A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.
The lack of forethought.
Wisdom which comes after the event.
afterwitted
afterwitted
adj
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
afterworking
afterwrist
afwillite
afwillite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
driftway
driftway
noun
(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
(mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
A common road or path for driving cattle.
fairwater
fairwater
noun
(nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithwise
faithwise
adv
In terms of religious faith.
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
fallowist
fallowist
noun
One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
fawniest
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
firewater
firewater
noun
(informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
fittyways
fizzwater
flatwise
flatwise
adv
With a flat side down or otherwise in contact with a flat surface.
flawiest
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
forwardation
forwardation
noun
Synonym of contango
fountaintown
fountainwise
fountainwise
adv
In the manner of a fountain.
franklintown
fruitwoman
giftware
giftware
noun
Items designed to be bought as gifts
giftwrap
giftwrap
verb
Alternative form of gift-wrap
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
giftwrapping
giftwrapping
noun
Alternative form of gift-wrapping
verb
present participle of giftwrap
halfwit
halfwit
noun
(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
outfawning
outfawning
verb
present participle of outfawn
saltwife
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
swiftian
swiftian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist, or his works.
swiftwater
tablefellowship
tablefellowship
noun
The role or status of tablefellow.
taffywise
tafwiz
tafwiz
noun
(Islam) The delegation of the power of divorce by the husband to the wife or any other party.
tailflower
tailflower
noun
Synonym of anthurium
tickfaw
townfaring
trafficway
trafficway
noun
A highway intended for use by motorized traffic
twifallow
twifallow
noun
(obsolete) The process of twifallowing land.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To plow a second time, as fallow land, to prepare it for seed.
(archaic or nonstandard) The act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.
(countable) A type of dance.
unfaithworthiness
unfaithworthy
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
upwafting
upwafting
verb
present participle of upwaft
wafdist
wafting
wafting
noun
An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
verb
present participle of waft
waitsfield
wanthrift
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
wastrife
watchfire
watchfire
noun
A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
waterfinder
waterfowling
waterfowling
noun
The sport of hunting waterfowl.
waterproofing
waterproofing
noun
A waterproof material.
The treatment of something to make it waterproof.
verb
present participle of waterproof
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
watfiv
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherproofing
weatherproofing
noun
(UK) The practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements/weather and wind or Something protecting the interior of a building or similar from weather and wind
verb
present participle of weatherproof
weighshaft
welfarist
welfarist
adj
Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
noun
A supporter of the politics or principles of the welfare state.
Someone who supports welfare, especially of animals.
welfaristic
welfaristic
adj
Supporting or relating to welfarism.
westfalite
westfalite
noun
An explosive, used in mining, containing ammonium nitrate.
wheatfield
wheatfield
noun
A field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
whiggification
whiggification
noun
The process or result of whiggifying.
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.
whipgraft
whipgraft
noun
Alternative form of whip graft
whipstaff
whipstaff
noun
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.
whipstaffs
whiteface
whiteface
noun
(countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
(countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
(countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
(countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
(uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
A Hereford cow.
whitefieldian
witchcraft
witchcraft
noun
Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
witchcrafts
witchcrafts
noun
plural of witchcraft
witchleaf
witcraft
witcraft
noun
Art or skill of the mind; mental skill; contrivance; invention; the art of wit.
The art of reasoning; logic.
withercraft
witsafe
wolfachite
wolframite
wolframite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄.
wolframites
wolframites
noun
plural of wolframite
woodcraftiness
woodcraftiness
noun
The quality of possessing woodcraft skills for outdoor survival in woodland habitats.