(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
aktiengesellschaft
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
chuckfarthing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fetichlike
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
ficklehearted
folkething
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
foothook
foothook
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of futtock
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
forksmith
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
frankenmuth
frankhearted
frankheartedly
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
frankheartness
freethink
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
frithsoken
frithwork
futhark
futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
futharks
futharks
noun
plural of futhark
futhork
futhork
noun
Alternative spelling of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
hakafoth
halftrack
halftrack
noun
Alternative form of half-track
hlithskjalf
hydrofranklinite
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
kaffeeklatsch
kaffeeklatsch
noun
A coffee klatch.
kerchieft
ketchcraft
khalifat
khalifat
noun
Dated form of caliphate.
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenwife
kitschified
kitschified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kitschify
kitschifies
kitschifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitschify
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
makeshiftiness
makeshiftiness
noun
The quality of being makeshifty.
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
markgenossenschaft
metchnikoff
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
muckthrift
ofthink
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
pickshaft
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.
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
rockshaft
sefekhet
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
skilletfish
skilletfishes
smokefarthings
smokeshaft
stockfather
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
stockfishes
stockfishes
noun
plural of stockfish
superthankful
superthankfully
superthankfulness
thankful
thankful
adj
(obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Showing appreciation or gratitude.
thankfuller
thankfuller
adj
comparative form of thankful: more thankful
thankfullest
thankfullest
adj
superlative form of thankful: most thankful
thankfully
thankfully
adv
(sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.
In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
thankfulness
thankfulness
noun
The state of being thankful.
thankfulnesses
thankfulnesses
noun
plural of thankfulness
tharfcake
thicketful
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
thiefmaker
thiefmaking
thieftaker
thinkful
thinkful
adj
thoughtful
thriftlike
trackshifter
trunkfish
trunkfish
noun
Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).
trunkfishes
trunkfishes
noun
plural of trunkfish
tscheffkinite
tscheffkinite
noun
a complex silicate mineral of calcium, cerium, thorium, iron, magnesium and titanium
turkeyfish
turkeyfish
noun
Another name for a lionfish
turkeyfishes
turkeyfishes
noun
plural of turkeyfish
unfatherlike
unfatherlike
adj
Not befitting a father.
unthankful
unthankful
adj
Not thankful; ungrateful.
unthankfully
unthankfully
adv
In an unthankful way; ungratefully.
unthankfulness
unthankfulness
noun
The state or condition of being unthankful; ingratitude.