AIRTIGHT | • airtight adj. Impermeable to air or other gases. • airtight adj. (Figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws. • airtight adj. (Figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted. |
BETIGHT | • BETIDE v. to befall, happen to. |
GASTIGHT | • gastight adj. Impermeable to gases. • GASTIGHT adj. not allowing gas in or out. |
LIGHTTIGHT | • lighttight adj. Alternative form of light-tight. • light-tight adj. Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly. • LIGHTTIGHT adj. impervious to light, also LIGHTPROOF. |
OILTIGHT | • oiltight adj. So tightly made that oil cannot enter or escape. • OILTIGHT adj. having the ability to exclude oil. |
OVERTIGHT | • overtight adj. Excessively tight. • OVERTIGHT adj. too tight. |
RAINTIGHT | • raintight adj. So tight as to exclude rain. • RAINTIGHT adj. rainproof. |
SKINTIGHT | • skintight adj. Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin. • skin-tight adj. Alternative spelling of skintight. • SKINTIGHT adj. fitting the body closely like a skin. |
SMOKETIGHT | • smoketight adj. Impervious to smoke. • SMOKETIGHT adj. proof against smoke. |
STEAMTIGHT | • steamtight adj. So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape. • STEAMTIGHT adj. impervious to steam. |
STICKTIGHT | • sticktight n. Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs. • stick-tight n. Beggar’s ticks. • STICKTIGHT n. a plant with sticky burs, bur marigold. |
SUPERTIGHT | • supertight adj. Extremely tight. • SUPERTIGHT adj. superlatively tight. |
TIGHT | • tight adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. • tight adj. (Of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. • tight adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. |
UPTIGHT | • uptight adj. (Colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. • uptight adj. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense. • uptight adj. (Colloquial) Sexually repressed. |
WATERTIGHT | • watertight adj. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. • watertight adj. (Figurative) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify. • WATERTIGHT adj. so well-sealed as not to admit water or let it escape. |
WINDTIGHT | • windtight adj. Impermeable to wind. • WINDTIGHT adj. so tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. |