| AFFECTATION | • affectation n. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. • affectation n. An unusual mannerism. • AFFECTATION n. the act of taking on an attitude not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt. |
| AFFECTIONAL | • affectional adj. Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion. • AFFECTIONAL adj. relating to affection. |
| AFFICIONADO | • afficionado n. Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”). • AFFICIONADO n. (Spanish) a devotee, admirer, an enthusiastic fan, also AFICIONADO. |
| AFFILIATING | • affiliating v. Present participle of affiliate. • AFFILIATE v. to adopt or attach as a member or branch. |
| AFFILIATION | • affiliation n. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. • affiliation n. (Law) The establishment of a child’s paternity or maternity. • affiliation n. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union. |
| AFFIRMANCES | • affirmances n. Plural of affirmance. • AFFIRMANCE n. confirmation; ratification. |
| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| AFFIXATIONS | • affixations n. Plural of affixation. • AFFIXATION n. the act of affixing. |
| AFFLUENTIAL | • affluential adj. Affluent and influential. • affluential n. An affluent, influential person. • AFFLUENTIAL n. an affluent person who does not display his or her wealth in the form of material possessions. |
| AFFRANCHISE | • affranchise v. (Transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service. • AFFRANCHISE v. to free from slavery or similar obligation. |
| AFFRICATING | • affricating v. Present participle of affricate. • AFFRICATE v. to sound a consonant in this way. |
| AFFRICATION | • affrication n. (Phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound. • affrication n. (Countable) A particular instance of such change. • AFFRICATION n. the act of making a sound affricative. |
| CAFFEINATED | • caffeinated adj. Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports… • caffeinated adj. (Informal, of a person) Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine. • caffeinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of caffeinate. |
| CAFFEINATES | • caffeinates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caffeinate. |
| PARAFFINIER | • PARAFFINY adj. of or like paraffin. |
| PARAFFINING | • paraffining v. Present participle of paraffin. • paraffining v. Present participle of paraffine. • paraffining n. The action of coating with paraffin. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| RAGAMUFFINS | • ragamuffins n. Plural of ragamuffin. • Ragamuffins n. Plural of Ragamuffin. • RAGAMUFFIN n. someone, esp. a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. |
| RAGGAMUFFIN | • raggamuffin n. Alternative spelling of ragamuffin. • RAGGAMUFFIN n. a type of rap music combining reggae and hip-hop, also RAGGA. |
| YAFFINGALES | • yaffingales n. Plural of yaffingale. • YAFFINGALE n. the yaffle or green woodpecker. |