| 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. |
| CONFLAGRANT | • conflagrant adj. Brightly burning. • CONFLAGRANT adj. burning. |
| CONFLAGRATE | • conflagrate v. (Intransitive) To catch fire. • conflagrate v. (Transitive) To set fire to something. • CONFLAGRATE v. to burn. |
| DEFLORATING | • deflorating v. Present participle of deflorate. • DEFLORATE v. to deflower. |
| 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. |
| FLUSTRATING | • flustrating v. Present participle of flustrate. • FLUSTRATE v. (obsolete) to fluster. |
| FORMULATING | • formulating v. Present participle of formulate. • FORMULATE v. to state or express in a clear definite form. |
| FULGURATING | • fulgurating v. Present participle of fulgurate. • FULGURATE v. to flash like lightning. |
| FULGURATION | • fulguration n. A flash of lightning. • fulguration n. (Medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery. • fulguration n. (Chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film… |
| PLATFORMING | • platforming n. (Video games) The video game activity of jumping from one platform to another. • platforming n. (Rail transport) The platforms at a railway station. • platforming v. Present participle of platform. |
| PRATFALLING | • pratfalling v. Present participle of pratfall. • PRATFALL v. to fall on the buttocks, to make a big blunder. |
| REINFLATING | • reinflating v. Present participle of reinflate. • REINFLATE v. to inflate again. |
| SULFURATING | • sulfurating v. Present participle of sulfurate. • SULFURATE v. to combine with sulfur, also SULPHURATE. |
| UNFALTERING | • unfaltering adj. Without faltering, continuous, steadfast. • UNFALTERING adj. not wavering or weakening. |