| AFFECTION | • affection n. The act of affecting or acting upon. • affection n. The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person… • affection n. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition. |
| AFFORCING | • afforcing v. Present participle of afforce. • AFFORCE v. to strengthen a jury by adding skilled people. |
| CHAFFRONS | • chaffrons n. Plural of chaffron. • CHAFFRON n. a piece of leather, or plate of steel, to protect the head of a horse in battle, also CHAMFRAIN, CHAMFRON, CHANFRON. |
| COFFERDAM | • cofferdam n. (Engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges… • cofferdam n. (Nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship. • coffer-dam n. Alternative form of cofferdam. |
| COWLSTAFF | • cowlstaff n. A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders. • cowl-staff n. Alternative form of cowlstaff. • COWLSTAFF n. a staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. |
| FALCIFORM | • falciform adj. Sickle-shaped. • FALCIFORM adj. shaped like a sickle. |
| FOREFACES | • forefaces n. Plural of foreface. • FOREFACE n. the front part of the face of a quadruped. |
| FORFICATE | • forficate adj. (Zoology) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds. • FORFICATE adj. deeply forked, esp. of certain birds' tails. |
| OFFICIALS | • officials n. Plural of official. • OFFICIAL n. one that holds a position of authority. |
| OFFICIANT | • officiant n. A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (other than the Eucharist). • officiant n. A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony. • OFFICIANT n. the officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office. |
| OFFICIARY | • officiary adj. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. • officiary n. (Historical) A Scottish land division, part of a large estate. • OFFICIARY n. a body of officers; an official body. |
| OFFICIATE | • officiate v. (Intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office. • officiate v. (Intransitive, transitive, sports) To serve as umpire or referee. • officiate n. A person appointed to office. |
| OFFICINAL | • officinal adj. Medicinal. • officinal adj. (Obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it. • officinal adj. (Obsolete, pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be… |
| SCAFFOLDS | • scaffolds n. Plural of scaffold. • scaffolds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scaffold. • SCAFFOLD v. to provide with a temporary platform for workmen. |
| SCOFFLAWS | • scofflaws n. Plural of scofflaw. • SCOFFLAW n. a habitual law violator. |
| SUFFOCATE | • suffocate v. (Ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. • suffocate v. (Ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body. • suffocate v. (Ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation. |