| ACRIFLAVINE | • acriflavine n. (Medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine. • ACRIFLAVINE n. an antiseptic, also ACRIFLAVIN. |
| AFFECTIONAL | • affectional adj. Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion. • AFFECTIONAL adj. relating to affection. |
| CALEFACIENT | • calefacient adj. (Obsolete) having heating or warming effects. • calefacient n. (Obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body. • CALEFACIENT n. a substance (e.g. mustard) that produces a sensation of warmth when applied to a part of the body. |
| CALEFACTION | • calefaction n. The act of warming or heating. • calefaction n. The state or condition of being heated. • CALEFACTION n. the act of heating. |
| CONFABULATE | • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat. • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To confer. • confabulate v. (Transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one’s memory. |
| CONFLAGRATE | • conflagrate v. (Intransitive) To catch fire. • conflagrate v. (Transitive) To set fire to something. • CONFLAGRATE v. to burn. |
| DEFALCATING | • defalcating v. Present participle of defalcate. • DEFALCATE v. to embezzle money held on trust. |
| DEFALCATION | • defalcation n. (Law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant. • defalcation n. Embezzlement. • DEFALCATION n. the act or an instance of embezzling. |
| FACEPALMING | • facepalming v. Present participle of facepalm. • FACEPALM v. to bring the palm of one's hand to one's face as an expression of dismay. |
| FACEPLANTED | • faceplanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of faceplant. • face-planted v. Simple past tense and past participle of face-plant. • FACEPLANT v. to fall onto ones face. |
| FACTUALNESS | • factualness n. Factuality. • FACTUALNESS n. the state of being factual. |
| FIANCAILLES | • FIANCAILLES n. (French) betrothal. |
| FLAGRANCIES | • flagrancies n. Plural of flagrancy. • FLAGRANCY n. a burning; notoriety, also FLAGRANCE. |
| FLAMBOYANCE | • flamboyance n. The condition of being flamboyant. • FLAMBOYANCE n. the state of being flamboyant, also FLAMBOYANCY. |
| FLANCONADES | • flanconades n. Plural of flanconade. • FLANCONADE n. (French) a thrust in the side. |
| INTERFACIAL | • interfacial adj. Of or pertaining to an interface. • INTERFACIAL adj. between plane faces; of an interface. |
| LABEFACTION | • labefaction n. (Rare) The act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination. • LABEFACTION n. a weakening, a decay, also LABEFACTATION. |
| MALEFACTION | • malefaction n. A crime, an offense, an evil deed. • MALEFACTION n. evildoing. |
| MALFEASANCE | • malfeasance n. Wrongdoing. • malfeasance n. (Law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage. • MALFEASANCE n. the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust), also MISFEASANCE. |