| AFFECTING | • affecting adj. Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions. • affecting v. Present participle of affect. • AFFECT v. to act upon. |
| AFFECTION | • affection n. The act of affecting or acting upon. • affection n. The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person… • affection n. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition. |
| AFFECTIVE | • affective adj. Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions. • affective adj. Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting. • AFFECTIVE adj. of, arising from or influencing emotion. |
| AFFLICTED | • afflicted v. Simple past tense and past participle of afflict. • afflicted adj. Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability. • AFFLICT v. to distress severely. |
| AFFLICTER | • afflicter n. One who afflicts. • AFFLICTER n. one who afflicts. |
| AFFRICATE | • affricate n. (Phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. • affricate v. (Transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate. • AFFRICATE n. a consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative. |
| CHAFFIEST | • chaffiest adj. Superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy. • CHAFFY adj. worthless. |
| DIFFRACTS | • diffracts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diffract. • DIFFRACT v. to separate into parts. |
| DISAFFECT | • disaffect v. (Transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange. • DISAFFECT v. to take away the affection of; to make discontented or unfriendly. |
| FACELIFTS | • facelifts n. Plural of facelift. • facelifts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of facelift. • face-lifts n. Plural of face-lift. |
| FORFICATE | • forficate adj. (Zoology) Deeply forked, like the tails of certain birds. • FORFICATE adj. deeply forked, esp. of certain birds' tails. |
| OFFICIANT | • officiant n. A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (other than the Eucharist). • officiant n. A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony. • OFFICIANT n. the officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office. |
| OFFICIATE | • officiate v. (Intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office. • officiate v. (Intransitive, transitive, sports) To serve as umpire or referee. • officiate n. A person appointed to office. |
| SCAFFIEST | • SCAFFY adj. (Scots) having little value, cheap. |
| TRAFFICKY | • trafficky adj. (Informal) Characterised by traffic; having the noise and commotion of motor vehicles. • TRAFFICKY adj. busy with traffic. |