| 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. |
| AFFORCEMENT | • afforcement n. (Obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening. • AFFORCEMENT n. the act of afforcing, strengthening a jury by adding skilled people. |
| AFFORESTING | • afforesting v. Present participle of afforest. • AFFOREST v. to cover with forest. |
| 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. |
| AFFRONTINGS | • affrontings n. Plural of affronting. • AFFRONTING n. the act of affronting. |
| CHROMAFFINS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| DIFFRACTION | • diffraction n. (Physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle. • diffraction n. (Quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e… • DIFFRACTION n. a modification which light undergoes esp. in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow openings and in which the rays appear to be deflected. |
| FALCONIFORM | • falconiform n. (Ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes. • FALCONIFORM adj. shaped like a falcon. |
| FANFARONADE | • fanfaronade n. Empty, self-assertive boasting. • fanfaronade v. To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting. • FANFARONADE n. (French) empty boasting, bluster. |
| FORAMINIFER | • foraminifer n. Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming… • FORAMINIFER n. a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project, also FORAM. |
| FORFAITINGS | • FORFAITING n. a method of export finance where debts on exported goods are bought and then sold on to banks etc. |
| INSUFFLATOR | • insufflator n. Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates. • insufflator n. A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace. • INSUFFLATOR n. one who insufflates. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| SAFFRONIEST | • SAFFRONY adj. having a colour somewhat like saffron. |
| STROGANOFFS | • stroganoffs n. Plural of stroganoff. • STROGANOFF n. (Russian) of meat, cut thinly and cooked with onions. |