AFFRIGHTS | • affrights n. Plural of affright. • affrights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright. • AFFRIGHT v. to frighten. |
FARTHINGS | • farthings n. Plural of farthing. • Farthings prop.n. Plural of Farthing. • FARTHING n. a former British coin, a quarter of a pre-decimal penny. |
GEARSHIFT | • gearshift n. Alternative spelling of gear shift. • gearshift v. (Rare) To shift gears. • gear␣shift n. (Automotive) That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it. |
GHASTLIER | • ghastlier adj. Comparative form of ghastly: more ghastly. • GHASTLY adj. like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale. |
GRAPHITES | • graphites n. Plural of graphite. • GRAPHITE n. a soft variety of carbon. |
HAIRSTING | • HAIRST v. (Scots) to gather in a crop, also HARVEST. |
HAMSTRING | • hamstring n. (Anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and… • hamstring n. (Informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles. • hamstring v. (Transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. |
HANGRIEST | • HANGRY adj. irritable as a result of feeling hungry. |
HERITAGES | • heritages n. Plural of heritage. • Heritages prop.n. Plural of Heritage. • HERITAGE n. something that is inherited. |
HISTOGRAM | • histogram n. (Statistics) A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each… • histogram v. (Transitive) To represent (data) as a histogram. • HISTOGRAM n. a diagram consisting of a number of rectangles or lines drawn (usually upwards) from a base line, their heights representing frequencies of a series of values (or value-ranges) of a quantity. |
INGATHERS | • ingathers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather. • INGATHER v. to gather in, to harvest. |
LITHARGES | • litharges n. Plural of litharge. • LITHARGE n. a monoxide of lead. |
NIGHTJARS | • nightjars n. Plural of nightjar. • night-jars n. Plural of night-jar. • NIGHTJAR n. a nocturnal bird with a distinctive churring call. |
STARCHING | • starching v. Present participle of starch. • STARCH v. to stiffen a fabric. |
STARLIGHT | • starlight n. Light emitted from stars other than the Sun. • STARLIGHT n. the light of stars. |
STRAIGHTS | • straights n. Plural of straight. • straights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straight. • Straights prop.n. Plural of Straight. |
TAGHAIRMS | • taghairms n. Plural of taghairm. • TAGHAIRM n. (Gaelic) inspiration sought by lying in a bullock's hide behind a waterfall. |
THIRLAGES | • thirlages n. Plural of thirlage. • THIRLAGE n. (Scots) an obligation for feudal tenants to grind grain at a certain mill. |
THRASHING | • thrashing v. Present participle of thrash. • thrashing n. Action of the verb to thrash. • thrashing n. A beating, especially a severe one. |
TRIGRAPHS | • trigraphs n. Plural of trigraph. • TRIGRAPH n. a combination of three letters for one sound. |