| DEFERENTIAL | • deferential adj. Respectful and considerate; showing deference. • deferential adj. Based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one’s own conclusions. • deferential adj. (Anatomy, not comparable) Of, or relating to the vas deferens. |
| DEFLORATING | • deflorating v. Present participle of deflorate. • DEFLORATE v. to deflower. |
| DEFLORATION | • defloration n. The act of deflowering. • DEFLORATION n. rupture of the hymen. |
| DEFOLIATORS | • defoliators n. Plural of defoliator. • DEFOLIATOR n. a defoliating agent. |
| EXFILTRATED | • exfiltrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of exfiltrate. • EXFILTRATE v. to remove or withdraw (an intelligence agent, soldier, etc.) surreptitiously from an enemy-held area. |
| FAULTFINDER | • faultfinder n. A person who finds fault. • FAULTFINDER n. one given to faultfinding. |
| FEDERALISTS | • federalists n. Plural of federalist. • FEDERALIST n. a supporter of a federal constitution or union. |
| FIBRILLATED | • fibrillated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fibrillate. • fibrillated adj. Having fibrils. • FIBRILLATE v. to undergo fibrillation. |
| FIELDCRAFTS | • FIELDCRAFT n. the knowledge and skill needed to live in the wild. |
| FLUORIDATED | • fluoridated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate. • FLUORIDATE v. to add fluoride to drinking water. |
| FLUORIDATES | • fluoridates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate. • FLUORIDATE v. to add fluoride to drinking water. |
| FLUORINATED | • fluorinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate. • fluorinated adj. (Chemistry) Treated or reacted with fluorine or hydrofluoric acid. • fluorinated adj. (Chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with fluorine. |
| FRATRICIDAL | • fratricidal adj. Of or pertaining to fratricide. • FRATRICIDAL adj. relating to fratricide. |
| INFILTRATED | • infiltrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate. • INFILTRATE v. to cause to filter into. |
| TRIFOLIATED | • trifoliated adj. (Botany) Having three leaves or leaflets; trifoliate. • TRIFOLIATED adj. having three leaves or leaflets, also TRIFOLIATE. |