| AFTERPARTIES | • afterparties n. Plural of afterparty. • after-parties n. Plural of after-party. • AFTERPARTY n. a small party held after a larger event, such as a pop concert or film premiere, to which only a select group of guests is invited. |
| AIRCRAFTSMEN | • aircraftsmen n. Plural of aircraftsman. • AIRCRAFTSMAN n. a member of the lowest (male) rank in the RAF, also AIRCRAFTMAN. |
| FAMILIARISER | • familiariser n. Alternative form of familiarizer. • FAMILIARISER n. one who familiarises, also FAMILIARIZER. |
| FAMILIARIZER | • familiarizer n. One who, or that which, familiarizes. • familiarizer n. (Linguistics) A term that conveys familiarity. • FAMILIARIZER n. one who familiarizes, also FAMILIARISER. |
| FARNARKELING | • FARNARKELING n. wasting time, messing about. |
| FEATHERBRAIN | • featherbrain n. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. • feather-brain n. (Derogatory) a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FORAMINIFERA | • foraminifera n. Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera… • foraminifera n. Plural of foraminiferon. • foraminifera n. Plural of foraminiferum. |
| FORECARRIAGE | • forecarriage n. The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled carriage. • FORECARRIAGE n. the front part of a carriage, with an arrangement for independent movement of the fore-wheels. |
| FRATERNALISM | • fraternalism n. Fraternal policies or practices; brotherliness. • FRATERNALISM n. being fraternal. |
| HANDICRAFTER | • handicrafter n. One who engages in handicrafts. • HANDICRAFTER n. one who practises handicrafts. |
| IRREFRAGABLE | • irrefragable adj. Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable. • irrefragable adj. (Archaic) Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible. • irrefragable adj. (Obsolete) Of a person: obstinate, stubborn. |
| IRREFRAGABLY | • irrefragably adv. In an irrefragable state or condition. • IRREFRAGABLE adv. impossible to refute or dispute. |
| OVERFAMILIAR | • overfamiliar adj. Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying. • overfamiliar adj. (Used with “with”) So acquainted with something, that one doesn’t notice it, or is annoyed by it. • overfamiliar adj. Overly friendly or intimate. |
| PREFABRICATE | • prefabricate v. (Transitive) To manufacture (A building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
| QUARTERFINAL | • quarterfinal n. (Sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals. • quarterfinal n. (General) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists… • quarter-final n. Alternative form of quarterfinal. |
| RAREFACTIONS | • rarefactions n. Plural of rarefaction. • RAREFACTION n. the act of rarefying. |
| RAREFICATION | • rarefication n. Rarefaction. • RAREFICATION n. the act of rarefying. |
| REFLATIONARY | • reflationary adj. (Economics) Of or pertaining to reflation. • REFLATIONARY adj. relating to reflation. |
| REFRACTARIES | • REFRACTARY n. a substance that is able to resist high temperatures, etc., used in lining furnaces, etc. |