taut-ship
originally and chiefly Nautical
adjective
Strict, severe, disciplinarian.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Time.
- polycentric
- polycentricity
- polycentrism
- polycentrist
- polycephalic
- polycephalous
- Polychaeta
- polychaetan
- polychaete
- polychlorinated biphenyl
- polychloroprene
- polychoral
- polychord
- polychoric
- polychotomous
- polychotomy
- polychrest
- polychroic
- polychromasia
- polychromatic
- polychromatic normoblast
- polychromatise
- polychromatism
- polychromatize
- polychromatophil