| FAINTHEARTEDLY | • faintheartedly adv. In a fainthearted manner. • faint-heartedly adv. Alternative form of faintheartedly. • FAINTHEARTED adv. lacking courage or resolution. |
| FATHERLESSNESS | • fatherlessness n. The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father). • FATHERLESSNESS n. the state of being fatherless. |
| FATHERLINESSES | • FATHERLINESS n. the state of being fatherly. |
| FLUOROGRAPHIES | • fluorographies n. Plural of fluorography. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| FURFURALDEHYDE | • furfuraldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) furfural. • FURFURALDEHYDE n. a liquid obtained by heating bran with dilute sulphuric acid, also FURAL, FURFURAL, FURFUROL, FURFUROLE, FUROL, FUROLE. |
| HALFPENNYWORTH | • halfpennyworth n. (Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation). • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) A negligible amount. • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) One’s opinion or thoughts; one’s two cents. |
| HYPERINFLATION | • hyperinflation n. (Economics) A very high rate of inflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
| LIEBFRAUMILCHS | • LIEBFRAUMILCH n. a fruity white Rhine wine. |
| METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHS | • reflectographs n. Plural of reflectograph. • REFLECTOGRAPH n. an image produced by reflectography. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
| SHRINKFLATIONS | • SHRINKFLATION n. a reduction in the size of an item of packaged food, such as a chocolate bar, while the price remains the same. |
| SYNCHROFLASHES | • SYNCHROFLASH n. a mechanism which synchronizes the opening of a camera shutter with the peak of brilliance of a flash bulb. |
| THERMOFORMABLE | • thermoformable adj. Capable of being thermoformed. • THERMOFORMABLE adj. capable of being thermoformed. |
| THUNDERFLASHES | • thunderflashes n. Plural of thunderflash. • THUNDERFLASH n. a container, such as a blank shell, filled with explosive powder, which makes a flash and a loud explosion when detonated. |
| WRATHFULNESSES | • WRATHFULNESS n. the state of being wrathful. |