| 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. |
| AFFIRMATORY | • affirmatory adj. Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. • AFFIRMATORY adj. expressing affirmation. |
| AFFORESTING | • afforesting v. Present participle of afforest. • AFFOREST v. to cover with forest. |
| 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. |
| AFFRONTINGS | • affrontings n. Plural of affronting. • AFFRONTING n. the act of affronting. |
| 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. |
| DISAFFOREST | • disafforest v. To deforest. • disafforest v. (UK, law) To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land. • DISAFFOREST v. to clear of forest, also DISFOREST. |
| FORFAITINGS | • FORFAITING n. a method of export finance where debts on exported goods are bought and then sold on to banks etc. |
| FORFEITABLE | • forfeitable adj. Liable to be forfeited. • FORFEITABLE adj. that can be forfeited. |
| FORFICULATE | • FORFICULATE adj. like scissors. |
| FORTIFIABLE | • fortifiable adj. That can be fortified. • FORTIFIABLE adj. capable of being fortified. |
| INSUFFLATOR | • insufflator n. Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates. • insufflator n. A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace. • INSUFFLATOR n. one who insufflates. |
| OFFICIATORS | • officiators n. Plural of officiator. • OFFICIATOR n. one who officiates. |
| SAFFRONIEST | • SAFFRONY adj. having a colour somewhat like saffron. |
| TRAFFICATOR | • trafficator n. (Automotive) A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. • trafficator n. (Historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles. • TRAFFICATOR n. formerly, a movable pointer raised or lowered by the driver of a vehicle to warn of a change of direction. |