| AFFECTIONED | • affectioned adj. (Archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed. • affectioned adj. (Archaic) affected, pompous. • affectioned adj. (Archaic) obstinate, willful. |
| CONFIDANTES | • confidantes n. Plural of confidante. • CONFIDANTE n. (French) a (female) person confided in or entrusted with secrets, esp. in love affairs. |
| CONFISCATED | • confiscated v. Simple past tense and past participle of confiscate. • CONFISCATE v. to seize as forfeited to the public treasury. |
| DEFAECATION | • defaecation n. Alternative form of defecation. • defæcation n. Obsolete spelling of defecation. • DEFAECATION n. the expulsion of solid waste from the body, also DEFECATION. |
| 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. |
| DEFECATIONS | • defecations n. Plural of defecation. • DEFECATION n. the act of defecating, also DEFAECATION. |
| DEFORCIANTS | • deforciants n. Plural of deforciant. • DEFORCIANT n. one who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate. |
| DEIFICATION | • deification n. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis. • deification n. Excessive praise. • deification n. A deified embodiment. |
| 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. |
| EDIFICATION | • edification n. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally… • edification n. (Archaic) A building or edifice. • EDIFICATION n. an act of edifying. |
| EDIFICATORY | • edificatory adj. Tending to edification. • EDIFICATORY adj. giving edification. |
| FECUNDATION | • fecundation n. The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization. • FECUNDATION n. the act of making fecund. |
| MADEFACTION | • madefaction n. Alternative form of madefication (“action of wetting”). • MADEFACTION n. moistening. |
| OUTCRAFTIED | • outcraftied v. Simple past tense and past participle of outcrafty. • OUTCRAFTY v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in cunning. |
| VOCIFERATED | • vociferated v. Simple past tense and past participle of vociferate. • VOCIFERATE v. to cry out with a loud voice; to bawl. |