| AFFIDAVIT | • affidavit n. (Law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. • AFFIDAVIT n. (Latin) a written statement, confirmed by oath, to be used as evidence. |
| AFFILIATE | • affiliate n. Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization… • affiliate v. (Transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one’s offspring. • affiliate v. (Transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally. |
| AFFIRMANT | • affirmant n. One who affirms or asserts. • affirmant n. (Law) One who affirms of taking an oath. • AFFIRMANT n. one who affirms or asserts. |
| AFFLATION | • afflation n. A blowing or breathing on; inspiration. • AFFLATION n. the act of breathing upon; inspiration. |
| AFFOGATOS | • affogatos n. Plural of affogato. • AFFOGATO n. (Italian) a dessert made by pouring espresso coffee over ice cream. |
| AFFRICATE | • affricate n. (Phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. • affricate v. (Transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate. • AFFRICATE n. a consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative. |
| FLAGSTAFF | • flagstaff n. A pole on which a flag is raised. • Flagstaff prop.n. A city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. • Flagstaff prop.n. A town in Victoria, Australia. |
| HANDSTAFF | • handstaff n. The part of a flail that is held in the hand. • handstaff n. (Obsolete) A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin. • HANDSTAFF n. a staff-like handle e.g. of a flail. |
| JACKSTAFF | • jackstaff n. (Nautical) a short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack). • jack-staff n. Alternative spelling of jackstaff. • JACKSTAFF n. a short staff at a ship's bow, on which a jack is hoisted. |
| PACKSTAFF | • packstaff n. A pole on which a traveller carries a burden on the shoulder. • PACKSTAFF n. a staff for supporting a pedlar's pack when he or she rests. |
| PALSTAFFS | • palstaffs n. Plural of palstaff. • PALSTAFF n. (Dutch) a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the Bronze Age, also PALSTAVE. |
| RAFFINATE | • raffinate n. (Chemistry) A solution from which some material has been removed by extraction with an immiscible liquid. • raffinate v. To separate by means of raffination. • RAFFINATE n. the refined fraction which results after removal of impurities by solvent extraction, specifically in oil refining. |
| STAFFAGES | • staffages n. Plural of staffage. • STAFFAGE n. decorative addition to a work of art. |
| TAFFARELS | • taffarels n. Plural of taffarel. • TAFFAREL n. (Dutch) a rail around the stern of a ship, also TAFFRAIL, TAFFEREL. |
| TAFFRAILS | • taffrails n. Plural of taffrail. • TAFFRAIL n. (Dutch) a rail around the stern of a ship, also TAFFAREL, TAFFEREL. |
| WAITSTAFF | • waitstaff n. (US, Canada) Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant. • wait␣staff n. (US, Canada) Alternative form of waitstaff. • WAITSTAFF n. waiters and waitresses collectively. |