| 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. |
| AQUAFORTIST | • aquafortist n. One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. • AQUAFORTIST n. an etcher or engraver who uses aquafortis. |
| AUTHORCRAFT | • authorcraft n. The craft of an author; the writing of books. • AUTHORCRAFT n. the craft of the author. |
| AUTOGRAFTED | • autografted v. Simple past tense and past participle of autograft. • AUTOGRAFT v. to make such a graft. |
| FACILITATOR | • facilitator n. Something that facilitates. • facilitator n. A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially… • FACILITATOR n. one that facilitates. |
| FLAGITATION | • flagitation n. (Archaic) importunity; urgent demand. • FLAGITATION n. the action of asking or demanding with passion. |
| FLOATATIONS | • floatations n. Plural of floatation. • FLOATATION n. the act of floating, also FLOTATION. |
| FRACTIONATE | • fractionate v. (Chemistry) To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some… • fractionate v. (Radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions. • fractionate v. (Cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption. |
| INFATUATION | • infatuation n. An immensely strong love or sexual attraction. • infatuation n. (Obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness. • infatuation n. Something which infatuates. |
| STAGFLATION | • stagflation n. (Economics) Inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, unemployment or recession. • STAGFLATION n. persistent inflation combined with stagnant consumer demand and relatively high unemployment. |
| TABEFACTION | • tabefaction n. (Archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |
| TRAFFICATOR | • trafficator n. (Automotive) A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. • trafficator n. (Historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles. • TRAFFICATOR n. formerly, a movable pointer raised or lowered by the driver of a vehicle to warn of a change of direction. |