noun
plural of fighting
firethorn
firethorn
noun
A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
firsthand
firsthand
adj
Direct, without intermediate stages.
Not previously owned or used; contrasted with secondhand.
fleshment
fleshment
noun
(obsolete) The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
fletching
fletching
noun
The fins or feathers so attached.
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
verb
present participle of fletch
flighting
flighting
verb
present participle of flight
flinthead
flinthead
noun
A bird, the wood stork.
flitching
flitching
verb
present participle of flitch
forenight
forenight
noun
(Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
fortnight
fortnight
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, dated in North America) A period of 2 weeks.
fothering
fothering
verb
present participle of fother
fratching
fratching
verb
present participle of fratch
freethink
freshment
freshment
noun
(obsolete) refreshment
frightens
frightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten
frighting
frighting
verb
present participle of fright
frontlash
frontlash
noun
A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.
fultonham
gunfights
gunfights
noun
plural of gunfight
gunfought
gunfought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunfight
halftones
halftones
noun
plural of halftone
handcraft
handcraft
noun
(obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.
handicraft
verb
To engage in handcraft or handicraft.
handfasts
handfasts
noun
plural of handfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handfast
handstaff
handstaff
noun
(obsolete) A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin.
The part of a flail that is held in the hand.
heftiness
heftiness
noun
The property of being hefty.
hifalutin
hintproof
hoofprint
hoofprint
noun
The mark of a hoof.
infighter
infighter
noun
A person who engages in infighting.
lengthful
lengthful
adj
(obsolete) long
loanshift
loanshift
noun
A word whose meaning has changed in this way.
The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.
lufthansa
lufthansa
Proper noun
A particular German airline.
neufchtel
nightfall
nightfall
noun
The close of the day; the coming of night.
nightfish
nightflit
nightfowl
nightlife
nightlife
noun
Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.
pinchfist
pinchfist
noun
A miser.
shaftings
shaftings
noun
plural of shafting
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
stenchful
stenchful
adj
Full of stench; foul-smelling.
stingfish
stingfish
noun
Any of several species of scorpionfish
stonefish
stonefish
noun
A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
thiefland
thiofuran
thiofuran
noun
thiophene
threadfin
threadfin
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Polynemidae.
throngful
throngful
adj
(poetic) thronged; crowded
trenchful
trenchful
noun
An amount sufficient to fill a trench.
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).