| BENEFACTORY | • benefactory adj. Yielding benefit; doing good. • benefactory n. One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor. • BENEFACTORY adj. having the nature of a benefactor. |
| CONFEDERACY | • confederacy n. An alliance. • confederacy n. (Politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As… • confederacy n. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America. |
| CONFORMABLY | • conformably adv. With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. • CONFORMABLE adv. compliant. |
| FAVOURINGLY | • favouringly adv. In a favouring way. • FAVOURING adv. FAVOUR, to regard with goodwill, also FAVOR. |
| FECUNDATORY | • fecundatory adj. Of or relating to fecundation. • FECUNDATORY adj. serving to fecundate. |
| FERROCYANIC | • ferrocyanic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide. • FERROCYANIC adj. pertaining to a ferrocyanide. |
| FOREPAYMENT | • forepayment n. Payment made in advance. • FOREPAYMENT n. payment in advance. |
| FORTUNATELY | • fortunately adv. In a fortunate manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • fortunately adv. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. • FORTUNATE adv. happening by good fortune; lucky. |
| FORWEARYING | • forwearying v. Present participle of forweary. • FORWEARY v. (Shakespeare) to weary, exhaust. |
| FRACTIONARY | • fractionary adj. (Obsolete) fractional. • FRACTIONARY adj. fractional, fragmentary. |
| FREEMASONRY | • freemasonry n. Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. • freemasonry n. (Figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people. • freemasonry n. (Figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons. |
| FULMINATORY | • fulminatory adj. Thundering; striking terror. • FULMINATORY adj. serving to fulminate. |
| FUNCTIONARY | • functionary n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited… • functionary n. A paper-pusher, bean counter. • FUNCTIONARY n. one who serves in a certain function. |
| INFORMALITY | • informality n. The condition of being informal. • INFORMALITY n. the state of being informal. |
| INFORMATORY | • informatory adj. Providing or communicating information. • INFORMATORY adj. conveying information. |
| MANUFACTORY | • manufactory n. (Archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry. • manufactory n. (Archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory. • manufactory adj. (Obsolete) Relating to manufacture. |
| NEFARIOUSLY | • nefariously adv. In a nefarious manner. • NEFARIOUS adv. evil, wicked. |
| PROFANATORY | • profanatory adj. Involving or relating to profanation. • PROFANATORY adj. tending to profane. |
| TYMPANIFORM | • tympaniform adj. (Anatomy) Having the form of a tympanum or of a drum. • TYMPANIFORM adj. drumlike; shaped like a drum. |
| UNFAVORABLY | • unfavorably adv. (American spelling) In an unfavorable manner. • UNFAVORABLE adv. not favorable. |