| afterbirth | (noun) the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born | - |
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| afterburner | (noun) a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust | - |
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| aftercare | (noun) care and treatment of a convalescent patient | - |
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| afterdamp | (noun) a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine | - |
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| afterdeck | (noun) a deck abaft of midships | - |
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| aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
| afterglow | (noun) the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event | - |
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| (noun) a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset | - |
| afterimage | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: aftersensation |
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| afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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| aftermath | (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: consequence |
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| (noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: backwash, wake |
| afternoon | (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon | Synonyms: good afternoon |
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| (noun) the part of the day between noon and evening | - |
| afterpains | (noun) pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus | - |
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| afterpiece | (noun) a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play | - |
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| afters | (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: dessert, sweet |
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| aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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| aftershaft | (noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds | - |
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| aftershock | (noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake | - |
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| aftertaste | (noun) an afterimage of a taste | - |
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| afterthought | (noun) an addition that was not included in the original plan | - |
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| (noun) thinking again about a choice previously made | Synonyms: reconsideration, rethink, second thought |
| afterworld | (noun) the place where you are after you die | - |
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| aircraft | (noun) a vehicle that can fly | - |
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| aircraftman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftsman |
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| aircraftsman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftman |
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| airlift | (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: lift |
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| allograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: homograft |
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| antiaircraft | (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom |
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| autograft | (noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person | Synonyms: autoplasty |
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| caftan | (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | Synonyms: kaftan |
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| (noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East | Synonyms: kaftan |
| camshaft | (noun) an engine shaft with cams attached to it | - |
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| candytuft | (noun) any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region | - |
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| ceftazidime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections | Synonyms: Fortaz, Tazicef |
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| ceftriaxone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Rocephin |
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| chairlift | (noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | Synonyms: chair lift |
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| chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
| chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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| chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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| cleft | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure |
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| (noun) a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | - |
| cockloft | (noun) a small loft or garret | - |
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| craft | (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | Synonyms: trade |
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| (noun) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space | - |
| (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship |
| (noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | Synonyms: trade |
| crafter | (noun) a creator of great skill in the manual arts | Synonyms: craftsman |
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| craftiness | (noun) the quality of being crafty | Synonyms: guile |
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| (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| craftsman | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artificer, artisan, journeyman |
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| (noun) a creator of great skill in the manual arts | Synonyms: crafter |
| (noun) a professional whose work is consistently of high quality | - |
| craftsmanship | (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craft, workmanship |
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| crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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| croft | (noun) a small farm worked by a crofter | - |
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| crofter | (noun) an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain | - |
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| daftness | (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: craziness, flakiness |
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| deadlift | (noun) a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the hips, then lowered back to the ground | - |
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| deftness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, adroitness, facility, quickness |
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| delft | (noun) a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration | - |
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| downdraft | (noun) a strong downward air current | - |
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| downshift | (noun) a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle | - |
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| (noun) a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one | - |
| draft | (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draught, drawing |
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| (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draught, gulp, swig |
| (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service |
| (noun) a dose of liquid medicine | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | Synonyms: rough drawing |
| (noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace | - |
| (noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) any of the various versions in the development of a written work | Synonyms: draft copy |
| (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draught, potation, tipple |
| (noun) a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another | Synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment |
| draftee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, inductee |
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| drafter | (noun) a writer of a draft | - |
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| drafting | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing |
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| (noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later | - |
| (noun) the craft of drawing blueprints | Synonyms: mechanical drawing |
| draftsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsperson, draughtsman |
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| (noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: drawer |
| draftsmanship | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, drawing |
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| draftsperson | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draughtsman |
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| drift | (noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: gallery, heading |
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| (noun) the pervading meaning or tenor | Synonyms: purport |
| (noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | Synonyms: movement, trend |
| (noun) a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents | - |
| (noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: impetus, impulsion |
| (noun) the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) | - |
| (noun) a process of linguistic change over a period of time | - |
| driftage | (noun) the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting | - |
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| drifter | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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| driftfish | (noun) small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide | - |
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| (noun) larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico | - |
| drifting | (noun) aimless wandering from place to place | - |
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| driftwood | (noun) wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore | - |
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| driveshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application | - |
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| eft | (noun) a newt in its terrestrial stage of development | - |
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| facelift | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty |
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| (noun) a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes | Synonyms: face lift, face lifting |
| festschrift | (noun) a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar | - |
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| fifteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one | Synonyms: 15, XV |
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| fifteenth | (noun) position 15 in a countable series of things | - |
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| fifth | (noun) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | - |
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| (noun) one part in five equal parts | Synonyms: fifth part, one-fifth, twenty percent |
| (noun) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon | - |
| (noun) position five in a countable series of things | - |
| fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
| fiftieth | (noun) position 50 in a countable series of things | - |
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| fifty | (noun) a United States bill worth 50 dollars | Synonyms: fifty dollar bill |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five | Synonyms: 50, L |
| forklift | (noun) a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
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| ft | (noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard | Synonyms: foot |
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| fthm | (noun) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth | Synonyms: fathom |
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| (noun) (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore | Synonyms: fathom |
| gearshift | (noun) a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | Synonyms: gear lever, gearstick, shifter |
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| gift | (noun) the act of giving | Synonyms: giving |
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| (noun) natural abilities or qualities | Synonyms: endowment, natural endowment, talent |
| (noun) something acquired without compensation | - |
| graft | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: grafting |
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| (noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: bribery |
| (noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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| grifter | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, scammer, swindler |
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| haft | (noun) the handle of a weapon or tool | Synonyms: helve |
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| halftime | (noun) an intermission between the first and second half of a game | - |
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| halftone | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone engraving, photoengraving |
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| (noun) a print obtained from photoengraving | - |
| handcraft | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handicraft, handiwork, handwork |
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| handicraft | (noun) a craft that requires skillful hands | - |
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| (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handiwork, handwork |
| hayloft | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: haymow, mow |
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| heft | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness |
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| heftiness | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew |
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| (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness |
| hereafter | (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, futurity, time to come |
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| (noun) life after death | Synonyms: afterlife |
| heterograft | (noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | Synonyms: xenograft |
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| homograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: allograft |
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| housecraft | (noun) skill in domestic management | - |
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| hovercraft | (noun) a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines | Synonyms: ground-effect machine |
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| kaftan | (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | Synonyms: caftan |
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| (noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East | Synonyms: caftan |
| kraft | (noun) strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution | Synonyms: kraft paper |
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| left | (noun) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east | - |
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| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left | Synonyms: left field, leftfield |
| (noun) the hand that is on the left side of the body | Synonyms: left hand |
| (noun) those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare | Synonyms: left wing |
| (noun) location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east | - |
| leftfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) | Synonyms: left field |
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| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left | Synonyms: left, left field |