| 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. |
| AFFIRMINGLY | • affirmingly adv. In an affirming manner. • AFFIRMING adv. AFFIRM, to state positively. |
| AFFRICATING | • affricating v. Present participle of affricate. • AFFRICATE v. to sound a consonant in this way. |
| 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. |
| AFFRIGHTING | • affrighting v. Present participle of affright. • AFFRIGHT v. to frighten. |
| DIFFERENTIA | • differentia n. (Semantics, logic, taxonomy) A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus. • DIFFERENTIA n. a property which distinguishes one from another. |
| DIFFRACTING | • diffracting v. Present participle of diffract. • DIFFRACT v. to separate into parts. |
| 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. |
| FIREFANGING | • firefanging v. Present participle of firefang. • fire-fanging v. Present participle of fire-fang. • FIREFANG v. to scorch; to damage (esp. barley, oats) by overheating. |
| 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. |
| GRAFFITIING | • graffitiing v. Present participle of graffiti. • GRAFFITI v. to deface with graffiti. |
| PARAFFINIER | • PARAFFINY adj. of or like paraffin. |
| PARAFFINING | • paraffining v. Present participle of paraffin. • paraffining v. Present participle of paraffine. • paraffining n. The action of coating with paraffin. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| REAFFIRMING | • reaffirming v. Present participle of reaffirm. • REAFFIRM v. to affirm again. |
| RUFFIANISMS | • ruffianisms n. Plural of ruffianism. • RUFFIANISM n. being a ruffian. |
| TRAFFICKING | • trafficking v. Present participle of traffic. • trafficking v. Present participle of traffick. • trafficking n. Clipping of human trafficking. |