| AFFICIONADO | • afficionado n. Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”). • AFFICIONADO n. (Spanish) a devotee, admirer, an enthusiastic fan, also AFICIONADO. |
| AFFILIATION | • affiliation n. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. • affiliation n. (Law) The establishment of a child’s paternity or maternity. • affiliation n. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union. |
| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| AFFIXATIONS | • affixations n. Plural of affixation. • AFFIXATION n. the act of affixing. |
| AFFLICTIONS | • afflictions n. Plural of affliction. • AFFLICTION n. the state of being afflicted. |
| AFFRICATION | • affrication n. (Phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound. • affrication n. (Countable) A particular instance of such change. • AFFRICATION n. the act of making a sound affricative. |
| COPLAINTIFF | • coplaintiff n. (Law) Any of several plaintiffs bringing the same charge. • COPLAINTIFF n. a joint plaintiff. |
| 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. |
| DIFFUSIONAL | • diffusional adj. Of or pertaining to diffusion. • DIFFUSIONAL adj. relating to diffusion. |
| FORAMINIFER | • foraminifer n. Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming… • FORAMINIFER n. a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project, also FORAM. |
| FORFAITINGS | • FORFAITING n. a method of export finance where debts on exported goods are bought and then sold on to banks etc. |
| NONOFFICIAL | • nonofficial adj. Not official. • nonofficial n. One who is not an official. • non-official adj. Alternative spelling of nonofficial. |
| OFFICIATING | • officiating v. Present participle of officiate. • OFFICIATE v. to perform the duties of an office. |
| OFFICIATION | • officiation n. The act of officiating. • OFFICIATION n. the act of officiating. |
| OFFICINALLY | • officinally adv. In officinal terms. • OFFICINAL adv. tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| SUFFIXATION | • suffixation n. The process of adding a suffix to a word. • SUFFIXATION n. the act of creating a suffix. |