| DEFLORATION | • defloration n. The act of deflowering. • DEFLORATION n. rupture of the hymen. |
| DEFOLIATION | • defoliation n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
| DEFORMATION | • deformation n. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. • deformation n. A transformation; change of shape. • DEFORMATION n. alteration of form or shape. |
| EXFOLIATION | • exfoliation n. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. • exfoliation n. The loss of leaves from a plant. • exfoliation n. (Cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation. |
| FACEBOOKING | • Facebooking v. Present participle of Facebook. • FACEBOOK v. to look for someone's profile on Facebook. |
| FOMENTATION | • fomentation n. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing… • fomentation n. A lotion or poultice applied to a diseased or injured part of the body. • fomentation n. Encouragement; excitation; instigation. |
| FOREORDAINS | • foreordains v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreordain. • FOREORDAIN v. to ordain or appoint beforehand. |
| FORESTATION | • forestation n. The act of planting a forest. • forestation n. The conversion of a habitat to forest. • FORESTATION n. the creation of forest. |
| FORTEPIANOS | • fortepianos n. Plural of fortepiano. • FORTEPIANO n. the eighteenth century name for an early type of piano; a fortepiano note. |
| GONFALONIER | • gonfalonier n. One who bears the gonfalon. • gonfalonier n. An official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic’s gonfalon. • GONFALONIER n. a person who carries a gonfalon; the chief magistrate in some medieval Italian republics. |
| ISOFLAVONES | • isoflavones n. Plural of isoflavone. • ISOFLAVONE n. a plant oestrogen, found esp. in soy beans, having possible nutritional benefits. |
| PERFORATION | • perforation n. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated. • perforation n. Any opening in a solid object. • perforation n. (Medicine) An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture. |
| PIANOFORTES | • pianofortes n. Plural of pianoforte. • piano-fortes n. Plural of piano-forte. • PIANOFORTE n. (Italian) a large keyboard musical instrument. |
| RAINPROOFED | • rainproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rainproof. • RAINPROOF v. to make proof against rain. |
| REFORMATION | • reformation n. An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices… • reformation n. (Law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original… • Reformation prop.n. (Historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church. |