(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.
bekerchief
bookshelfs
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
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.
enkerchief
falkenhayn
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fetichlike
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
fingerhook
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
folkething
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
frankhouse
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
frenchlick
frithsoken
haffkinize
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
kelpfishes
kelpfishes
noun
plural of kelpfish
kerchiefed
kerchiefed
adj
Wearing a kerchief.
ketchcraft
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
milkfishes
milkfishes
noun
plural of milkfish
minkfishes
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
muckthrift
pinkfishes
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
porkfishes
rockfishes
rockfishes
noun
plural of rockfish
shakeproof
shakeproof
adj
(engineering) Of a washer: resistant to being loosened by vibration.
shockproof
shockproof
adj
Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
Protected from imparting electric shocks.
verb
(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.
smokeshaft
suckerfish
suckerfish
noun
The remora and other fish of family Echeneidae, especially Echeneis naucrates.