| AFFECTATION | • affectation n. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. • affectation n. An unusual mannerism. • AFFECTATION n. the act of taking on an attitude not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt. |
| CONFUTATIVE | • confutative adj. That confutes. • CONFUTATIVE adj. tending to confute. |
| FIANCHETTOS | • fianchettos v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto. • FIANCHETTO n. (Italian) in chess, the development of bishop on the N2 diagonal. |
| FRACTIONATE | • fractionate v. (Chemistry) To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some… • fractionate v. (Radiotherapy) To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions. • fractionate v. (Cryptography) To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption. |
| FRACTIONLET | • FRACTIONLET n. a small fraction. |
| FUNCTIONATE | • functionate v. (Dated) To execute or perform a function; to transact one’s regular or appointed business. • FUNCTIONATE v. to perform a function. |
| METAFICTION | • metafiction n. A form of self-referential literature concerned with the art and devices of fiction itself. • METAFICTION n. fiction which refers to or takes as its subject fictional writing and its conventions. |
| PONTIFICATE | • pontificate n. The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex. • pontificate v. (Intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass. • pontificate v. (Intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one’s position or opinions dogmatically and pompously… |
| TABEFACTION | • tabefaction n. (Archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |
| TACTFULNESS | • tactfulness n. The state or quality of being tactful. • TACTFULNESS n. the state of being tactful. |
| TEPEFACTION | • tepefaction n. (Rare) Act of tepefying; a becoming tepid. • TEPEFACTION n. making or becoming tepid. |
| TRANSFECTED | • transfected v. Simple past tense and past participle of transfect. • transfected adj. Infected with nucleic acid. • TRANSFECT v. to cause transfection in, the infection of a cell with pure viral nucleic acid. |
| TUMEFACIENT | • tumefacient adj. Producing swelling or tumescence; making tumescent; tumefying. • TUMEFACIENT adj. causing swelling. |
| TUMEFACTION | • tumefaction n. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. • TUMEFACTION n. swelling. |