| CONFIDANTS | • confidants n. Plural of confidant. • CONFIDANT n. (French) a (male) person confided in or entrusted with secrets, esp. in love affairs, also CONFIDENT. |
| DEFLATIONS | • deflations n. Plural of deflation. • DEFLATION n. the act of deflating. |
| DEFOLIANTS | • defoliants n. Plural of defoliant. • DEFOLIANT n. a chemical used to cause defoliation. |
| DESANCTIFY | • desanctify v. To remove the sanctified status of. |
| DRAFTINESS | • draftiness n. The characteristic of being drafty. • DRAFTINESS n. the state of being drafty. |
| FANTASISED | • fantasised v. Simple past tense and past participle of fantasise. • FANTASISE v. to visualize in fantasy, also FANTASIZE. |
| FANTASIZED | • fantasized v. Simple past tense and past participle of fantasize. • FANTASIZE v. to visualize in fantasy, also FANTASISE. |
| FASCINATED | • fascinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fascinate. • fascinated adj. Extremely interested. • FASCINATE v. to interest exceedingly, intrigue. |
| FESTINATED | • festinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of festinate. • FESTINATE v. to hasten. |
| FLINTHEADS | • flintheads n. Plural of flinthead. • FLINTHEAD n. an American wading bird, aka crested ibis. |
| INFUSCATED | • infuscated adj. (Zoology) Darkened with a blackish tinge. • INFUSCATED adj. clouded or tinged with brown, esp. of insects' wings, also INFUSCATE. |
| INTIFADAHS | • intifadahs n. Plural of intifadah. • INTIFADAH n. (Arabic) the uprising in 1987 and continued resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jordan, also INTIFADA, INTIFADEH. |
| INTIFADEHS | • intifadehs n. Plural of intifadeh. • INTIFADEH n. (Arabic) the uprising in 1987 and continued resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jordan, also INTIFADA, INTIFADAH. |
| MANIFESTED | • manifested v. Simple past tense and past participle of manifest. • MANIFEST v. to show clearly. |
| SANCTIFIED | • sanctified adj. Made holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial use. • sanctified v. Past participle of sanctify. • SANCTIFY v. to make holy. |
| STANDFIRST | • standfirst n. (UK, journalism) Explanatory text under the main heading of a news article, smaller than the heading… • STANDFIRST n. an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, which summarizes the article. |
| THREADFINS | • threadfins n. Plural of threadfin. • THREADFIN n. any small, spiny-finned tropical fish of the family Polynemidae, with five threads on its pectoral fins. |
| TRANSFIXED | • transfixed adj. Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. • transfixed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transfix. • TRANSFIX v. to impale. |