| CHIFFONADE | • chiffonade n. A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons. • chiffonade v. To prepare a chiffonade. • CHIFFONADE n. (French) green plants cooked in butter, esp. a mixture of lettuce and sorrel. |
| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| DRAGONFISH | • dragonfish n. Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey. |
| FASHIONERS | • fashioners n. Plural of fashioner. • FASHIONER n. one who fashions. |
| FASHIONIER | • FASHIONY adj. fashionable. |
| FASHIONING | • fashioning v. Present participle of fashion. • fashioning n. The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture. • FASHION v. to give a particular shape or form to. |
| FASHIONIST | • fashionist n. (Archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion. • FASHIONIST n. a follower or setter of fashion, also FASHIONISTA. |
| FAULCHIONS | • faulchions n. Plural of faulchion. • FAULCHION n. a curved short sword with a broad blade, also FALCHION, FAUCHION, FAUCHON. |
| FIANCHETTO | • fianchetto n. (Chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set… • fianchetto v. (Chess) To play a fianchetto. • FIANCHETTO n. (Italian) in chess, the development of bishop on the N2 diagonal. |
| FLASHPOINT | • flashpoint n. Alternative form of flash point. • flash␣point n. (Physics) The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface… • flash␣point n. (Figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest. |
| FORHAILING | • FORHAILE v. (Spenser) to distract. |
| FRANCHISOR | • franchisor n. A company which, or a person who, grants franchises. • FRANCHISOR n. one who grants a franchise, also FRANCHISER. |
| FRANCOPHIL | • Francophil n. Alternative form of Francophile. • Francophil adj. Alternative form of Francophile. • FRANCOPHIL n. a lover of France and French things, also FRANCOPHILE. |
| INFANTHOOD | • infanthood n. Infancy. • INFANTHOOD n. infancy. |
| KNIPHOFIAS | • kniphofias n. Plural of kniphofia. • KNIPHOFIA n. any plant of the Kniphofia genus, the red-hot poker. |
| LOANSHIFTS | • loanshifts n. Plural of loanshift. • LOANSHIFT n. the adaptation of a word from one language to another. |
| OAFISHNESS | • oafishness n. The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly. • OAFISHNESS n. the state of being oafish. |
| REFASHIONS | • refashions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refashion. • REFASHION v. to fashion again. |
| THIOFURANS | • thiofurans n. Plural of thiofuran. • THIOFURAN n. a five-membered heterocyclic compound with sulphur, aka thiophen. |