| abaft | (adverb) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | Synonyms: aft, astern |
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| aft | (adjective) (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail | - |
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| (adverb) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | Synonyms: abaft, astern |
| 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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| aircraft | (noun) a vehicle that can fly | - |
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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 | (adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack | - |
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| (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom |
| autograft | (noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person | Synonyms: autoplasty |
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| camshaft | (noun) an engine shaft with cams attached to it | - |
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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 |
| (verb) make by hand and with much skill | - |
| crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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| daft | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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| downdraft | (noun) a strong downward air current | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: enlist, muster in |
| (verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something | Synonyms: outline |
| (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: blueprint, draught |
| driveshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application | - |
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| engraft | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, imbed, implant, plant |
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| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: graft, ingraft |
| 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 |
| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, ingraft |
| (verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| haft | (noun) the handle of a weapon or tool | Synonyms: helve |
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| handcraft | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handicraft, handiwork, handwork |
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| (verb) make something by hand | - |
| handicraft | (noun) a craft that requires skillful hands | - |
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| (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handiwork, handwork |
| 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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| ingraft | (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, graft |
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| kraft | (noun) strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution | Synonyms: kraft paper |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| needlecraft | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlework |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlework |
| overdraft | (noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
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| priestcraft | (noun) the skills involved in the work of a priest | - |
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| (noun) a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs | - |
| raft | (noun) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers | - |
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| (noun) a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete | Synonyms: mat, raft foundation |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (verb) make into a raft | - |
| (verb) travel by raft in water | - |
| (verb) transport on a raft | - |
| redraft | (noun) a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again | - |
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| shaft | (noun) the hollow spine of a feather | Synonyms: calamus, quill |
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| (noun) a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) | - |
| (noun) a revolving rod that transmits power or motion | Synonyms: rotating shaft |
| (noun) a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel | - |
| (noun) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column | Synonyms: scape |
| (noun) a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) | - |
| (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: lance, spear |
| (noun) the main (mid) section of a long bone | Synonyms: diaphysis |
| (noun) obscene terms for penis | Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, prick, putz, tool |
| (noun) a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer | - |
| (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam |
| (noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) | Synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light |
| (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw |
| (verb) equip with a shaft | - |
| spacecraft | (noun) a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun | Synonyms: ballistic capsule, space vehicle |
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| stagecraft | (noun) skill in writing or staging plays | - |
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| statecraft | (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: diplomacy, statesmanship |
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| tradecraft | (noun) skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage | - |
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| updraft | (noun) a strong upward air current | - |
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| waft | (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, streamer |
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| (verb) be driven or carried along, as by the air | - |
| (verb) blow gently | - |
| watercraft | (noun) a craft designed for water transportation | Synonyms: vessel |
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| (noun) skill in the management of boats | - |
| witchcraft | (noun) the art of sorcery | Synonyms: witchery |
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| woodcraft | (noun) skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood | - |
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| (noun) skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping) | - |
| xenograft | (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: heterograft |
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