(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
campcraft
campcraft
noun
Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
coffeepot
coffeepot
noun
Alternative spelling of coffee pot
faceplate
faceplate
noun
A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.
A rigid flat surface that has an active role in the interaction of a device with an operator or user.
A transparent window forming part of a helmet directly in front of the wearer's face, allowing them to see out.
fencepost
fencepost
noun
A post which helps hold up a fence.
footpaces
footpaces
noun
plural of footpace
forcipate
forcipate
adj
(botany, zoology) Having a forceps-like structure.
impactful
impactful
adj
Having impact.
imperfect
imperfect
adj
(botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
(grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
(obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
(taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
not perfect
noun
(grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
something having a minor flaw
verb
(transitive) to make imperfect
itchproof
pacifists
pacifists
noun
plural of pacifist
packstaff
packstaff
noun
A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder.
patchleaf
perfectas
perfectas
noun
plural of perfecta
perfected
perfected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perfect
perfecter
perfecter
adj
comparative form of perfect: more perfect
noun
A person who perfects something
perfectly
perfectly
adv
Wholly, completely, totally.
With perfection.
perfector
perfector
noun
One who perfects.
perfectos
perfectos
noun
plural of perfecto
perfectus
perfectus
noun
(historical, Christianity) Synonym of perfect (“leader of the Cathar movement”)
pickshaft
pinchfist
pinchfist
noun
A miser.
pitchford
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
playcraft
pocketful
pocketful
noun
(figurative) A small or moderate amount.
The amount that a pocket would hold.
poetcraft
pontifice
pontifice
noun
Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
postfaces
postfaces
noun
plural of postface
postfurca
postfurca
noun
(zoology) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect
praefects
praefects
noun
plural of praefect
preaffect
predefect
preeffect
prefacist
prefacist
noun
(rare) The writer of a preface.
prefactor
prefactor
noun
A coefficient which precedes a given quantity in a mathematical formula
prefectly
preinfect
prickfoot
puckfoist
shipcraft
shipcraft
noun
The art or skill of navigating a ship.
spaecraft
spaecraft
noun
Alternative form of spae-craft
specifist
tackproof
teacupful
teacupful
noun
A unit of measure, the capacity or volume of a teacup.
tickproof
tickproof
adj
Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).
typefaces
typefaces
noun
plural of typeface
unperfect
unperfect
adj
imperfect
verb
(transitive) To mar or destroy the perfection of.
whipcraft
whipcraft
noun
(politics) The art or skill of a political whip, who enforces the party's policies in votes.
The art or skill of using a whip, for example in training animals.