| AFFECTINGLY | • affectingly adv. So as to affect in an emotional sense. • AFFECTING adv. AFFECT, to act upon. |
| CENTRIFUGAL | • centrifugal adj. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. • centrifugal adj. (Botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. • centrifugal adj. (Botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. |
| CONFLAGRATE | • conflagrate v. (Intransitive) To catch fire. • conflagrate v. (Transitive) To set fire to something. • CONFLAGRATE v. to burn. |
| DEADLIFTING | • deadlifting v. Present participle of deadlift. • DEADLIFT v. to lift without leverage. |
| DEFALCATING | • defalcating v. Present participle of defalcate. • DEFALCATE v. to embezzle money held on trust. |
| DEFLORATING | • deflorating v. Present participle of deflorate. • DEFLORATE v. to deflower. |
| DEFOLIATING | • defoliating v. Present participle of defoliate. • DEFOLIATE v. to remove the leaves from. |
| EXFOLIATING | • exfoliating v. Present participle of exfoliate. • EXFOLIATE v. to separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. |
| FACELIFTING | • facelifting v. Present participle of facelift. • FACELIFT v. to perform plastic surgery on the face. |
| FALTERINGLY | • falteringly adv. In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses. • FALTERING adv. hesitant. |
| FARTHINGALE | • farthingale n. (Historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women’s dresses; a hooped petticoat. • FARTHINGALE n. a skirt spreader. |
| FINGERPLATE | • fingerplate n. A strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. • FINGERPLATE n. a plate to protect a door from dirty fingers. |
| FINGERSTALL | • fingerstall n. A protective cover for the finger; a fingercot. • FINGERSTALL n. a covering for protecting a finger. |
| FLAGELLANTS | • flagellants n. Plural of flagellant. • FLAGELLANT n. a person who whips, esp. himself or herself in religious discipline or sexual gratification. |
| LEAFLETTING | • leafletting v. Present participle of leaflet. • LEAFLET v. to distribute printed sheets of paper. |
| REINFLATING | • reinflating v. Present participle of reinflate. • REINFLATE v. to inflate again. |
| TANGLEFOOTS | • TANGLEFOOT n. (US) whisky, intoxicating liquor. |
| UNFALTERING | • unfaltering adj. Without faltering, continuous, steadfast. • UNFALTERING adj. not wavering or weakening. |