Word Meanings - FOURTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.

• After-image
  The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
• After-wit
  Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
• THIRDRAILSYSTEM
  A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.
• Afterings
  The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
• After-witted
  Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
• Third-penny
  A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
• Aftermath
  A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.
• AFTERDAMP
  An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
• Afterbirth
  The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
• After-mentioned
  Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).
• AFTERDINNER
  The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. [Obs.] -- a.
• Aftercast
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.
• Aftermost
  Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
• Ordering
  of Order
• AFTEREATAGE
  Aftergrass.
• Afterclap
  An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

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